1958 French Championships (tennis) 1958 French Championships (tennis) The 1958 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 20 May until 31 May. It was the 62nd staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1958. Mervyn Rose and Zsuzsi Körmöczy won the singles titles. Mervyn Rose defeated Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 Zsuzsi Körmöczy (HUN) defeated Shirley Bloomer (GBR) 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 Ashley Cooper / Neale Fraser defeated Bob Howe / Abe Segal 3–6, 8–6,
Grand Slam (tennis) have more respect for history, ruled in 1982 that winning any four straight majors constituted a Grand Slam—and offered a $1 million bonus for it [...] But many tennis people, and most writers, and probably most fans, too, did not accept the new rules, and the I.T.F. has dropped the gimmick." Vecsey was only half right: the ITF dropped the "gimmick" of the cash bonus, but it had never changed any rules. However, the ambiguous way the ITF described the Grand Slam in their Constitution led to journalists continuing to make the same assumption as Vecsey over two decades later.