Factbox: French Open facts and figures about women's competition

Thu May 22, 2008 10:57pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Facts and figures relating to the French Open which starts on May 25 at Roland Garros, Paris.

2007 champions

Women's singles: Justine Henin (Belgium)

Women's doubles: Alicia Molik (Australia) Mara Santangelo (Italy)

Most French Open titles

All competitions: Margaret Court (Australia) 13 (5 singles, 4 doubles, 4 mixed doubles)

Women's singles: Chris Evert (U.S.) 7, Steffi Graf (Germany) 6

Youngest winner

Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) in 1990, aged 16 years and six months.

Oldest winner:

Zsuzsa Kormoczy (Hungary) in 1958, aged 33

Non seeded winner

Margaret Scriven (Britain) in 1933

Most appearances

Andree Varin (France), 19 appearances from 1934-65

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