Aryna Sabalenka topples Swiatek in the semifinal to clash vs Gauff at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Aryna Sabalenka victorious over the defending champion Iga Swiatek 7-6(1) 4-6 6-0 in the semifinal in Paris on Thursday. Sabalenka will clash against Cori Gauff in the final. The match lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her previous results at this event.

Paris

Sabalenka's Record

Aryna added to her prize money € 585,000 after winning this match. She has already won € 1,275,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Aryna will add € 1,275,000 to her earnings to get in total € 2,550,000 in total.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs. Iga Swiatek French Open – Paris

Sabalenka’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sabalenka

Swiatek

7-6¹ 4-6 6-0
2h:19

97

97

Total points

73

73

37

37

Winners

24

24

38%

38%

Ratio Winners

33%

33%

25

25

Unforced

42

42

37%

37%

Ratio Unforced

63%

63%

4/8

4/8

Net Approaches

11/16

11/16

50%

50%

Perc

69%

69%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

1

1

2

2

Double Faults

4

4

57%

57%

1st in

57%

57%

71%

71%

1st won

53%

53%

37/52

37/52

1st won

24/45

24/45

44%

44%

2nd won

35%

35%

17/39

17/39

2nd won

12/34

12/34

-- Break Points --

8/10

8/10

Total

6/11

6/11

80%

80%

Won

55%

55%

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At the end of the match, Aryna scored 97 points vs. the Pole’s 73.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (8/10).

Swiatek

On the other side, Swiatek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she procured points (6/11). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sabalenka and Swiatek is 5-8 for Iga.

Draw and next match H2H: Aryna Sabalenka vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Sabalenka will play Gauff in the final.

This will be the 11^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 5-5 for Sabalenka and Gauff (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 6-3 7-6³ in the final in Madrid back in May 2025.

Live score progression and stats

Sabalenka had a favorable start in this set after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that was not enough for the Belarussian to win the set because Swiatek found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3), in the 6^th (2-4), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. The Belarussian maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 1.

Aryna failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 40.

Nonetheless also the Pole won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

Tiebreak

Aryna won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 5^th (4-1) and 8^th (7-1) point.

Sabalenka won the tiebreak 7-1 after she conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

Sabalenka converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 3^rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5^th (3-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Pole converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (0-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (1-4 40-A and 40-A), the 8^th (3-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 90 points. The Belarussian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Iga (51-39). Aryna lost 24 points on serve (28-24). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 23 points on serve (15-23).

Sabalenka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Iga Swiatek in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for Swiatek to win the set since Sabalenka managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Iga kept her cool to break the Belarussian in the 3^rd (2-1) game before conquering the set (6-4).

The Pole was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3^rd game (1-1 0-40). On the other side, Aryna was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2^nd game (0-1 30-40).

They played 50 points. Iga was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Sabalenka (28-22). Swiatek lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, the Belarussian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Iga lost her way in this set and Sabalenka won the set 6-0.

Sabalenka was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (3-0 0-40) and the 6^th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, Sabalenka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 30 points. The Belarussian was the winner of the set after clinching 18 more points than Swiatek (24-6). The Belarussian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Swiatek conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

Tennis Scores at the French Open

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (7-6¹ 4-6 6-0)
• Cori GauffGauff – Lois BoissonBoisson (6-1 6-2)

Upcoming matches

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Cori GauffGauff (5-5) – H2H details and stats