Roland-Garros
May 27, 2016: The day Rafael Nadal stunned the tennis world by pulling out of Roland-Garros
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 27, 2016, Rafael Nadal unexpectedly called for a press conference to make an announcement that caused a seismic shock in the tennis world
Auger-Aliassime survives 1-4 down in the fifth against Altmaier, the last first-round match of Roland-Garros and the first to be decided in a fifth-set tie-break
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Daniel Altmaier 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday evening and will play Roman Andres Burruchaga in the next round
Sinner returns to the scene of his Roland-Garros heartbreak with a clean first-round dismantling of Tabur
Jannik Sinner returned to Court Philippe-Chatrier — the court where he lost the 2025 final to Alcaraz from three championship points up — and beat Clément Tabur 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. 30 in a row. 18-0 on clay in 2026. Six Masters 1000 titles in a row. No break points faced. The world No. 1 chasing the career Grand Slam, against a draw that has just lost Alcaraz to injury.
Struff outlasts Bublik in four sets, the third top-10 player out in the first round at Roland-Garros
Jan-Lennard Struff, world No. 80, out-converted ninth seed Alexander Bublik 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-5.
Boisson’ Roland-Garros story ends in the first round one year on, dismantled in straight sets by Kalinskaya
The 2025 Roland-Garros Cinderella story is over. Loïs Boisson, the wild card who reached the semi-finals at world No. 361 a year ago, lost 6-2, 6-2 in the first round to Russian 22nd seed Anna Kalinskaya.
At 17, Kouamé beats former US Open champion Cilic on Grand Slam debut, the youngest man through to round two at Roland-Garros since 2009
Monfils plans summer push to play until 40 after Roland-Garros farewell – the tournaments he hopes to play
Vekić opens Day 3 at Roland-Garros with a routine win over Tubello to reach the second round
A perfect moment, just the body and this emotions made the fifth set messy: Monfils’s farewell in his own words
May 26, 1956: The day Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Grand Slam
“Roland-Garros, I love you, I owe you everything, goodbye until we meet again” : Gaël Monfils’ last words to Paris
Monfils ends his Roland-Garros career in a five-set loss to Gaston, retiring at home where it all began
Rather lose 6-0, 6-0 than retire: Casper Ruud’s proud Roland-Garros comeback
“A dead person’s Achilles in my arm”: The Kokkinakis comeback no one in tennis had done before
Monfils: “Roland-Garros gave me 99.9% of my dreams, except the trophy”
De Jong ends Wawrinka’s emotional Roland-Garros farewell on Court Simonne-Mathieu
Swiatek and Paolini, 2024 Roland-Garros finalists, both come through their openers in straight sets
Carreño Busta beats Lehecka in straight sets, the third seed out of the men’s draw in two days
Samsonova becomes the second women’s seed out at Roland-Garros, beaten by Teichmann in straight sets
Djokovic explains the Troicki hire, says Kecmanović’s words aren’t his business