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1995 French Open

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1995 French Open
Date29 May – 11 June 1995
Edition94
Category65th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
Austria Thomas Muster
Women's singles
Germany Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Women's doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natalia Zvereva
Mixed doubles
Latvia Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Australia Todd Woodbridge
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The 1995 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 29 May until 11 June. It was the 99th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1995.

Seniors

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Men's singles

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Austria Thomas Muster[1] defeated United States Michael Chang, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4.

  • It was Muster's sixth title of the year, and his 29th overall. It was his first career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

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Germany Steffi Graf defeated Spain Arantxa Sánchez, 7–5, 4–6, 6–0.

  • It was Graf's fifth title of the year, and her 91st overall. It was her 16th career Grand Slam title, and her fourth French Open title.

Men's doubles

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Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis defeated Sweden Nicklas Kulti / Sweden Magnus Larsson, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–1.

Women's doubles

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United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva defeated Czech Republic Jana Novotná / Spain Arantxa Sánchez, 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5.

Mixed doubles

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Latvia Larisa Savchenko-Neiland / Australia Mark Woodforde defeated Canada Jill Hetherington / South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4).

Juniors

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Boys' singles

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Argentina Mariano Zabaleta defeated Argentina Mariano Puerta[2] 6–0, 6–0

Girls' singles

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France Amélie Cocheteux defeated Germany Marlene Weingärtner, 7–5, 6–4

Boys' doubles

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Netherlands Raemon Sluiter / Netherlands Peter Wessels defeated United States Justin Gimelstob / United States Ryan Wolters, 7–6, 7–5

Girls' doubles

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United States Corina Morariu / Czech Republic Ludmila Varmužová defeated Italy Alice Canepa / Italy Giulia Casoni, 7–6, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ Muster became the first Austrian tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title.
  2. ^ Puerta reached the 2005 Men's Singles final, but lost to Rafael Nadal.
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