Posted at 8:31 a.m., Saturday, May 26, 2007
French Open at a glance
Advertiser Staff
French Open at a glanceA look at the French Open, which starts tomorrow at Roland Garros in Paris:
Top Women's Matches tomorrow: No. 1 Justine Henin of Belgium vs. Elena Vesnina of Russia, No. 8 Serena Williams of the United States vs. Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria, No. 10 Dinara Safina of Russia vs. Yuliana Fedak of Ukraine, No. 26 Venus Williams of the United States vs. Alize Cornet of France.
Top Men's Matches tomorrow: No. 5 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile vs. Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, No. 7 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia vs. Arnaud Clement of France, No. 17 Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain vs. Amer Delic of the United States, No. 22 Marat Safin of Russia vs. Fernando Vicente of Spain.
Sunday's Forecast: High temperature of 55 degrees, with showers early and steady rain later.
Finals Schedule: The women's singles final is June 9, the men's singles final is June 10.
2006 Men's Singles Champion: Rafael Nadal of Spain.
2006 Women's Singles Champion: Henin.
No. 1-Seeded Man: Roger Federer of Switzerland, bidding to complete non-calendar and career Grand Slams by winning a fourth consecutive major title. No man has held all four major titles simultaneously since Rod Laver in 1969.
No. 1-Seeded Woman: Henin, who like Nadal is trying for a third French Open championship in a row.
Prize Money: For the first time, men and women will receive equal prize money throughout the tournament. At the current exchange rate, the total is about $20.5 million, with about $1.3 million each to the men's and women's singles champions.
