Facts and figures from the women's competition at the French Open, which begins from May 25 at Roland Garros, Paris.
- Men's Factfile
2007 champions
Women's singles: Justine Henin [Images] (Belgium)
Women's doubles: Alicia Molik [Images] (Australia) Mara Santangelo (Italy [Images])
Most French Open titles
All competitions: Margaret Court (Australia) 13 (5 singles, 4 doubles, 4 mixed doubles)
Women's singles: Chris Evert (US) 7, Steffi Graf [Images] (Germany [Images]) 6
Youngest winner: Monica Seles [Images] (Yugoslavia) in 1990, aged 16 years and six months.
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Oldest winner: Zsuzsa Kormoczy (Hungary) in 1958, aged 33
Non seeded winner: Margaret Scriven (Britain) in 1933
Most appearances: Andree Varin (France [Images]), 19 appearances from 1934-65
Longest timed match: 4 hrs 7 mins Virginie Buisson (France) beat Noelle Van Lottum (France) 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2, First round 1995
2008 Prize money (euros)
Women's singles: 5,425,280 ($8.45 million)
Women's doubles: 1,284,400
Mixed doubles: 292,000
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