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Chat thread: 2022 Roland Garros. May 22 - June 6.

2021 Event	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Novak Djokovic	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6–7(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Women's singles	Barbora Krejčíková	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Men's doubles	Pierre-Hugues Herbert  Nicolas Mahut	Alexander Bublik  Andrey Golubev	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Women's doubles	Barbora Krejčíková  Kateřina Siniaková	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  Iga Świątek	6–4, 6–2
Mixed doubles	Desirae Krawczyk  Joe Salisbury	Elena Vesnina  Aslan Karatsev	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]

Players from the same country who won a Grand Slam Singles Championship title at the same time. Just six countries? Your village in there?

Country	AU	FR	WB	US	Total
United States	5	3	20	64	92
Australia	32	4	3	4	43
Great Britain	0	0	25	0	25
France	0	2*	1	0	3
	0	0	2	1	3
Czechoslovakia	0	0	0	1	1

^* Titles won from 1925 onwards when the tournament opened itself to international competitors after merging with the World Hard Court Championships.

Men-women singles champions pairs: Most frequent pairs. Federer and Serena lead with 7? Nadal and Serena with 4. Nadal and Justine with 4. Djokovic and Osaka with 3. But Nadal did it @ all four Slams with Serena. Does that then mean........?

Note: At least 3 occasions of winning Grand Slam Singles Championships at the same time.

Players won all 4 Grand Slam Singles Championships at the same time.   Players won 3 different Grand Slam Singles Championships at the same time.   Players won 2 different Grand Slam Singles Championships at the same time. Total Men's singles champion Women's singles champion AU FR WB US First–Last title 7  Rod Laver  Margaret Smith Court 3 2 0 2 1960 AU–1969 US  Roger Federer  Serena Williams 3 0 3 1 2003 WB–2017 AU 6  Henri Cochet  Helen Wills Moody 0 3 2 1 1927 WB–1932 FR  Pete Sampras  Steffi Graf 1 0 2 3 1993 WB–1996 UO  Roy Emerson  Margaret Smith Court 5 0 1 0 1961 AU–1966 AU 5  Bill Tilden  Helen Wills Moody 0 0 1 4 1923 US–1930 WB  Björn Borg  Chris Evert 0 4 1 0 1974 FR–1980 FR 4  Rafael Nadal  Serena Williams 1 1 1 1 2009 AU–2013 US  Jimmy Connors  Chris Evert 0 0 1 3 1974 WB–1982 US 3  René Lacoste  Helen Wills Moody 0 1 1 1 1928 WB–1929 FR  John Newcombe  Margaret Smith Court 1 0 1 1 1970 WB–1973 AU  Mats Wilander  Steffi Graf 1 1 0 1 1988 AU–1988 US  Fred Perry  Helen Jacobs 0 0 1 2 1933 US–1936 WB  Frank Sedgman  Maureen Connolly 0 0 1 2 1951 US–1952 US  John McEnroe  Martina Navratilova 0 0 2 1 1983 WB–1984 US  Ivan Lendl  Martina Navratilova 0 1 0 2 1984 FR–1987 US  Ivan Lendl  Steffi Graf 2 1 0 0 1987 RG–1990 US  Novak Djokovic  Naomi Osaka 2 0 0 1 2018 US–2021 AU  Paul Aymé  Adine Masson* 0 3 0 0 1897 RG–1899 RG  Reginald Doherty  Blanche Bingley Hillyard 0 0 3 0 1897 WB–1899 WB  Laurence Doherty  Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 0 0 3 0 1903 WB–1906 WB  William Larned  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 0 0 0 3 1909 US–1911 US  Anthony Wilding  Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 0 0 3 0 1910 WB–1913 WB  Bill Tilden  Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 0 0 0 3 1920 US–1922 US  Rafael Nadal  Justine Henin 0 3 0 0 2005 FR–2007 FR

Should this eliminate Federer from the GOAT debate - once and for all? Slam appearances vs Slams won? Nadal has been to fewest and has most?

#	Total appearances
81	Roger Federer
80	Feliciano López
70	Fabrice Santoro
69	Mikhail Youzhny
	Fernando Verdasco
68	Philipp Kohlschreiber
67	Andreas Seppi
66	Lleyton Hewitt
	Novak Djokovic
65	Richard Gasquet

Players who won a Slam at first appearance. Any of the Big Three in there?

