By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday October 9, 2020

The woman’s final is set in Roland-Garros and it promises to be a thrilling encounter between two future stars, both of whom have risen to their first Roland Garros final this week. 19-year-old Iga Swiatek of Poland, making her second appearance in Paris, and 21-year-old Sofia Kenin, who is into her second major final of 2020.



Let’s look inside the numbers…

23 Swiatek has lost just 23 games through six matches thus far in Paris. It’s the seventh lowest total in the Open Era at Roland Garros.

16-1Kenin’s record at the Grand Slams in 2020. The American won the Australian Open, reached the round of 16 at the US Open, and is here in Paris, into the final.

0 Number of players from Poland that have won Grand Slam singles title. Swiatek is bidding to become the first. As it stands, she has joined Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, who reached the final at Roland Garros in 1939, and Agnieszka Radwanska, who reached the final of Wimbledon final in 2012.

2016 The year that Kenin and Swiatek both met—the pair matched up in the third round of the Roland Garros Girls’ Singles and it was Swiatek who won, in straight sets.

5 Combined totals between Kenin and Swiatek. The American has five titles, including one at the Australian Open and another at Lyon in 2020; and Swiatek is still searching for her first title.

7 Swiatek, ranked 54, is the seventh unseeded finalist in Roland Garros women’s singles Open Era history. She’s the 16th unseeded women’s singles Grand Slam finalist in Open Era history. Swiatek is the second-lowest ranked woman to reach the final in Paris since 1975.

2007 The last year that a woman won the title at Roland Garros without dropping a set in the tournament. Justine Henin achieved the feat 13 years ago.

5 Combine Roland Garros main draw appearances between the two finalists. Swiatek owns a 9-1 lifetime record, while Kenin sports an 8-2 record.

7 Swiatek is making her seventh career appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam; Kenin is making her 14th.

1997 Swiatek is bidding to become the first teenager to win Roland Garros in 23 years. Iva Majoli was the last, in 1997.