Alexander Zverev Champion Speech — 2026 Roland Garros

[0:00] First of all, I want to congratulate Flavio. [0:04] Unbelievable two weeks reaching your first Grand Slam final. [0:08] Playing this way in your first Grand Slam final is incredible. [0:12] Not many people do that, so congratulations to you. [0:15] And really from the bottom of my heart I hope that you will hold one of these trophies very soon. [0:29] I also want to congratulate the team, because for me it's one of the nicest teams on tour. [0:35] Papa, you are one of the best people on tour. I mean we always have great conversations. [0:39] I always enjoy being around you guys and really you deserve it in the future. [0:45] And I'm really certain that you will get one, so congratulations as well. [0:49] I want to say a big, big, big thank you from all the players to Amelie. [1:02] For me, from the Grand Slams who are the best tournament directors in the world. [1:07] Doing everything possible for the players to feel unbelievably welcome. [1:13] It's incredible, incredible to see what you have done here in the last couple of years. [1:26] Also with facilities, I think it's unbelievable that we have two courts with a roof. [1:30] I mean we have a fantastic centre court, a fantastic court number, Suzanne Leunglen. [1:36] You know, so many things have changed since you took over and they're all positive. [1:39] So congratulations to you as well. [1:42] Then I want to thank also of course the French Federation for making everything possible. [1:55] To the ball kids, to the linesmen, everybody who put so much effort into this week. [2:01] And maybe it's a bit forgotten also during the two weeks. [2:06] It's unbelievable. [2:07] The effort that everybody puts in, it's not possible to do it with every single one that is here. [2:12] I would really like to thank the crowd. The crowd. [2:26] This court is so special to me in so many ways. [2:57] I've had the best moments of my life on this court. [3:02] I had the worst moment of my life on these courts. [3:05] I was laying in that corner over there four years ago with seven broken ligaments and two fractured bones. [3:11] I lost a grand slam final here two years ago. [3:15] But now, finally, it's a happy end. [3:18] And thank you very much to the crowd. [3:20] It's been, I really, I really felt like the crowd was pushing me throughout the entire two weeks. [3:33] And without you guys, I definitely would have not won the tournament. [3:37] So thank you very much. [3:38] Dan, I would like to thank my team. [3:50] It's funny because I have probably the longest lasting team out of anybody in the world. [3:58] I have the longest lasting coach, which is my father. [4:00] I can't get rid of him. [4:01] So it's obviously, he's been there for 29 years. [4:08] I have my brother, also 29 years, can't get rid of him either. [4:22] I have my physical trainer who we've been working together since 2014, since I'm 16 years old. [4:36] So that is probably one of the longest relationships also on tour. [4:40] I would like to thank him as well. [4:42] My best friend who's been in the box for also over 10 years. [4:51] Probably one of the most important people for me because he keeps me happy, which is very difficult to do. [4:56] Then Sergey, we've been working together for over 10 years as well in different roles. [5:12] Thank you very much for sticking with me. [5:14] Yeah, it's been a great run. [5:17] The physio, the physio is new. [5:19] So he's been not here. [5:20] He's been here for like, he's been, he's been here for like two weeks. [5:27] So great, great start to a relationship, man. [5:29] Well done. [5:31] Yeah, don't ask for a bonus now or something like this. [5:36] This is nothing to do with you. [5:38] And I just want to say thank you to everybody because to be honest, we've been through so much. [5:46] We've been through injuries. [5:49] We've been through heartbreak. [5:50] We've been through losses. [5:52] We've been losers at times as well in the most important moments. [5:56] But at the end of the day, we're Grand Slam champions now. [6:00] And that's what counts.