The French Open women's singles final between relatively unknown first-timers Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia proved to be a battle of wills. After two opposite sets — one dominated by Krejcikova and the other dominated by Pavlyuchenkova — and an unexpected injury, Krejcikova held on to win her first-ever Grand Slam title, defeating Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Both women had worked hard to get to the main stage at Roland-Garros. Krejcikova, known mainly as a doubles specialist, failed to qualify in 15 of her first 16 majors as a singles player. Pavlyuchenkova played 52 main draws before making her first final, an all-time record.