Maria Sharapova was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the final to Serena Williams.

This championship was the third time in grand slam history that two multiple slam sets[broken anchor] were accomplished in two different disciplines, and that was Serena Williams in Women's singles, and her fellow countrymen Bob and Mike Bryan in Men's doubles.

[3] There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which were part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

[citation needed] Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

It had been reported that the French Open was considering giving Nadal a seeding higher than his current world ranking (No.

Andrés Gómez / Mark Woodforde defeated Mansour Bahrami / Pat Cash, 6–1, 7–6(7–2) Lindsay Davenport / Martina Hingis defeated Elena Dementieva / Martina Navratilova, 6–4, 6–2 The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries or personal reasons.