Roland Garros

Djokovic Wins 23rd Grand Slam Title At Roland Garros

PARIS/STARNBERG, June 11, 2023 Novak Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-5 in Sunday’s French Open singles final to claim a record 23rd Grand Slam title, his third crown at Roland Garros. At 36 years and 20 […]

Etcheverry Showing Comfort And Rolling On At Roland Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 7, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Tomas Martin Etcheverry was born to play on clay. Growing up in Argentina, it’s a surface that everyone – including the 23-year-old La Plata native – learned how to play tennis on. Not […]

Zverev Proves Victory Belongs To The Most Tenacious At Roland Garros

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 5, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The words “Victory Belongs To The Most Tenacious” are etched into the upper-deck façade of Court Philippe-Chatrier at Stade Roland-Garros. They have served as a fitting tribute to the healthy again Alexander Zverev during […]

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 […]