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2025 French Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeated Jannik Sinner in the final, 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(10–2) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2025 French Open. It was his second French Open title and fifth major title overall. Alcaraz came from two sets down and saved three championship points en route to the title, becoming the third man in the Open Era to win a major after being championship points down, following Gastón Gaudio at the 2004 French Open and Novak Djokovic at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Both players served for the championship (Sinner at 5–4 in the fourth set, Alcaraz at 5–4 in the fifth set), but both were broken. At 5 hours and 29 minutes, it was the longest French Open final in history (surpassing the 1982 final), and the second-longest major final overall, behind only the 2012 Australian Open final. Alcaraz was the second man in the Open Era (after Roger Federer) to win his first five major finals and the second-you ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), including as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Year-end No. 1 players, year-end No. 1 in 2022 ATP Tour, 2022. Alcaraz has won 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including five Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles and seven ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, ATP 1000 titles. Alcaraz began his professional career in 2018 at age 15. He broke into the top 100 in rankings in May 2021, and ended that year in the top 35 after reaching the 2021 US Open – Men's singles, US Open quarterfinals. In March 2022, he won his first ATP 1000 title at the 2022 Miami Open – Men's singles, Miami Open at the age of 18. Alcaraz won his first major title at the 2022 US Open – Men's singles, 2022 US Open, becoming the youngest man and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'' and ''Today at Wimbledon''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the #BBC Sport Online, BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand (TV programme), Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Paul (tennis)
Tommy Paul (born May 17, 1997) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 9 June 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 97, achieved on 12 September 2022. He has won four ATP Tour titles, and reached a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinal at the 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles, 2023 Australian Open. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, men's doubles, partnering Taylor Fritz. Junior career Paul was consistently one of the highest ranked juniors of his class. Paul reached a career-high ITF junior rank of No. 3 on December 9, 2015. Paul reached two junior Grand Slam finals in 2015. He won the 2015 French Open – Boys' singles, 2015 French Open boys' singles title by defeating fellow American Taylor Fritz in the final in three sets. At the same tournament he reached the final in doubles partne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bublik
Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik (; born 17 June 1997) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved on 6 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 47, achieved on 8 November 2021. He is the current Kazakhstani No. 1 in men's singles. Bublik recorded his greatest success at a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam event at the 2025 French Open – Men's singles, 2025 French Open where he reached the quarterfinals in singles, the first Kazakhstani man to achieve the feat. Bublik was also the runner-up in doubles at the 2021 French Open – Men's doubles, 2021 French Open, partnering fellow countryman Andrey Golubev, the first Kazakhstani male players to contest a major final. He has won four ATP Tour singles titles. Early life Alexander Stanislavovich Bublik was born on 17 June 1997 in Gatchina, Russia and began playing tennis at the age of four. He was coached by his father, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 French Open – Men's Singles
Adriano Panatta defeated Harold Solomon in the final, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1976 French Open. It was his first and only Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title, and he was the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a singles major. Panatta List of Grand Slam–related tennis records#Won a title after saving match points, saved a match point en route to the title, against Pavel Huťka in the first round. Björn Borg was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Panatta. This was just his second and last defeat at the French Open, both to Panatta. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Adriano Panatta is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Björn Borg ''(quarterfinals)'' # Guillermo Vilas ''(quarterfinals)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(quarterfinals)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(fourth round)'' # Raúl Ramírez ''(semifinals)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(semifinals)'' # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He won the French Open in 1976 French Open – Men's singles, 1976, becoming the first Italian man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title. Panatta was also the only player ever to defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, doing so twice. From 2018 to 2021, he was a regular guest of the RAI sport broadcast ''Quelli che... il Calcio''. Career Panatta was born in Rome. His father was the caretaker of the ''Tennis Club Parioli'', and as a youngster he learned to play the game on the club's clay courts. He became a successful European junior player before turning professional. In his early career, Panatta won top-level professional titles at 1973 British Hard Court Championships, Bournemouth in 1973, ATP Florence, Florence in 1974, Austrian Open (tennis), Kitzbühel and Stockholm Open, Stockholm in 1975. The pinnacle of his career arrived in 1976, when he won the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 French Championships – Men's Singles
