Lois Boisson isn't going to win the 2025 French Open, but the Cinderella story still had a tournament that will change her life. Before making a run to the semifinals in the clay-court major, she had career earnings near $150,000. At Roland Garros, she will earn more than $800,000. She made it into the main draw of any major for the first time in her career.
She also raced up the WTA rankings from No. 361 to No. 65. She is 23 years old, and her career might be ascending. But she will not be playing for a title in Paris.
The problem was that she took on an in-form Coco Gauff in the semifinals, and Gauff is simply a much better player than the Frenchwoman. The American has elite athleticism, can his with pace, and if she doesn't let her serve beat her, she is nearly impossible to defeat. Not just for Boisson, but for anyone.
Coco Gauff moves into the French Open final with a convincing victory over Lois Boisson
What cripples her game sometimes is her inability to land her second serve. While she struggled to get her first serve in, she only had two double faults. Meanwhile, Boisson was being put into positions to consistently have unforced errors.
She fell behind early in the first set and dropped it 1-6. She tried to hit harder and bigger, but that caused her to hit into the net more. Her drop shots were mostly useless against a player capable of running them down easily, and then following that with an easy winner.
The second set was tighter, though. Boisson fell down a break and trailed 1-3, but she got the break back and gave herself a little hope of turning the match around. But Gauff broke straight back, and then held at love, and the match was no longer in doubt. The American won 6-1 6-2.
Gauff will play top-seed Aryna Sabalenka in the final. This will be the second time the American has reached the final at Roland Garros, and the first final for the Belarusian. The players have faced off 10 times, and each has won five. They have split their two meetings on clay.