Roland-Garros Recap

Mirra Andreeva and Alexander Zverev took advantage of the early exits of some of the biggest names to be crowned champions for 2026, holding their nerves as they suddenly became title favourites.

Here’s our round-up of how Roland-Garros 2026 panned out in week two.

Andreeva wins first title at 19

It always seemed like it would be a matter of time until Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title and so it proved at Roland-Garros on a breezy Saturday afternoon as she beat Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the final.

World No.114 Chwalinska had been the story of week two as she bamboozled her hard-hitting opponents with a combination of guile, court-craft and tennis smarts, changing angles and spins to make life tough for her opponents. For a moment, when she led 3-2 in the first set, it really looked as if she would emulate Emma Raducanu by winning a Grand Slam as a qualifier but Andreeva steadied the ship and pulled away for victory.

The teenager, coached by former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, is the third youngest woman to win a Grand Slam title this century, and who’s to say how many she may go on to win.

“These feelings are something extra special,” she said. “Now I'm already thinking of how I'm going to prepare for the grass season, how I'm going to play grass tournaments. I feel like this thing is a little bit addictive and I really want to do my best to experience all of this for the second time.”

Fourth time lucky for Zverev

When Jannik Sinner went out in the second round and Novak Djokovic parted in the third, the men’s draw was blown wide open. Step forward Alexander Zverev. The German had lost each of his first three Grand Slam finals, including a painful loss to Dominic Thiem at the US Open in 2020, but as he eased his way through to the final, expectations grew.

The pressure was on Zverev against the No.10 seed, Flavio Cobolli, an Italian in his first Grand Slam final, and there were undoubtedly times on Sunday where he was fighting his demons. But he raised his game in the decider to win 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1, becoming the first German man to win at Roland-Garros in the Open era and finally shake off the tag of the best player never to win a Grand Slam singles title.

“Now no matter what happens, I will always be a Grand Slam champion, and nobody can take that away from me,” he said. “Maybe that does give me some freedom. Maybe my mind will just be a little bit calmer when I play a final, meaning that even if I lose it, I will still be a Grand Slam champion.”

Wimbledon pointers

Andreeva and Zverev will head to Wimbledon full of confidence but with Sinner returning and Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Iga Swiatek all gunning for revenge after earlier than expected Roland-Garros exits, the race for the title at the All England Club is set to be intense.

Marta Kostyuk and Elina Svitolina will look to build on their runs to the semi-finals and quarter-finals in Paris respectively, while exciting young talents like Joao Fonseca, Rafael Jodar and Jakub Mensik will all be looking to take the next step up.

Doubles champions

Katerina Siniakova took another step toward being considered one of the all-time great doubles players as she won her 11th Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, partnering Taylor Townsend to a 6-2, 7-5 win over Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic. It was their first Roland-Garros title together and third Grand Slam together.

Spain’s Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina, with a combined age of 81, picked up the men’s doubles title for the second straight year after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Harrii Heliovaara of Finland and Briton Henry Patten. The mixed doubles title went to the Italian pairing of Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori.

Wheelchair history

Dutchwoman Diede de Groot returned to winning ways in the women’s wheelchair event, winning her sixth Roland-Garros title but her first Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2024.

Tokito Oda of Japan won his fifth straight major in the men’s singles, beating Alfie Hewitt in the final, while in the quads, Niels Vink of the Netherlands completed the non-calendar Grand Slam. Hewett and Gordon Reid picked up their seventh Roland-Garros wheelchair doubles title in a row.

Junior champions

Watch out for Alisa Oktiabreva and Luis Guto Miguel in the next few years. Oktiabreva, who trains in Czechia at the same club made famous by two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, won the girls’ singles while Miguel, who has been inspired by Joao Fonseca, won the boys’ title.