ROLAND GARROS

May 22, 2026

Lois Boisson

Press Conference

(In French.)

THE MODERATOR: So, Lois, how did you prepare Roland Garros this year?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, I'm feeling good. I'm happy to be here. I'm happy, because the tournament is going to start soon. Good in terms of mindset, in good form. So what I want is to play my matches.

THE MODERATOR: Questions in French.

Q. Welcome. I wanted to know more about what you did when you were not playing. Your entourage, your friends, something to help you and support you.

LOIS BOISSON: It's a good question. I think passion, passion for the game, passion for tennis. And as you were saying, the people surrounding me, as well, my entourage, my family, and all that, it's about it.

But passion, as well, passion, the fact that I wanted to be back on the courts.

Q. Physically what would you say about yourself? What about this match against Mboko? I suppose you've gained trust, confidence?

LOIS BOISSON: Physically, I'm feeling good. Now I'm 100% here. I'm very happy about this, and it's quite recent, that is, to be here in Paris with these conditions.

Yeah, this match against Mboko, the two matches, the ones in Strasbourg helped me, because I played more matches and found my rhythm on the courts.

So I'm very happy to have played these matches, because now I have gained trust in my game, in my pace, my rhythm. It's only during the matches that you can gain this. I'm very happy to have played those.

Q. Last year you told us that this tournament for you was like playing in a bubble to avoid the pressure from the media. Now, a year has gone by. Has the bubble burst, or during the year that's passed, have you had difficult moments? Was that negative for you?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, I was a bit, like, in my bubble during the tournament. It's still the case for me. Mainly when it's a big tournament, when you know there are many things happening around the tournament, it's always the mindset. I try to do as less as I can as far as this is concerned, really focus on my tennis.

Okay, it's been a year, and lots of things have happened during the year. Sometimes you don't have a choice, you have to get out of your bubble because you're not enough exposed.

But when the tournament starts, and the big tournaments mainly, my objective is to keep my focus on my game and tennis.

Q. Do you feel that people support you around you, the media following you, now that you are at Roland Garros, the French Open? The crowd was with you supporting you, shouting. Do you feel that around?

LOIS BOISSON: Yes, of course as you're saying, people are supporting me. I can feel that from the crowd in Strasbourg, first time I was playing in France since last year, and the crowd was with me, supporting me.

I'm very happy about this, because it's good for me. It's a moment when I know that I can even raise my level again. I'm very happy about this.

Q. Against Kalinskaya, you're going to be the outsider now this time. Mentally speaking, I suppose it's more comfortable?

LOIS BOISSON: It depends, you see. I always say that it depends on the opponent. Everybody's got their own rankings. There is a number attached to your name, but it doesn't necessarily mean something. So on paper I agree that's the way it is.

It all depends, depends on the day, the opponent, what you feel on that day, and how can I say, it's a quick summary when people only look at the rankings, but on paper, yeah, that's the case.

Q. A few words about Florian now with you on your side. Over the past week, what have you worked on? Is it good for you to have someone who knows you through and through to prepare this week at Roland Garros?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, yeah, as I said before, I needed someone who would know me completely, surrounding me. That was the case for the rest of the team members, but as far as tennis was concerned, it was no longer the case. Therefore, during this period, I lost my pace, my rhythm, my landmarks, if you will, because I had not played for many months.

So I realized that I had to go back to the basics and focus on things I knew before that period. So that was good for me. It really was good. It's a boost for me.

I feel that this was really a good choice I made. We'll see what happens next.

Q. How would you describe this year? Semis here at Roland Garros, then the title you won, and then these seven months off the courts?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, yeah. Really it got off, I got off to a good start. I was back after my injuries, and it was rather quick, in fact, and I had good feelings on the courts. I played many matches, and then at the end of the year, when was that, that was in December, the season was okay.

But the beginning of 2026 wasn't good. I was injured again, and therefore couldn't play. Quite tough, frankly. The beginning of the year was quite tough.

But today I'm here. My form is good. I know that I haven't played enough matches, I haven't got enough rhythm, but now I know what to do to play all of these matches. It's a question of time.

Q. Were you afraid never to be able to go back onto the courts with not enough time? And what about this doubt on the diagnostic or the errors or the moral prejudice, the sports prejudice, not just the physical pain, you know, but all that's attached to the physical pain? How did you live that or experience that?

LOIS BOISSON: Yeah, this injury was quite different from all the previous injuries, because I didn't know. I didn't know. There was no timeline, and how can I say, there were a number of errors, and this injury is an injury when you don't really know. There is no dates that you're given, no timeline. That is difficult mentally, not to know anything.

The fact that you're in a place you don't know every single day, week, and month that was going by. You don't know. That was tough.

But then deep within, I thought, yeah, that could be complicated for months and years, but then it went by very quickly, and you managed to feel better, but I wanted to feel better as quickly as possible.

Q. We usually like using the expression "the magic of the French Open," and okay, she's going to be inspired, she's going to play just like last year, but it's not really sticking. You're very pragmatic. Is that something that's a good idea for you? Would you like people to believe that this time the magic should be huge here for you to do the same? What do you feel about these expectations people have that are not necessarily in sync with your feelings today?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, last year, as I was saying, as well, that was an exceptional year, that's true, but I knew deep within I could do this. I had never done that before. It was exceptional because nothing had happened before. Nobody could have believed that.

But me and my team, you know, we knew that possibly we could make it, I could make it. Then, well, okay, the conditions this year are different. As I usually say, the conditions are always different. Each year is different, and your conditions are different on the basis of the week.

But it's still the same mindset. Everything is possible. I can win. I can be defeated during the first match. I don't know. We'll see what's going to happen. We'll see.

Q. A quick question on Chatrier court, would you like to play on the Chatrier court for the first match, or would you like to have a smaller court?

LOIS BOISSON: Well, it's not for me to decide. I'm not the one who is going to manage this. The ones who will have to do this will do this, will decide, but I don't mind about the court. I'm very happy to be here.

Of course the Chatrier, I had good feelings on this court last year, but on the other courts, as well. All the courts are exceptional here. I don't mind.

Q. After what you did last year, that was incredible. Did you do something a bit mad or crazy? If yes, what?

LOIS BOISSON: No, I can't remember of anything. No, I played many matches afterwards, so then there was grass, and then back to clay in Hamburg. And no, nothing at all.

Q. Some players, men, women, talked about the prize money for the Grand Slam and the breakdown of prize money between the players. What would you say about this?

LOIS BOISSON: I didn't take part in this conversation, because I feel I don't really know. I don't know all the numbers. I have seen so many papers on that in the different media, but I don't really know the numbers, what's true, what's false.

So I don't want to join this conversation, because I don't know anything about it. So I'd rather focus, keep my focus on my tennis, what I have to do, and then those who are in charge of this will be in charge, but it's not my role.