1992 French Open
Date25 May – 7 June 1992
Edition91
Category62nd Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
United States Jim Courier
Women's singles
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles
Men's doubles
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek / Switzerland Marc Rosset
Women's doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Commonwealth of Independent States Natalia Zvereva
Mixed doubles
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Mark Woodforde
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The 1992 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 96th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1992. This was the last time both the top seeds won the men's singles and women's singles until the 2018 French Open.

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1992 French Open – Men's singles

United States Jim Courier defeated Czechoslovakia Petr Korda, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1

• It was Courier's 3rd career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd and last title at the French Open. It was Courier's 5th title of the year, and his 9th overall.

Women's singles

Main article: 1992 French Open – Women's singles

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Monica Seles defeated Germany Steffi Graf, 6–2, 3–6, 10–8

• It was Seles' 6th career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd and last title at the French Open. It was Monica's 6th title of the year, and her 26th overall.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1992 French Open – Men's doubles

Switzerland Jakob Hlasek / Switzerland Marc Rosset[1] defeated South Africa David Adams / Commonwealth of Independent States Andrei Olhovskiy, 7–6, 6–7, 7–5

• It was Hlasek's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Rosset's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1992 French Open – Women's doubles

United States Gigi Fernández / Commonwealth of Independent States Natalia Zvereva defeated Spain Conchita Martínez / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1992 French Open – Mixed doubles

Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Australia Todd Woodbridge defeated United States Lori McNeil / United States Bryan Shelton, 6–2, 6–3

• It was Sánchez Vicario's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 2nd and last title at the French Open.
• It was Woodbridge's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 1st title at the French Open.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Romania Andrei Pavel defeated Italy Mosé Navarra, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Girls' singles

Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos defeated Argentina Paola Suárez, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Mexico Enrique Abaroa / Australia Grant Doyle

Girls' doubles

Belgium Laurence Courtois / Belgium Nancy Feber

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [2] Men FF2,680,000 FF1,340,000 FF670,000 FF350,000 FF189,000 FF109,000 FF67,000 FF40,000
Women FF2,470,000 FF1,235,000 FF617,000 FF310,000 FF162,000 FF90,000 FF53,000 FF35,000

Total prize money for the event was FF41,425,000.

References

  1. ^ Hlasek and Rosset became the first Swiss doubles team to win a Grand Slam event.
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1993). World of Tennis. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0002185080.

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Preceded by1992 Australian Open Grand Slams Succeeded by1992 Wimbledon Championships
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