French No. 1 Lois Boisson clinched her maiden WTA Tour singles title with a straight-sets win over Anna Bondar in the Hamburg Open final on Sunday.
World No. 63 Boisson, seeded fifth, took down Hungarian World No. 77 Bondar 7-5, 6-3 in an hour and 50 minutes to become the first French woman to win a Tour-level title since Caroline Garcia at the WTA Finals in November 2022. She was down a break in each set but fought back on both occasions.
“This is the first time I’ve given a (tournament winner’s) speech, so please bear with me,” the 22-year-old said before offering a simple “Danke” (“Thank you”) to the German crowd.
Boisson had lost her first qualifying match on grass at Wimbledon. However, she made her return to clay count.
The triumph at the WTA 250 event in Germany is another milestone for Boisson this season. She had surprised everyone when she made it to the semifinals of the French Open as a wildcard. Before Roland Garros, she was World No. 361 but that run in Paris immediately made her the top-ranked Frenchwoman.
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Boisson is set to make her Top 50 debut in the WTA Rankings on Monday.
Iasi Open final
Local hope Irina-Camelia Begu defeated Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann 6-0, 7-5 in the final of the Iasi Open, the other WTA 250 event this week, in Romania.
Begu won her sixth career title and first since 2022.
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