2016 French Open – Men's singles final first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four Major titles simultaneously, while he also became the first man since Jim Courier in 1992 to win the Australian and French Open titles in the same calendar year. The match took place on the final day of the 2016 edition of the 15-day French Open, held every May and June. In the lead-up to the French Open, Djokovic and Murray contested the finals at both the Madrid and Rome Masters in May; these were the first two times that the pair contested a final on clay. Both dethroned each
1999 French Open – Women's Singles 1999 French Open – Women's Singles Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but lost to Martina Hingis in the semifinals. Hingis went on to reach the final, but was defeated by sixth seed Steffi Graf, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2. Graf became the first player in the Open Era to defeat top three ranked players in the same Grand Slam tournament; defeating No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals, No. 3 Seles in the semifinals and No. 1 Hingis in the final. Hingis missed a chance to complete a career Grand Slam in singles. Graf equalled Chris Evert's record of nine