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2010 French Open – Day-by-day summaries

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This list is a below in the form of day-by-day summaries:

Day 1 (23 May)

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The Court Philippe Chatrier during the match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Daniel Brands

In the Men's singles many of seeded players made it through led by 2009 finalist Robin Söderling, Mikhail Youzhny and Marin Čilić. While Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was pushed to the limit by German Daniel Brands as he came through 7–5 in the fifth. Tsonga was joined by compatriots Édouard Roger-Vasselin, Josselin Ouanna and Julien Benneteau who upset 23rd seed Ernests Gulbis 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 as Gulbis retired with a hamstring injury.

In the Women's side 6th seed and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised through the first round with a 6–3, 6–1 victory of Sorana Cîrstea. She was joined by 2nd seed Venus Williams, Madrid champion Aravane Rezaï, Nadia Petrova, Flavia Pennetta, Maria Kirilenko and last years Semifinalist Dominika Cibulková. The day featured two upsets. Victoria Azarenka, hindered by an injury and only appeared in the event to have entered to claim the bonus prize money for ending the 2009 season in the top 10, became the first major casualty of the tournament as she was upset by Gisela Dulko. Rome champion María José Martínez Sánchez was also upset by Akgul Amanmuradova.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova [6] Romania Sorana Cîrstea 6–3, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round Sweden Robin Söderling [5] France Laurent Recouderc [WC] 6–0, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round France Aravane Rezaï [15] Canada Heidi El Tabakh [Q] 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 1st round France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] Germany Daniel Brands 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 1st round Croatia Marin Čilić [10] Brazil Ricardo Mello 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Women's Singles 1st round Argentina Gisela Dulko Belarus Victoria Azarenka [10] 6–1, 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round France Julien Benneteau Latvia Ernests Gulbis [23] 6–4, 6–2, 1–0 retired
Women's Singles 1st round United States Venus Williams [2] Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round Russia Nadia Petrova [19] China Zhang Shuai 6–0, 6–3

Day 2 (24 May)

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In the Men's Singles World no. 1 and defending champion Roger Federer cruised past Peter Luczak with a 6–4, 6–1, 6–2 victory. He was joined by Indian Wells champion Ivan Ljubičić, Miami finalist Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka, John Isner and Thomaz Bellucci. While World no. 3 Novak Djokovic, last years semifinalist Fernando González, Gaël Monfils and Victor Hănescu all won in 4. While world no. 4 Andy Murray took on Richard Gasquet and won 4–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. 29th seed Spaniard Nicolás Almagro also needed five sets to defeat Robin Haase. The upsets of the day saw Spanish clay courters Feliciano López and Tommy Robredo both fall.

In the Women's draw 6 of the top 8 seeds were in action and all won. The field was led by World no. 1 Serena Williams who beat Stefanie Vögele 7–6, 6–2. She was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Janković, Elena Dementieva, Samantha Stosur and Agnieszka Radwańska. Other seeds Li Na, Kateryna Bondarenko, Alisa Kleybanova and Lucie Šafářová who defeated Jelena Dokić all won in straight sets. While Francesca Schiavone and Alona Bondarenko come back from a set down to get to the second round.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [3] Russia Alla Kudryavtseva 6–0, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round Switzerland Roger Federer [1] Australia Peter Luczak 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round United States Serena Williams [1] Switzerland Stefanie Vögele 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Men's Singles 1st round France Gaël Monfils [13] Germany Dieter Kindlmann [LL] 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round China Li Na [11] France Kristina Mladenovic 7–5, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round Serbia Novak Djokovic [3] Kazakhstan Evgeny Korolev 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round United Kingdom Andy Murray [4] France Richard Gasquet 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2, 6–1

Day 3 (25 May)

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Day 3 of action was led by 4-time champion and 2nd seed Rafael Nadal who defeated Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Nadal was joined by fellow Spaniards 7th seed Fernando Verdasco, 16th seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, 9th seed David Ferrer and Pere Riba. Other seeds who went through were German Philipp Kohlschreiber, Austrian Jürgen Melzer and former world no. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. While 6th seed Andy Roddick who was playing his first match in clay of the season needed 5 sets to get past Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3. Upsets were not avoided as two seeds fell in 4. As 18th seed Sam Querrey lost to compatriot Robby Ginepri and 26th seed clay courter Juan Mónaco was upset by Grega Žemlja.

