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The French Open (Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis), officially called Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. [1]

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Advance Publications

Advance Publications, Inc. is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Amélie Mauresmo

Amélie Simone Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French former professional tennis player, and a former world No. 1.

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André Vacherot

André Vacherot (27 August 1860 in Paris, France – 22 March 1950 in Paris, France) was a French male tennis player.

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Andre Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi (born April 29, 1970) is an American retired professional tennis player and former world No. 1 who was one of the sport's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.

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Andrea Temesvári

Andrea Temesvári (born 26 April 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary.

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Andrew Castle

Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British retired tennis professional, and now a television and radio presenter.

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Annabel Croft

Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough, Kent) is a former professional British No.

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Anne Hidalgo

Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo (born 19 June 1959) is a Spanish-French politician serving as Mayor of Paris since the 2014 municipal election.

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Anne Smith

Anne Smith (born July 1, 1959) is an educational psychologist known for her past as a professional tennis player from the United States.

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Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia.

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BandSports

BandSports is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 2002 by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação.

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Barbora Krejčíková

Barbora Krejčíková (born 18 December 1995 in Brno) is a Czech tennis player.

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BeIN Sports

beIN Sports is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by beIN Media Group, a spinoff of Al Jazeera Media Network.

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Billie Yorke

Adeline 'Billie' Yorke (19 December 1910 – 9 December 2000) was a British tennis player of the 1930s who achieved her best results as a doubles specialist.

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Björn Borg

Björn Rune Borg (born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player widely considered to be one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

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Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Bois de Boulogne

The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine.

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Bordeaux

Bordeaux (Gascon Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.

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Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker (born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 professional tennis player.

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Broadcast delay

In radio and television, broadcast delay is an intentional delay when broadcasting live material.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Chris Bailey (tennis)

Chris Bailey (born 29 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player (1987–1994), British No.

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Chris Evert

Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States.

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Clay court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court.

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Coupe des Mousquetaires

La Coupe des Mousquetaires (English: The Musketeers' Trophy) is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Men's Singles competition at the French Open.

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Daniel Nestor

Daniel Mark Nestor (Danijel Nestorović, Данијел Несторовић,; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

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Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis.

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Dominic Thiem

Dominic Thiem (born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player who has a career-high ATP ranking of world No.

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Elizabeth Ryan

Elizabeth Montague Ryan (February 5, 1892 – July 6, 1979) was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom.

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Eri Hozumi

is a Japanese tennis player.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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ESPN (Latin America)

ESPN is a Latin American pay-TV network that broadcasts sports-related programming for the Latin American region in Spanish.

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ESPN2

ESPN2 is an American basic cable and satellite television network that is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%).

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Euro

The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union.

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Eurosport

Eurosport is a pan-European television sports network, owned and operated by Discovery, Inc. Discovery took a 20% minority interest share in December 2012, and became the majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1 in January 2014, taking a 51% share of the company.

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Fabrice Santoro

Fabrice Vetea Santoro (born 9 December 1972) is a retired French professional male tennis player from Tahiti.

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Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited (known as Premier Media Group until February 2012), which is owned by News Corp Australia.

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Fox Sports Asia

FOX Sports Asia is a cable sports network owned by FOX Networks Group and based in Asia. It is available in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and other Asian territories.

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Françoise Dürr

Françoise Dürr (born 25 December 1942; sometimes referred to by English writers as Frankie Durr) is a retired French professional tennis player.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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France Télévisions

France Télévisions (stylized as France.tv) is the French public national television broadcaster.

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Frank Parker

Frank "Frankie" Andrew Parker, born as Franciszek Andrzej Pajkowski (January 31, 1916 – July 24, 1997), was a former World No. 1 American male tennis player of Polish immigrant parents who was active in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Frank Sedgman

Francis "Frank" Arthur Sedgman, AM (born 29 October 1927) is a retired World No. 1 amateur tennis champion.

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Fred Stolle

Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO (born 8 October 1938) is an Australian former tennis player and commentator.

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French Tennis Federation

The French Tennis Federation (Fédération Française de Tennis, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France.

