The defending Wimbledon champion avenged her French Open defeat with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
The French Open champion was forced to retire during the Ordina Open final because of a wrist injury.
The Belgian duo set up a rematch of their French Open final after winning their semi-finals at the Ordina Open. \n\n
Henin maiden Grand Slam success was the result of sublime claycourt tennis and the way she has transformed her once-unhappy private life.
The fourth-seeded Belgian will meet compatriot Kim Clijsters in the women's French Open final.
The world No. 1 joined Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin-Hardenne and Nadia Petrova in the semi-finals of the French Open.
Justine Henin-Hardenne survived three match points to overcome Kim Clijsters 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in a thrilling all-Belgian German Open final
The world No. 1 was beaten by Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final of the Family Circle Cup.
The victory gave the world No.1 a place in the final of the \n\nFamily Circle Cup, against Justine Henin-Hardenne.\n\n
Justine Henin, a shy, petite Belgian with a fierce desire to win, and big-serving Russian Marat Safin were honored as the new inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday.
The 2000 champion was beaten by Sweden's Thomas Enqvist in the first round at the US Open.
Swiatek's last defeat on clay came in the WTA 1000 event in Madrid against Australian Barty, who elected not to defend her 2019 French Open title last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Williams broke down in tears at her post-match news conference when asked about the behaviour of the Parisian crowd.
Serena Williams, who had come into the first Grand Slam since in Auckland claiming her first title since becoming a mother, suffered an error-strewn 6-4, 6-7(2), 7-5 defeat by China's Wang Qiang in the third round at the Australian Open on Friday.
Following Iga Swiatek's victory over Coco Gauff in the final, here's a list of French Open women's singles champions:
List of French Open women's singles champions
The Australian Open has seen many unheralded players punching above their weight. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such unseeded players who went the distance in the new millennium.
Jennifer Brady spent two weeks in hard quarantine gathering mental strength for her tilt at a maiden Grand Slam title and will hope there is plenty in reserve when she takes on Naomi Osaka in Saturday's Australian Open final.
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Following is a list of American Serena Williams' 22 grand slam singles titles as she equalled Steffi Graf's professional era record with victory at Wimbledon on Saturday
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
The 13th seeded Czech proved too strong for Serb, who lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 2008, winning 7-5, 6-4.
Images from Day 11 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.
The unseeded Ostapenko, 20, downed Romanian third seed Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final, hitting a staggering 54 winners and taking her tournament tally to 299.
Factbox on Russia's Maria Sharapova who was banned until January 2018 on Wednesday after testing positive for the banned drug meldonium at this year's Australian Open.
Ana Ivanovic's hopes of adding to her 2008 French Open success ended rather tamely on Saturday as she was beaten by Justine Henin's new charge, Ukrainian 18th seed Elina Svitolina, in the third round on Saturday.
Take a look at the profile of Maria Sharapova who told a news conference on Monday she failed a drugs test.
Garbine Muguruza's chances of winning her maiden grand slam title -- and achieving the rare feat of beating Serena Williams twice in three years at Roland Garros -- may well depend on which version of the world number one turns up on Sunday.
Here is a list of US Open women's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei has enjoyed double good fortune at Melbourne Park this week.
Factbox on Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who announced her retirement from tennis at 28 after a second round loss at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
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