Additionally, both victorious players saved match points in previous rounds before even reaching the final.
In her first-round match against Mexico’s Ana Sofia Sanchez, Rakotomanga Rajaonah rallied from a 5-0 deficit in the final set, and saved three match points. Jovic, meanwhile, denied Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva of Andorra a match point in a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6) quarterfinal.
The youngest American to win a tour singles title since Coco Gauff triumphed on clay in Parma four years ago, Jovic’s win also makes her the youngest winner of any WTA singles title this year at 17 years, 283 days old; she supplants Mirra Andreeva, who won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in February at 17 years, 299 days old.
Rakotomanga Rajaonah is the first French player to win a tour-level title on hard courts since Caroline Garcia won the 2022 year-end WTA Finals, and the youngest French player to win a tour title since Oceane Dodin in 2016.
