(Provided by Tennis World USA)
Here we are! There are only a few days left until the Roland Garros 2023 starts, and this will be a historic edition. There will be no Rafael Nadal, and it will be the first French Open since the retirement of Roger Federer and Serena Williams.
The women’s singles of the Roland Garros is linked to a legendary name: La Divine Suzanne Lenglen: her achievements still echo in the history of tennis. She was able to win six titles in Paris, dominating on the court and dictating law even in terms of fashion.
Her untimely death marked an era. In an era dominated by French players, Jeanne Matthey was a champion for four consecutive editions (1909, 1910, 1911, 1912). Adine Masson, instead, was one of the first great tennis players of this tournament.
Active between the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, she won five editions of the French open, just over the course of two centuries (1897, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903), including the first absolute edition of the Parisian women’s singles event.
At a time when the world was about to enter into the darkest period of its recent history, the Second World War, Hilde Sperling won three titles (1935, 1936, 1937), and…
