The 2025 French Open is in the books and although only a few players left Roland-Garros as champions, there were many winners and losers.

The French Open featured No. 1 versus No. 2 in the men’s and women’s finals. The last time the top two seeds reached the final in men’s and women’s singles at a Grand Slam was in 2013 when Serena Williams faced Victoria Azarenka and Novak Djokovic versus Rafael Nadal. The last time that happened at Roland-Garros was in 1994 when John McEnroe faced Ivan Lendl and Martina Navratilova took on Chris Evert.

Coco Guaff defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 to win the women’s title. Carlos Alcaraz outdueled Jannik Sinner in an instant classic to win the men’s singles title. Sinner and Alcaraz battled so hard, showed such class and resilience that you can't call either a loser. If anything, tennis fans were the biggest winners: treated to two dramatic singles finals.

Sabalenka and Gauff will remain No. 1 and No. 2. So will Sinner and Alcaraz, respectfully. Despite failing to reach the semifinals, Alexander Zverev and Jessica Pegula will remain ranked No. 3.

What will change is momentum heading into the grass-court season. Some players leave Roland-Garros with more confidence and others with more questions. The following are the biggest winners and losers at the 2025 French Open.

Gauff’s second Grand Slam title means she escapes the one-hit wonder label and is all but guaranteed a trip to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Gauff came back from 1-4 in the first set to force a tiebreaker. Her poise in the face of cold windy weather and a volatile opponent helped propel Gauff to victory.

Already the most marketable player in tennis, Gauff’s popularity and earnings will grow. She’s the highest-paid female athlete in the world.

In her post-match speech, Gauff said she learned from her 2022 loss to Iga Swiatek. Gauff recalled how she entered that match defeated, doubting herself. This time, Gauff kept her nerve and captured the title.

In a battle of the "New Two," Alcaraz fought off three championship points and inner turmoil to come back from two sets down to defeat Sinner 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2). In one of the most memorable finals in tennis history, Alcaraz and Sinner played for five hours and 29 minutes and never left the court for a bathroom break or took a medical timeout.

In the first two sets, Alcaraz appeared frustrated and agitated. He barked at his team in the player’s box and struggled to handle Sinner’s lightning groundstrokes.

The win marks the first time Alcaraz has come back from two sets down. He is the first player in French Open history to save three championship points and win.

It’s Alcaraz’s fifth Grand Slam title. He is now 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. The Australian Open is the only Major Alcaraz hasn’t won. The win improved Alcaraz’s head-to-head against Sinner to 8-4. More importantly, Alcaraz gets further into Sinner's head for any future matchups.

Lois Boisson became the French Open Cinderella story. A wildcard, Boisson entered the French Open ranked No. 361 and with only $21,100 in earnings this year. When she upset No. 24 Elise Mertens in the first round, the win barely registered outside of France. She received more buzz after she defeated another French Open wildcard to reach the fourth round.

However, she didn’t become an international news item until when she upset No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the fourth round, Boisson became in international sensation. The French chanted “Lois! Lois.”

She won $784,269 quintupled her career earnings. She also earned the admiration of fans everywhere. Boisson moves up 296 spots and will be ranked No. 65.

Sara Errani and Jasmine Poalini won the French Open women’s doubles title a year after losing in the final to Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova.

This was the second French Open doubles title for Errani, who won with Roberta Vinci in 2012. Errani also won the mixed doubles title with fellow Italian Andrea Vavassori. Errani and Vavassori won the 2024 US Open mixed doubles title.

Errani, 38, has won six doubles Majors and a career Grand Slam.

During the trophy ceremony, Paolini praised her partner.

"You are really an inspiration for me," Paolini said. “It's great to have you in my team and sharing these moments with you, it's something special. You are a legend, for me.”

TNT Sports made a big deal about its acquisition of the French Open. Between TNT, MAX, TruTV, House of Highlights and Bleacher Report on YouTube, the network hoped coverage would reignite tennis in the US. It helped to have a few Americans in week two and one in a final.

The network averaged 292,000 viewers on TNT, a 23% increase from last year. Viewership increased 53% when TNT Sports included coverage on TruTV and Max. With a women’s final featuring Gauff and the epic men’s final, the second week numbers will probably be even better.

Taylor Fritz attended the Hollywood screening of the film “Ballerina,” on June 3, the same day Tommy Paul played against Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe took on Lorenzo Musetti. That the No. 1 ranked American was on the West Coast for a movie screening instead of still in Paris speaks to Fritz’s disappointing French Open outing.

Fritz lost to Germany’s Daniel Altmaier, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 in the first round. Fritz will fall from No. 4 to No. 7.

Iga Swiatek hasn’t won a title in more than a year. Meanwhile, the former No. 1 continues to drop in the rankings. On Monday, Swiatek will fall to No. 7. She heads into the grass-court season where big-hitting players like Jelena Ostapenko, Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will be more of a problem.

Jessica Pegula didn’t play in the 2024 French Open so she had no points to defend and a clear bath to the No. 2 ranking when she landed in Gauff’s half of the draw. All she had to do was finish one round ahead of Gauff and she would be the new No. 2. Pegula holds a 4-2 head-to-head against Gauff, a former doubles partner.

Pegula won the first set 6-3, but couldn’t overcome sloppy play and the French crowd backing Boisson.

Nike could have scored a win, having the top two players in men’s tennis wearing their logo onto Philippe Chatrier in the final. Yet Nike dressed Sinner and Alcaraz like American sitcom characters from “Dennis the Menace” and “Leave It to Beaver.”

When they posed for a photo before the match, Sinner and Alcaraz’s kits looked more juvenile than what the ball kids were wearing.

Sabalenka reached the French Open final for the first time. She extended her time at No. 1 and defeated defending champion Swiatek. Sabalenka could have made the biggest winner list if not for her post-match comments about Gauff.

"She won the match not because she played incredible just because I make made all of those mistakes," Sabalenka said in a press conference.

She also mentioned the conditions as if Gauff brought her own weather. Sabalenka implied that had Swiatek won the semifinal, she would have beaten Gauff.

Minimizing Gauff's play was bad enough, but dragging Swiatek into the fray was worse.
Sunday, perhaps feeling the backlash, Sabalenka posted a response on Instagram.

"Yesterday was a tough one. Coco handled the conditions much better than I did and fully deserved the win. She was the better player yesterday, and I want to give her the credit she earned," Sabalenka wrote.

A day late, but better than never.