Aryna Sabalenka wears custom Material Good necklace at French Open

Aryna Sabalenka arrived at Roland Garros in a custom Material Good necklace suite that was as much performance engineering as adornment. The three necklaces, set with more than 200 carats of garnets and 23 carats of diamonds, were designed to stack seamlessly and move with her through every moment of the match, a rare brief for fine jewelry on a tennis court where speed, sweat and shoulder rotation all test a piece’s construction.

The effect was deliberate. Material Good said the rich crimson garnets and varied stone shapes were chosen to echo the red clay of the French Open, turning the court surface into a color story Sabalenka could wear. She paired the necklaces with matching garnet-and-diamond earrings, keeping the look cohesive without sacrificing the kind of clarity and restraint that competition demands. The result was bold, but not static. It read like luxury made for motion.

Sabalenka opened her campaign on May 26 against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and won in straight sets, giving the jewelry a high-profile debut under match conditions rather than on a red carpet. That distinction matters. On court, a statement necklace cannot simply sparkle; it has to sit correctly against the body, remain balanced through explosive movement and avoid the awkward bounce or snagging that can make a beautiful piece impractical in play. A suite built to stack and move suggests careful attention to weight distribution, connection points and how each strand lays against the skin.

The valuation underscored the scale of the commission. Some coverage placed the jewelry at more than $100,000, with one report estimating it at roughly £75,000 to £85,000. For fine jewelry, that kind of price point usually signals not only stone weight but also the complexity of matching and mounting stones so the whole composition reads as one engineered piece, not a collection of separate ornaments.

Sabalenka has reportedly been collaborating with Material Good since the 2026 Australian Open, and the jeweler has already built a dedicated Aryna Sabalenka collection around her name. The assortment includes the Aryna Studs alongside garnet, ruby and diamond designs, a sign that this was not a one-off stunt but an evolving partnership between athlete and jeweler. In a French Open where fashion and luxury are increasingly visible alongside forehands and serves, Sabalenka’s necklace showed how personalized jewelry can be designed for real movement, not just display.