Having lost in his last three French Open finals, two of which at the hands of Frenchman Stéphane Houdet, Kunieda finally tasted his revenge as he battled through to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over the home favourite to seal his fifth Roland Garros.

After taking the last two French Open titles in three-setters, Houdet struggled against his Japanese opponent's ruthless backhand in this year's competition as his powerful serve failed to trouble Kunieda.

Through the years the top two men's players have met on 40 separate occasions, with Kunieda being the dominant force in the majority of these fixtures having secured 31 wins over an eight-year period, including today's victory.

"Yes, finally I could do it," said Kunieda.

"Today I played very well, especially my forehand was very aggressive and I made pressure on him."

After three straight defeats in the French Open final, Shingo Kunieda finally got his hands on his fifth Roland Garros title with a win over rival Stéphane Houdet ©Getty Images



As both players struggled to hold serve in the early period, it was Kunieda who took the initiative, winning three games on the bounce to take a 5-2 lead.

Despite battling back to 5-4, Houdet would be broken to love on his next service game, handing the set to Kunieda.

The world number one took an even firmer grip on proceedings in the second set as he dropped just a single game to seal his 31st career Grand Slam title, 16 of which coming in men's singles.

Meanwhile, Kamiji battled through a tough encounter with 2013 world champion Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands to seal her first Grand Slam singles title.

In this topsy-turvy match up, both players seemed to struggle on their serve, with breaks springing up in nearly every game of the first set.

As the players moved into a tie-break, it was the Japanese player who took the initiative, however, as she sealed the set 7-6.

The second set looked to be going the way of the Dutch player as she moved 4-2 ahead.

A shift of gears from Kamiji proved the turning point though, as she won the next four games to secure the title.

Yui Kamiji made it double delight for Japan at the French Open as she overcame the Netherlands' Aniek van Koot to take the women's singles title ©Getty Images



"This is my first Grand Slam title so I'm very happy," Kamiji said.

"Before my match it felt very special for me."

There was yet more delight for Kamiji in the doubles contest as she partnered with Great Britain's Jordanne Whiley to win their second successive Grand Slam doubles title, following victory in Australia.

The duo edged out Dutch top seeds Jiske Griffioen and Van Koot 7-6(3), 3-6, (10-8) to continue their fine form as doubles partners.

The men's doubles final brought some respite for Houdet as he pair up with Belgium's Joachim Gérard to make it a 4-6, 6-3, 11-9 victory over Gustavo Fernández of Argentina and Nicolas Peifer of France.

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