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June 8, 1997: The day Gustavo Kuerten came of age on the Roland-Garros clay
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On June 8, 1997 Gustavo Kuerten came from out of nowhere to claim Grand Slam glory in Paris
“First, I didn’t believe I’d won”: Zverev on the stress and release of a first major title
Tight, unstable and on the edge of physical collapse in the fourth set, Alexander Zverev found an unlikely release in his own cramps: forced to let go, he swung freely to claim, at last, a first Grand Slam title. On court, the German did not at first believe he had won.
The list Zverev just escaped: the 12 best players of the Open era never to win a Grand Slam (retired)
Tennis Majors takes a closer look at some of the top players who never won a Grand Slam. It is also an opportunity to give them back some of the glory that misfortune has eternally, and more or less unfairly, denied them. Official : Alexander Zverev is not a contender anymore after Roland-Garros 2026.
“At the end of the day, we’re Grand Slam champions”: Zverev wins his first major title at the fourth attempt, beating Cobolli in five sets at Roland-Garros
Alexander Zverev (No 2) beat Flavio Cobolli (No 10) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1 on Court Philippe-Chatrier, to win his first Grand Slam title at the fourth attempt, and the first major won by a German man since Boris Becker at the 1996 Australian Open.
“Give us a little time”: Roland-Garros plays down boycott fears as prize-money talks roll on
Roland-Garros leaders Amélie Mauresmo and Gilles Moretton have addressed player unrest regarding prize money, playing down initial boycott fears. They insist talks are progressing, focusing on a fair percentage of revenues and welfare contributions, particularly for lower-ranked players, while acknowledging the need for more time.
June 7, 1986: The day Chris Evert won Roland-Garros for the seventh time
“The sky is the limit”: how Mirra Andreeva built a champion out of a world-class player
“I wanted to impersonate Roger”: how watching Federer in Paris shaped Andreeva’s title run
Andreeva wins her first Grand Slam title at Roland-Garros, the dawn of a new era
June 6, 1982: Mats Wilander wins the longest final in Roland-Garros history over Guillermo Vilas
“He’s my reference”: Cobolli on facing Zverev in Roland-Garros final
“I can’t move, I can’t eat, I can’t drink”: the morning Matteo Arnaldi’s first Slam semi-final disappeared
Breaking: Arnaldi withdraws from Roland-Garros semi-final, Cobolli through to the final to face Zverev
Out-of-body, feet on the ground: how Maja Chwalinska holds her fairytale together
Clinical: Zverev reaches his second Roland-Garros final and his fourth Grand Slam final, beating Mensik in four sets
June 5, 1953: The day American tennis legend Bill Tilden passed away
The unbelievable story of Maja Chwalinska: the world No. 114 becomes the first qualifier ever to reach the Roland-Garros final
“A Grand Slam is nothing compared to that”: the battles Marta Kostyuk won with herself before she ever reached a semi-final
Andreeva, 19, ends Kostyuk’s clay-court streak and reaches her first Grand Slam final
“Results are just a side effect”: Coach Sandra Zaniewska on the season that took Marta Kostyuk to a maiden Grand Slam semi-final