Player	Event
Mats Wilander	1982 French Open
Andre Agassi	1995 Australian Open
Rafael Nadal	2005 French Open

Who won the MOST Slams without losing a set? Nadal, Djokovic or Federer? Djokovic with zero? Nadal 4 and Federer 2. But Federer did it at two different Slams AND two different surfaces. Does that then mean...................?

Player	#	Events
Richard Sears	3	US Open (1881, 1882,[a] 1883[a])
Laurence Doherty	1	US Open (1903)
Holcombe Ward	1	US Open (1904)
William Larned	1	US Open (1907)
Anthony Wilding	1	Australian Open (1909)
Rodney Heath	1	Australian Open (1910)
Pat O'Hara Wood	1	Australian Open (1923)
Don Budge	2	Australian Open (1938), Wimbledon (1938)
John Bromwich	1	Australian Open (1939)
Frank Parker	1	US Open (1945)
Frank Sedgman	1	US Open (1952)
Tony Trabert	3	Wimbledon (1955), US Open (1953, 1955)
Neale Fraser	1	US Open (1960)
Chuck McKinley	1	Wimbledon (1963)
Roy Emerson	1	Australian Open (1964)
Ken Rosewall	1	Australian Open (1971)
Ilie Năstase	1	French Open (1973)
Björn Borg	3	French Open (1978, 1980), Wimbledon (1976)
Roger Federer	2	Australian Open (2007), Wimbledon (2017)
Rafael Nadal	4	French Open (2008, 2010, 2017, 2020)

 

No.	Player	Event	Seed	Matches	Sets	GW	GL	% Games
1	Don Budge	1938 Australian Championships	1	5	15	100	60	62.5%
2	Don Budge (2)	1938 Wimbledon Championships	1	7	21	129	48	72.9%
3	John Bromwich	1939 Australian Championships	1	5	15	93	37	71.5%
4	Tony Trabert	1953 U.S. National Championships	3	6	18	110	48	69.6%
5	Tony Trabert (2)	1955 Wimbledon Championships	1	7	21	131	60	68.6%
6	Tony Trabert (3)	1955 U.S. National Championships	1	7	21	129	56	69.7%
7	Neale Fraser	1960 U.S. National Championships	1	7	21	135	59	69.6%
8	Chuck McKinley	1963 Wimbledon Championships	4	7	21	140	82	63.1%
9	Roy Emerson	1964 Australian Championships	1	6	18	114	60	65.5%
10	Ken Rosewall	1971 Australian Open	2	6	18	114	66	63.3%
11	Ilie Năstase	1973 French Open	2	7	19	115	49	70.1%
12	Björn Borg	1976 Wimbledon Championships	4	7	21	133	70	65.5%
13	Björn Borg (2)	1978 French Open	1	7	21	127	32	79.9%
14	Björn Borg (3)	1980 French Open	1	7	21	126	38	76.8%
15	Roger Federer	2007 Australian Open	1	7	21	132	72	64.7%
16	Rafael Nadal	2008 French Open	2	7	21	128	41	75.7%
17	Rafael Nadal (2)	2010 French Open	2	7	21	130	71	64.7%
18	Rafael Nadal (3)	2017 French Open	4	7	20	116	35	76.8%
19	Roger Federer (2)	2017 Wimbledon Championships	3	7	20	122	74	62.2%
20	Rafael Nadal (4)	2020 French Open	2	7	21	129	53	70.9%

Who reached the most Slam finals? Nadal is last? But he has the most Slams? Does that then mean.......................?

Player	AU	FR	WB	US	Total	Span (years)
Roger Federer	7 (6)	5 (1)	12 (8)	7 (5)	31 (20)	2003–2019 (17)
Novak Djokovic	9 (9)	6 (2)	7 (6)	9 (3)	31 (20)	2007–2021 (15)
Rafael Nadal	6 (2)	13 (13)	5 (2)	5 (4)	29 (21)	2005–2022 (18)

Who has lost the MOST Slam finals? Nadal, Djokovic or Federer? Federer and Djokovic tied? How about who has lost the most Slam finals @ one Slam? Djokovic with 6?

Player	AU W–F	FR W–F	WB W–F	US W–F	Overall W–F	Titles span (years)
Rafael Nadal	2–4	13–0	2–3	4–1	21–8	2005–2022 (18)
Roger Federer	6–1	1–4	8–4	5–2	20–11	2003–2018 (16)
Novak Djokovic	9–0	2–4	6–1	3–6		2008–2021 (14)

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Latest ranking - after 2022 Rome. Nadal @ 5.......

