2017 French Open: 7 unknown facts about the Grand Slam

#3 The Doubles tournaments were introduced during the 20^th century

The Doubles tournaments at the French Open were introduced in the 20th century

We have already learned that the Women’s Singles tournaments were introduced six years after the inaugural Men’s Singles tournament. However, the Doubles tournaments were introduced in the 20^th century.

The first Doubles tournament to have been introduced at the French Open was the mixed Doubles in 1902. The first winners of the Mixed Doubles tournament were the French duo of Helene Prevost and Reginald Forbes who beat the duo of Adine Masson and W.Masson.

The Women’s Doubles tournament was introduced in 1907 with Adine Masson and Yvonne de Pfoeffel being the inaugural champions. The Men’s Doubles were not introduced until 1925 and Jean Borotra and Rene Lacoste were the inaugural winners, defeating Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon.