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The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, [1] the French Open is (since 1925) one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
Lists of champions of specific events. List of French Open men's singles champions; List of French Open women's singles champions; List of French Open men's doubles champions; List of French Open women's doubles champions; List of French Open mixed doubles champions; Other Grand Slam tournament champions. List of Australian Open champions
During the French Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, the record for most titles is held by Chris Evert with seven (1974–1975, 1979–1980, 1983, 1985–1986). The record for most consecutive titles during the Open Era is three by Monica Seles (1990–1992) , Justine Henin (2005–2007) and Iga Świątek (2022-2024).
The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass .
With this victory, Djokovic became the first man to achieve a triple career Grand Slam, and became the oldest champion in French Open history at the age of 36 years and 20 days. [2] Nadal was the defending champion, [3] but withdrew due to a left hip injury. This was the first time the 14-time champion missed the tournament since his debut in ...
The defending champion won the set 6–1 to win her third consecutive and fourth overall French Open title. [96] Świątek only dropped one set en route to the title (also against Osaka) and became the third woman in the Open Era to win three consecutive French Open titles, after Monica Seles in 1992 and Justine Henin in 2007. [97]
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but withdrew from the quarterfinals due to a knee injury. [5] His third-round match with Lorenzo Musetti marked the latest finish in tournament history, ending at 3:07 a.m. local time. [6] [7] Jannik Sinner attained the ATP world No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, becoming the first ...
It marked the first time in his career that he won the Australian Open and the French Open in the same calendar year. [3] [4] Nadal also became the third man to defeat four top 10 players en route to a major title since the introduction of ATP rankings in 1973 (after Mats Wilander at the 1982 French Open and Roger Federer at the 2017 Australian ...