Editing French Open (section)

== Surface characteristics ==
[[File:Composición de la tierra batida.JPG|thumb|left|Composition of the courts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clay, the hallowed red dirt |url=https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/page/roland-garros-tournament-clay-the-hallowed-red-dirt |publisher=Roland-Garros |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607012733/https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/page/roland-garros-tournament-clay-the-hallowed-red-dirt |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The French Open has been the only major played on clay courts since 1978, when the US Open changed to hard courts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-french-open-clay-surface-grass-courts-clay-origin | title=Why is the French Open played on clay? | date=19 May 2022 | access-date=23 May 2022 | archive-date=24 May 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524032205/https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/news-french-open-clay-surface-grass-courts-clay-origin | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/181055-the-french-open-for-dummies|title=The French Open for Dummies|work=[[Bleacher Report]]|date=22 May 2009|access-date=25 January 2022|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125060130/https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/181055-the-french-open-for-dummies.amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Clay courts slow down the ball and produce a high bounce when compared with [[grass court]]s or [[Hard (tennis)|hard courts]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} For this reason, clay courts take away some of the advantages of big servers and serve-and-volleyers, which makes it hard for these types of players to dominate on the surface.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} For example, [[Pete Sampras]], known for his huge serve and who won 14 Grand Slam titles, never won the French Open – his best result was reaching the semi-finals in [[1996 French Open|1996]]. Many other notable players have won multiple Grand Slam events but have never won the French Open, including [[John McEnroe]], [[Frank Sedgman]], [[John Newcombe]], [[Venus Williams]], [[Stefan Edberg]], [[Boris Becker]], [[Lleyton Hewitt]], [[Andy Murray]], [[Jimmy Connors]], [[Louise Brough]], [[Virginia Wade]] and [[Martina Hingis]]; McEnroe and Edberg lost their only French Open finals appearances in five sets.

On the other hand, players whose games are more suited to jumpier surfaces, such as [[Rafael Nadal]], [[Björn Borg]], [[Ivan Lendl]], [[Mats Wilander]], [[Justine Henin]] and [[Chris Evert]], have found great success at this tournament. In the [[Tennis open era|Open Era]], the only male players who have won both the French Open and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], played on faster grass courts, are [[Rod Laver]], [[Jan Kodeš]], [[Björn Borg]], [[Andre Agassi]], [[Rafael Nadal]], [[Roger Federer]], [[Novak Djokovic]] and [[Carlos Alcaraz]] and only female players are [[Evonne Goolagong Cawley]], [[Margaret Court]], [[Billie Jean King]], [[Chris Evert]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Steffi Graf]], [[Serena Williams]], [[Maria Sharapova]], [[Garbiñe Muguruza]], [[Simona Halep]] and [[Ashleigh Barty]]. Borg's French Open–Wimbledon double was achieved three times consecutively.<ref name=Wimbledonrecords>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimbledon.com/heritage/history/legends/bjorn-borg |title=Wimbledon Legends – Bjorn Borg |publisher=Wimbledon.com |first=Ronald |last=Atkin |access-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211101251/http://www.wimbledon.com/heritage/history/legends/bjorn-borg |archive-date=11 February 2012 }}</ref>

===Composition of the courts===
1. Red brick dust.<br />
2. Crushed white limestone.<br />
3. Clinker (coal residue).<br />
4. Crushed gravel.<br />
5. Drain rock.