Andreeva vs Chwalinska: Everything to know about the Roland Garros final

PARIS -- Saturday's Roland Garros final will guarantee a first-time Grand Slam champion.

World No. 8 Mirra Andreeva will face World No. 114 Maja Chwalinska, who has become the first qualifier to reach the Roland Garros final. The winner will leave Paris with the Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen and the biggest title of her career.

From order of play and prize money to ranking implications and a championship preview, here's everything you need to know about Saturday's final.

When are the Roland Garros singles and doubles finals?

Andreeva and Chwalinska will take center stage on Court Philippe-Chatrier, not before 3 p.m. local (2 p.m. BST, 9 a.m. EST) on Saturday, June 6 after the men's doubles final. The women's doubles final will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 11 a.m local. Times are subject to change. 

How did each singles player reach the championship?

Singles

Andreeva
First round: def. Fiona Ferro 6-3, 6-3
Second round: def. Marina Bassols Ribera 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
Third round: def. [27] Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 6-2
Fourth round: def. Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-2
Quarterfinal: def. [18] Sorana Cirstea 6-0, 6-3
Semifinal: def. [15] Marta Kostyuk 6-1, 6-3

After reaching the semifinals or quarterfinals in Paris for the past two editions, Andreeva will play for the biggest title in her career. She's 2-1 in finals this season with wins in Adelaide and Linz, but a defeat in Madrid.

Chwalinska
Qualifiers -- first round: def. Alice Rame 6-0, 6-3
Qualifiers -- second round: def. Carole Monnet 6-0, 6-1
Qualifiers -- third round: def. Suzan Lamens 7-6 (4), 7-5
First round: def. Qinwen Zheng 6-4, 6-0
Second round: def. [23] Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-0
Third round: def. Maria Sakkari 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Fourth round: def. Diane Parry 6-3, 6-2
Quarterfinal: def. [22] Anna Kalinskaya 7-6 (3), 6-3
Semifinal: def. [25] Diana Shnaider 7-6 (4), 6-4

By the numbers

Mirra Andreeva

• At 19, Andreeva is the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Coco Gauff reached the Roland Garros final in 2022.
• Including men and women, Andreeva is the first player born after 2005 to reach a Grand Slam singles final.
• After her first 20 Roland Garros main-draw matches, only Chris Evert, Margaret Court, Monica Seles and Iga Swiatek had more wins in Paris than Andreeva's 17.
•  Since 1990, only Martina Hingis, Monica Seles and Iva Majoli have won more Roland Garros main-draw matches as teenagers than Andreeva.
• Roland Garros is Andreeva's eighth career WTA final and her fourth of the 2026 season, tying Aryna Sabalenka for the most on tour this year.
• She is the first teenager since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009 to reach three WTA clay-court finals in the same season.

Maja Chwalinska

One of the best ways to measure the improbability of Chwalinska's run is by looking at the rankings. At No. 114, she arrived in Paris ranked 60 spots lower than the next-lowest-ranked Roland Garros finalist on record, Iga Swiatek, who won the title as World No. 54 in 2020.

Lowest-ranked Roland Garros finalists
No. 114: Maja Chwalinska (2026 finalist)
No. 54: Iga Swiatek (2020 champion)
No. 47: Jelena Ostapenko (2017 champion)
No. 47: Renata Tomanova (1976 finalist)
No. 43: Karolina Muchova (2023 finalist)
No. 40: Florenta Mihai (1977 finalist)
No. 38: Marketa Vondrousova (2019 finalist)
No. 38: Mima Jausovec (1983 finalist)

More notable stats

•  Only the second qualifier in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam singles final, following Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open.
• Ranked No. 114, Chwalinska is just the third woman ranked outside the Top 100 to reach a Grand Slam final in the past 40 years, joining Serena Williams (No. 181 at Wimbledon in 2018) and Emma Raducanu (No. 150 at the 2021 US Open).
• This is only her third Grand Slam main-draw appearance. Since 1990, only Venus Williams and Emma Raducanu reached their first major final within their first three Grand Slam main draws.
• Chwalinska has doubled her career total of WTA-level main-draw wins in Paris. She entered Roland Garros with six career WTA main-draw victories and has added six more during this run.
• She became the third player since 1990 to earn her first four career Top 50 wins at the same tournament.
• Among players making their Roland Garros main-draw debut, Chwalinska is only the third in the Open Era to reach the final, joining Evonne Goolagong (1971) and Chris Evert (1973).

What are the ranking points and prize money at stake?

At this year's Roland Garros, the tournament had a collective prize pool of €61.723 million (USD $71.771 million), which represented an an overall 9.53% increase from a year ago. Saturday's singles champion will receive €2.8 million ($3.25 million), and the finalist takes home €1.4 million ($1.625 million).

In doubles, Sunday's winning duo enjoys €600,000 ($696,500), and the second-place pair get €300,000 ($348,200). 

As with all Grand Slams, 2000 ranking points will be available for both the PIF WTA Rankings and the Race to the WTA Finals. With a win, Andreeva will move to No. 1 in the race, and is projected to be No. 6 in the rankings regardless of the result in Saturday's final. For Chwalinska, she is projected to be ranked No. 14 with a win on Saturday, 100 spots from her current ranking. If she falls to Andreeva, Chwalinska is projected to be ranked No. 21.

Andreeva vs. Chwalinska championship preview

Andreeva comes off a dominant win over Kostyuk to snap her 17-match winning streak and handed Kostyuk her only loss of the clay season. The past two matches, Andreeva said she's been "in the zone," and the 19-year old is the first teenager to reach three or more clay-court finals in a calendar year since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009.

Compared to the final in Madrid vs. Kostyuk, Andreeva was hitting her spots on her forehand and playing more aggressive, making the match much more difficult for Kostyuk. She's yet to face an unconventional play-style in Chwalinska's, but Andreeva's speed and diverse shot selection will have to combat the strong court coverage of Chwalinska. 

"Now I feel like I'm getting closer, I'm getting older, a little bit more mature every match I play, a little bit more experience," Andreeva said Thursday. "I think that now I'm able to approach every match differently and try to really focus on the opponent that I'm gonna play against and the game plan that I'm going to have to use on the court."

Chwalinska's slices, shot variety, court coverage and ability to read opponents' shots extensively have been some of the many keys to guide her into the last two standing. She's still soaking it all in -- it's just her third Grand Slam main-draw ever. But she's spent the most time on court during the main draw at 10 hours and 52 minutes.

Importantly, she has the right mindset. Though her current ranking of No. 114 isn't currently indicative of the level she's playing, she knows she's the underdog in each matchup and that has allowed her to play more freely. However, she's just to face a top 10 opponent in this run, and in her career as a whole, but has beaten her four top 50 players along the way -- Elise Mertens, Diana Shnaider, Anna Kalinskaya and Maria Sakkari. 

"I didn't have many experiences, many opportunities before to play against such great players and high-ranked players," Chwalinska said, smiling. "So it's actually the first time that I have this opportunity. I'm happy that I'm taking it.

"I know that my ranking will allow me to play more in the, like, at the highest-ranked tournaments. Yeah, I guess we'll see how I will continue. For now I'm just trying to focus on just one more match."