wales won the last grand slam in 2012.
wales won the last grand slam in 2012.
when did wales win the last grand slam?
2012
the 2004 french open was the 108th edition of the tournament. gastón gaudio became the first men's open era grand slam title winner to save two match points in the final; the last time that had happened was 70 years earlier. gaudio also became the first argentine man since guillermo vilas to win a grand slam, in 1979. fellow argentine guillermo coria, widely regarded as the favourite and best clay court player in the world coming into the tournament, was seeded 3rd for the event, whereas gaudio was unseeded (ranked 44th) and with only two titles to his name, both of which he had won over two years before. after winning the first two sets convincingly, coria began suffering from leg cramps. gaudio won the next two sets; however, coria came back and was up two breaks of serve in the final set. coria had two match points at 6–5 before gaudio prevailed 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6. gaudio also became the first man to win a grand slam tournament final after being bagelled in the first set. the tournament was noted for the excellent performance of the argentine players – in addition to the two finalists, there were a semifinalist (david nalbandian) and a quarterfinalist (juan ignacio chela). it was also highlighted by a first round match between fabrice santoro and arnaud clément, lasting 6 hours and 33 minutes and ending in clement's defeat 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 16–14, setting a new record for the longest singles match in the open era, which would stand until wimbledon 2010. it was also the last grand slam tournament to feature neither roger federer nor rafael nadal in the semi-finals until the 2012 us open.
2004 french open
with seven championships, goolagong is 12th on the women's list of all-time singles grand slam winners, and ended her career with 82 singles titles. she took singles and doubles titles at the australian and french opens and wimbledon, she never won at the us open. she won seven grand slam singles titles in her career, reaching a total of eighteen grand slam singles finals. during the 1970s, she played in seventeen grand slam singles finals, a period record for any player, man or woman. from her first grand slam singles final appearance in january 1971, to december 1977 when she won her last grand slam of the 1970s, she played in 21 grand slam events. her only four defeats prior to the finals came at the us open 1972 in the third round; wimbledon 1974 where she was defeated in a quarterfinal; and at the semifinal stage at both the french open and wimbledon in 1973. in 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977, goolagong reached the final of every grand slam in which she competed. between 1973 and 1978, she reached the final of almost every grand slam singles event she entered. the sole exception was wimbledon, where she played in only two finals in that period, 1975 and 1976, losing both; she lost in 1973 to eventual champion billie jean king in the semi-finals, in 1974 to australian kerry melville at the quarter-final stage, and in 1978 to eventual champion martina navratilova in the semi-finals; she did not enter in 1977, the year her daughter was born. also in 1974, she teamed up with peggy michel to win the ladies' doubles title. she has won the women's doubles title at the australian open five times and the french open once, as well as mixed doubles at the french open once.
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