:1974 French Open

{{TennisEventInfo|1974|French Open|

| date= 3–16 June 1974

| edition=73

| location= Paris (XVI^e), France

| draw= 132S / 64D / 32X

| surface=Clay / outdoor

| category=44th Grand Slam (ITF)

| champms={{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg{{cite web|title=ATP – 1974 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1974&EventId=520&Draw=ms|publisher=ATP}}

| champws={{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert{{cite web|title=WTA Tournament Archive – 1974 Roland Garros|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1974/903.pdf|publisher=WTA|format=PDF}}

| champmd={{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy / {{flagicon|AUS}} Onny Parun{{cite web|title=ATP – 1974 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1974&EventId=520&Draw=md|publisher=ATP}}

| champwd={{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert / {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} Olga Morozova

| champxd={{flagicon|TCH}} Martina Navratilova / {{flagicon|COL}} Iván Molina

}}

The 1974 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 3 June until 16 June. It was the 78th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1974.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|pages=389, 396, 400, 402–3}}{{cite book|title=Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire|year=1991|publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis|location=Paris|isbn=2906450510|pages=240–245|author=Gilles Delamarre}}

Connors and Goolagong

World no. 2 Jimmy Connors and Evonne Goolagong were banned from playing in the 1974 French Open by Philippe Chatrier, president of the French Tennis Federation (FTF), because both had signed contracts to play in the World Team Tennis league in the United States.{{efn|name=wtt|Connors signed to play for the Baltimore Banners and Goolagong played for the Pittsburgh Triangles.}}{{cite news|title=Connors, Goolagong 'Can't Play'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PsoqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6cwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=connors%20goolagong%20french%20tennis&pg=3375%2C4022177|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=May 22, 1974}} The schedule of the inaugural edition of the World Team Tennis conflicted with the dates of several European spring tournaments including the Italian and French Open. Both players had won the singles title at the 1974 Australian Open and were thus denied the opportunity to play for the Grand Slam that year.{{efn|name=connors|Connors would indeed go on to win the 1974 Wimbledon Championships and 1974 U.S. Open.}} Connors and Goolagong filed a suit at a French court seeking the right to participate but this was rejected on the grounds that there was no need for emergency action.{{cite news|title=Connors–Goolagomg Law Suit Thrown Out By French Judge|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_Eg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6GYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=connors%20goolagong%20french%20tennis&pg=3931%2C210787|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=Jun 1, 1974}} In September 1974 they sued the FTF seeking $200,000 in damages each as compensation for the ban.{{cite news|title=Connors, Miss Goolagong File Suit|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/05/archives/connors-miss-goolagong-file-suit.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=Sep 5, 1974}}{{cite news|title=Connors, Goolagong File Suit|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rnssAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xMwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4988%2C6617686|newspaper=Herald-Journal|date=May 31, 1974}} This wouldn't be until the 2017 French Open that both of the defending champions of that year's Australian Open also absent from the competition.

Finals

= Men's singles =

{{flagicon|SWE}} Björn Borg{{efn|name=borg|Borg became the first Swedish tennis player (male or female) to win a Grand Slam singles title in the open era. In 1957 Sven Davidsson won Sweden's first Grand Slam singles title at French Open.}} defeated {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Orantes, 2–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–0, 6–1, 6–1

It was Borg's 1st career Grand Slam title.

= Women's singles =

{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert defeated {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} Olga Morozova,{{efn|name=morozova|Morozova was the first player (male or female) from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final in the Open Era.}} 6–1, 6–2

It was Evert's 1st career Grand Slam title.

= Men's doubles =

{{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy / {{flagicon|NZL}} Onny Parun defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Lutz / {{flagicon|USA}} Stanley Smith, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1

= Women's doubles =

{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert / {{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} Olga Morozova defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} Gail Sherriff Chanfreau / {{flagicon|FRG}} Katja Burgemeister Ebbinghaus, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1

= Mixed doubles =

{{flagicon|TCH}} Martina Navratilova / {{flagicon|COL}} Iván Molina defeated {{flagicon|MEX}} Rosie Reyes Darmon / {{flagicon|MEX}} Marcello Lara, 6–3, 6–3

Prize money

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rowspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9|Singles {{cite book|title=World of Tennis '75|year=1975|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=978-0362002171|editor=John Barrett|page=35}}

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