French Open Tennis

Roland Garros is the official name of French Open. The tournament is considered to be amongst the top three tournaments played in the world of tennis. Roland Garros is held annually at Paris in France.

The origin of the Roland Garros as a national tennis tournament can be traced back to 1891.The tournament is included in the schedule of both the Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP and Women’s Tennis Association or WTA program. With the beginning of the Open era in 1968, Roland Garros evolved as the first Grand Slam Open tournament.

Prize money declared for the winners of the men’s competitions is € 28,028,600

French Open Tennis Schedule 2016

Date	Session	Gates Open	Play Starts
Sun May 22	Day-First Round	10.00am	11.00am
Mon May 23	Day-First Round	10.00am	11.00am
Tue May 24	Day-First Round	10.00am	11.00am
Wed May 25	Day-Second Round	10.00am	11.00am
Thu May 26	Day-Second Round	10.00am	11.00am
Fri May 27	Day-Third Round	10.00am	11.00am
Sat May 28	Day-Third Round	10.00am	11.00am
Sun May 29	Day-Fourth Round	10.00am	11.00am
Mon May 30	Day-Fourth Round	10.00am	11.00am
Tue May 31	Day-Quarter Finals	10.00am	11.00am
Wed Jun 1	Day-Quarter Finals	11.00am	12.00pm
Thu Jun 2	Day-Woman’s Semi Finals	11.00am	12.00pm
Fri Jun 3	Day-Men’s Semi Finals	11.00am	12.00pm
Sat Jun 4	Day-Woman’s Finals	11.00am	12.00pm
Sun Jun 5	Day -Men’s Finals	11.00am	12.00pm

 

French Open Tennis Results 2016
S. no.	Rank	Name	Country	Sets				Date	Round	Winners
Men’s Singles
1	1	N. Djokovic	Serbia	3	6	6	6	05/06/16	Finals	N. Djokovic
	2	A. Murray	United Kingdom	6	1	2	4
Men’s Doubles
2	5	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	United States	4	78	3		04/06/16	Finals	F. Lopez / M. Lopez
	15	F. Lopez / M. Lopez	Spain	6	66	6
Women’s Singles
3	1	S. Williams	United States	5	4			04/06/16	Finals	G. Muguruza
	4	G. Muguruza	Spain	7	6
Women’s Doubles
4	5	C. Garcia / K. Mladenovic	France/ France	6	2	6		05/06/16	Finals	C. Garcia / K. Mladenovic
	7	E. Makarova / E. Vesnina	Russia/ Russia	3	6	4

 

French Open Tennis Results 2015
S. no.	Rank	Name	Country	Sets				Date	Round	Winners
Men’s Singles
1	1	N. Djokovic	Serbia & Montenegro	6	4	3	4	June 7, 2015	Finals	S. Wawrinka
	8	S. Wawrinka	Switzerland	4	6	6	6
Men’s Doubles
2	1	B. Bryan / M. Bryan	USA / USA	77	65	5		June 6, 2015	Finals	I. Dodig / M. Melo
	3	I. Dodig / M. Melo	Croatia / Brazil	65	77	7
Women’s Singles
3	1	S. Williams	USA	6	62	6		June 6, 2015	Finals	S. Williams
	13	L. Safarova	Czech Republic	3	77	2
Women’s Doubles
4	7	B. Mattek-Sands / L. Safarova	USA / Czech Republic	3	6	6		June 7, 2015	Finals	B. Mattek-Sands / L. Safarova
	12	C. Dellacqua / Y. Shvedova	Australia / Russia	6	4	2

 

French Open Men’s Champions

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in the Final
2014	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SRB	Novak Djokovic	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
2013	ESP	Rafael Nadal	ESP	David Ferrer	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
2012	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SRB	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
2011	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1
2010	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SWE	Robin Söderling	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
2009	SUI	Roger Federer	SWE	Robin Söderling	6–1, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
2008	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
2007	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
2006	ESP	Rafael Nadal	SUI	Roger Federer	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
2005	ESP	Rafael Nadal	ARG	Mariano Puerta	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5
2004	ARG	Gastón Gaudio	ARG	Guillermo Coria	0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
2003	ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	NED	Martin Verkerk	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
2002	ESP	Albert Costa	ESP	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
2001	BRA	Gustavo Kuerten	ESP	Àlex Corretja	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
2000	BRA	Gustavo Kuerten	SWE	Magnus Norman	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)

 

Previous French Open Women’s Champions

Year	Country	Champion	Country	Runner-up	Score in Final
2014	RUS	Maria Sharapova	ROU	Simona Halep	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
2013	USA	Serena Williams	RUS	Maria Sharapova	6–4, 6–4
2012	RUS	Maria Sharapova	ITA	Sara Errani	6–3, 6–2
2011	CHN	Li Na	ITA	Francesca Schiavone	6–4, 7–6(7–0)
2010	ITA	Francesca Schiavone	AUS	Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2009	RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–2
2008	SRB	Ana Ivanovic	RUS	Dinara Safina	6–4, 6–3
2007	BEL	Justine Henin	SRB	Ana Ivanovic	6–1, 6–2
2006	BEL	Justine Henin	RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–4, 6–4
2005	BEL	Justine Henin	FRA	Mary Pierce	6–1, 6–1
2004	RUS	Anastasia Myskina	RUS	Elena Dementieva	6–1, 6–2
2003	BEL	Justine Henin	BEL	Kim Clijsters	6–0, 6–4
2002	USA	Serena Williams	USA	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
2001	USA	Jennifer Capriati	BEL	Kim Clijsters	1–6, 6–4, 12–10
2000	FRA	Mary Pierce	ESP	Conchita Martínez	6–2, 7–5