Barbora Krejcikova, an unseeded doubles specialist, defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win the French Open
PARIS—Barbora Krejcikova always expected to be playing in the final weekend of the French Open. She just didn’t think she’d be by herself.
A tricky doubles specialist from the Czech Republic, Krejcikova had already won two Grand Slam finals with a partner. But she’d never even seen the fourth round of a major tournament on her own. Ranked No. 32 in the world, Krejcikova arrived in Paris unseeded and facing long odds of surviving the first week.
She’ll leave Paris a French Open champion. Krejcikova, 25, defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday. And once again Krejcikova proved that on the red clay of Roland-Garros seeding is just a number. Unseeded players have won the women’s singles tournament twice in the past four years: Jelena Ostapenko in 2017 and Iga Swiatek last fall.
Her lowly standing meant that Krejcikova’s path to the final was littered with talent. In successive rounds, she dropped the No. 5 seed Elena Svitolina and the Americans Sloane Stephens and Coco Gauff. Then, in the semis, she played the most epic match of the entire women’s bracket to beat Maria Sakkari of Greece in a third set that ended 9-7.
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