Paris ? Justine Henin-Hardenne kept her cool and capped her comeback, while a shaky Mary Pierce endured the worst drubbing in a French Open final since 1988.

Flourishing on her favorite stage, Henin-Hardenne beat Pierce, 6-1, 6-1, Saturday, completing a remarkable recovery from a blood virus with her fourth major title and her second at Roland Garros.

“It’s a lot of emotion for me,” a smiling Henin-Hardenne said in French during the trophy ceremony. “I lived through very difficult moments last year. This fills me with happiness.”

It was the most lopsided final at Roland Garros since Steffi Graf beat Natasha Zvereva, 6-0, 6-0, in 1988, and the most lopsided at any major event since Graf beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, 6-0, 6-2, at the 1994 Australian Open.

Henin-Hardenne won 14 consecutive points early and swept nine games in a row in her first major event since returning from a seven-month layoff. The energy-sapping virus left her bedridden last year, but since returning in March she’s 27-1 and has won 24 consecutive matches, all on clay.

The Belgian, seeded 10th, also won the 2003 Roland Garros title.

“I probably enjoy my game more than before my illness,” Henin-Hardenne said.

The No. 21-seeded Pierce, a Frenchwoman, was staging a career comeback by reaching her first major final since winning the 2000 French Open.

“Excuse me. It’s very difficult to speak right now,” the 30-year-old Pierce tearfully told the crowd in French. “I’m sad because I lost. I wanted to play a better match. I’m sorry it didn’t last very long.”

In the men’s final today, teen sensation Rafael Nadal will face unseeded Argentine Mariano Puerta. Nadal beat top-ranked Roger Federer in a semifinal showdown Friday, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Puerta beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.