The French Open is the only one of the four Grand Slam tournaments to be played on clay courts.

Andre Agassi

Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer and Candy Reynolds

Steffi Graf held the number 1 position in the rankings for a record total of 377 weeks. She also holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number one with 186.

Iva Mejoli (Croatia).

For the 2010 Fench Tennis Open total prize money was €16,807,400.

Prize money was split €7,580,800 mens singles, doubles & qualifiers and €7,481,600 womens singles, doubles & qualifiers.

The additional amount was split between 3 Legends Trophies (Women, Over 45 & Under 45), Mixed Doubles, Wheelchair Singles & Doubles and Accomodation.

The largest prize was €1,120,000 for each of the mens and womens singles winners.

The smallest prize was €1,000 per team (€500 per player) for the mens and womens wheelchair doubles semi-finalists.

There are about four tennis grand slams in the world. The Australian Open is worth $33 million, Wimbledon is worth $42.4 million, the French Open is $34.5 million while the US Open is $34 million.

Robin Soderling and Rafael Nadal. And the winner is.......................................Nadal in 3 sets

According to the ATP website (refer to the link, below), Pete Sampras played at the French Open as a professional in 1989 (singles and doubles) and 1991-2002 (singles only), inclusive, so it is safe to say that he did not play any of the other years (n.b., professional tennis players' juniors records are not usually published, so, he may have played there prior to his becoming a professional).

Under the new points system, a Grand Slam victory is worth 2000 points.

I "literately" ran into Ms. Evert at the Publix at the Polo Shops on Military Trail in Boca Raton while shopping (she and I smashed carts!). After exchanging apologies, I congratulated her on her success with the St. Andrews tennis program. The limited conversation with Ms. Evert suggests that she is a very "grounded" lady that is very involved with her program at St. Andrews School.

Men - best 3 of 5 Women - best 2 of 3

2000 total points for a winning the tournament but players have to defend the points they won last year to accumulate additional poiints. See: http://www.atpworldtour.com/1/en/news/newsarticle_1830.asp

If you mean the person that makes it to the finals but is runner up to the champion the amount is 560 thousand euros.

I am at home watching TV and I just want to know how much a player has to pay to enter and play in the us 0pen tennis tournament ?

Andres Gomez defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the 1990 French Open Men's Singles championship.

Monica Seles named her shoe "Nike Air Haze"

Tennis, it's is one of 4 major tournaments and it is in France

Before 1968, during the era of the amateur player, it was Suzanne Lenglen, with 15 titles.

After 1967, when tennis was made "open", Martina Navratilova, with 11 titles.

And with a career that bridged both eras, Margaret Court won 13 French titles.

Men's Singles - Sergi Bruguera

Women's Singles - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Mens Doubles - Byron Black and Jonathan stark

Women's doubles - Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva

Mixed Doubles - Kristie Boogert and Menno Oosting

Tennis is normally an outdoor sport, so the ventilation is good and you do not have odors building up.

There are countless professional tennis tournaments each year. There is no one extremely important tournament. The four grand slams (US Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and the Australian Open) are the biggest tournaments in tennis each year. in 2012 Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open and the three others have not been played yet.

Roger Federer has won Wimbledon 6 times, (5 in a row), beating 3 different players:

Mark Phillipoussis (2003),

Andy Roddick (2004),

Andy Roddick (2005),

Rafa Nadal (2006),

Rafa Nadal (2007),

Andy Roddick (2009)

No.

He was defeated by Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 7-6(7-5), 4-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-2