With the 2019 French Open coming to a close, we travel back in time and showcase some of the finest and most vintage photos of the tournament from back in the day that you may have missed
Updated On: 2017-05-30 06:00 AM IST
General view of the spectators in the stands of Roland Garros stadium in June 1934 (Pics/ AFP)
A general view of men's semifinal opposing American tennis player Tony Trabert and Australian Ham Richardson
Italian tennis player Nicola Pietrangeli (right) shakes hands with his opponent Australian Lewis Hoad at the end of their quarter final match
Spaniard tennis player Jose Higueras lies on the ground after being defeated by Australian Phil Dent
German Steffi Graf hits a return to her fellow countrywoman Andrea Betzner
Swedish Bjorn Borg returns a forehand to his opponent French Francois Jauffret during their match
American tennis player Billie Jean King is seen in action
German Boris Becker hits a return to Spaniard Emilio Sanchez during their match
Australian tennis player Margaret Smith smashes to her opponent during a match
Australian tennis player Evonne Goolagong hits a forehand
Czech tennis player Jaroslav Drobny sits next to his wife Rita, herself a former tennis player
A photo taken on June 7, 1980 shows US Chris Evert-Lloyd (R) holding her trophy after she beat Romanian Virginia Ruzici (L)
Italian tennis player Giorgio De Stefani prepares a return here in may 1934
British Sue Barker holds up her trophy after defeating Czech Renata Tomanova at Roland Garros
