Paris in the spring, the red clay of Roland-Garros, and the chance to become a French Open champion.It was 2022 and she was still a teenager who’d never won a major. But before she knew it, the whole thing was over.

Gauff battled from a set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 and lift her first French Open crown and her second Grand Slam title after the 2023 US Open. She is the first

Victory, which follows colleague Madison Keys’ Australian Open triumph, helped the erase memories of Gauff’s crushing loss to Iga Swiatek in 2022 and confirmed her pedigree on the biggest stage after a breakthrough triumph at the 2023 U.S. Open.