Rank	+/- Rank		Player	Age	Points	+/- Points	Tourn Played	Dropping	Next Best
1			Novak Djokovic	34	8,660	+400	13	0	0
2			Daniil Medvedev	26	7,980	-10	21	0	0
3			Alexander Zverev	25	7,200	+180	22	125	0
4	+1		Stefanos Tsitsipas	23	6,170	+420	25	250	45
5	-1		Rafael Nadal	35	5,525	-910	10	0	0
6			Carlos Alcaraz	19	4,770	-3	21	125	3
7			Andrey Rublev	24	3,945	-170	26	0	0
8	+2		Casper Ruud	23	3,940	+180	28	250	90
9			Felix Auger-Aliassime	21	3,850	+90	27	75	45
10	-2		Matteo Berrettini	26	3,805	-90	18	0	0

Poll: How many Slams will Alcaraz win in 2022?

Quizwiz

Champions by Country: Roland Garros. France with most in 'shut' era. Spain with most - in open era?

Country	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	First title	Last title
France (FRA)	37	1	38	1892	1983
Spain (ESP)	2	19	21	1961	2020
Australia (AUS)	9	2	11	1933	1969
United States (USA)	7	4	11	1938	1999
Sweden (SWE)	1	9	10	1957	1988
Czechoslovakia (TCH)[i]	0	5	5	1970	1987
Germany (GER)	3	0	3	1934	1937
Italy (ITA)	2	1	3	1959	1976
Brazil (BRA)	0	3	3	1997	2001
Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	2	1891	1935
Egypt (EGY)	2	0	2	1951	1952
Argentina (ARG)	0	2	2	1977	2004
Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	2	2009	2015
Serbia (SRB)	0	2	2	2016	2021
Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	1947	1947
Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	1973	1973
Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	1990	1990
Austria (AUT)	0	1	1	1995	1995
Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	1996	1996

Multiple champions: Roland Garros. Djokovic...........

• Competitions prior to 1925 opened only to French tennis club members and French nationals (denoted in italics).

Player	Amateur Era	Open Era	All-time	Years
Rafael Nadal (ESP)	0	13	13	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Max Decugis (FRA)	8	0	8	1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914
Björn Borg (SWE)	0	6	6	1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
Henri Cochet (FRA)	5	0	5	1922, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932
André Vacherot (FRA)	4	0	4	1894, 1895, 1896, 1901
Paul Aymé (FRA)	4	0	4	1897, 1898, 1899, 1900
Maurice Germot (FRA)	3	0	3	1905, 1906, 1910
René Lacoste (FRA)	3	0	3	1925, 1927, 1929
Mats Wilander (SWE)	0	3	3	1982, 1985, 1988
Ivan Lendl (TCH)	0	3	3	1984, 1986, 1987
Gustavo Kuerten (BRA)	0	3	3	1997, 2000, 2001
André Gobert (FRA)	2	0	2	1911, 1920
Jean Borotra (FRA)	2	0	2	1924, 1931
Gottfried von Cramm (GER)	2	0	2	1934, 1936
Frank Parker (USA)	2	0	2	1948, 1949
Jaroslav Drobný (EGY)	2	0	2	1951, 1952
Ken Rosewall (AUS)	1	1	2	1953, 1968
Tony Trabert (USA)	2	0	2	1954, 1955
Nicola Pietrangeli (ITA)	2	0	2	1959, 1960
Manuel Santana (ESP)	2	0	2	1961, 1964
Rod Laver (AUS)	1	1	2	1962, 1969
Roy Emerson (AUS)	2	0	2	1963, 1967
Jan Kodeš (TCH)	0	2	2	1970, 1971
Jim Courier (USA)	0	2	2	1991, 1992
Sergi Bruguera (ESP)	0	2	2	1993, 1994
Novak Djokovic (SRB)	0	2	2	2016, 2021

Alcaraz: From qualifier to contender in 12 months @ Roland Garros.

Spanish teen enjoys meteoric rise and arrives to RG as one of the favourites for the title

© Clément Mahoudeau/FFT

A lanky, teenage Carlos Alcaraz could barely believe the attention fast building around him on his Grand Slam main draw debut at Melbourne Park last year.

Unable to contain his broad smile in a string of interviews, the young Murcian was soaking in every bit of the ride following an upset of David Goffin leading in, a practice session with his idol Rafael Nadal and a maiden run through qualifying to become the youngest man to take his place in an Australian Open main draw.

“He just killed me, so I would say he's good,” Goffin offered with a smile at the time. “He qualified for his first Grand Slam. He's under 18. He's hitting the ball unbelievable.

