Coco Gauff walked away with the 2025 French Open honours as she won a shiny new trophy, but how much did she gain in terms of ranking points and prize money for the fortnight in Paris?
The reigning world No 2 defeated world No 1 Sabalenka in the final at Roland Garros to win the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen for the first time, beating the three-time Grand Slam winner 6–7 (5–7), 6–2, 6–4.
With the French Open trophy, the American moves two Grand Slam titles following her maiden major at the 2023 US Open while her points in the WTA Rankings and bank account will also get a decent boost.
Gauff also won the girls’ title at Roland Garros as a 14-year-old in 2018 while she is the first American woman since Serena Williams in 2015 to win the women’s singles trophy in Paris.
WTA Points Earned In Paris
Grand Slam winners earn 2,000 ranking points, but there is a caveat as they are also defending points from the previous year. If they perform better than they did 12 months earlier then they will end up with a positive total, but exiting earlier than the previous year will lead to a negative tally.
But there is good news for both finalists as just by reaching the match they were assured of adding points whatever the outcome of the showpiece match and they were guaranteed to stay No 1 and No 2 places, respectively.
Gauff fell at the semi-final stage last year so will leave with 1,220 points (2,000-800 for a semi) and will move to 8,083 points in the WTA Rankings to solidify her No 2 ranking.
Sabalenka lost in the quarter-finals last year and she effectively earned 870 points (1,300-430 from 2024), moving to 11,553 points at the top.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek and wildcard Lois Boisson were the two losing semi-finalists and one took a massive hit and the other was a big winner. Swiatek is -1,220 (-2,000+780) and will slip to No 7 in the rankings while Frenchwoman Boisson didn’t play last year so she goes home with the full 780 points.
Quarter-finalists earn 430 points and Zheng Qinwen, Elina Svitolina, Mirra Andreeva and Madison Keys fell at that stage. Andreeva is the only one of the four to lose out as she was a semi-finalist in 2024 so will drop 350 points.
Zheng is +300, Svitolina +190 and Keys +300.
In terms of players who lost earlier in the tournament, 18-year-old Victoria Mboko came through qualifying and then reached the third round before falling against Zheng.
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The Canadian picked up 137 points and will make her top 100 debut as she is projected to rise 30 places to No 90.
Last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini was also a big loser as she followed up her incredible 2024 run with a loss in the third round so she will drop 1,060 points.
Emma Raducanu lost a round earlier as she was beaten by Swiatek in the last 64 and added 70 points to her total.
WTA Prize Money Earned In Paris
Before the French Open got underway, Gauff was on $24,368,100 in terms of career prize money and she picked up a cheque of $2,901,024 for her efforts will move to $27m.
Sabalenka earns $1,450,512 and takes her career total past the $36m mark.
But Boisson was no doubt the biggest winner as her fairytale run helped her to earn $784,983, quite a payday for someone who had earned $148,009 in terms of career prize money before the tournament.
Five-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek had $35,625,419 from prize money before the French Open so she will move to $36m after adding $784,983.
Quarter-finalists Zheng, Svitolina, Andreeva and Keys are $500,569 richer after the 2025 French Open.
Mboko also earned more than her career tally in Paris as she was on $164,018 before Roland Garros and earned $191,126 for her run to the third round.
Raducanu earned $133,106 for winning one match while rising star Alex Eala lost in the first round, but still went home with $88,737.
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