{"id":430326,"date":"2025-09-17T04:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T04:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:06:28","slug":"lois-boisson-now-achieves-career-first-in-korea-after-her-heroics-at-the-french-open-earlier-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/430326\/","title":{"rendered":"Lois Boisson now achieves career first in Korea after her heroics at the French Open earlier this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lois Boisson continues to make noise on the WTA Tour in her breakout 2025 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/mirra-andreeva-gives-her-verdict-on-how-the-french-crowd-behaved-during-her-defeat-to-lois-boisson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boisson defeated Jessica Pegula and Mirra Andreeva<\/a> en route to the French Open semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Taking the tennis world by storm, the young Frenchwoman, ranked 361st in the world, took down two top ten <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTA<\/a> players at her home Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2218268270-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lois Boisson roars after beating Jessica Pegula at Roland Garros.\" class=\"wp-image-97369\" \/>Photo by Andy Cheung\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Backing that performance up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/lois-boisson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boisson<\/a> won her maiden tour-level title at the Hamburg Open in July, beating Hungary\u2019s Anna Bondar in the final.<\/p>\n<p>She had, however, struggled away from the clay courts, although she seems to have made a step forward at the Korea Open\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Lois Boisson wins her first hard-court WTA Tour match at the Korea Open<\/p>\n<p>Taking on home-favorite Yeon Woo Ku in round one, Boisson was looking to pick up her first WTA Tour main draw win on a hard court.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Match<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Opponent<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Result<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2025 Cleveland \u2013 1R<\/td>\n<td>Jil Teichamnn<\/td>\n<td>LOSS<\/td>\n<td>4-6, 6-1, 4-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2025 US Open \u2013 1R<\/td>\n<td>Jil Teichmann<\/td>\n<td>LOSS<\/td>\n<td>6-3, 6-7, 2-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Lois Boisson\u2019s previous WTA Tour results on hard courts<\/p>\n<p>Producing a fine display against a player ranked 256 places below her, Boisson defeated Woo Ku in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Boisson secured her first hard-court WTA Tour win, a landmark achievement for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Boisson will now prepare to take on the number-two seed, Ekaterina Alexandrova, in the second round, a player who has gone under the radar in 2025, despite enjoying a brilliant campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian is currently ranked 11th in the world and would love nothing more than to make a top-ten breakthrough before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2210113297-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"Ekaterina Alexandrova in action at the 2025 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix\" class=\"wp-image-83443\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She will have her work cut out for her against Boisson, though, as the French Open semifinalist looks to cause another upset on the WTA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Lois Boisson\u2019s route to the Korea Open title<\/p>\n<p>Having picked up her first WTA title in Hamburg on the clay, Boisson will have her eyes on a second title in Korea, on hard.<\/p>\n<p>Standing between Boisson and the Korea Open title are several big names in women\u2019s tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Lois Boisson\u2019s projected route to the title (By ranking)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>1R [WIN] vs Yeon Woo Ku<\/li>\n<li>2R vs Ekaterina Alexandrova<\/li>\n<li>QF vs Beatriz Haddad Maia<\/li>\n<li>SF vs Daria Kasatkina<\/li>\n<li>F vs Iga Swiatek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If Boisson were to upset Alexandrova in round two, she\u2019d likely meet Brazil\u2019s Beatriz Haddad Maia in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Daria Kasatkina and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iga Swiatek<\/a> could then await her in the semifinals and final.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235564233-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lois Boisson in action at the 2025 Korea Open\" class=\"wp-image-130175\" \/>Photo by Han Myung-Gu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She won\u2019t want to get too far ahead of herself thinking about title wins just yet, but may be aware of what\u2019s at stake in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Should Boisson go all the way and win the Korea Open, she could make her debut in the top 25.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Lois Boisson\u2019s current ranking \u2013 49<\/li>\n<li>Lois Boisson\u2019s live ranking \u2013 40<\/li>\n<li>Lois Boisson\u2019s projected ranking with title \u2013 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boisson would also become just the ninth player to win multiple WTA titles this year.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number of titles<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Titles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aryna Sabalenka<\/td>\n<td>Belarus<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Brisbane International, Miami Open, Madrid Open, US Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jessica Pegula<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>ATX Open, Charleston Open, Bad Homburg Open,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iga Swiatek<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Wimbledon, Cincinnati Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Madison Keys<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Adelaide International, Australian Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mirra Andreeva<\/td>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Dubai Tennis Championships, Indian Wells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elise Mertens<\/td>\n<td>Belgium<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Singapore Open, Libema Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>McCartney Kessler<\/td>\n<td>USA<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Hobart International, Nottingham Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maya Joint<\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Morocco Open, Eastbourne International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>WTA players with multiple titles in 2025<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Boisson can add to her WTA title tally in Korea, but she will first focus on her second-round match.<\/p>\n<p>Boisson will play Alexandrova in the second round of the Korea Open on Wednesday, September 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lois Boisson continues to make noise on the WTA Tour in her breakout 2025 campaign. 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