2020 Roland Garros

Trophy position: The Roland Garros final in pictures

All the best pictures from the 2020 Roland Garros final.

01 /15
Iga Swiatek has been listening to 'Welcome To The Jungle' by Guns N' Roses as her pre-match soundtrack throughout Roland Garros, and walked out for the final wearing headphones again.

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02 /15
The final between 19-year-old Swiatek and 21-year-old Sofia Kenin was the first between players aged 21-and-under at Roland Garros since 2003, when Justine Henin claimed her first major title over Kim Clijsters.

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03 /15
Swiatek showed off both speed and strength in jumping out to a quick 3-0 lead.

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04 /15
Australian Open champion Kenin has garnered a reputation for comebacks, though, and recovered to get the first set back on serve.

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05 /15
Swiatek was unshaken, and broke Kenin again after a five-deuce tussle before holding a set point at 5-3 on her own serve.

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06 /15
Kenin saved that set point, but could not save a second as she served to stay in the set - and for the fourth time in the tournament would need to go the distance for victory.

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07 /15
Swiatek was broken at the start of the second set, but wouldn't trail for long, bouncing back to take a 2-1 lead.

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08 /15
A visibly frustrated Kenin took a medical time-out trailing 1-2 in the second set, during which time a smiling Swiatek clapped the crowd.

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09 /15
On resumption, Swiatek's level went up even more as the unseeded teenager reeled off the final four games of the match, and 19 of the last 22 points, sealing victory with a forehand crosscourt winner.

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10 /15
Swiatek had dropped just 28 games across seven matches en route to her first Grand Slam trophy - indeed, first Tour-level title of any sort - the fewest of any Roland Garros champion since 1988, when Stefanie Graf conceded 20.

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11 /15
Swiatek made her way to her box to celebrate with her team, including coach Piotr Sierzputowski, psychologist Daria Abramowicz, father Tomasz and doubles partner Nicole Melichar.

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12 /15
Swiatek, the second Polish woman to reach a major final in the Open Era following Agnieszka Radwanska, became the first Polish Grand Slam singles champion in history.

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13 /15
Swiatek is also the youngest Roland Garros champion since Monica Seles in 1992, and her triumph comes just two years after lifting the girls' doubles trophy alongside Caty McNally.

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14 /15
Fittingly, 2000 champion Mary Pierce - who herself dropped just 10 games en route to the 1994 final - presented Swiatek with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen.

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15 /15
Iga Swiatek, who will break the Top 20 next week, is the sixth and youngest active Grand Slam champion born in 1996 or later, joining Ashleigh Barty, Jelena Ostapenko, Naomi Osaka, Sofia Kenin and Bianca Andreescu.

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