French Open - Factbox: French Open

Eurosport - Fri, 22 May 10:10:00 2009

All you ever needed to know about the French Open at Roland Garros, Paris.

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MEN

2008 champions

Men's singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Men's doubles: Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) / Luis Horna (Peru)

Most French Open titles:

All competitions: Henri Cochet (France) 9 (4 singles, 3 doubles, 2 mixed doubles)

Men's singles: Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 6, Cochet, Nadal 4

Youngest winner: Michael Chang (U.S.) in 1989, aged 17 years and three months

Oldest winner: Andres Gimeno (Spain) in 1972, aged 34 years and 10 months

Non seeded winners: Marcel Bernard (France) 1946, Mats Wilander (Sweden) 1982, Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) 1997, Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 2004

Most appearances: Francois Jauffret (France), 20 appearances from 1961-80

Longest timed match: 6 hrs 33 mins - Fabrice Santoro (France) beat Arnaud Clement (France) 6-4 6-3 6-7 3-6 16-14, first round 2004

2009 Prize money

Men's singles: 5,590,800 euros (£4,928,159)

Men's doubles: 1,346,400

Mixed doubles: 364,000

WOMEN

2008 champions

Women's singles: Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)

Women's doubles: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain)

Most French Open titles

All competitions: Margaret Smith-Court (Australia) 13 (5 singles, 4 doubles, 4 mixed doubles)

Women's singles: Chris Evert (US) 7, Steffi Graf (Germany) 6

Youngest winner: Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) in 1990, aged 16 years and six months.

Oldest winner: Zsuzsa Kormoczy (Hungary) in 1958, aged 33

Non seeded winner: Margaret Scriven (Britain) in 1933

Most appearances: Andree Varin (France), 19 appearances from 1934-65

Longest timed match: 4 hrs 7 mins Virginie Buisson (France) beat Noelle Van Lottum (France) 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2, First round 1995

2009 Prize money

Women's singles: 5,590,800 euro (£4,928,159)

Women's doubles: 1,346,400

Mixed doubles: 364,000

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  1. UKSOUL -- Think u meant 24 May. Enjoy everyone.

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    From pathunt333, on Fri 22 May 9:38PM

  2. This Sunday starts the Roland Garros (French­ Open)

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  3. it starts on the 24th April

    From UKSOUL, on Fri 22 May 2:49PM

  4. when does it start? there is no start date

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