2014 French Open – Women's singles

Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 French Open. It was her second French Open title and her fifth and last major title overall. In a final that lasted over three hours, it was the first time since 2001 that the final went to three sets. Halep was the first Romanian to reach the final since Virginia Ruzici in 1980.
Serena Williams was the defending champion, but was defeated in the second round by Garbiñe Muguruza.
The top three seeds were in contention for the world No. 1 singles ranking. However, they all failed to reach the fourth round and so Williams retained the top spot. As a result, this marked the first time in the Open Era the top three seeds all failed to reach the round of 16 at a major.

Seeds

Serena Williams '
Li Na '
Agnieszka Radwańska '
Simona Halep '
Petra Kvitová '
Jelena Janković '
Maria Sharapova
Angelique Kerber '
Dominika Cibulková '
Sara Errani '
Ana Ivanovic '
Flavia Pennetta '
Caroline Wozniacki '
Carla Suárez Navarro '
Sloane Stephens '
Sabine Lisicki '
Roberta Vinci '
Eugenie Bouchard '
Samantha Stosur '
Alizé Cornet '
Kirsten Flipkens '
Ekaterina Makarova '
Lucie Šafářová '
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova '
Kaia Kanepi '
Sorana Cîrstea '
Svetlana Kuznetsova '
Andrea Petkovic '
Venus Williams '
Klára Koukalová '
Daniela Hantuchová '
Elena Vesnina ''''

Final

Seventh-seeded Sharapova beat 18th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 in the first semi-final, while fourth-seeded Simona Halep beat 28th-seeded Andrea Petkovic, 6–2, 7–6 in the second. In the first set, Halep won the first two games before Sharapova won five consecutive games. Halep fought back and narrowed the margin to 5–4, before Sharapova broke Halep to win the set 6–4. The second set went to a tiebreaker where Sharapova jumped out to a 5–3 lead. However, Halep won the next four points to take the set 7–6. While leading 2–1 in the third set, Halep had break point but Sharapova recovered and won the game. She then broke Halep to take a 4–2 lead. Halep held, then broke back to level the set at 4–4, but got broken again in the next game. Serving for the match, Sharapova held at love, taking the set 6–4. It was the first time since 2001 that the final went to 3 sets.