By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday, June 5, 2025
Paris – Lois Boisson has captivated tennis fans everywhere as the 22-year-old French sensation makes waves in her Grand Slam debut by storming into the semifinals. On Wednesday, the atmosphere was electric, with enthusiastic fans who couldn’t get a seat in Chatrier flooding the Place des Mousquetaires and the surrounding courtyard to witness the thrilling match.
In a nail-biting showdown against Mirra Andreeva, Boisson showcased her incredible resilience, overcoming a 3-1 and 5-3 deficit in the opening set, even saving a set point during a tense tiebreaker. She turned the tables in the second set, rallying from 3-0 down to clinch the victory and become the first Frenchwoman to reach this stage in Paris since 2011.
Boisson’s journey through this tournament is shaping up to be one of the most extraordinary stories in Open Era Grand Slam history, and the excitement continues as she gears up to face Coco Gauff for a place in the finals.
Here are some remarkable statistics that highlight the Dijon native’s achievements thus far.
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With her latest triumph, Boisson joins an elite group, becoming only the second player in the last four decades to defeat multiple top-10 competitors in her first Women’s Singles Grand Slam event, following in the footsteps of Monica Seles at Roland-Garros in 1989.
Additionally, she has made history as the first player in the Open Era to reach the Women’s Singles semifinals at Roland-Garros as a wild card, and could potentially become the first wild card finalist since Justine Henin achieved this at the Australian Open in 2010.
Notably, excluding unranked players, Lois Boisson is currently the lowest ranked (#361) athlete to advance to a Women’s Singles Grand Slam semi-finals in 40 years.
She is also just the third player since 1980 to reach the semifinals during her debut in the Women’s Singles Grand Slam main draw, joining the ranks of Monica Seles (Roland Garros 1989) and Jennifer Capriati (Roland Garros 1990).
Having participated in only two WTA matches before Roland-Garros, Boisson holds the record for the fewest WTA matches played prior to reaching her first Grand Slam semifinal in the Open Era, tying with Elisabeth Ekblom at the Australian Open in 1976.
