ROMA – Jasmine Paolini took advantage of crowd support and beat Coco Goff 6-4, 6-2, becoming the first home player to win the Italian Open on Saturday in 40 years.
Italy was able to win the first sweep of the Roman singles title with top-ranked Jannik Sinner playing Carlos Alcaraz on the final Sunday of the boys.
The last Italian woman to win the Italian Open was Rafaela Ledge in Tarrant in 1985. The last local man to raise the trophy was Adriano Panatta in 1976.
Paolini and partner Sara Errani will also compete in the women’s doubles final, playing Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens on Sunday of that trophy.
The country’s tennis boom was fully empowered, with Italian President Sergio Matarera attending the women’s final in the Italico follower.
Many fans were stretching out the Italian flag, and they constantly cried out “Vijasmine” (“Gorgeousmin”).
Paolini, who ranked fifth, was runner-up at the French Open and Wimbledon, leading Italy to the Billy Jung King Cup title last year. She will rank fourth on Monday’s rankings.
Ranked third place, Gauff, the 2023 US Open champion, suffered from unforced errors and double faults. This is the second time Gauff has finished as runner-up in two clay court tournaments. She lost the Madrid Open Final to Alina Sabalenka two weeks ago.
Paolini also defeated Gouf at a clay court event held in Stuttgart, Germany in April.
Monica Ceres in 1990 was the last woman to wipe out the Roman singles and doubles titles that same year.