# 2023 French Open – Women's singles
The 2023 [French Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/french-open) women's singles was the women's tennis championship at the year's second Grand Slam, played on outdoor clay at Roland-Garros in Paris from 29 May to 11 June 2023. Top seed and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland won the title, defeating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the final on 10 June.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) • [2](https://www.sport-histoire.fr/en/Sport/Tennis/French_Open_Women_singles.php)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champion | Iga Swiatek, her third Roland-Garros title and fourth major singles title[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) |
| Final | Swiatek d. Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 10 June 2023[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) |
| Defense | First woman to win back-to-back in Paris since Justine Henin in 2007, and first woman to retain a Grand Slam trophy since Serena Williams at Wimbledon seven years earlier[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) |
| Runner-up | Karolina Muchova, ranked 43rd, in her first Grand Slam final; the fourth-lowest-ranked woman to reach a French Open final[3](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2023/epaper/june/lucknow-english-edition-2023-06-11.pdf) |
| Semifinalists | Muchova upset second seed Aryna Sabalenka after saving a match point; Beatriz Haddad Maia became the first Brazilian woman in the Open era to reach the Paris semifinals[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) • [4](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-haddad-maia-jabeur-quarter-final-report) |
| Sets lost by champion | One, in the final[5](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3537575/svitolinas-resurgence-and-swiateks-dominance-the-final-word-on-the-2023-french-open) |
| Tournament | 29 May to 11 June 2023, outdoor clay, total prize money $24,788,526[6](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/french-open/fra/2023/w-sl-fra-01a-2023/draws-and-results/) |
## The final
Swiatek, aged 22, entered the final having won her first seven sets in Grand Slam finals, a run that ended when Muchova took the second set.[5](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3537575/svitolinas-resurgence-and-swiateks-dominance-the-final-word-on-the-2023-french-open) She made an authoritative start, breaking Muchova's opening serve and taking the first set in 45 minutes, then led 3-0 in the second.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) Muchova, finally enjoying a stretch free of the injuries that had plagued her recent seasons, broke for the first time in the fifth game of the set with a running forehand and served out the set at the second attempt.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report)
The deciding set was tension-filled, with both women struggling to consolidate. Swiatek twice fell behind a break and dug her way out, and trailed 4-3 before facing a break point at 4-4.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) • [7](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-10/iga_swiatek_repeats_as_roland_garros_champion_with_dramatic_final_victory.html) Having struggled on serve throughout the third set, she broke Muchova for the seventh time in the match when the Czech's second serve found the net, closing out the match.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) It was the toughest of her four successful major finals to that point; she had previously lost three of her four three-set finals.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) • [5](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3537575/svitolinas-resurgence-and-swiateks-dominance-the-final-word-on-the-2023-french-open)
## Swiatek's title defense
Swiatek lost only one set in the entire fortnight, and that came in the final.[5](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3537575/svitolinas-resurgence-and-swiateks-dominance-the-final-word-on-the-2023-french-open) She arrived in Paris with a 12-match winning streak on the Parisian clay and had won [Stuttgart](https://www.edgepedia.org/stuttgart) during the clay season.[8](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-preview-swiatek-haddad-maia-tactical-breakdown-semis) • [1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) In the semifinals she saved a set point in closing out an 8-6 second-set tiebreak against No.
