Germany's Zverev wins Roland Garros 2026 title, breaks Grand Slam knot
German star Alexander Zverev has officially won the 2026 French Open at Roland Garros, winning his first historic Grand Slam singles title.
World number three and reigning Olympic champion defeated his young Italian rival Flavio Coppola in three sets to two sets 6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 (5), 6–1 in a grueling and volatile final at the Philippe Chatrier Stadium that lasted for three hours and 21 minutes of continuous actual play.
Zverev imposed absolute technical and physical control over the events of Group A, before regaining the lead in Group C after a strong uprising by Italian Coppoli in Group B.
The rising Italian star pushed the match to a tiebreaker (Tass Break) in the fourth set and decided in his favor, but Zverev took advantage of his long experience and succeeded in breaking his opponent's serve early in the opening of the fifth and decisive set, to rush hard to take advantage of Coppoli's physical decline and end the match in his favor in an enthusiastic atmosphere.
Absence of adults
Zverev entered the final match of the Paris Championship under enormous psychological and media pressure to end his contractual mentality with the major finals, in a confrontation that he had after a volatile draw in which the big heads collapsed.
This year's edition saw the absence of world number one Yannick Sinner of Italy and the defending champion of the last two years of Spain Carlos Alcaraz due to injuries, along with the early and resounding exit of Serbian star Novak Djokovic, leaving the 29-year-old German on the floor of Philippe Chatrier without facing any of the current Big Three names on the other side of the net.
The German star played his fourth Grand Slam final and second at Roland Garros, looking for a real breakthrough to erase three painful defeats.
Zverev had previously overscored Austria's Dominic Thiem in the 2020 US Open final, lost to Alcaraz in the 2024 French Open final after being two sets ahead, and fell in three sets in a row to Sinner in the 2025 Australian Open final, to bring his successful dirt career this year and confirm his consistency and give him the most expensive title after a long stumble.
Andreeva wins women's competition championship
In the women's competition, Russian rising star Mira Andreeva was crowned the women's singles trophy yesterday after her well-deserved victory in the final match against qualifier Maya ShevalinskA.
With this historic victory, Andreeva became the youngest champion to be crowned at the French Open in more than three decades, and the 2026 edition of Roland Garros saw two all-new names appear in the golden record of the kings of clay courts after Zverev also climbed the podium to achieve his long-awaited dream.