Eighth seed Ashleigh Barty won her maiden Grand Slam title with a decisive 6-1 6-3 victory over fellow major finals debutante Marketa Vondrousova and became the first Australian since Margaret Court 46 years ago to clinch the singles title at the French Open.
The 23-year-old Barty started the final off with aggression, winning three out of nine break points in the first set and hitting 13 winners to Vondrousova’s mere two, to take the set in just 29 minutes, the first set which the 19-year-old Czech had dropped this fortnight in Paris.