Organised by the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), the French Open is the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year to be played.
The winner of the men's singles event receives the Coupe des Mousquetaires, named after The Four Musketeers of French tennis: Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet, and René Lacoste.
[4] Rafael Nadal has won 14 French Open titles which is a record for any player, male or female, in any major tournament.
[11] The first winner of the Championship was the British player H. Briggs, a member of Club Stade Français which entitled him to compete.
[citation needed] French players were dominant in the early stages of the tournament, in particular Max Decugis, who won eight titles before the outbreak of the First World War.
Only five players, Frank Parker, Jaroslav Drobný, Tony Trabert, Nicola Pietrangeli and Roy Emerson, won multiple titles.
[18] Swede Björn Borg won the majority of the tournaments in the early years of the Open era.
[19] Michael Chang became the youngest man to win the French Open when he beat Stefan Edberg in 1989.
[21] American Jim Courier won consecutive titles in 1991 and 1992 before Spaniard Sergi Bruguera repeated the feat in 1993 and 1994.