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Gabriela Dabrowski

Gabriela "Gaby" Dabrowski (Dąbrowska,; born April 1, 1992) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

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Gastón Gaudio

Gastón Norberto Gaudio (born 9 December 1978) is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina.

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Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a former professional tennis player.

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Grand Slam (tennis)

The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events.

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Grass court

A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played.

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Gustavo Kuerten

Gustavo Kuerten (born 10 September 1976), nicknamed Guga, is a retired World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil.

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Hardcourt

A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts.

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Henri Cochet

Henri Jean Cochet (14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player.

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History of tennis

The game that most people call 'tennis' is the direct descendant of what is now known as real tennis or royal tennis (which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules).

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Hyphen

The hyphen (‐) is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.

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ITV (TV channel)

ITV is a commercial television channel in the United Kingdom.

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ITV Sport

ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV.

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ITV4

ITV4 is a British television station which was launched on 1 November 2005.

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Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig (born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian tennis player.

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Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl (born March 7, 1960) is a retired Czech-American professional tennis player.

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Jacques Brugnon

Jacques "Toto" Brugnon (11 May 1895 – 20 March 1978) was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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Jadwiga Jędrzejowska

Jadwiga ("Jed") Jędrzejowska (15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s.

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James Turner (tennis)

James Turner (born 2 July 1965) is a former professional tennis player from England who competed for Great Britain.

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Jan Kodeš

Jan Kodeš (born 1 March 1946) is a Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles events in the early 1970s.

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Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná (2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.

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Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil

The Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil is a botanical garden set within a major greenhouse complex located at the southern edge of the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement, with entry at 1 avenue Gordon-Bennett, Paris, France.

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Jaroslav Drobný

Jaroslav Drobný (12 October 1921 - 13 September 2001) was a former World No. 1 amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player.

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Jason Goodall

Jason Goodall (born 23 January 1967) is an international sports broadcaster, specialising in tennis commentary and analysis.

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Jean Borotra

Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion.

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Jean-Claude Barclay

Jean-Claude Barclay (born 30 December 1942) is a former French international tennis player.

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Jeanne Matthey

Jeanne-Marie Matthey-Jonais (25 January 1886 – unknown) was a French tennis player.

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Jeļena Ostapenko

Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a professional tennis player from Latvia.

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Jim Courier

James Spencer Courier Jr. (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 professional tennis player.

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Jimmy Connors

James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is a retired American world No. 1 tennis player, often considered among the greatest in the history of the sport.

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John Inverdale

John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV.

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John McEnroe

John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, West Germany) is a retired American tennis player, often considered among the greatest in the history of the sport.

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John Newcombe

John David Newcombe, AO, OBE (born 23 May 1944) is a former tennis player from Australia who is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles.

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Jonas Björkman

Jonas Lars Björkman (born 23 March 1972 in Alvesta, Sweden) is a former World No.

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Justine Henin

Justine Henin (born 1 June 1982), between 2002 and 2007 Justine Hénin-Hardenne, is a Belgian former professional tennis player known for her all-court style of play and notably being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand.

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Kateřina Siniaková

Kateřina Siniaková (born 10 May 1996) is a Czech tennis player.

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Ken Fletcher

Kenneth Norman Fletcher (15 June 1940 – 11 February 2006) was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.

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Latisha Chan

Latisha Chan (born August 17, 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player.

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List of French Open men's doubles champions

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List of French Open men's singles champions

The French Open is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June.

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List of French Open mixed doubles champions

Through 1924, the French Championships were open only to French nationals or members of specific French clubs.

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List of French Open singles finalists during the open era

The French Open is a Grand Slam held in Paris at the Stade Roland Garros in the administrative district of XVIe.

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List of French Open women's doubles champions

The French Championships tennis tournament began in 1891 but women's doubles didn't make an appearance until 1907.

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List of French Open women's singles champions

The French Open, known originally as the Internationaux de France, is an annual tennis tournament created in 1891 and played on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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Louise Brough

Althea Louise Brough Clapp (née Brough; March 11, 1923 – February 3, 2014) was an American tennis player.

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Makoto Ninomiya

is a Japanese tennis player.

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Manuel Santana

Manuel Martínez Santana, also known as Manolo Santana (born 10 May 1938), is a former tennis champion from Spain who was ranked as amateur World No. 1 in 1966 for Lance Tingay.