In the Women's Singles almost all seeds got through in straight sets led by Justine Henin who beat Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3, in her 1st match at RG for 3 years. She was joined by unseeded compatriots Kirsten Flipkens and Yanina Wickmayer, as well as Russians Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Other seeds Daniela Hantuchová, Shahar Pe'er, Zheng Jie and Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli all won. The second major upset of the tournaments came at the cost of 2-time finalist Dinara Safina, who was upset by 39-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 3–6, 6–4, 7–5.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 1st round Belgium Justine Henin [22] Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round United States Andy Roddick [6] Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Women's Singles 1st round France Marion Bartoli [13] Italy Maria Elena Camerin 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles 1st round Australia Lleyton Hewitt [28] France Jérémy Chardy 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 1st round Spain Fernando Verdasco [7] Russia Igor Kunitsyn 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm Russia Dinara Safina [9] 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Men's Singles 1st round Spain Rafael Nadal [2] France Gianni Mina 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Women's Singles 1st round Russia Maria Sharapova [12] Russia Ksenia Pervak [Q] 6–3, 6–2

Day 4 (26 May)

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World no. 1 Roger Federer dispatched Colombian Alejandro Falla in straight sets. Other straight sets victors were Robin Söderling, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Marin Čilić, Tomáš Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Albert Montañés. While Mikhail Youzhny progressed in four after losing the first set tie-break. The only upset of the day was when Thiemo de Bakker defeated 32nd seed Guillermo García-López. The end of the day saw lots of matches being suspended and cancelled due to rain delays. One of those matches was between Frenchman Gaël Monfils and Italian Fabio Fognini which descended into chaos as they played on despite extreme darkness for 2 games, before finally coming off court a full 25 minutes after Murray and Chela's match did, at 5–5 in the 5th.[1][2]

World no. 2 Venus Williams led the days games in the women's side with a 6–2, 6–4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja, she was joined by Caroline Wozniacki, Flavia Pennetta, Nadia Petrova, Alexandra Dulgheru and Maria Kirilenko who all won straight sets. While Dominika Cibulková and Aravane Rezaï scrambled to win in three. One of the stories of the day was with defending champion Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova against German Andrea Petkovic, who served for the match in the 2nd set, but the Russian survived 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. As with the Men's side several matches were cancelled.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round United States Venus Williams [2] Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round Switzerland Roger Federer [1] Colombia Alejandro Falla 7–6(7–4), 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round Sweden Robin Söderling [5] United States Taylor Dent 6–0, 6–1, 6–1
Men's Singles 2nd round France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] France Josselin Ouanna 6–0, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 2nd round France Aravane Rezaï [15] Germany Angelique Kerber 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [3] Italy Tathiana Garbin 6–3, 6–1

Day 5 (27 May)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round Serbia Jelena Janković [4] Estonia Kaia Kanepi [Q] 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Men's Singles 2nd round Italy Fabio Fognini France Gaël Monfils [13] 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 9–7
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round United States Andy Roddick [6] Slovenia Blaž Kavčič 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Day 6 (28 May)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 2nd round Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Argentina Horacio Zeballos 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Women's Singles 2nd round Belgium Justine Henin [22] Czech Republic Klára Zakopalová 6–3, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round United States Venus Williams [2] Slovakia Dominika Cibulková [26] 6–3, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 2nd round United States Serena Williams [1] Germany Julia Görges 6–1, 6–1
Women's Singles 2nd round France Marion Bartoli [13] France Olivia Sanchez [WC] 7–5, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round Switzerland Roger Federer [1] Germany Julian Reister [Q] 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
Men's Singles 3rd round United Kingdom Andy Murray [4] Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis [25] 6–2, 6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round Russia Elena Dementieva [5] Canada Aleksandra Wozniak 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4

Day 7 (29 May)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 3rd round United States Serena Williams [1] Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [29] 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round Russia Nadia Petrova [19] France Aravane Rezaï [15] 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 10–8
Men's Singles 3rd round Serbia Novak Djokovic [3] Romania Victor Hănescu [31] 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Australia Lleyton Hewitt [28] 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 3rd round Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q] United States Andy Roddick [6] 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Women's Singles 3rd round Israel Shahar Pe'er [18] France Marion Bartoli [13] 7–6(9–7), 6–2
Men's Singles 3rd round Spain Fernando Verdasco [7] Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber [30] 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 6–4
Women's Singles 3rd round Serbia Jelena Janković [4] Ukraine Alona Bondarenko [27] 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Day 8 (30 May)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th round Russia Elena Dementieva [5] South Africa Chanelle Scheepers [Q] 6–1, 6–3
Women's Singles 3rd round Belgium Justine Henin [22] Russia Maria Sharapova [12] 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Women's Singles 4th round Russia Nadia Petrova [19] United States Venus Williams [2] 6–4, 6–3
Men's Singles 4th round Switzerland Roger Federer [1] Switzerland Stanislas Wawrinka [20] 6–3, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round Russia Mikhail Youzhny [11] France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [8] 6–2 retired
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles 4th round Italy Francesca Schiavone [17] Russia Maria Kirilenko [30] 6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [3] Italy Flavia Pennetta [14] 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round Sweden Robin Söderling [5] Croatia Marin Čilić [10] 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [15] United Kingdom Andy Murray [4] 6–4, 7–5, 6–3

