French Open 2014 Winners List, Prize Money Earnings

The French Open 2014 comes to a close and the roster of this year's winners are completed. World #1 Rafael Nadal won his 9th French Open crown and tied American Pete Sampras with a total haul of 14 grand slams each. Nadal beat rival and world #2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia. In the ladies draw, world #7 Maria Sharapova of Russia regained the title she won two years ago by defeating last year's most improved player and now new world #3 Simona Halep of Romania. Sharapova's 2nd French Open crown increases her total grand slam titles to 5 tying Swiss legend Martina Hingis. Sharapova lost her title last year by finishing runner-up to current world #1 Serena Williams.

Below are the list of winners for this year's French Open.

MEN'S & WOMEN'S SINGLES:

€1,500,000 (Champion)

• Rafael Nadal (ESP) [1]
• Maria Sharapova (RUS) [7]

€750,000 (Runner-up)

• Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2]
• Simona Halep (ROU) [4]

MEN'S & WOMEN'S DOUBLES:

€360,000 (Champion, per team)

• Julien Benneteau (FRA) [11] and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [11]
• Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [1] and Shuai Peng (CHN) [1]

€180,000 (Runner-up, per team)

• Marcel Granollers (ESP) [12] and Marc Lopez (ESP) [12]
• Sara Errani (ITA) [2] and Roberta Vinci (ITA) [2]

MIXED DOUBLES:

€105,000 (Champion, per team)

• Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) and Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

€53,000 (Runner-up, per team)

• Julia Goerges (GER) [8] and Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) [8]

TROPHEE DES LEGENDES PERRIER DAMES

• K.CLIJSTERS / M.NAVRATILOVA b. N.DECHY / S.TESTUD

TROPHEE DES LEGENDES PERRIER MESSIEURS

• A.GOMEZ / M.WOODFORDE vs J.MCENROE / P.MCENROE

TROPHEE DES LEGENDES PERRIER MESSIEURS

• J.MCENROE / P.MCENROE b. A.GOMEZ / M.WOODFORDE

BOYS' SINGLES

• Andrey Rublev (RUS) [4] beat Ja.Munar Clar (ESP) [7]

GIRLS' SINGLES

• Darya Kasatkina (RUS) [8] beat Ivana Jorovic (SRB) [1]

BOYS' DOUBLES

• Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) and Quentin Halys (FRA) beat Lucas Miedler (AUT) and Akira Santillan (AUS)

GIRLS' DOUBLES

• Ioana Ducu (ROU) and Ioana Loredana Rosca (ROU) beat Cc.Bellis (USA) [7] and Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) [7]

Congratulations to this year's French Open 2014 Winners List. Enjoy your prize money earnings.

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Fashionable Sharapova's French Open 2014 Trophy Photo-shoot

Question: What happens when women's tennis most glamorous player wins her second French Open title at the fashion capital of the world? Answer: An equally glamorous fashion shoot with the trophy ensues. This is what happened on Sunday as Maria Sharapova stunned at the traditional champions trophy photo-shoot at the Trocadéro, overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Photos are found here at this link.

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WTA Women's Tennis Rankings: June 9, 2014 - Sharapova, Halep gain ground

World #1 Serena Williams imposing lead over the rest of the WTA tour was trimmed down when she was unable to defend almost 2000 ranking points in the recently concluded French Open. The American who fell in the second round still remains on top of the women's tennis rankings with 9660 points, clearly ahead of world #2 Na Li of China. Meanwhile, the two finalists who battled for the French Open rose in the rankings. French Open 2014 champion Maria Sharapova climbed back to the top 5 with 4741 points, while runner-up Simona Halep rose to a career high ranking of #3. Simona Halep is the first women's tennis player from Romania to be ranked this high. 

Both French Open semi-finalists also rose in the rankings. Eugenie Bouchard of Canada continues to impress this season being the only player to have reached both Grand Slam semifinals this year. She improved her career high ranking by 4 spots going up to #12. The other losing finalist, Andrea Petkovic, is back to the top 20. The former top 10 player had numerous injuries in recent years but her clay court season this year was outstanding with her first trip to a major semi-final and her first Premier Title at Charleston in April. Former world #1 Victoria Azarenka fell down several spots into #8 as she missed the French Open this year.

In the Road to Singapore - Singles Leaderboard which measures the ranking points earned this year, Sharapova's 2nd Grand Slam win propelled her to the top ahead of Australian Open champion Na Li. Halep is currently #3 while Serena Williams holds the #4 position. Current world #4 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland holds the #5 position.

See below for the women's tennis rankings and the Road to Singapore - Singles Leaderboard.

