Evonne Goolagong
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This Australian tennis great was the winner of 7 Grand Slams. The 1st of these came at the French Open in 1971.
Goolagong won the French Open 1st time when she was only 19 years and 309 days old.
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She would later win the Australian Open 4 times and Wimbledon twice. Goolagong also reached the US Open final 4 times but was not able to lift the trophy.
Chris Evert
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She was not only the most successful Open Era champion at Roland Garros but also one of the youngest to win this tournament.
This holder of 7 French titles won it 1st time in 1974 when she was only 19 years and 176 days old.
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This was Evert’s 1st ever Grand Slam win and she would go on to win 17 more in her great Career. She dominated the French Open for a decade.
Steffi Graf
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She was another highly accomplished Grand Slam Champion. Graf won 22 Slams in her Career winning each of the 4 Majors at least 4 times.
Her 1st Roland Garros victory came in 1987 when she was 17 years and 357 days old.
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Graf won the French Open 6 times in her career and also finished runner up 3 times. This was her testimony to clay court superiority.
Arantxa Sanchez
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Another great Spanish player with the mastery over slower clay surface, Sanchez won 3 Roland Garros titles and 1 US Open title in her singles career.
Sanchez won her 1st French Open in 1989 when she was 17 years and 174 days old.
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Sanchez defeated the heavyweight favorite Steffi Graf in her 1st Roland Garros title win, The Spaniard again won the French Open in 1994 and 1998.
Monica Seles
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Her already sensational tennis career could have reached even greater heights if she was not stabbed in Germany in 1993 by a Graf fan.
The Yugoslavian enjoyed playing on clay and won 3 consecutive French titles. The 1st of these came in 1990 when Seles was just 16 years and 189 days old.
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Seles was starting to dominate women’s tennis in 1990s by defeating rival Steffi Graf in Grand Slam finals. She also took the World Number 1 from Steffi before her game was impacted by the stabbing incident at Hamburg.