Best French Open Matches of Last 30 Years
Ivan Lendl With the French Open taking place over the next two weeks, it is the perfect time to take a look at some of the greatest matches that have taken place in the last 30 years. This is interesting as far as I am concerned; because over the years out of all of the Majors, the French Open has had the least quality archive footage available, not as easy to really find those gems from years gone by as it is for Wimbledon. Lendl v McEnroe: 1984 final John McEnroe went into this match looking to make history by being the first American to win the French Open since Tony Trabert in 1955. More importantly, it was an opportunity to show that a full time serve and volleyer on grass and hardcourts could also win at the French. In the final he faced Ivan Lendl who had previously lost the final in 1981 to Borg and also lost his first four major finals, so McEnroe fancied his chances. McEnroe quickly went two sets up and was looking good fo...