An Seyoung Completes French Open Three-Peat, Claims 10th Title of Season and 50th Straight Win

Comeback win over India's Pusarla Sindhu, 2-1... 11th win in 11 meetings

66 wins in 67 matches this season... 98.5% winning rate

Five consecutive international titles... 48 career titles

World No. 1 An Seyoung claimed her third consecutive French Open title and her 10th victory of the season.

An Seyoung defeated world No. 11 Pusarla Sindhu of India 2-1 (16-21, 21-11, 21-12) in the women's singles final of the 2026 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour French Open in Paris on the 25th (Korea time).

With the win, An Seyoung claimed the French Open title for the third consecutive year, following her victories in 2024 and 2025. It was her fourth title at the tournament, where she first won in 2019.

An Se-young celebrates after defeating world No. 11 Pusarla Sindhu of India 2-1 (16-21, 21-11, 21-12) to win the women's singles final at the 2026 BWF World Tour French Open in Paris, France, on the 25th (Korea time). EPA-Yonhap News.

An Seyoung struggled in the first game against Sindhu's high-contact-point attacks, which took advantage of her height. Unforced errors compounded her difficulties, and she lost the opening game 16-21. An Seyoung changed the momentum from the second game onward. After taking an early lead, she won the game 21-11 to level the match. In the deciding third game, the two remained neck and neck at 9-9, but An Seyoung then scored six consecutive points to seize control and eventually close out the match 21-12. She also extended her dominant head-to-head record against Sindhu to 11 wins in 11 matches.

The victory marked An Seyoung's 10th title of the season. She has now won five consecutive international tournaments she has entered, following the World Championships, China Masters, 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and Denmark Open.

Since losing to Wang Zhiyi of China in the All England Open final last March, An Seyoung has won 50 consecutive matches. Her record for the year stands at 66 wins and one loss in 67 matches, giving her a 98.5% winning percentage.

After claiming her ninth title of the season at the Denmark Open last week, An Seyoung has now topped the podium at two consecutive European tournaments. She won 11 tournaments in 2025, tying the record for the most titles in a single season across men's and women's singles, and remains on track to break the record this year.

Her career total of international women's singles titles has also risen to 48. At the Denmark Open, An Seyoung surpassed the previous record of 46 titles held by Susi Susanti of Indonesia. Her French Open victory brought her closer to the 50-title milestone.

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