With Wimbledon around the corner, ET Magazine takes you through some Grand Slam highlights

Rafael Nadal won a record 10th French Open, or La Decima, after beating Stan Wawrinka in the finals.

The 31-year old extended his all-time lead at the French Open, with this victory putting him far ahead of Bjorn Borg’s six in the Open era.


This year, Jelena Ostapenko became the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933. Ostapenko was a 100-1 outsider at the start of the tournament but will now catapult from 47th to 12th in world rankings.


At 36, Venus Williams became the oldest woman to reach the third round at the French Open since Billie Jean King in 1982. It was her 20th attempt at the title, but she lost out to Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in the fourth round.


India’s Tally
Rohan Bopanna became only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament when he won the mixed doubles at Roland Garros, in partnership with Gabriela Dabrowski. Mahesh Bhupathi won India’s first Grand Slam title in 1997 when he partnered Japan’s Rika Hiraki to claim the French Open. Indians have accounted for 20 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Two of those victories belong entirely to India with Sania Mirza partnering Mahesh Bhupathi.

Men’s Singles


YOUNGEST WINNER @ ROLAND GARROS
Michael Chang, at 17 years and 3 months in 1989


OLDEST
Andres Gimeno, at 34 years and 10 months in 1972

Women’s Singles

YOUNGEST WINNER @ ROLAND GARROS
Monica Seles, at 16 years and six months in 1990


OLDEST
Zsuzsa Kormoczy, at 33 years and 9 months in 1958


54,250: The number of balls used during the tournament fortnight. White tennis balls were replaced with yellow in 1986 to make them more visible to TV cameras

8 mm: That’s the height the grass is allowed to be, during the event. It’s the only Grand Slam to be played on grass courts

Stickler for Rules
For Wimbledon matches, all players must be dressed almost entirely in white. Umpires can ask a player to change if they don’t meet the dress code. In 2013, Roger Federer was told to change his shoes because they had orange soles.