Past champions seen around the grounds at Roland Garros 2014
They played at Roland Garros a few years ago, they are now back in Paris as coaches, TV commentators or are taking part to the Legends trophy, and with this new trend of great champions turning to coaching, there’s plenty of past champions to see around the grounds at Roland Garros.
6-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker, coach of Novak Djokovic:
Goran Ivanisevic, quarterfinalist in 1990, the year he beat then world No 1 Stefan Edberg in the first round. He now coaches Marin Cilic:
Sergi Bruguera, winner in 1993 and 1994, coach of Richard Gasquet:
Magnus Norman, finalist in 2000, coach of Stanislas Wawrinka:
Michael Chang, winner in 1989 and coach of Kei Nishikori:
Martina Hingis, finalist in 1997 and 1999. She coaches Sabine Lisicki:
Sébastien Grosjean, semi-finalist at Roland Garros in 2001, coach of Richard Gasquet:
Fabrice Santoro, doubles finalist in 2004, interviews players after their matches:
Kim Clijsters and Martina Navratilova, playing doubles together:
Iva Majoli, Roland Garros champion in 1997:
Anastasia Myskina, first ever female Russian player to win a Grand Slam title (Roland Garros in 2004):
Former world number one Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez, 1993 French Open runner-up:
1998 Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna:
Natasha Zvereva, runner-up in that famous 1988 final against Steffi Graf:
Nathalie Tauziat and Conchita Martinez practising on court 15, they play the Legends Trophy together:
Martinez is now captain of the Spanish Fed Cup team. Tauziat is the former coach of Eugénie Bouchard (below a picture of them two at Roland Garros last year), she now coaches Aleksandra Wozniak:
Gaston Gaudio, surprise winner in 2004:
Thomas Enqvist and Carlos Moya, Roland Garros champion in 1998:
Albert Costa, winner in 2002. He is currently coaching Feliciano Lopez.
Cédric Pioline interviewing Maria Sharapova after her victory over Eugénie Bouchard: