Five women who have reached the final of both French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since 1999 ft. Steffi Graf and Serena Williams

Performing well both on clay, which is the slowest surface, and grass, which is the fastest one, is a difficult thing to do in tennis. Before the era of the ‘Big Three’, Bjorn Borg achieved the Channel Slam, which amounts to winning both the French Open (on clay) and Wimbledon (on grass) in the same year, thrice in his career.Meanwhile, in women’s tennis, seven players in the game’s history have won the Channel Slam. In this article, we will take a look at five women, who have reached the final of both French Open and Wimbledon in the same year since 1999. Let us get on with the list:Paolini became a household name in Italy, her homeland, by reaching her maiden Grand Slam final at the French Open in 2024. She dropped three sets in the process and then met top-seed Iga Swiatek in the final. Swiatek thrashed Paolini in the final, but the latter’s win over fourth-seed Elena Rybakina made the world take notice.