PARIS, May 17, 2019 (Press Release) There will be 128 male contenders in the starting blocks, all competing to clinch one of sixteen places in the main draw. Twelve Frenchmen are hoping to play their way into one of these […]
USTA Press Release, March 19, 2019 The USTA today announced that the Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes clay-court pro tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the French Open, will kick […]
WASHINGTON, June 11, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been a tremendous 24 hours for World No. 1 Simona Halep since she won her first Grand Slam title by defeating Sloane Stephens in the finals of the French Open at Roland Garros […]
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) The last time that Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem met, last month in the ATP Masters 1000 Mutua Madrid Open, the 24-year-old Austrian ended Nadal’s 21-match and 50-set winning streaks on clay. Everyone […]
USTA Press Release, June 9, 2018 Fourteen-year old Coco Gauff, of Delray Beach, Fla., won an all-American French Open girls’ singles final Saturday morning in Paris, defeating 16-year old Caty McNally, of Cincinnati, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(1). Gauff, at 14 years, […]
PARIS, June 9, 2018 World No. 1 Simona Halep secured her maiden Grand Slam title with a relentless performance, winning Saturday’s singles final at Roland Garros against US-American Sloane Stephens. The 26-year-old from Romania had lost her three previous major showpiece encounters – […]
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) On Sunday, top seed Rafael Nadal will face No. 7 seed Dominic Thiem for the 2018 French Open championship. The winner gets to hoist the Coupe de Mousquetaires. Nadal has won Roland Garros […]
USTA Press Release, June 8, 2018 Fourteen-year old Coco Gauff, of Delray Beach, Fla., and 16-year old Caty McNally, of Cincinnati, will play for the French Open girls’ singles title Saturday in Paris, the second year in a row that two Americans are […]
PARIS, June 7, 2018 Simona Halep has reached her third French Open final in four years. The World No. 1 from Romania knocked out 2016 Roland Garros champion Garbiñe Muguruza 6-1, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. Halep capitalized on six of her 10 break […]
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2018 (by Michael Dickens) When top-seeded Rafael Nadal returned to work on Court Philippe Chatrier at noon Thursday for the resumption of his French Open quarterfinal match against Diego Schwartzman, the King of Clay was all business. Although […]