“So I don't know if he's playing like tonight every day, every match, but it was a huge performance.”

It soon became apparent this showing was not an aberration with Goffin not alone in being on the receiving end of a huge performance from the Spaniard in the ensuing 15 months.

Now considered a strong shot at lifting his first major trophy in Paris next month, the 19-year-old’s star has risen astronomically since he contested his second Roland-Garros qualifying a year ago.

© Andre Ferreira/FFT

With back-to-back Grand Slam main draw appearances secured on the terre battue last May, Alcaraz advanced to the third round of a major for the first time.

It marked the last time he has needed to line up in qualifying at a major since.

With a bulked up frame and a more developed game since his watershed 2021, Alcaraz has already racked up a tour-leading four titles this season – ATP 500s in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona and Masters 1000 trophies in Miami and Madrid.

Victories over Nadal, world No.1 Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev in succession to capture the title in his nation’s capital only cemented the teenager’s credentials as a leading contender for Paris.

Not that he was letting it go to his head.

#MMOPEN 🏆
Muy contento de poder conseguir mi segundo máster 1000 aquí en Madrid, un torneo muy muy especial ya que fue uno de los primeros que vine a ver de pequeño❤️.
Muchas gracias a mi equipo, familia, amigos y toda la gente que ha estado apoyándome toda la semana❤️ pic.twitter.com/e3JUbKPzLC

— Carlos Alcaraz (@alcarazcarlos03) May 10, 2022

“I think that I have to improve everything still,” Alcaraz said.

“I have always said that you can improve everything. You never reach a limit.

“Look at Rafa, Djokovic, Federer, all of them improve and they have things to improve.

“That's why they are so good, and that's why they are so much time up there, because they don't stop. They keep on working and improving.”

It’s a daunting outlook for prospective opponents.

Four-time Roland-Garros champion Justine Henin only last week told Belgian newspaper Sudinfo that Alcaraz was “more complete” than Nadal, Federer or Djokovic, while his beaten opponent from the Madrid final, Zverev, had no doubt where he currently stood.

“He's a great player. He's the best in the world right now,” Zverev said.

16-1 on clay in 2022.

👉 https://t.co/NzI35ZyeWz pic.twitter.com/qoWldcI35G

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 9, 2022

Naomi Osaka knows what it’s like to have had her name bandied about as one of the most exciting new talents, a hype that only grew with four Grand Slam triumphs.

She too found the Alcaraz ascent compelling viewing.

“I feel like he’s genuinely made everyone excited about the ATP and I haven’t seen that in a very long time,” Osaka told reporters in Madrid.

Djokovic and Nadal were quick to warn against drawing parallels too soon, however, so as not to suffocate the teenager with unfair expectations.

“I generally don't like comparisons. I think everyone is authentic, everyone is special,” Djokovic said.

“He definitely is special. I mean, already he's breaking a lot of records as a teenager, you know, winning two Masters events this year, a couple of 500s. So far he's the best player in the world, no question, this year…

“The way he was dealing with the pressure, I mean, in our match few days ago, how calm he was all the way ’til the [end], was impressive.”

Nadal insisted it was crucial to let Alcaraz “enjoy his personal career” but offered high praise in assessing what made his young compatriot so promising.

“Carlos plays a lot with adrenaline, with momentum,” Nadal said. “When adrenaline goes up, he's practically unstoppable, but then in some moments he commits errors, but it's logical because he plays with a lot of risk.

“It's his way of playing, and in that sense I think he has the level to be able to [beat] anyone [in] the world.”

Djokovic and Nadal can expect to field even more questions on their so-called heir apparent should he cap a remarkable 12 months to rise from Roland-Garros qualifying to a Grand Slam champion next month.

https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/carlos-alcaraz-from-qualifier-to-contender-in-12-months

Unseeded champions, youngest champion and oldest champion: Roland Garros. Swiatek?

Unseeded champions	Men	Marcel Bernard  Mats Wilander  Gustavo Kuerten  Gastón Gaudio	1946 1982 1997 2004
	Women	Margaret Scriven  Jeļena Ostapenko  Iga Świątek  Barbora Krejčíková	1933 2017 2020 2021
Youngest singles champion	Men	Michael Chang	17 years and 3 months (1989)
	Women	/ Monica Seles	16 years and 6 months (1990)
Oldest singles champion	Men	Andrés Gimeno	34 years and 10 months (1972)
	Women	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	33 years and 10 months (1958)