As external expectations have mounted from those urging her on to major spoils and touting her as a future No.1, Andreeva has urged patience so she can enjoy the ride.

That’s not to call into question her work ethic, more a reminder that two years after she burst through for her first Slam semifinal in Paris, she needed time.

“I'll be honest, I've done a lot of visualisations before,” Andreeva said. “Not just this tournament, but I've had dreams, I've had a lot of thoughts on how it's going to happen, if it's going to happen, when it's going to happen, where.

“I would say that the feeling in real life is so much better, obviously, than in your dreams. It just feels looking at this trophy and realising that this is actually true, and I can call myself a Grand Slam champion, I guess.”

At a Roland-Garros that has stuck to the script far less than most years, it is perhaps ironic that the stars would finally align for the 19-year-old to move so smoothly through the business end of the tournament to land the prize.

Last year, she had capitulated in a quarterfinal boilover against wildcard local Lois Boisson, a match in which Andreeva admitted the crowd and her emotions brought her unstuck.

This time round, she never conceded more than five games in her final four rounds, including over qualifier and fellow first-time Slam finalist Maja Chwalinska on Saturday.

“I actually talked to my psychologist before [the] semifinal match and before [the] final match because I thought that it would help me be in the right state of mind before these, I would say, most important matches of my life. So I wanted to prepare my best,” she said.

“She gave me a lot of advice and a lot of techniques that I could try and use on the court to help myself to experience all of these things a little bit better and easier. That's why I think that she deserves a lot of credit for this.”

Having gone one better than her coach, Conchita Martinez, who made it to the 2000 final, Andreeva couldn’t help but take a dig at the Spaniard’s conqueror that year, Mary Pierce, who was on hand to present the trophy.

“It's very, very special to share a first Grand Slam trophy with her,” she said of Martinez. “We've done a lot of work together on the court, off the court. We've also been through so many good moments and some bad moments, especially, I would say, at the end of last year.

“It's very, very nice to share something like this with her and see how happy she is. Also, she told me she's very proud of me. To hear those words from her is very, very special to me.”

There was even a moment to hoist Martinez’s 11-year-old dog, Luna, to her chest as soon as she’d finished hugging her team.

After first enamouring French crowds three years ago when she made a run to the last 32 as an innocently humorous 16-year-old, it was apt that it all came full circle where her Grand Slam journey began.

Life, she insisted, wouldn’t alter too much once the hype subsided in coming days and this was validation if needed that she never veered too far off script.

Much of the credit belonged to the young woman standing front and centre.

“I think it's all going to stay the same. Maybe it's going to change for the next two or three days, but other than that, I think I'm going to stay the same. I'm not going to change a lot,” she said.

“In the beginning I just said it to joke around and so everyone would laugh at how funny I am and at my humour. Then after I realised why not to thank yourself? Because you are the one that works, you are the one that is doing the job, you're the one that’s feeling all the nerves. After some time, I realised that it's actually very important to thank yourself.”