There are few tournaments more prestigious than the French Open, which is the only clay Grand Slam on the tennis calendar.
The two-week event takes place annually at the famed Roland Garros venue in Paris, France and typically commences at the end of May, before filtering into June.
Many tennis greats have graced the clay courts in the French capital with their extraordinary talent, including Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf.
Most titles
It should be of little surprise to see that the King of Clay, Rafael Nadal, boasts the most French Open titles of the Open Era with an astonishing 14.
It's eight more than the second-most successful male player at Roland Garros, Bjorn Borg, while Chris Evert leads the way for women's titles having achieved seven across a 13-year period.
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Most matches won
14 French Open titles equates to a lot of victories at Roland Garros, and Rafael Nadal won a total of 112 matches to be precise, losing only four times across 19 appearances at the clay Grand Slam.
Steffi Graf holds the women's record, winning 82 matches on her path to six French Open titles.
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Most finals contested
Rafael Nadal, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf have contested the most French Open finals, but find out who rounds out the top five.
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Youngest Champions
Male
The youngest male champion in the history of the French Open is American Michael Chang, who won the title at Roland Garros in 1989 aged just 17 years and three months; Chang remains the youngest male Grand Slam champion in tennis history.
Chang's victory in Paris was the sole major win of his career, the American reached the final at both the Australian and US Open, but never managed to capture another Grand Slam.
Female
Tennis great Monica Selles is the youngest ever female winner of the French Open, triumphing in Paris aged 16 years and six months.
Selles backed up her 1990 win at Roland Garros with another two consecutive titles in 91 and 92, among a total haul of nine Grand Slam wins.
Oldest champions
Male
Serbian legend Novak Djokovic is the oldest male tennis player to win the French Open, capturing the title at Roland Garros aged 36 years and 20 days in 2023.
Despite clay being his least favourite surface, Djokovic has won three French Open Championships in his career in 2016, 2021 and 2023.
Female
The oldest female winner in French Open history comes from a little further back in time, with Hungary's Zsuzsa Kormoczy the record holder, scooping the title aged 33 years and 10 months in 1958.
Roland Garros was the sole Grand Slam victory of Kormoczy's career, with her next best major result coming at Wimbledon, where she reached the semi-final stage in the same year.
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