{{Infobox tennis tournament year|1925|French Championships| | date = 28 May – 6 June 1925 | edition = 30th / 1st Grand Slam | location = Saint-Cloud, France | venue = Stade Français | surface = Clay | category = Grand Slam | champms = {{flagicon|FRA}} René Lacoste | champws = {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen | champmd = {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra / {{flagicon|FRA}} René Lacoste | champwd = {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen / {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Vlasto | champxd = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen / {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Brugnon}} | }} The '''1925 French Championships''' (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Français at La Faisanderie in the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 28 May until 6 June 1925. It was the 30th staging of the French Championships but the first time it was staged as a Grand Slam event, open to amateur players who were neither French citizens nor residents of France.<ref name=collins>{{cite book|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|page=31|author=Bud Collins|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>Sarah Janssen: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2023, Skyhorse Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9781510772465, p. 1975 [https://books.google.com/books?id=R0tdEAAAQBAJ&dq=1925+french+open&pg=RA7-PA1975]: "Prior to 1925, French Open entry was limited to members of French clubs."</ref> It was the second Grand Slam tournament of the year after the Australasian Championships.
The tournament was organized by Stade Français and Racing Club de France.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les Championnats internationaux de lawn-tennis commencent aujourd'hui à Saint-Cloud.|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k811810z/f4.item.zoom |work=L'Écho de Paris |date=27 May 1925 |page=4 |via=Gallica}}</ref> Play on the first day was canceled due to bad weather.<ref>{{cite news |title=Les Championnats internationaux de lawn-tennis |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k811811b/f5.item.zoom |work=L'Écho de Paris |date=28 May 1925 |page=5 |via=Gallica}}</ref>
Suzanne Lenglen won all three events she entered; singles, doubles, and the mixed doubles and al titles were won by French players.
==Finals==
===Men's singles=== {{Main|1925 French Championships – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} René Lacoste defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4 <ref name="collins" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Roland-Garros 1925 (Grand Slam) - Men singles|url=http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1925_en.pdf|publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT)|access-date=2013-11-30|archive-date=2013-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011256/http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/hommes1925_en.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Women's singles=== {{Main|1925 French Championships – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} Kitty McKane, 6–1, 6–2 <ref name="collins" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Roland-Garros 1925 (Grand Slam) - Women singles|url=http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1925_en.pdf|publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT)|access-date=2013-11-30|archive-date=2016-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180552/http://ww2.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1925_en.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Men's doubles=== {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra / {{flagicon|FRA}} René Lacoste defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet / {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Brugnon, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 <ref name="collins" />
===Women's doubles=== {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen / {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Vlasto defeated {{flagicon|GBR}} Evelyn Colyer / {{flagicon|GBR}} Kitty McKane, 6–1, 9–11, 6–2 <ref name="collins" />
===Mixed doubles=== {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen / {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Brugnon defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Vlasto / {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet, 6–2, 6–2 <ref name="collins" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.rolandgarros.com French Open official website]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | before=1925 Australasian Championships| title=Grand Slams | years= | after=1925 Wimbledon Championships}} {{s-end}}
{{French Open championships}} {{1925 in tennis}}
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