List of French Open Women's Singles champions
| French Open Women's Singles Champions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official website | ||
| Location |
Paris France
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| Venue | Stade Roland Garros | |
| Governing body | French Tennis Federation | |
| Created | 1897 (established) | |
| Surface |
Clay (red) (1897–Present) Sand (between 1897–1908 when held at Île de Puteaux) |
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| Prize money | € 1,120,000 (2010) | |
| Trophy | Coupe Suzanne Lenglen | |
| Most Amateur Era titles |
5: Adine Masson (club members) 4: Helen Wills Moody (Internationals) |
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| Most Open Era titles |
7: Chris Evert | |
| Most consecutive titles Amateur Era |
4: Jeanne Matthey Suzanne Lenglen (club members) 3: Helen Wills Moody Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (Internationals) |
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| Most consecutive titles Open Era |
3: Monica Seles Justine Henin |
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| Current champion |
Garbiñe Muguruza (first title) |
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The French Open, known originally as the Internationaux de France, is an annual tennis tournament created in 1891 and played on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The women's singles event began in 1897.
The French Open is played during two weeks in late May and early June, and has been chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the tennis season since 1987. The event was not held from 1915 to 1919 because of World War I, and after a one-year lapse in 1940, was unofficially held from 1941 to 1944 because of World War II. The national body that organizes this event is the French Tennis Federation (FFT).
The Racing Club de France and the Stade Français of Paris alternated hosting the event before the competition was moved in 1928 to the newly built Stade Roland Garros, where it has been played since. The tournament was reserved for members of French tennis clubs until the first edition open to international players took place in 1925. From 1941 to 1944, the Vichy regime requisitioned the site and held a Tournoi de France, for French players only, won two times by Alice Weiwers and once by Simone Iribarne Lafargue and Raymonde Jones Veber. Those editions are not counted by the FFT in the tournament's history.
The women's singles rules have undergone several changes since the first edition. The event has always been contested in a knockout format. Records show that matches have always been played as the best-of-three sets format. The lingering death best-of-twelve points tie-break was introduced in 1973 for the first two sets.
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