How does a racket company advertise so well these days? "Blink - and you want to miss it." And indeed: Anyone who blinked briefly that Saturday afternoon had to assume that they had missed most of the women's final. The whole affair lasted a whopping 32 minutes, then Zvereva had survived.

What a contrast to the year before - Graf had prevailed there too (and won her very first Grand Slam title), but only with 8: 6 in the third set against Martina Navratilova. In 1988, however, it became a season that is unparalleled in tennis history: in addition to all four majors, Steffi Graf also won the Olympic gold medal in Seoul. And thus completed the "Golden Slam".

1999 - Steffi Graf vs. Martina Hingis 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2

Yes, Steffi Graf did it again in a real drama that didn't end after the last rally. Rather, Martina Hingis had to be persuaded to come back to Court Philippe-Chatrier for the award ceremony. The Swiss woman's frustration was no coincidence: two years earlier, she went into the final against Iva Majoli as the favorite and went under 4: 6 and 2: 6 without a chance.

Against Graf it looked as if Hingis should finally get the last Grand Slam title that was still missing in their collection. Instead, it became the last big hurray for Graf, who had previously had to pause for nearly a year due to an injury. The 22nd major victory was the last for the countess - the resignation of the Germans followed in summer 1999.

2000 - Mary Pierce vs. Conchita Martinez 6: 2, 7: 5

The love of the French for their local athletes is not unconditional. Here and there the fans in Roland Garros want to take a sense of achievement with them. And the last one to date brought them a woman who was born in Canada and has an American father: Mary Pierce.

The peculiarity of Pierce's success against Conchita Martinez was not so much the bare result as the fact that the local heroine, who had previously won a major at the Australian Open in her career, withstood the pressure in Paris. After losing to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in two sets in the 1994 final. In 2005 Pierce was to reach the final at the Bois de Boulogne again. But remained without a chance against Justine Henin-Hardenne.

2001 - Jennifer Capriati vs. Kim Clijsters 1: 6, 6: 4, 12:10

The American tennis players and the French Open - that was not an intimate love story after Chris Evert's last success in 1986. And the 2001 finale between Capriati and Clijsters also seemed to continue this trend. The Belgian won the first set 6: 1, in a home game atmosphere, as it was and is common for athletes from the Benelux countries in Roland Garros.

But Capriati, who had already reached the Wimbledon and US Open semi-finals in 1991 at the age of 15 (and then had to deal with several personal crises), came to Paris with the recommendation of winning the 2001 Australian Open. And had the better ending in the longest decision-making sentence in French Open history.

2010 - Francesca Schiavone vs. Samantha Stosur 6: 4, 7: 6 (2)

This pairing was not to be expected in the final - Francesca Schiavone had entered the tournament as number 17 and Sam Stosur as number seven. On the way to the final, the Australian had beaten Serena Williams in the quarter-finals, Schiavone in the same round beat Caroline Wozniacki in third place.

And so the Italian seized her first big chance for a major title at Schopf (Stosur should do the same in 2011 at the US Open) and confirmed her performance in 2010 with the renewed entry to the French Open in 2010. It was enough to defend the title Li Na not then.

2012 - Maria Sharapova vs. Sara Errani 6: 3, 6: 2

As unspectacular as the result, the significance of this final for Maria Sharapova's career was outstanding: with the success against Errani, the Russian completed her very personal Grand Slam, which had started with the victory at Wimbledon in 2004. In the end, Sharapova was only granted one more time to leave a major as the winner: in 2014 she won the final in Roland Garros against Simona Halep in three sets.

On the way to the first triumph in Paris, Sharapova had rushed through the entire tournament, only had to make a set against Klara Koukalova in the round of 16. Her biggest adversary, Serena Williams, had already failed on lap one against Virginie Razzano from France.

2017 - Jelena Ostapenko vs. Simona Halep 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3

20 years after Gustavo Kuerten for men, Jelena Ostapenko in Roland Garros achieved the extraordinary feat that her first tournament success immediately led to a major title. And with a style of play that only knows full throttle. Years later, it actually seems inconceivable that Ostapenko was able to win seven matches in a row. Especially since on the other side of the net with Simona Halep was a player who had started out as a clear favorite with her routine.

But the nerves had played a trick on Halep - probably because the Romanian had remained without a win at one of the four largest tournaments in tennis until the then final (the first should only appear in Paris in 2018). And so, after winning the first set against Ostapenko, Halep was unable to use the breaks in the second and third sets to win. And had to watch how Latvian sports history was written.