FRENCH OPEN EARLIEST DEFEATS FOR TITLE-HOLDERS

MEN

Andres Gimeno (1973, defeated by Guillermo Vilas), Gustavo Kuerten (1998, defeated by Marat Safin), Andre Agassi (2000, defeated by Karol Kucera) and Juan Carlos Ferrero (2004, defeated by Igor Andreev) all lost in the second round the year after winning the French Open.

WOMEN

Anastasia Myskina (2005, defeated by Maria Sanchez Lorenzo) is the only title-holder to lose in the first round the following year.