Day 9 (31 May)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 4th round Serbia Novak Djokovic [3] United States Robby Ginepri 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Women's Singles 4th round United States Serena Williams [1] Israel Shahar Pe'er [18] 6–2, 6–2
Men's Singles 4th round Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Brazil Thomaz Bellucci [24] 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round Serbia Jelena Janković [4] Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová [23] 6–4, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles 4th round Austria Jürgen Melzer [22] Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili [Q] 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round Australia Samantha Stosur [7] Belgium Justine Henin [22] 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Men's Singles 4th round Spain Nicolás Almagro [19] Spain Fernando Verdasco [7] 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Women's Singles 4th round Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova Australia Jarmila Groth [WC] 6–4, 6–3

Day 10 (1 June)

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This day, Roger Federer lost his quarterfinals match against Robin Söderling, making it the first time since the 2004 French Open that Federer did not reach at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament.[3][4] It also meant that Federer lost his ATP men's single No. 1 ranking in tennis since Rafael Nadal won the 2010 French Open men's singles title. Also, since Nadal became the 2010 French Open men's singles champion, Federer was left only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.[3][4]

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals Italy Francesca Schiavone [17] Denmark Caroline Wozniacki [3] 6–2, 6–3
Men's Singles Quarterfinals Sweden Robin Söderling [5] Switzerland Roger Federer [1] 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals Russia Elena Dementieva [5] Russia Nadia Petrova [19] 2–6, 6–2, 6–0
Men's Singles Quarterfinals Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [15] Russia Mikhail Youzhny [11] 6–3, 6–1, 6–2

Day 11 (2 June)

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This day decided the last two of the four semifinalists in the women's singles. Since none of the four semifinalists (Samantha Stosur, Jelena Janković, Francesca Schiavone, and Elena Dementieva) had won any Grand Slam women's singles titles before, this meant Francesca Schiavone became a first-time women's singles Grand Slam champion in this tournament.[5]

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals Australia Samantha Stosur [7] United States Serena Williams [1] 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
Men's Singles Quarterfinals Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Spain Nicolás Almagro [19] 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Quarterfinals Serbia Jelena Janković [4] Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova 7–5, 6–4
Men's Singles Quarterfinals Austria Jürgen Melzer [22] Serbia Novak Djokovic [3] 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

Day 12 (3 June)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Semifinals Italy Francesca Schiavone [17] Russia Elena Dementieva [5] 7–6(7–3) retired
Women's Singles Semifinals Australia Samantha Stosur [7] Serbia Jelena Janković [4] 6–1, 6–2
Mixed Doubles Final Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik [6]
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [6]
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
Austria Julian Knowle
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Legends Doubles Semifinals Croatia Iva Majoli
France Nathalie Tauziat
United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
Australia Pat Cash
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Men's Doubles Semifinals Canada Daniel Nestor [2]
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [2]
South Africa Wesley Moodie [4]
Belgium Dick Norman [4]
6–0, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B Iran Mansour Bahrami
France Henri Leconte
Romania Ilie Năstase
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [12–10]

Day 13 (4 June)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Men's Singles Semifinals Sweden Robin Söderling [5] Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [15] 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Men's Singles Semifinals Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Austria Jürgen Melzer [22] 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B France Arnaud Boetsch
France Cédric Pioline
Austria Thomas Muster
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–2, 3–6, [12–10]
Women's Legends Doubles Third Place United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
United States Mary Joe Fernández
Spain Conchita Martínez
6–1, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Ukraine Andriy Medvedev
Spain Sergi Bruguera
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Women's Doubles Final United States Serena Williams [1]
United States Venus Williams [1]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke [12]
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik [12]
6–2, 6–3
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group B Romania Ilie Năstase
Spain Emilio Sánchez
France Guy Forget
France Thierry Tulasne
6–1, 1–6, [10–7]

Day 14 (5 June)

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Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Loser Score
Women's Singles Final Italy Francesca Schiavone [17] Australia Samantha Stosur [7] 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Men's Doubles Final Canada Daniel Nestor [2]
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić [2]
Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý [3]
India Leander Paes [3]
7–5, 6–2
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Loser Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Group A Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States John McEnroe
Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–2, 6–2
Women's Legends Doubles Final United States Martina Navratilova
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Croatia Iva Majoli
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–2
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group A Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
United States Michael Chang
Spain Albert Costa
6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Legends Under 45 Doubles Group B Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Germany Michael Stich
France Arnaud Boetsch
France Cédric Pioline
6–3, 6–2

Day 15 (6 June)

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Rafael Nadal reclaimed the No. 1 men's singles ATP ranking, leaving Roger Federer only one week short of equalling Pete Sampras's record number of 286 weeks as the ATP No. 1 ranked men's singles player.[3][4] This win is also the first time since the French Open 2004 that Roger Federer was knocked out by a player who hasn't won a grand slam tournament.

Matches on main courts
Matches on Court Philippe Chatrier (Center Court)
Event Winner Runner-up Score
Men's Singles Final Spain Rafael Nadal [2] Sweden Robin Söderling [5] 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand)
Event Winner Runner-up Score
Legends Over 45 Doubles Final Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States John McEnroe
Iran Mansour Bahrami
France Henri Leconte
6–1, 6–1
Legends Under 45 Doubles Final Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Germany Michael Stich
6–1, 6–1

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