For most of the contest, Aryna Sabalenka sulked, pouted, and yelled at her coach from the court as Coco Gauff stoically and calmly outplayed the world's top-ranked women's player. "It feels great," Gauff told fellow American tennis player Sloane Stephens.

It was the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 final in Paris since 2013, when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, and just the second in the last 30 years.

Drawing on the painful memory of her defeat three years ago in the French Open final gave Coco Gauff just the motivation she needed to win the clay-court tournament for the first time.