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Marcel Bernard

Marcel Bernard (18 May 1914 – 29 April 1994) was a French tennis player.

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Margaret Court

Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is a retired Australian tennis player and former world No. 1.

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Margaret Scriven

Margaret Croft "Peggy" Scriven-Vivian (née Scriven; 17 August 1912 – 25 January 2001) was a British tennis player and the first woman from that country to win the singles title at the French Championships in 1933.

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Mark Knowles

Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the Bahamas, specialising in doubles tennis.

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Mark Petchey

Mark Rodney James Petchey (born 1 August 1970) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988.

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Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova (Martina Navrátilová; born Martina Šubertová; October 18, 1956) is a former Czechoslovak and later American professional tennis player and coach.

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Mary Pierce

Mary Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a retired tennis professional who played on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour.

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Mate Pavić

Mate Pavić (born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player specialising in doubles.

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Mats Wilander

Mats Wilander (born 22 August 1964) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden.

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Maurice Germot

Maurice Germot (15 November 1882 – 6 August 1958) was a French tennis player and Olympic champion.

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Max Decugis

Maxime "Max" Omer Mathieu Decugis or Décugis (24 September 1882 – 6 September 1978) was a male tennis player from France who held the French Championships/French Open record of winning the tournament eight times (a French club members only tournament before 1925), a feat that was surpassed by Rafael Nadal in 2014.

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Max Mirnyi

Maksim "Max" Mirnyi (Максім Мікалаевіч Мірны,; Максим Николаевич Мирный,; born 6 July 1977 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player.

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Mellerio dits Meller

Mellerio dits Meller is a French jewellery house, founded in 1613, and still active today.

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Michael Chang

Michael Te-Pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is a retired American professional tennis player.

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Monica Seles

Monica Seles (Szeles Mónika,; Monika Seleš, Моника Селеш; born December 2, 1973) is a retired Yugoslav-born American professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva, or Zverava, (born Natallya Marataŭna Zverava; Belarusian: Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus.

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Neale Fraser

Neale Andrew Fraser AO MBE (born 3 October 1933) is a former number one amateur male tennis-player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge.

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Nenad Zimonjić

Nenad Zimonjić (Ненад Зимоњић,; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian professional tennis player who was ranked World No.

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Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy

Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy refers to an area covering the westernmost part of the city of Paris and a neighboring suburban community.

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Nick Brown (tennis)

Nick Brown (born 3 September 1961) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom.

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Nick Fulwood

Nick Fulwood (born 2 October 1963) is a retired British tennis player who reached the third round of the 1989 Wimbledon Championships, where he defeated Jonathan Canter and compatriot Mark Petchey before losing to Paul Chamberlin.

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Nick Mullins

Nick Mullins (born 31 January 1966) is a British journalist and sports commentator, primarily working on BT Sport's Premiership Rugby coverage.

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Nicola Pietrangeli

Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli (born 11 September 1933) is a former Italian tennis player.

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Nicolas Mahut

Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut (born 21 January 1982) is a French professional tennis player. In singles, he reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking of world No. 37 on 5 May 2014. In doubles, he reached a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 1 on 6 June 2016. Mahut is well known for being skilled on grass, on which he has won the third-most number of titles amongst active players in singles behind Roger Federer (17) and Andy Murray (8) and tying with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (4); he also has the most singles titles on grass won over the age of 30 amongst active players, tying with Federer (4). He is a distinguished doubles player, having been ranked world No. 1, and has reached all four Grand Slam finals in men's doubles, winning on three occasions 2015 US Open, 2016 Wimbledon and 2018 French Open men's doubles titles partnering Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Mahut was a part of the longest match in professional tennis history against John Isner in the first round of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

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Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic (Novak Đoković / Новак Ђоковић,; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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Oliver Marach

Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player.

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Pam Shriver

Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player known primarily as a doubles specialist with success also as a singles player.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Paul Aymé

Paul Aymé (29 July 1869, Marseille – 25 July 1962, Madrid) was a former French male tennis player.

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Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is an American retired tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

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Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player.

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Puteaux

Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

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Racing Club de France

Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French omnisport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club.