WOMEN'S TENNIS - SINGLES RANKINGS

June 9, 2014

Rank	PLAYER	POINTS
1	WILLIAMS, SERENA	9660
2	LI, NA	7450
3	HALEP, SIMONA	6435
4	RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA	5990
5	SHARAPOVA, MARIA	4741
6	KVITOVA, PETRA	4570
7	JANKOVIC, JELENA	3995
8	AZARENKA, VICTORIA	3841
9	KERBER, ANGELIQUE	3830
10	CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA	3735
11	PENNETTA, FLAVIA	3324
12	BOUCHARD, EUGENIE	3320
13	IVANOVIC, ANA	3305
14	ERRANI, SARA	3120
15	SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA	2935
16	WOZNIACKI, CAROLINE	2700
17	STOSUR, SAMANTHA	2565
18	LISICKI, SABINE	2466
19	STEPHENS, SLOANE	2441
20	PETKOVIC, ANDREA	2350

ROAD TO SINGAPORE - SINGLES LEADERBOARD

June 9, 2014

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS
1	SHARAPOVA, MARIA	4640
2	LI, NA	3840
3	HALEP, SIMONA	3779
4	WILLIAMS, SERENA	3081
5	RADWANSKA, AGNIESZKA	2917
6	CIBULKOVA, DOMINIKA	2608
7	BOUCHARD, EUGENIE	2306
8	IVANOVIC, ANA	2290
9	JANKOVIC, JELENA	2221
10	ERRANI, SARA	2186
11	SUAREZ NAVARRO, CARLA	1965
12	KERBER, ANGELIQUE	1868
13	PENNETTA, FLAVIA	1862
14	PETKOVIC, ANDREA	1605
15	MUGURUZA, GARBINE	1465
16	KVITOVA, PETRA	1243
17	CORNET, ALIZE	1228
18	PAVLYUCHENKOVA, ANASTASIA	1037
19	WILLIAMS, VENUS	1025
20	MAKAROVA, EKATERINA	1016

The WTA women's tennis rankings information are courtesy of wtatour.com.

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ATP Men's Tennis Rankings: June 9, 2014 - Nadal still on top

This coming Monday, June 9 2014 - Spain's Rafael Nadal will start his 139th week overall at No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. This comes after the heels of his historic fifth straight – and ninth overall – Roland Garros title. Nadal denied rival Novak Djokovic’s hopes of completing a career grand Slam by winning his 14th major title. He is now tied with American legend Pete Sampras at No. 2 in the Grand Slam title-leaders list on 14 major crowns. Nadal improved his record at Roland Garros to 66-1 and he has now won 35 consecutive matches. His only loss was in the 2009 fourth round, to Robin Soderling of Sweden.

Had Djokovic won the title, he would have returned to the world #1 ranking. This is the 2nd time he has finished as runner-up to Nadal at the French Open, the first time was in 2012. In his post-match interview, Djokovic reflected on Nadal's dominance on the clay courts of Paris. “Obviously his records speak for themselves,” said Djokovic. “He has won this tournament now nine times. It's very impressive… He has lost only once in his career on centre court. It's definitely not easy best of five to play against him in these conditions.”

ATP Men's Tennis Rankings Top 50: June 9, 2014

Rank, Name & Nationality	Points	Week Change	Tourn Played
1 Nadal, Rafael (ESP)	12,500	0	19
2 Djokovic, Novak (SRB)	12,330	0	18
3 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI)	5,480	0	21
4 Federer, Roger (SUI)	4,945	0	21
5 Murray, Andy (GBR)	4,840	3	20
6 Berdych, Tomas (CZE)	4,680	0	24
7 Ferrer, David (ESP)	4,190	-2	25
8 Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG)	4,125	-1	20
9 Raonic, Milos (CAN)	3,245	0	21
10 Gulbis, Ernests (LAT)	2,725	7	25
11 Isner, John (USA)	2,690	0	23
12 Nishikori, Kei (JPN)	2,645	-2	21
13 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL)	2,435	-1	23
14 Gasquet, Richard (FRA)	2,355	-1	24
15 Fognini, Fabio (ITA)	2,155	0	28
16 Youzhny, Mikhail (RUS)	1,930	0	26
17 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried (FRA)	1,775	-3	21
18 Anderson, Kevin (RSA)	1,710	2	24
19 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR)	1,680	2	30
20 Monfils, Gael (FRA)	1,660	8	23
21 Haas, Tommy (GER)	1,655	-3	25
22 Robredo, Tommy (ESP)	1,630	-3	23
23 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP)	1,555	2	24
24 Janowicz, Jerzy (POL)	1,510	-1	21
25 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP)	1,450	-3	24
26 Cilic, Marin (CRO)	1,410	0	22
27 Kohlschreiber, Philipp (GER)	1,395	-3	30
28 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP)	1,375	1	25
29 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP)	1,350	-2	27
30 Granollers, Marcel (ESP)	1,250	9	29
31 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo (ESP)	1,233	10	27
32 Tursunov, Dmitry (RUS)	1,200	0	29
33 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO)	1,177	4	24
34 Seppi, Andreas (ITA)	1,150	-1	30
35 Pospisil, Vasek (CAN)	1,145	-4	26
36 Simon, Gilles (FRA)	1,135	-6	24
37 Giraldo, Santiago (COL)	1,118	-2	29
38 Dodig, Ivan (CRO)	1,100	-2	27
39 Delbonis, Federico (ARG)	1,099	-5	24
40 Mahut, Nicolas (FRA)	1,077	0	27
41 Mayer, Florian (GER)	1,075	-3	25
42 Stepanek, Radek (CZE)	1,040	1	23
43 Hewitt, Lleyton (AUS)	1,030	3	20
44 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA)	1,015	-2	26
45 Berlocq, Carlos (ARG)	1,010	2	24
46 Benneteau, Julien (FRA)	955	-1	25
47 Sousa, Joao (POR)	940	-3	30
48 Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE)	933	0	25
49 Istomin, Denis (UZB)	915	0	28
50 Kukushkin, Mikhail (KAZ)	915	4	26

The ATP men's tennis rankings information is courtesy of atpworldtour.com.

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