Sixth-seeded Nicola Pietrangeli defeated Luis Ayala 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1960 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Nicola Pietrangeli is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Barry MacKay ''(quarterfinals)'' # Neale Fraser ''(quarterfinals)'' # Andrés Gimeno ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rod Laver ''(third round)'' # Luis Ayala ''(final)'' # Nicola Pietrangeli ''(champion)'' # Mike Davies ''(second round)'' # Roy Emerson ''(third round)'' # Pierre Darmon ''(fourth round)'' # Robert Haillet ''(semifinals)'' # Ian Vermaak ''(second round)'' # Giuseppe Merlo ''(fourth round)'' # Jacques Brichant ''(fourth round)'' # Jan-Erik Lundqvist ''(second round)'' # Billy Knight ''(fourth round)'' # Robert Keith Wilson ''(fourth round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Sirola
Orlando Sirola (30 April 1928 – 13 November 1995) was an Italian tennis player. Biography Sirola was born in Fiume, today the Croatian city of Rijeka. He only began playing tennis at the age of 22. In 1958 he won the singles title at the Bavarian Tennis Championships in Munich after a five-set victory in the final against Luis Ayala. Sirola's best result in a Grand Slam singles event was at Roland Garros in 1960, where he beat #1 seed, Barry MacKay in the Quarterfinals to reach the Semifinals. He also won the Roland Garros doubles title in 1959, partnering Nicola Pietrangeli. He was a member of the Italian teams which finished runners-up to Australia in the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... in 1960 and 1961. Grand Slam finals Doubles (1 titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Pietrangeli
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli (; born 11 September 1933) is an Italian former tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be one of Italy's greatest tennis champions. Biography Nicola Chirinsky Pietrangeli was born 11 September 1933, in Tunis, then a French colony, to a father also born in Tunis but of Italian parents from Abruzzo and Campania, and to a Russian mother whose father was Danish. Pietrangeli made his international debut at the 1952 Italian Open, losing in fours sets to Jacques Peten. He appeared in four men's singles finals at Roland Garros – winning the title in 1959 and 1960, and finishing runner-up in 1961 and 1964. He also won the Roland Garros men's doubles title in 1959 (together with Orlando Sirola), and the mixed doubles in 1958. At Wimbledon, Pietrangeli was a single semifinalist in 1960, when he lost to Rod Laver in 5 sets. He won the Italian Open in 1957 and 1961 and was ranked World No. 3 by Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti (; born 3 March 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP rankings, ATP singles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 142, achieved on 1 April 2024. Musetti has won two ATP Tour singles titles, and has reached two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major semifinals at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2024 Wimbledon Championships and the 2025 French Open – Men's singles, 2025 French Open. He is currently the No. 2 Italian. Representing his country, Musetti won the bronze medal in men's singles at the Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2024 Paris Olympics. He was part of the Italy Davis Cup team, Italy national team that won the Davis Cup in 2023 Davis Cup, 2023 and 2024 Davis Cup, 2024. Early life Musetti was born on 3 March 2002 in Carrara, Tuscany. His father, Francesco Musetti, works in a marble quarry, and his mother, Sabrina Ratti, is a secretary. He bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 French Open – Men's Singles
Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1968 French Open. It was Rosewall's second French title and fifth Grand Slam tournament title overall. This was the first Grand Slam tournament to be open to professional players, marking a period in tennis history known as the Open Era. Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a Grand Slam tournament since 1956 and 1962 respectively, were among those no longer barred from entering. Roy Emerson was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Pancho Gonzales. Missing from the tournament were WCT's "Handsome Eight" and top amateurs Manuel Santana, Arthur Ashe, Clark Graebner and Tom Okker. This was the first major appearance of future champion and world No. 1 Ilie Năstase. Seeds Rod Laver ''(final)'' Ken Rosewall (champion) Andrés Gimeno ''(semifinals)'' Roy Emerson ''(quarterfinals)'' Pancho Gonzales ''(semifinals)'' Fred S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pancho Gonzales
Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 15 major singles titles, including two U.S. National Championships in 1948 and 1949, and 13 Professional majors. He also won three Tournament of Champions professional events in 1957, 1958, and 1959. Gonzales was ranked as the amateur world No. 1 in 1948 by Ned Potter and in 1949 by Potter and John Olliff. Gonzales was a prominent professional champion in the 1950s and 1960s, winning world professional championship tours between 1954 and 1961; he was the world number one ranked male tennis player professional between 1952 and 1961. Gonzales was a determined competitor with a fierce temper. He was often at odds with officials and promoters. However, he was a fan favorite who drew many spectators. Career Amateur Gonzales was given a 51-cent racquet by his mother when he was 12 years old. He received tennis analysis from his friend, Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
