1989 French Open

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1989 French Open
Roland-garros-1989.jpg
Date29 May – 11 June 1989
Edition88
Category59th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Clay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang
Women's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb / Flag of the United States.svg Patrick McEnroe
Women's doubles
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Zvereva
Mixed doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Nijssen
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The 1989 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 29 May until 11 June. It was the 88th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1989.

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For the first time in French Open history the Singles championships were won by two teenagers – Michael Chang (17 years, 3 months) and Arantxa Sánchez (17 years, 6 months). Chang still holds the record for youngest ever male Grand Slam singles title winner. He gained admirers for his audacious style of play and battling qualities. Sánchez broke the record for the youngest champion at Roland Garros, a record bettered the following year by Monica Seles (16 years, 6 months).

Sánchez's victory made her only the seventh woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in the 1980s; the others being Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf and Hana Mandlíková.

Steffi Graf's loss in the women's final was her only Grand Slam defeat in two years. She won eight of the nine Grand Slam tournaments from the 1988 Australian Open – 1990 Australian Open. This prevented her from completing a second consecutive Grand Slam and was her 9th Grand Slam final on her record run of 13 finals.

One notable débutant was Monica Seles, appearing in her first Grand Slam. She reached the semi-finals without being seeded, and aged only 15. Jennifer Capriati also made her presence felt, becoming the youngest winner (13 years, 2 months) of the girls' singles title – this record was broken in 1993 by Martina Hingis, aged 12.

Seniors

Men's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Michael Chang [a] defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario [b] defeated Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5

Men's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb / Flag of the United States.svg Patrick McEnroe defeated Flag of Iran.svg Mansour Bahrami / Flag of France.svg Éric Winogradsky, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Women's doubles

Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Zvereva defeated Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf / Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Nijssen defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio de la Peña / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–7, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro defeated Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer, 6–3, 3–6, 9–7

Girls' singles

Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Capriati [c] defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Švíglerová, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge

Girls' doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nicole Pratt / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Shi-ting

Prize money

EventWFSFQF4R3R2R1R
Singles [1] Men$291,752$145,876$72,938$36,955$19,450$10,892$6,421$3,913
Women$257,379$128,690$64,345$32,601$17,158$9,610$5,664$3,452

Total prize money for the event was $4,545,000.

Notes

  1. At the age of 17, Chang became the youngest-ever male Grand Slam singles title winner.[ citation needed ]
  2. Sánchez became the first Spanish woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.[ citation needed ]
  3. Capriati won the 2001 women's singles title.

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1990). World of Tennis 1990. London: Willow Books. p. 69. ISBN   978-0-00-218355-0.
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