1995 French Open

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.

1995 French Open
Date29 May – 11 June
Edition99th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade 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

Seniors

Men's Singles

Thomas Muster[1] defeated Michael Chang, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4.

  • It was Muster's sixth title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his first career Grand Slam title.

Women's Singles

Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez, 7–5, 4–6, 6–0.

  • It was Graf's fifth title of the year, and her 91st overall. It was her 16th career Grand Slam title, and her fourth French Open title.

Men's Doubles

Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Nicklas Kulti / Magnus Larsson, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1.

Women's Doubles

Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5.

Mixed Doubles

Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Mark Woodforde defeated Jill Hetherington / John-Laffnie de Jager, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4).

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Mariano Zabaleta defeated Mariano Puerta[2] 6–2, 6–3

Girls' Singles

Amélie Cocheteux defeated Marlene Weingärtner, 7–5, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels defeated Justin Gimelstob / Ryan Wolters, 7–6, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmužová defeated Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni, 7–6, 7–5

References

  1. Muster became the first Austrian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  2. Puerta reached the 2005 Men's Singles final, but lost to Rafael Nadal.
Preceded by
1995 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1995 Wimbledon Championships
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