Her reign as world No. 1 was under threat during the fortnight from semifinalist [Aryna Sabalenka](https://www.edgepedia.org/aryna-sabalenka), and reaching the final extended her stay at the top of the rankings.[7](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-10/iga_swiatek_repeats_as_roland_garros_champion_with_dramatic_final_victory.html) • [1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) With the fourth major coming just 10 days after her 22nd birthday, she matched the early-career trajectory of 22-time Grand Slam champion [Rafael Nadal](https://www.edgepedia.org/rafael-nadal).[7](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-10/iga_swiatek_repeats_as_roland_garros_champion_with_dramatic_final_victory.html) By winning each of her first four Grand Slam finals, she joined [Monica Seles](https://www.edgepedia.org/monica-seles) and Naomi Osaka as the only women to have done so.[9](https://tennisinsidenumbers.substack.com/p/swiatek-vs-muchova-roland-garros)
## Muchova's run
Muchova, 26, was playing her first Grand Slam final after earlier major bests of the 2021 [Australian Open](https://www.edgepedia.org/australian-open) semifinals and Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2019 and 2021.[7](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-10/iga_swiatek_repeats_as_roland_garros_champion_with_dramatic_final_victory.html) Ranked 43rd, she was the fourth-lowest-ranked woman to reach the French Open final.[3](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2023/epaper/june/lucknow-english-edition-2023-06-11.pdf) In the semifinals she saved a match point in upsetting second seed Sabalenka, and she came into the final a perfect five from five against top-three opponents, four of those wins at majors.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) Bidding to become the first player to defeat the world's top two at a major since [Svetlana Kuznetsova](https://www.edgepedia.org/svetlana-kuznetsova) won Roland-Garros in 2009, she fell short on Court Philippe-Chatrier.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) She had beaten Swiatek in their only prior meeting, in Prague about four years earlier when both were hovering around the top 100.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report)
## Other storylines
**Haddad Maia's breakthrough.** The No. 14 seed upset [Ons Jabeur](https://www.edgepedia.org/ons-jabeur) 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 in the quarterfinals to become the first Brazilian woman to reach the Roland-Garros semifinals in the Open era, and the first Brazilian into the last four of any Slam since Maria Bueno in 1968 at the US Open.[4](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-haddad-maia-jabeur-quarter-final-report) She had played the longest women's match of the year in the previous round and had won her last three matches in Paris in three sets.[4](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-haddad-maia-jabeur-quarter-final-report)
**A Big Three debate.** Before Swiatek's fifth Roland-Garros campaign, pundits had built up the prospects of a Big Three in women's tennis following recent Grand Slam wins by Aryna Sabalenka and [Elena Rybakina](https://www.edgepedia.org/elena-rybakina); Swiatek's victory quieted that talk.[1](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report) Commentators noted that her level of dominance in the women's singles draw at Roland-Garros had not been seen since [Justine Henin](https://www.edgepedia.org/justine-henin) in the mid-2000s.[10](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/10/tennis-french-open-final-iga-swiatek-karolina-muchova)
**A first-time finalist streak.** Muchova's win over Sabalenka meant a first-time Grand Slam singles finalist played in the French Open women's final for a fifth successive year.[11](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/65846920)
## References
1. [Gritty Swiatek battles to third RG triumph, Roland-Garros official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-swiatek-muchova-womens-final-report)
2. [French Open Winners - Women's Singles: History & Records, Sport-Histoire](https://www.sport-histoire.fr/en/Sport/Tennis/French_Open_Women_singles.php)
3. [Daily Pioneer, Lucknow English edition, 11 June 2023](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2023/epaper/june/lucknow-english-edition-2023-06-11.pdf)
4. [Haddad Maia makes history, Roland-Garros official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-haddad-maia-jabeur-quarter-final-report)
5. [Svitolina's resurgence and Swiatek's dominance: The final word on the 2023 French Open, WTA Tennis](https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3537575/svitolinas-resurgence-and-swiateks-dominance-the-final-word-on-the-2023-french-open)
6. [French Open 2023 Tennis Tournament, ITF](https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/french-open/fra/2023/w-sl-fra-01a-2023/draws-and-results/)
7. [Iga Swiatek repeats as Roland Garros champion with dramatic final victory, US Open official site](https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-10/iga_swiatek_repeats_as_roland_garros_champion_with_dramatic_final_victory.html)
8. [Swiatek v Haddad Maia: Where the match can be won, Roland-Garros official site](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2023-preview-swiatek-haddad-maia-tactical-breakdown-semis)
9. [Swiatek vs Muchova: Roland Garros Final Analysis, Tennis Inside Numbers](https://tennisinsidenumbers.substack.com/p/swiatek-vs-muchova-roland-garros)
10. [Swiatek digs deep to overcome Muchova in thrilling French Open final, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/10/tennis-french-open-final-iga-swiatek-karolina-muchova)
11. [French Open 2023 results: Aryna Sabalenka loses to Karolina Muchova in Paris semi-finals, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/65846920)
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