Which Polish player won her first major title at the 2020 French Open?

Iga Swiatek won her first major title at the 2020 French Open.

The 19-year-old Pole defeated fourth-seeded American Sofia Kenin 6–4, 6–1 in the final on 10 October 2020. Swiatek did not lose a set during the tournament and surrendered only 28 games across seven matches, an unusually dominant run for an unseeded champion ranked No. 54.

Her victory was historic beyond the title itself: she became the first Polish player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She was also the first Polish woman to reach the French Open final since Jadwiga Jędrzejowska in 1939. That earlier milestone is sometimes confused with Swiatek's achievement, while Agnieszka Radwanska's 2012 Wimbledon final is the more recent Polish women's major final before 2020.

The 2020 event was held unusually late because the COVID-19 pandemic moved it from its traditional May–June slot to September–October. Swiatek later became a multiple-time Roland-Garros champion, but Paris 2020 remained her breakthrough major.