Alltime great Margaret Court, 31,

served and volleyed to outlast Chris Evert, 18, making her first appearance at Roland Garros, 67 (5), 76 (6), 64, in a superb final to win the 1973 French Open. Evert led 54 in the crucial secondset tiebreaker. But Court hit two volleys winners, and Evert lobbed over the baseline, to turn the match around.

Rafael Nadal won a perfectly played 70 tiebreaker, finishing with a forehand winner, against Juan Martin del Potro to prevail 16, 64, 61, 76, clinching host Spain’s 31 victory over Argentina in the 2011 Davis Cup final.