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2010 French Open Schedule Of Events

Site:Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France

Dates:Sun., May 23 - Sun., June 6

Qualifying Matches:Tues., May 18- Sat., May 22

Main Draw:Announced on-site Fri., May 21 10am

Main Draw Begins Sun., May 23

The French Open has a special place in the heart of all tennis fans, with its rich history, atmospheric stadiums and classic matches.

The 2010 French Open tennis tournament gets underway on the 23rd of May. The French Open, or as it is known in France, Tournoi de Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held in Paris, France in may and June each year. The second major of the year in professional tennis, the French Open has proven over the years to be the toughest grand slam of them all and will once again test the limits of endurance of the world’s finest players as they look to achieve victory on the red courts of Roland Garros. The list of previous winners reads like a who's who of tennis legends: Agassi, Graf, Lendl, Seles, Borg, Evert-Lloyd, Navratilova, Laver, Lenglen and the names just keep on coming. The other Grand Slams include the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open.

Roland Garros has been the achilles heal of several top players over the years that were never able to conquer the clay at Roland Garros. Roger Federer joined an exclusive company of tennis champions to win all four majors when he won first French Open title in 2009.

The tournament is therefore likely to feature a resurgence of the rivalry between Roger Federer and Nadal, with the former coming into the 2010 French Open as the reigning champion and with the Australian Open title already beneath his belt in 2010.

The red clay court at the French Open is unique among Grand Slam events. It is a slower playing surface than grass or hardcourt, which makes success difficult for even the best tennis players, including past pros, like Pete Sampras and women's tennis players Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis. These players have dominated other Grand Slam events, but struggled to win the French Open. Other players, however, have become "clay specialists" and managed to make careers out of their success at the French Open. Rafael Nadal would be a current example of such a specialist.

French Open History

From its founding in 1891 through 1924, the French National Championship was exactly that - purely national, open only to members of French tennis clubs.

Largely because of the Davis Cup, though, tennis became a truly international sport in the early 1920s, and the French tournament was opened to other nations in 1925. Attendance increased immediately, and in 1928 a new stadium was built at Porte d'Auteuil, just outside Paris, to host the event. It was named for a famous French flier, Roland Garros.

The tournament became the French Open in 1968, when professional players were admitted for the first time.

The French Open is the only major tournament played on clay courts. As a result, it isn't generally considered quite as important as the other three majors.

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2010 French Open Winner

Rafael Nadal sobbed in relief after reclaiming his French Open crown. Francesca Schiavone shed tears of astonishment in winning her first.

Scurrying along the baseline as only he can, sliding through the red clay he rules, Rafael Nadal stretched to somehow dig the ball out of a corner and fling it back over the net — once, twice, three times — during a 14-stroke exchange that ended when Robin Soderling sailed a shot long.

The French Open final was all of seven points old, and the message was unmistakable: Nadal's knees are fine now, which means he is an entirely different player from the one Soderling stunned at Roland Garros in 2009. That was the first loss of Nadal's career at this tournament, and it remains the only one.

His body sound, his mind at ease, Nadal played his unique brand of relentless, perpetual-motion tennis to handily beat the No. 5-seeded Soderling of Sweden 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 Sunday. Nadal won his fifth French Open championship, his seventh Grand Slam title overall, and earned a return to No. 1.

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