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Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, currently world No. 1 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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Réseau des sports

Réseau des sports (RDS), is a Canadian French language Category C specialty channel showing sports and sport-related shows.

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René Lacoste

Jean René Lacoste (2 July 1904 – 12 October 1996) was a French tennis player and businessman.

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Rod Laver

Rodney George Laver (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player widely regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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Roland Garros (aviator)

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros (6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during World War I and early days of aviation.

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Roy Emerson

Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former World number one tennis player who won 12 Major singles titles and 16 Grand Slam tournament men's doubles titles.

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Saint-Cloud

Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.

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Samantha Smith (tennis)

Samantha "Sam" Smith (born 27 November 1971 in Loughton, Essex, England) is a British former professional tennis player, who was the British ladies No.

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SBS Sport

SBS Sport is the name given to the Special Broadcasting Service's sport's programming broadcast on SBS Television and SBS Radio.

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Simona Halep

Simona Halep (born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player.

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Simonne Mathieu

Simonne Mathieu (31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair Broadcast Group is a publicly traded American politically conservative telecommunications company that is controlled by the family of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith.

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Sloane Stephens

Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player.

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Sports broadcasting contracts in France

This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in France.

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Stade Français

Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.

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Stade Roland Garros

Stade Roland Garros ("Roland Garros Stadium") is a tennis venue located in Paris, France, that hosts the French Open—also known as Roland Garros, particularly within Europe—a Grand Slam championship tournament played annually around the end of May and the beginning of June.

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Star Sports

Star Sports is a network of Indian sports channels owned by Star India, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg (born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former world No. 1 professional tennis player (in both singles and doubles).

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SuperSport (South African TV channel)

SuperSport is a South African group of television channels owned by Multichoice and carried on the DStv satellite platform.

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Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926.

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Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by the Sinclair Television Group subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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Tennis on CBS

Tennis on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of professional tennis tournaments that were produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.

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Tennis on NBC

Tennis on NBC is the de facto branding used for broadcasts of major professional tennis tournaments that are produced by NBC Sports, the sports division of the NBC television network in the United States.

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Tennis scoring system

The tennis scoring system is a way to keep track of tennis matches and tournaments.

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The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

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The Four Musketeers (tennis)

The Four Musketeers, (Les Quatre Mousquetaires) after a popular 1920s film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic,Chris Bowers,, Davis Cup News, February 27, 2009 were French tennis players who dominated the game in the second half of the 1920s and early 1930s, winning 20 Grand Slam titles and 23 Grand Slam doubles.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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The Sports Network

The Sports Network (TSN) is a Canadian English language sports specialty service.

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Tony Trabert

Marion Anthony Trabert (born August 16, 1930) is a retired American former World No. 1 tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker.

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Tournament

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game.

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Tournoi de France (tennis)

Tournoi de France, is a name retroactively given to the annual French championship tennis tournament at Roland Garros during World War II.

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US Open (tennis)

The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament.

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Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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Virginia Wade

Sarah Virginia Wade, (born 10 July 1945) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain.

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Women's Tennis Association

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organising body of women's professional tennis.

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World Hard Court Championships

World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) was an annual major tennis tournament held from 1912 to 1923, principally in Paris, France.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Wowow

, listed as, is a private satellite broadcasting and pay-per-view television station in Japan.

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Yannick Noah

Yannick Noah (born 18 May 1960) is a former professional tennis player from France.

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Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Zsuzsa Körmöczy (25 August 1924 – 16 September 2006) was a female tennis player from Hungary.

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16th arrondissement of Paris

The 16th arrondissement of Paris (XVIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.

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1975 French Open

The 1975 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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1983 French Open

The 1983 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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1996 French Open

The 1996 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

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2010 French Open

The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts.

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2018 French Open – Men's Doubles

Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus were the defending champions, but they chose not to compete together this year.

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2018 French Open – Men's Singles

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.

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2018 French Open – Mixed Doubles

Gabriela Dabrowski and Rohan Bopanna were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together.

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2018 French Open – Women's Doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together this year.

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2018 French Open – Women's Singles

Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova, making her only the second French Open champion (after Anastasia Myskina in 2005) to lose in the first round of her title defense.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open

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