Grand Slam

A Wild Turn Of Events At Roland Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) On any given day of a tennis major, wild things can – and do happen. To wit, in just the third day of this year’s French Open, Thiago Seyboth Wild, the unheralded 172nd-ranked […]

Six Canadians Set To Compete In French Open Main Draw

MONTREAL, May 25, 2023 (Tennis Canada Press Release) The official draw for the 2023 French Open took place today on-site at Roland Garros. A total of six Canadian players will be competing in the main draw, as Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, […]

Lesley Bowrey Celebrates 60th Anniversary Of First Roland Garros Win

Tennis Australia Press Release, May 23, 2023 Australian tennis great Lesley Bowrey AM joined Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley and fellow Grand Slam champion Sam Stosur at Melbourne Park today to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first of her two Roland-Garros singles titles in 1963 […]

Nadal Withdraws From 2023 Roland Garros

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Defending champion Rafael Nadal will miss this year’s French Open for the first time in 18 years, since he won the first of his record 14 titles at Roland Garros in his tournament debut […]

Kokkinakis And Birrell Awarded Roland Garros Wildcards

Tennis Australia Press Release, May 16, 2023 Kimberly Birrell (Qld) and Thanasi Kokkinakis (SA) have been awarded main draw singles wildcards into Roland Garros, beginning in Paris on Sunday 28 May.  Birrell, who currently sits at a career-high ranking of world No.111, is set […]

Final Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Standings

ORLANDO, May 8, 203 (USTA Press Release) Emma Navarro joined Patrick Kypson in earning wild cards into the French Open via the USTA’s Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge. The 21-year-old from Charleston won the 2021 NCAA singles title as a […]

Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Standings Update

USTA Press Release, May 2, 2023 Patrick Kypson, a 23-year-old North Carolina native and former USTA Boys’ 18s national champion, earned a 2023 French Open main draw wild card via the USTA’s Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge. Kypson finished atop […]

Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Standings Update

ORLANDO, April 25, 2023 (USTA Press Release) The men’s Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge remains wide open heading into its final week, with results from this week’s USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Savannah, Ga., likely to play a large role […]

Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge Standings Update

ORLANDO, April 18, 2023 (USTA Press Release) Caroline Dolehide is now the effective leader in the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge women’s standings after Week 2, as Peyton Stearns’ current ranking of No. 89 is likely to earn her direct […]