The 1989 French Open was a

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tournament that took place on the outdoor

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s at the

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in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 88th staging of the

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, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1989. For the first time in French Open history the Singles championships were won by two teenagers –

Michael Chang Michael Te-pei Chang (born February 22, 1972) is an American former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1996. Chang is the youngest man in history to win a singl ...

(17 years, 3 months) and Arantxa Sánchez (17 years, 6 months). Chang still holds the record for youngest ever male Grand Slam singles title winner. He gained admirers for his audacious style of play and battling qualities.

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broke the record for the youngest champion at Roland Garros, a record bettered the following year by

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(16 years, 6 months).

's victory made her only the seventh woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in the 1980s; the others being

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, Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong,

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and

Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a Czech–Australian former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in the mid-1980s. Mandíková won 27 WTA Tour-level sin ...

's loss in the women's final was her only Grand Slam defeat in two years. She won eight of the nine Grand Slam tournaments from the 1988

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– 1990

. This prevented her from completing a second consecutive Grand Slam and was her 9th Grand Slam final on her record run of 13 finals. One notable débutant was

, appearing in her first Grand Slam. She reached the semi-finals without being seeded, and aged only 15. Jennifer Capriati also made her presence felt, becoming the youngest winner (13 years, 2 months) of the girls' singles title – this record was broken in 1993 by

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, aged 12.

Seniors

Men's singles

defeated

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, 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 *It was Chang's 1st title of the year, and his 2nd overall. It was his 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...

defeated

, 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–5 *It was Sánchez Vicario's 2nd title of the year, and her 3rd overall. It was her 1st career Grand Slam title.

Men's doubles

Jim Grabb /

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defeated Mansour Bahrami / Éric Winogradsky, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

Women's doubles

Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva defeated

/ Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles

Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen defeated Horacio de la Peña /

, 6–3, 6–7, 6–2

Juniors

Boys' singles

Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (; born 9 December 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his ca ...

defeated

Jared Palmer Jared Eiseley Palmer (born July 2, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles (including his wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon) and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He ...

, 6–3, 3–6, 9–7

Girls' singles

Jennifer Capriati defeated Eva Švíglerová, 6–4, 6–0

Boys' doubles

Johan Anderson /

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Girls' doubles

Nicole Pratt / Wang Shi-ting

Prize money

Total prize money for the event was $4,545,000.

Notes

References

External links

French Open official website
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