and 2011. Vilas may have been the wrong side of a lopsided final loss at the 1978 French Open, though that only came after an emphatic final victory over America’s Brian Gottfried the previous year.

"I didn't know what the occasion means." This will be the first French Open men's final without Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer since 2004. Djokovic was the defending champion in ...