Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep in the final, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 French Open.

[2] The top three seeds (Williams, Li Na and Agnieszka Radwańska) were in contention for the world No.

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.

While leading 2–1 in the third set, Halep had break point but Sharapova recovered and won the game.

Halep held, then broke back to level the set at 4–4, but got broken again in the next game.