1990 French Open – Women's singles
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Monica Seles defeated Steffi Graf in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1990 French Open.[1] Aged 16 years and 6 months, she became the youngest major singles champion in the Open Era at the time, and remains the youngest French Open champion in history.
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Champion | Monica Seles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runner-up | Steffi Graf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Mercedes Paz.
This tournament also saw a semifinal appearance for future world No. 1 Jennifer Capriati. Aged only 14 years and 70 days, she became the youngest tennis player ever to reach a French Open semifinal and, following this tournament, the youngest player ever to enter the top ten in rankings.