
Winner Japan’s Yui Kamiji poses with the trophy after the women’s wheelchair singles final match of the French Tennis Open against Netherlands’ Aniek Van Koot at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 7, 2025.
11:09 JST, June 8, 2025
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Yui Kamiji of Japan won a fifth wheelchair singles title at the French Open by beating second-seeded Aniek Van Koot on Saturday.
Kamiji won 6-2, 6-2 in the women’s final on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
On a successful day for Japan, top-seeded Tokito Oda later secured the men’s title by defeating Alfie Hewett of Britain 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Japan’s Tokito Oda poses with the trophy as he won the men’s wheelchair singles final match of the French Tennis Open against Britain’s Alfie Hewett at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 7, 2025.
It was the 72nd meeting between Kamiji and her Dutch rival, and their 20th at a Grand Slam tournament. Kamiji extended her winning record to 51-21.
Kamiji has now won 10 Grand Slam singles titles. She also won the US Open in 2014 and 2017, and the Australian Open in 2017, 2020 and 2025.
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