Grand Slam tournaments

Grand Slam tournaments

• These are the four most important annual tennis tournaments which are-
  (i) Australian Open (Mid-January)
  (ii) French Open (May and June)
  (iii) Wimbledon (June and July)
  (iv) US Open (August and September)
• These tournaments are played on the different type of grounds. These are-

Tournament	Playing Area
Australian Open	Hard Courts
US Open	Hard Courts
French Open	Clay
Wimbledon	Grass

• These tournaments are played in fivecategories-
  (a) Men’s singles
  (b) Women’s singles
  (c) Men’s doubles
  (d) Women’s doubles
  (e) Mixed doubles

Note: French Open Founded in 1891, this tournament is conducted on Clay court. French Open is alternatively known as Roland-Garros.

Here is the list of Winners of 2018 French Open tournament in Seniors Category. 

S.No.	Category	Winner	Runner Up
1	Men's Singles	Rafael Nadal(Spain)	Dominic Thiem (Austria)
2	Women's Singles	Simona Halep(Romania)	Sloane Stephens (USA)
3	Men's Doubles	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France)	Oliver Marach (Austria) and Mate Pavic (Croatia)
4	Women's Doubles	Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) / Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)	Eri Hozumi (Japan) and Makoto Ninomiya (Japan)
5	Mixed Doubles	Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia)	Mate Pavic (Croatia) and Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)

Highlights of the Event:

• Nadal becomes the second player in the Tennis history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court (claimed 11 Australian Open titles).
• Simona Halep became the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam title after the 1978 French Open champion Virginia Ruzici.
• The winners of the men's (€2,200,000) and women's (€2,200,000) singles title receive.
• The total prize money for the French open 2018 edition is €39,197,000.
• Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova have won the French Open for their first Grand Slam title in women's doubles.