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Three - the magic number
By Christian Lacaze
Saturday, June 10, 2006

Three wins at Roland Garros in four years for Justine Henin-Hardenne. Here
are some more interesting numbers regarding Saturday's final.

0
A No.8 seed has yet to win the women's singles at the French Open. This was,
however, the third time that a No.5 seed has gone all the way.

1
The difference in the number of points won by Justine Henin-Hardenne (36) and
Svetlana Kuznetsova (35) in the first set, which the Belgian won 6-4.

3
This is the third time that Justine has lifted the Suzanne Lenglen trophy as
winner of the French Open, putting her level with Monica Seles (USA) and
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain). She is still a long way behind the record
holder, American Chris Evert, who won here seven times.

3
Justine Henin-Hardenne will go up two places in the WTA world rankings on
Monday, putting her third. Amelie Mauresmo will remain world No1, with
Svetlana Kuznetsova moving up from 10th to 6th.

4
The number of times Justine Henin-Hardenne came to the net during the final,
without winning a single point.

5
This was Justine's fifth Grand Slam title - three here at Roland Garros, the
US Open in 2003 and the Australian Open in 2004. Wimbledon, with its grass
courts, is the only tournament she is yet to win.

6
The Belgian is the sixth player in the Open Era to win the women's singles at
Roland Garros without losing a set. The last woman to do so was Arantxa
Sanchez-Vicario in 1994.

8
Henin's win puts an end to a run of eight different players winning the
various women's Grand Slam tournaments, which stretched from Roland Garros
2004 to the Australian Open 2006.

9
This is the ninth time that the holder has successfully defended the women's
singles title at Roland Garros.

10
However, it was the first time in 10 years that this had happened. Justine's
idol Steffi Graf (1995-1996) was the last champion to defend her title
successfully.

11
In the 12 matches they have played, Svetlana Kuznetsova has lost 11 times,
including the last seven in a row.

14
The number of consecutive wins for Henin-Hardenne at Roland Garros,
stretching back to 2005. However, she will have to keep her streak going
until the second round of 2009 if she is going to beat Chris Evert's record
of 29 consecutive victories.

21
The number of consecutive sets that the Belgian has won at Roland Garros,
dating back to 2005. This puts her one behind Evert's best and five behind
Steffi Graf's record of 26 (so she has every chance of continuing this streak
when the 77th French Open gets underway in 2007).

31
The temperature in Celsius, in the shade, during the women's final.

39
The number of games which Justine Henin-Hardenne lost at this year's French
Open - at an average of just over five games per match.

68
The total number of unforced errors which the two players made in the final,
38 from Kuznetsova and 30 from Henin.

563
The number of minutes spent on court by the French Open winner, at an average
of 80 minutes per match.

463,000
The prizemoney in euros won by Svetlana Kuznetsova, the losing finalist -
7,000 euros less than the losing finalist will win in the men's competition.

940,000
The prize money in euros won by women's champion Justine Henin-Hardenne. For
the first time this year at Roland Garros, the women's champion is receiving
the same prizemoney as the men's.


Translated by Andrew Lilley - Sports Translations

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