PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 26, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) By the time that Hugo Gaston put the finishing touches on the 19th and final French Open appearance by Gael Monfils on Court Philippe-Chatrier Monday night, there weren’t many dry eyes among the […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 25, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Stan Wawrinka was drenched in sweat and spread flat on his back following a brilliant, penultimate point during what turned out to be his last French Open match Monday afternoon. The crowd that […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) The French Open, chronologically the second of the four majors each year, dates back to 1891 – 135 years ago – but it didn’t become a Grand Slam event until 1925. Now celebrating […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 24, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) As Stan Wawrinka readies himself to play the French Open for the 21st and final time this week, the 41-year-old Swiss star who won the 2015 Roland-Garros men’s title seems at ease on […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 23, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) On the day that Novak Djokovic celebrated his 39th birthday, his gift from French Open tournament director Amelie Mauresmo was a starring role in the first Roland-Garros night session of the tournament on […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Thursday’s 2026 Roland-Garros men’s and women’s singles draw ceremony at L’Orangerie d’Auteuil, near Court Simonne-Mathieu, included the usual amount of mystery and intrigue that goes with a revealing a 128-player draw for a […]
Tennis Australia Media Release, May 12, 2026 Emerson Jones (Qld) and Adam Walton (Qld) are set to make their mark on the clay courts of Paris after being awarded wildcards into the main draw of Roland Garros. Seventeen-year-old Jones, currently ranked a career high world […]
ORLANDO, Fla., May 4, 2026 (USTA Media Release) Akasha Urhobo and Nishesh Basavareddy have earned singles main draw wild cards into the French Open later this month by winning the USTA’s Roland Garros Wild Card Challenges. The USTA and FFT […]
ORLANDO, Fla., April 29, 2026 (USTA Media Release) Nishesh Basavareddy‘s Challenger title in Savannah, Ga., last week vaulted him to the top of the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge men’s standings, while Akasha Urhobo extended her women’s lead with one […]
USTA Media Release, April 14, 2026 Former college all-American Stefan Dostanic took the men’s lead and Akasha Urhobo maintained the women’s lead after Week 2 of the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge. The 24-year-old Dostanic, who last year led Wake […]
