1989 French Open

1989 French Open
Date 29 May - 11 June
Edition 88th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Clay
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
United States Michael Chang
Women's Singles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Men's Doubles
United States Jim Grabb / United States Patrick McEnroe
Women's Doubles
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Soviet Union Natalia Zvereva
Mixed Doubles
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf / Netherlands Tom Nijssen

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.

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 ever 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 ever winner (13 years, 2 months) of the girl's singles title — this record was broken in 1993 by Martina Hingis, aged 12.

Seniors

Men's singles

United States Michael Chang[lower-alpha 1] defeated Sweden Stefan Edberg, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario[lower-alpha 2] defeated West Germany Steffi Graf, 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5

Men's doubles

United States Jim Grabb / United States Patrick McEnroe defeated Iran Mansour Bahrami / France Eric Winogradsky, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Women's doubles

Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Soviet Union Natalia Zvereva defeated West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles

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


Juniors

Boys' Singles

France Fabrice Santoro defeated United States Jared Palmer, 6–3, 3–6, 9–7

Girls' Singles

United States Jennifer Capriati[lower-alpha 3] defeated Czechoslovakia Eva Švíglerová, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' Doubles

Australia Johan Anderson / Australia Todd Woodbridge

Girls' Doubles

Australia Nicole Pratt / Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
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.
  2. Sánchez became the first Spanish woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  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.

External links


Preceded by
1989 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1989 Wimbledon Championships
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