No.6 seed Sloane Stephens of the United States battled to her eighth career Hologic WTA Tour singles title on Sunday, defeating unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 to win the inaugural WTA 250 Open Capfinances Rouen Métropole in Rouen, France.
Stephens needed 2 hours and 10 minutes to prevail in the final and capture her first WTA title in over two years. Prior to this week, the American’s most recent final had occurred in February of 2022, when she won the WTA 250 Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara.
Former World No.3 Stephens is now 4-0 against Linette, and the American also holds an 8-3 win-loss record in WTA singles finals. Stephens has now won five WTA 250 titles in her career, along with her Grand Slam title (2017 US Open), WTA 1000 title (2018 Miami) and WTA 500 title (2016 Charleston).
That magic moment 🤩@SloaneStephens finishes off a brilliant week as the champion in Rouen 👏#OpenRouen pic.twitter.com/0Jdq6tglWU
— wta (@WTA) April 21, 2024
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