In a three-set battle at Roland Garros, unseeded teenager Arantxa Sánchez Vicario outlasted world No. 1 Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-2, 6-4, ending Graf's 32-match Grand Slam winning streak. The victory made Sánchez Vicario the first Spanish woman to win the French Open and signaled a changing of the guard in women's tennis.
In a three-set battle at Roland Garros, unseeded teenager Arantxa Sánchez Vicario outlasted world No. 1 Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-2, 6-4, ending Graf's 32-match Grand Slam winning streak. The victory made Sánchez Vicario the first Spanish woman to win the French Open and signaled a changing of the guard in women's tennis.
Key people: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Steffi Graf