Elina Svitolina beat number 3 seed Olga Danilovic 6-4 7-6 (10-8) after 1 hour and 58 minutes in the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Rouen to win her first title in nearly two years.
Svitolina did not drop a set at this tournament en route to winning the title on her debut in Rouen beating Jil Teichmann, Anhelina Kalinina, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Elena Gabriela Ruse.
Danilovic will improve by eight spots to a career-high ranking to world number 31.
Danilovic earned an early break to open up a 3-1 lead in the first set. Svitolina bounced back by earning two breaks in the fifth and in the tenth games to seal the first set 6-4.
Danilovic started the second set with an immediate break in the first game. Svitolina broke straight back in the second game, but she was not able to convert a championship point in the 12thgame. Danilovic earned two consecutive set points at 6-4. Svitolina sealed the tie-break 10-8 on her fourth match point.
Svitolina has reached 22 WTA Tour finals and won 18 titles in her career, including even on clay court. She has won her first title since May 2023, when she triumphed two months after her comeback from maternity leave. The Ukrainian player had reached one more final since then in January 2024, when she finished runner-up to Coco Gauff in a close three-set match in Auckland 2024.
