The season's opening Grand Slam ran from 18 January to 1 February 2026 at Melbourne Park. In both finals the top seed met a very different fate.
Tennis
Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, the Australian Open and the US Open, the ATP and WTA tours and the players to watch.
Iga Swiatek has confirmed her hold on Roland-Garros once again. In the final, the world number one comfortably beat Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 6-1) to claim a fourth title in Paris and become the first woman to win three in a row since Justine Henin. At 23, the Pole now has five Grand Slam titles, including the 2022 US Open.
The French Open runs in Paris from 26 May to 9 June, bringing together the best players on tour — Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and the rest.