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The French Open Tennis Tournament started off as a national tournament in 1891, which was only open to members of French clubs. Englishman H. Briggs was the winner that year. In 1897, the women’s National French Open Tournament Championship was introduced, and Francoise Masson was declared the winner. The French Open Tennis Tournament was opened in 1925 to international competitors, and the French Open Tennis Tournament matches were held on a grass surface alternatively between the Racing Club de France and Stade Francais.

The stadium that currently houses the French Open Tennis Tournament, Stade Roland Garros, was built in 1925, along with Court Philippe Chatrier. These courts featured red clay surfaces that altered the tennis ball’s bounce, and changed the way the players looked at playing on clay surfaces opposed to grass courts. Home of the French Open Tennis Tournament, Stade Roland Garros, was named after former tennis player Roland Garros, who was the first person to fly over the Mediterranean Sea.

1928 was the first year the French Open Tennis Tournament was played at Stade Roland Garros. After the First World War, the French dominated the French Open Tennis Tournament. Suzanne Lenglen won six French Open Tennis Tournaments between 1920 and 1926. Due to World War II, the French Open Tennis Tournament was cancelled from 1939 to 1945. During this time period, French governance was replaced by an American and Australian takeover at the French Open Tennis Tournament, led by Australian Ken Rosewall in men’s singles, and American Maureen Connolly in women’s singles. In 1956, the French Open Tennis Tournament was host to the first African American winner of a Grand Slam, American Althea Gibson. Later, in 1968, the French Open Tennis Tournament became the first Grand Slam tournament to go “open”, where both amateurs and professional tennis players could compete.

The 1970’s and 1980’s were highlighted by some of the superstars in the sport of tennis. Bjorn Borg and Chris Evert ran away with the competition at the French Open Tennis Tournament, by winning six and seven French Open Tennis Tournament titles respectively. Also during the latter part of the decade, the French started to have success again in the French Open Tennis Tournament. Yannish Noah won France’s first French Open Tournament title in 37 years. The year of the teens arose in the late 1980’s and 1990’s. Michael Chang won a French Open Tennis Tournament Championship at age 17 in the men’s singles in 1989 and Monica Seles won her women’s French Open Tennis Tournament Championship in 1990 at age 16.

The current history of the French Open Tennis Tournament is interesting. Only two men and three women from France have won singles titles at the French Open Tennis Tournament. The last person, male or female to complete this feat was Mary Pierce at the 2000 French Open Tennis Tournament. As of 2006, the last six, eight of the last nine, 11 of the last 13, and 13 of the last 17 French Open Tennis Tournament men’s singles championships were won by men who did not win any other Grand Slams. On the women’s side of the French Open Tennis Tournament, this Grand Slam has a tendency of preventing completion of entire Grand Slams (wins at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open). Lindsay Davenport is an example of this; she is missing the French Open Tennis Tournament for a career Grand Slam. 1997’s French Open Tennis Tournament is the only Grand Slam Martina Hingis did not win that year. Also, the 2006 French Open Tennis Tournament was the first year that men’s and women’s singles were awarded the same amount of championship money.

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