Daily Tennis Tips – Saturday 7th June: French Open Finals

See below for our expert daily tennis tips and best bets around the courts for Saturday June 7, 2025!

The 2025 French Open will deliver a first-time women’s champion, with world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka appearing in her first Roland Garros final and second seed Coco Gauff striving to go one better than her loss to Iga Swiatek in the 2022 decider.

Sabalenka has appeared in five grand slam finals – all at the Australian and US Opens – for three victories, while Gauff’s only other major final saw her take out the 2023 US Open with a gripping win from a set down against Sabalenka.

Sabalenka, on the back of a build-up that included winning the Madrid Masters, was dominant in straight-sets wins over Kamilla Rakhimova (6-1 6-0), Jil Teichmann (6-3 6-1), Olga Danilovic (6-2 6-3), Amanda Anisimova (7-5 6-3) and, in a 7-6 6-3 quarter-final result, eighth seed Qinwen Zheng.

She then went up a gear to overwhelm four-time and defending champ Iga Swiatek 7-6 4-6 6-0 in the semis.

Gauff, who enjoyed an excellent lead-in to Paris by reaching the finals in Madrid and Rome, has also powered into the final for the loss of just one set.

The 21-year-old brushed aside Olivia Gadecki (6-2 6-2), Tereza Valentova (6-2 6-4), Marie Bouzkova (6-1 7-6) and 20th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-0 7-5), then outlasted seventh seed Madison Keys 6-7 6-4 6-1.

Gauff snuffed out qualifier Lois Boisson’s fairytale in ruthless semi-final fashion, 6-1 6-2.

Whether Sabalenka’s lengthy heavyweight match-up in the semis holds her in better stead than Gauff’s swift victory, keeping the American fresher, remains to be seen.

The head-to-head is five-all. Sabalenka has won three of four clashes since their US Open final showdown, in the 2024 Australian Open and Wuhan Open semis, and a 7-6 6-3 result in the Madrid Masters final just over a month ago. Gauff won in the WTA Finals semis in November.

Sabalenka may be a shade overvalued as a $1.46 favourite with both players in sensational touch with excellent clay-court pedigrees – and Gauff has a more impressive Roland Garros record – but the Belarusian shapes as the better bet to lift the trophy in a tight one.

It’s world No.1 versus world No.2 in the men’s French Open final, too, with Jannik Sinner appearing in his first Roland Garros decider against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Alcaraz has a handy 8-4 lead in this rivalry (3-1 on clay). He’s also won their last four encounters – including an epic five-set semi-final at Roland Garros last year, the Beijing Open final in late-2024 and a 7-6 6-1 result in last month’s Rome Masters final.

The 22-year-old Alcaraz lived up to his ‘King of Clay’ heir apparent billing by beating Novak Djokovic in five sets in the 2024 French Open final. He’s now 4-0 in grand slam finals after winning the past two Wimbledons, following his 2022 US Open triumph.

Sinner, just one year older, is 3-0 in major finals, winning the 2024-25 Australian Opens and the 2024 US Open.

 Alcaraz is 21-1 since the start of the clay swing, winning the Monte-Carlo Masters and Rome Masters either side of his loss in the Barcelona Open final to Holger Rune.

The Spanish powerhouse beat Giulio Zeppieri in straight sets in the first round, won three consecutive four-setters against Fabian Marozsan, Damir Dzumhur and Ben Shelton, then thrashed 12th seed Tommy Paul 6-0 6-1 6-4.

Alcaraz was tested early by in-form eighth seed Lorenzo Musetti in the semis before progressing 4-6 7-6 6-0 2-0 ret.

Sinner put his three-month ban behind him with an outstanding run in Rome and is yet to drop a set in Paris. After seeing off a plucky Arthur Rinderknech in the first round, the Italian lost a maximum of eight games in thrashing Richard Gasquet, Jiri Lehecka, Andrey Rublev and Alexander Bublik.

But his display in wearing down the great Novak Djokovic 6-4 7-5 7-6 in the semi-finals will provide Sinner with a huge confidence boost for this match-up.

Alcaraz baseline relentlessness will provide easily Sinner’s toughest challenge yet, however, while the fact he hasn’t played in a match of any great length since his return will put him at a disadvantage if the final goes deep…which seems inevitable.

Also boasting a 12-1 record in five-set matches and having already conquered Roland Garros, Alcaraz is the pick in what shapes as a classic.