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Mirra Andreeva made so much history with French Open win
Mirra Andreeva. Susan Mullane-Imagn Images

Mirra Andreeva made so much history with French Open win

Another teen tennis phenom has entered the chat.

On Saturday, Mirra Andreeva, 19, won her first career grand slam, defeating unlikely finalist Maja Chwalinska, who played through the qualifying rounds to even reach the main field, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Andreeva only dropped one set — in the second round — the entire tournament, winning her final 12 sets overall.

With the victory, Andreeva became the first teenager to win a grand slam since Coco Gauff took the 2023 U.S. Open, also at 19. She's the fifth teen this decade to win a major title, also joining Iga Swiatek (2020 French Open) and Emma Raducanu (2021 U.S. Open) on the women's draw and Carlos Alcaraz (2022 U.S. Open) in the men's.

Having just turned 19 in March, Andreeva is also the youngest Roland Garros champ since Monica Seles won her third consecutive Suzanne-Lenglen Cup at 18 in 1992 and the fourth-younger player ever to win their first grand slam at the French Open.

Mirra Andreeva's star is born in Paris

The world's No. 8-ranked player cruised in her first grand slam triumph, showing signs of someone with potentially many more major titles to follow.

OptaStats shared several stats to illustrated how dominant Andreeva's 2026 French Open run was. Beginning at the start of the second week with the round of 16, she dropped 17 games in her last four matches. Only Swiatek (2020, 2024) and Steffi Graf (1988) lost fewer games en route to a championship in the open era during the second week.

Andreeva also has 18 main-draw Roland Garros wins, tied for the fifth-most by a women's tennis player in her first four French Open appearances during the open era.

Clay has quickly become Andreeva's best surface, with Tennis Abstract data showing she's gone 22-3 playing on it since the start of the 2026 clay court season.

That all points to Andreeva being a major player at Roland-Garros for years to come. Her biggest question, then, is how quickly she can dominate other surfaces.

Andreeva is 8-6 in her career on grass courts but is coming off a run to the quarterfinals at last year's Wimbledon, the next major on the docket. Her previous best finish at the U.S. Open, played on hard surface, is the third round in 2025.

Saturday's victory culminated a masterful two weeks in Paris for Andreeva. She played well beyond her years, and she should spend the next several as a major threat to add to her trophy collection.

Eric Smithling

Eric Smithling is a writer based in New Orleans, LA, whose byline also appears on Athlon Sports. He has been with Yardbarker since September 2022, primarily covering the NFL and college football, but also the NBA, WNBA, men’s and women’s college basketball, NHL, tennis and golf. He holds a film studies degree from the University of New Orleans

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