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Winners of 2015 French Open title of Tennis

The 114th  edition of the French Open event took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June.  It is the second Grand Slam event of the year.

Men’s Singles

  • Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia ( 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 ), his fourth win in 21 meetings against the Serb.
  • It is his first French Open title and second grand slam title after Australian Open 2014.
  • He is the only the second Swiss to win French Open men’s single title after Roger Federer.
  • Wawrinka became the oldest champion in Paris since Andres Gomez in 1990.

Women’s Singles

  • Serena Williams of United States defeated Lucie Safarova of Czechoslovakia (6-3 6-7 (2) 6-2 )
  • This was her third French Open title (earlier wins in 2002, 2013) and overall 20th Grand Slam title.

Men’s Doubles Title

  • The pair of Ivan Dodig  of Croatia  and Marcelo Melo  of Brazil defeated Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan  of  US (6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5 ).

Women’s Doubles Title

  • The pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands of US and Lucie Šafářová of Czech Republic defeated Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan (3–6, 6–4, 6–2 ).
  • For Mattek-Sands it’s her 16th career doubles crown and third with Safarova.

Mixed Double’s Title

  • Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan pair from United States defeated Lucie Hradecká Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland (7–6(7–3), 6–1 ).
  • Bryan won his fourth grand slam mixed doubles title; he won the other three with American Lisa Raymond (2002 US Open, 2003 Roland Garros, and 2012 Wimbledon).




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