1992 French Open

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1992 French Open
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Date:   25 May – 7 June
Edition:   91st
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface:   Clay
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Venue:   Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Jim Courier
Women's Singles
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Men's Doubles
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek / Switzerland Marc Rosset
Women's Doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Mixed Doubles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Mark Woodforde
French Open
 < 1991 1993 > 

The 1992 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 91st staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1992.

Contents

Seniors

Men's singles

United States Jim Courier def. Czechoslovakia Petr Korda, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1

  • It was Courier's 5th title of the year, and his 9th overall. It was his 3rd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd (and last) French Open title.

Women's singles

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles def. Germany Steffi Graf, 6–2, 3–6, 10–8

  • It was Seles's 6th title of the year, and her 26th overall. It was her 6th career Grand Slam title, and her 3rd (and last) French Open title.

Men's doubles

Switzerland Jakob Hlasek / Switzerland Marc Rosset[1] def. South Africa David Adams / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy, 7–6, 6–7, 7–5

Women's doubles

United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva def. Spain Conchita Martínez / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Mark Woodforde def. United States Lori McNeil / United States Bryan Shelton, 6–2, 6–3

Juniors

Boys' singles

Romania Andrei Pavel def. Italy Mose Navarra, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos def. Argentina Paola Suárez, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Mexico Enrique Abaroa / Australia Grant Doyle

Girls' doubles

Belgium Laurence Courtois / Belgium Nancy Feber


Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [2] Men FF2,680,000 FF1,340,000 FF670,000 FF350,000 FF189,000 FF109,000 FF67,000 FF40,000
Women FF2,470,000 FF1,235,000 FF617,000 FF310,000 FF162,000 FF90,000 FF53,000 FF35,000

Total prize money for the event was FF41,425,000.


References

  1. ^ Hlasek and Rosset became the first Swiss doubles team to win a Grand Slam event.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1993). World of Tennis. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0002185080. 
Preceded by
1991 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
1993 French Open
Preceded by
1992 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1992 Wimbledon Championships

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