1995 French Open | |
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Date | 29 May – 11 June 1995 |
Edition | 94 |
Category | 65th Grand Slam (ITF) |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Thomas Muster | |
Women's singles | |
Steffi Graf | |
Men's doubles | |
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis | |
Women's doubles | |
Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva | |
Mixed doubles | |
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Todd Woodbridge |
The 1995 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 99th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1995.
Thomas Muster [1] defeated Michael Chang, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4.
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez, 7–5, 4–6, 6–0.
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Nicklas Kulti / Magnus Larsson, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1.
Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Mark Woodforde defeated Jill Hetherington / John-Laffnie de Jager, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4).
Mariano Zabaleta defeated Mariano Puerta [2] 6–0, 6–0
Amélie Cocheteux defeated Marlene Weingärtner, 7–5, 6–4
Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels defeated Justin Gimelstob / Ryan Wolters, 7–6, 7–5
Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmužová defeated Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni, 7–6, 7–5
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