1952 French Championships (tennis) Hart / Shirley Fry defeated Hazel Redick-Smith / Julia Wipplinger 7–5, 6–1 Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman defeated Shirley Fry / Eric Sturgess 6–8, 6–3, 6–3 1952 French Championships (tennis) The 1952 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 1 June. It was the 56th staging of the French Championships, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1952. Jaroslav Drobný and Doris Hart won the singles titles. Jaroslav Drobný defeated Frank Sedgman
U.S. Pro Tennis Championships Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where it was held from 1964 to 1999. It became part of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour shortly after the advent of open tennis in 1968. Between 1970 and 1977 it was a prominent tournament of the Grand Prix Super Series. It then became a tennis event within the ATP Tour with reorganization of the top tier of pro tour tennis. The tournament was later played on Har-Tru clay courts and was initially an important tune-up event for the U.S. Open. But when this Grand Slam tournament moved to hardcourts in 1978, the U.S.