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* French Open is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments of the world, played on clay courts.
* French Open was first held in 1891.
* Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Iga Swiatek (Poland) are the defending mens and womens singles champions respectively.
* Sumit Nagal will be the first Indian in five years to compete in mens singles main draw.
* The 94th-ranked Nagal will face 18th-seed Karen Khachanov in the opening round.
* 14-time mens singles champion Rafael Nadal will return to French Open after a gap of two years.
* Indian mens doubles star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden are reigning champions.
* Other Indians in mens doubles include Yuki Bhambri with French partner Albano Olivetti, Sumit Nagal with Sebastian Ofner (Austria), Sriram Balaji with Miguel Angel Reyes Varela (Mexico) and all-Indian pairs of Anirudh Chandrasekar-Arjun Khade and Rithvik Choudhary Bollipalli-Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha.