Maja Chwalińska Blanks Carole Monnet 6:0 in Roland Garros Qualifying
Maja Chwalińska opened her Roland Garros qualifying match with a 6:0 set against Carole Monnet on Wednesday at Court Suzanne Lenglen. The 22-minute set put the Polish player one step closer to a first main draw at Roland Garros after three previous failed attempts.
Court Suzanne Lenglen Start
Chwalińska, 24, controlled the first set from the start and never let Monnet settle into the match. She entered the Paris qualifying draw trying for the fourth time to reach the main event, a stage she has missed in her previous three attempts.
The first-set scoreline stood out because Chwalińska had not come through Roland Garros qualifying in her two earlier campaigns, both of which ended in the second round. This was also a sharp response to a 2023 Wimbledon qualifying loss to Monnet, giving her a cleaner opening in the rematch on clay.
Chwalińska’s Grand Slam Run
Her record at the majors is still short, but it already includes a deeper run than the one she made in Melbourne this year. Chwalińska reached the Wimbledon main draw in 2022 and got to the second round, then lost in the first round of the Australian Open in 2025.
That climb has tracked with her ranking rise. After the WTA 125 event in Oeiras in April, she reached a career-high 113th place in the WTA ranking, helped by wins over Simona Waltert and Beatriz Haddad Maia. Those results put her closer to the kind of ranking position that can make Grand Slam qualifying draws more manageable.
Oeiras Form Carries Forward
The Oeiras results also showed how quickly Chwalińska can swing a match against higher-ranked opponents. She beat two top-100 players there, and Robin Montgomery was another player who dropped a set 0:6 in that event.
For Chwalińska, the immediate task is simple: keep the level she showed in the opening set and turn it into a full qualifying win. A place in the Roland Garros main draw would add another Grand Slam appearance to a resume that already includes Wimbledon and the Australian Open, while keeping her push from 113th in the rankings moving in the right direction.
