Tennis’s major tournaments in 2024 pick it up again this month when the 2024 French Open, starts on May 20. The Roland Garros will showcase the top players in both the ATP and WTA, including Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, the great clay player of all time in Rafael Nadal, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff. The top tennis players that will always promise excellent matchups for French Open betting.
In the lead the up to the Roland Garros, we thought it would be cool to list the top 10 upsets in the tournament’s history. Check it out!
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Top 10 Upsets in French Open History
2017 Jelena Ostapenko Over Simona Halep
3-seed Simona Halep was a massive favorite over unseeded Jelena Ostapenko.
1993 Stephane Huet Against Ivan Lendl
Losing to Huet was one of the reasons the great Ivan Lendl decided to retire in 1994. Lendl was the 7-seed and on the tail end of his career, but Huet had to qualify for the French Open, entered the tournament, ranked 297th in the world, and was a massive underdog in the first round match.
1996
Woodruff, the world’s 72nd ranked player, upset Andre Agassi, the 3-seed, in the second round. Woodruff required five sets to get it done. But he got it done. Agassi committed 63 unforced errors during the match. So it wasn’t all Woodruff.
1987 Eric Winogradsky Beats Stefan Edberg
The lone substandard performance came agaisnt Eric Winogradsky, the world’s152nd ranked player, in the second round at the French Open.
1997 Iva Majoli Against Martina Hingis
Martinia Hingis won 4-of-5 Grand Slam titles in 1997 and 1998 and was the world’s youngest number one player in history at the age of 16. But in the French Open Final in 1997, Hingis lost to Iva Majoli. Hingis’s loss was her only over clay or grass in 1997 where she went 71-5.
1989 Michael Chang Against Ivan Lendl
Chang upset Ivan Lendl in the fourth round. The then 17 year old would go on to win the French Open title over Stefan Edberg but it was the victory over Lendl that put Chang on the map.
2009 Rafael Nadal falls to Robin Soderling
Rafael Nadal is called the King of Clay because he’s won over 97% of clay matches. In the previous month Nadal has beaten Soderling 6-1, 6-0 on clay. Rafa was the world’s top ranked player and had won the previous four French Open titles. Somehow, Soderling upset Nadal in the fourth round.
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- Carlos Alcaraz +145
- Novak Djokovic +240
- Jannik Sinner +375
- Rafael Nadal +450
- Holger Rune +900
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| Alexander Zverev | +220 |
| Francisco Cerundolo | +600 |
| Ben Shelton | +800 |
| Felix Auger-Aliassime | +900 |
| Jakub Mensik | +1000 |
| Ugo Humbert | +1100 |
| Jiri Lehecka | +1400 |
| Denis Shapovalov | +2000 |
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