David Ferrer won his first Masters 1000 title by defeating qualifier Jerzy Janowicz in the final 6–4, 6–3, becoming the first Spaniard ever to win the title in Bercy.
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Algernon Kingscote defeated Eric Pockley in the final 6–4, 6–0, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1919 Australasian Championships.
Roy Emerson won in the final 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 against Rod Laver.
Jürgen Fassbender was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year.
José Luis Clerc won in the final 6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3 against Rolf Gehring.
Vicki Nelson-Dunbar was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Olga Tsarbopoulou.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion of the singles title at the Virginia Slims of Washington tennis tournament but did not compete that year.
Hernán Gumy was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.
The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Singles was the singles event of the third edition of the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts; a WTA Tier III tournament held in the Gold Coast.
2007 ATP Buenos Aires – Singles was the singles event at the 2007 ATP Buenos Aires tennis tournament.
The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 26, Båstad runner-up and Valencia titlist Nicolás Almagro, Rome Masters and Båstad semifinalist Filippo Volandri, and Valencia and Kitzbühel finalist Potito Starace.
Also present were 2007 St. Petersburg quarterfinalist Potito Starace, 2007 Rome Masters semifinalist Filippo Volandri, Augustin Calleri, José Acasuso and Albert Montañés.
Also competing in the field were 2007 St. Petersburg semifinalist Mikhail Youzhny, 2007 Metz semifinalist Nicolas Mahut, Jürgen Melzer, Werner Eschauer and Marc Gicquel.
The women's draw was headlined by Viña del Mar and Acapulco champion Flavia Pennetta, Auckland quarterfinalist Maria Kirilenko, and Antwerp runner-up Karin Knapp.
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Other seeded players were Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen, Rotterdam semifinalist Gilles Simon, Nicolas Mahut, Marc Gicquel and Michael Berrer.
The field was led by Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) No. 5, Tennis Masters Cup finalist and defending champion David Ferrer, US Open quarterfinalist Juan Ignacio Chela, and 2007 Stockholm quarterfinalist Juan Mónaco.
Other seeded players were 2007 St. Petersburg finalist Fernando Verdasco, Doha and Sydney quarterfinalist Agustín Calleri, Óscar Hernández, José Acasuso and Nicolás Massú.
The men singles featured ATP No. 5, Valencia titlist and French Open quarterfinalist David Ferrer, Queen's Club quarterfinalist Richard Gasquet, and Australian Open quarterfinalist and Adelaide runner-up Jarkko Nieminen.
The singles field featured Viña del Mar champion Fernando González, former World No. 1 and 2007 Cincinnati Masters semifinalist Lleyton Hewitt, and Marseille semifinalist Marcos Baghdatis.
Potito Starace was collecting three straight singles titles from 2006 to 2008, but he lost to Andreas Haider-Maurer in the first round this year.
Marcos Daniel won in the final 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–4 against Bastian Knittel.
Dick Norman was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Monte Carlo instead.
Simon Greul was the defending champion but decided not to participate.
Robin Söderling was the defending champion, but he competed in the BNP Paribas Open instead.
Dominik Meffert was the defending champion but decided not to participate this year.
Horacio Zeballos was the defending champion, however he chose to compete in Rome instead.
João Souza and Víctor Estrella were the defending champions, but Estrella chose to compete in León instead.
George Bastl and Chris Guccione were the reigning champions, however Bastl retired in 2009 and Guccione chose to participate in Baton Rouge instead.
Frederico Gil was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Andreas Haider-Maurer.
Michael Russell was the defending champion, but he chose to compete at the French Open instead.
Robin Haase was the defending champion, however decided to participate in the Winston-Salem Open instead.
Frederico Gil was the defending champion, but decided to compete in the Aegon International instead.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was the defending champion but chose to participate at the 2012 US Open instead.
Simon Greul is the defending champion but lost in the final to Aljaž Bedene.
Igor Sijsling was the defending champion but decided to compete in the 2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament instead.
Other notable performances include quarter-final appearances in the 1991 Guarujá Open, 1992 Dutch Open, 1992 San Marino Open and 1993 Grand Prix Hassan II.
Also in 1994, Larkham made the second round of the Stella Artois Championships (Queen's), with a win over Patrick McEnroe, who was then ranked 66 in the world.
Auffray made the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix Hassan II tournament in Casablanca, defeating German Jens Knippschild.
He reached the semi-finals of the Hamburg Masters in 2005 and was runner-up in two ATP tournaments, Valencia and Rotterdam.
The 1900 Olympic Croquet one-ball singles tournament was held over three rounds on 28 June 1900.
He also reached the final in 1909 and won the 1909 (partnering J. Keane) and 1913 (partnering Alf Hedeman) doubles titles.
Without rivals Jenny Herz and Lily Kronberger present at the Olympics, Great Britain's Madge Syers easily won the gold medal.
Raoux reached the fourth round of the 1998 Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters in 1990 and 1997.
At the 1995 Eurocard Open, a Super 9 event, Winnink upset countryman and world number 21 Paul Haarhuis in straight sets, dropping just two games.
Tieleman's best singles performance was finishing runner-up at Queen's in 1998.
Soon, the babies riot, an event referred to in the news as the "Tot Offensive".
The Ecuadorian reached the quarter-finals at Kitzbuhel in 1984 and Buenos Aires the following year.
He also reached the quarter-finals of a tournament in Rio de Janeiro and the Australian Indoor Championships.
Zhao started off the year playing ITF events in China, losing in the first round of the Blossom Cup, then moving on to win both the singles and doubles in Pingguo.