BARTY WINS FRENCH OPEN TITLE AFTER 46 YEARS FOR AUSTRALIA.

BARTY WINS FRENCH OPEN TITLE AFTER 46 YEARS FOR AUSTRALIA.
  • Ashleigh Barty, the former Australian women cricketer is now the new French Open Queen defeated Marketa Vondrousova in the finals.
  • She won the trophy after 46 years and became the third Australian women to lift the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup (the French Open Women’s Trophy).
  • Barty holds the numero uno slot among the women tennis players. She became the second Australian women after Evonne Goolagong to be ranked one.
  • In 1969, Margaret Court became the first Australian women who won the French Open Women’s title.
NAME.YEAR.
MARGARET COURT.1969, 1970 AND 1973
EVONNE GOOLAGONG.1971.
ASHLEIGH BARTY. 2019.

THE SUZANNE-LENGLEN CUP.

  • The Suzanne-Lenglen cup has been named after Suzanne Lenglen the French women tennis player.
  • She won the Roland-Garros for six times (1899-1938).
  • The trophy is awarded to woman single’s champion since its inception in 1979 and it bears the name of an emblematic French champion.


Madhvendra Mishra

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