French Open 2021

• 14 Jun 2021

The 2021 French Open (125^th edition) was the 2^nd Grand Slam tennis tournament after Australian Open and was played from 30 May to 13 June 2021 on outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

Rafael Nadal (Spain) was the four-time defending champion in men's singles, and Iga Świątek (Poland) was the defending champion in women's singles. They were defeated by Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Maria Sakkari (Greece) respectively.

Major Winners: Single’s Title

Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic

• World No. 1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (First Greek player to reach a Grand Slam Final) to clinch his 19th Grand Slam title.
• He is now just one Slam short of equalling Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam titles.
• Djokovic is now the first player in Open Era to have won each Grand Slam twice. Two Australian players - Roy Emerson and Rod Laver are the only two other players to win the four majors more than once. It hasn't happened since 1969 when Laver completed his second calendar Grand Slam.

Women’s Singles: Barbora Krejčíková

• Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open, beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
• She also became the first Czech woman in 40 years to conquer Roland Garros after compatriot Hana Mandlikova who claimed the trophy in Paris in 1981.
• Barbora Krejcikova also lifted the women's doubles trophy with compatriot Katerina Siniakova, beating Iga Swiatek (Poland) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA).
• Krejcikova became the first player to win both the women's singles and doubles title in Paris since French woman Mary Pierce completed the feat in 2000.