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

French tennis player Francois Jauffret is in action during his match against Yougoslavian Spear