Who was first to win a Grand Slam doubles championship, Heather Watson or Édouard Roger-Vasselin?
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Édouard Roger-Vasselin Édouard Roger-Vasselin (] ; born 28 November 1983) is a male tennis player from France. He won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 2014, partnering Julien Benneteau. He is the son of 1983 French Open semifinalist Christophe Roger-Vasselin.
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Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson (born 19 May 1992) is a British tennis player and a Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion. She is a former British No.1 and current British No. 2 behind Johanna Konta.
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1993 Volvo International – Doubles The 1993 Volvo International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from August 16 through August 23, 1993. Kelly Jones and Rick Leach were the defending champions but only Jones competed that year with Paul Annacone. Annacone and Jones lost in the semifinals to Cyril Suk and Daniel Vacek. Suk and Vacek won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Steve DeVries and David Macpherson.
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Maya Jansen Maya Jansen (27 May 1994) is an American tennis player. Together with Canadian player, Erin Routliffe, she won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA women's doubles championship as members of the tennis team of the University of Alabama. She also won the 2015 US Open National playoffs women's doubles championship, earning her a wild card entry to the US Open women's doubles tournament.
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2005 Pacific Life Open – Women's Doubles The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2005 Pacific Life Open took place between March 7 and March 20 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won the title, defeating Nadia Petrova and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.
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2016 European Open – Doubles Daniel Nestor and Édouard Roger-Vasselin won the title, defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the final, 6–4, 6–4.
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Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (Russian: Еле́на Серге́евна Веснина́ ] ; born 1 August 1986) is a Russian professional tennis player. Her career-high rankings are world No. 13 in singles and World No. 3 in doubles. Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles competition, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Championship tournaments with Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Bruno Soares.
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Wimbledon Effect The Wimbledon effect (Japanese: ウィンブルドン現象, rōmaji: "Uinburudon Genshō", literally "Wimbledon Phenomenon") is a chiefly British and Japanese analogy (which possibly originated in Japan) which compares the tennis fame of the Wimbledon Championships, held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, with the economic success of the United Kingdom's financial services industries – especially those clustered in the City of London. The point of the analogy is that a national and international institution (the All England Club) can be highly successful despite the lack of strong native competition, as in modern tennis Britain has produced very few Wimbledon champions, with only Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade (both women's singles), Jonathan Marray (men's doubles), Andy Murray (men's singles), John Lloyd, Jeremy Bates, Jo Durie, Jamie Murray and Heather Watson (mixed doubles) winning titles in the Open Era.
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2014 BB&amp;T Atlanta Open – Doubles Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Igor Sijsling were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.<br>
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1971 Australian Open The 1971 Australian Open, also known under its sponsored name Dunlop Australian Open, was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts at the White City Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 7 to 14 March. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Melbourne but was moved to Sydney on account of a $125,000 sponsorship deal with Dunlop. The tournament date was moved from its regular January slot to March to accommodate scheduling requirements made by the commercial promotors World Championship Tennis and National Tennis League. It was the 59th edition of the Australian Open, the 17th and final one held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament was part of the 1971 World Championship Tennis circuit. The singles titles were won by Australians Ken Rosewall and Margaret Court. The tiebreak was introduced for all sets except the deciding set.
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1934 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Simonne Mathieu and Elizabeth Ryan successfully defended their title, defeating Dorothy Andrus and Sylvie Henrotin in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1934 Wimbledon Championships.
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Winifred McNair Winifred McNair (née Winifred Margaret Slocock, 9 August 1877 – 28 March 1954) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. She is best remembered for her women's doubles (partnering Kathleen McKane) gold medal at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Between 1906 and 1925 she competed in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. Her best Wimbledon result came in 1913 when she reached the final of the all-comers' event and won the doubles title, partnering Dora Boothby.
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1910 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Major Ritchie and Anthony Wilding defeated Kenneth Powell and Robert Powell 9–7, 6–0, 6–4 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champions Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Gore 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 in the Challenge Round to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1910 Wimbledon Championships.
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2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Doubles Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but Roger-Vasselin chose not to participate. Mahut played alongside Sergiy Stakhovsky, but lost in the semifinals to Jonathan Erlich and Rajeev Ram.<br>
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1991 Australian Open – Women's Doubles Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández won their first career Grand Slam title, defeating Gigi Fernández and Jana Novotná 7–6, 6–1 in the final.
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1989 Australian Open – Men's Doubles The Men's Doubles tournament at the 1989 Australian Open was held from 16 through 29 January 1989 on the outdoor hard courts at the Flinders Park in Melbourne, Australia. Rick Leach and Jim Pugh won the title, defeating Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann in the final.
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Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade, (born 10 July 1945) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain. She won three Grand Slam singles championships and four Grand Slam doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles.
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1968 French Open – Women's Doubles The Women's Doubles tournament at the 1968 French Open was held from 27 May to 9 June 1968 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The second-seeded team of Françoise Dürr and Ann Jones won the title, defeating the first-seeded pair of Rosie Casals and Billie Jean King in the final in three sets.
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1971 Australian Open – Women's Doubles Evonne Goolagong and Margaret Court defeated Joy Emerson and Lesley Hunt 6–0, 6–0 in the final to win the Women's Doubles title at the 1971 Australian Open.
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1985 French Open – Mixed Doubles The Mixed Doubles tournament at the 1985 French Open was held from 27 May until 9 June 1985 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Heinz Günthardt and Martina Navratilova won the title, defeating Paula Smith and Francisco González in the final.
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1971 Australian Open – Men's Singles Ken Rosewall defeated defending champion Arthur Ashe 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1971 Australian Open. He was the first man to win a Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set in the open era.
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1907 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Norman Brookes and Anthony Wilding defeated Karl Behr and Beals Wright 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 in the All Comers' Final to win the Gentlemen' Doubles tennis title at the 1907 Wimbledon Championships. The reigning champions Frank Riseley and Sydney Smith did not defend their title.