Alexander Zverev, French Open 2026: Germany’s star tennis player Alexander Zverev has finally ended the biggest drought of his career. Second seed Zverev defeated Flavio Coboli of Italy in a very exciting and breath-taking final match of the men’s singles of the French Open 2026 played on the historic Court Philippe-Chatrier of Roland Garros. Zverev won this five-set battle that lasted more than 4 hours by 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 and captured the Grand Slam trophy for the first time.
The thrill of 5 sets was full of ups and downs
The beginning of the match was quite explosive for Zverev. He did not give any chance to Koboli in the first set with his powerful serve and baseline shots and easily won the first set 6-1. However, 10th seeded Italian player Flavio Coboli, playing in a major final for the first time, made a brilliant comeback and leveled the match by winning the second set 6-4.
Then Zverev took advantage of his experience and won the third set 6-4 in his favor. But in the fourth set there was a tough competition between the two players. Zverev was leading 3-1 in the tiebreaker, but Koboli showed fighting spirit and overturned the score and won the set 7-6 (7-5) to push the match into the fifth set. When it seemed the match could go either way, Zverev kept his nerves under control. He created history by winning the last set 6-1 by continuously breaking Koboli’s serve and as soon as he won, he cried lying on his back on the court.
Alexander Zverev created history
This victory of Alexander Zverev is also a historic milestone for German tennis. He has become the first German male player to win a Grand Slam men’s singles title since Boris Becker (Australian Open) in 1996. Zverev had missed the title three times before by reaching the Grand Slam finals. Finally, in his fourth attempt, he kissed the shining trophy on the red soil of Paris.
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