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Economic conditions will continue to deteriorate for most European nations. The worse they get, the louder and more heated the protests will become. Entrenched political parties, unwilling to make adequate concessions or yield power, will intensify their crackdown efforts.
The youth-inspired Spanish demonstrations, sit-ins and camp-outs will serve as a template for the equally disenfranchised youth of other countries. In the absence of an economic miracle, divine intervention … or a fulfilled Doomsday Prophesy (in which case all forecasts are off), expect protests to mount throughout the summer of 2011 and continue into 2012 and beyond.

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Property Details for MLS® # C4274575
816 Oakside Ci Sw, Calgary
2 Storey Detached Home for Sale
- Price: $719,900
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3(full) 1(half)
- Parking: 4
- Status: Active
- Year Built: 1979
Wow...this is a must see! Welcome home to a fully developed home with WALKOUT in Oakridge Estates. Located on a great family focused street, with over 3600 square feet of living space, this home will not disappoint. The entry greets you with soaring vaulted ceilings and grand staircase. Updated white kitchen with shaker cabinets, stainless steel appliances and a cozy family room with doors leading to the large upper deck...perfect for entertaining. The main floor also includes an office and a dog shower leading to the attached garage! The upper floor has new carpet, a large master bedroom with balcony and a newly renovated en-suite, two additional good sized bedrooms with jack-and-jill bathroom and laundry. The lower level has many options for use. Currently there is an additional kitchen, fireplace, games room, bathroom and walkout to the landscaped backyard.
Contact Kelly Kernick About MLS® C4274575
Kelly Kernick, 403-875-7629 at Urban Real Estate Services, 820, 26th Street NE , Calgary, Alberta, T2A 2M4
property information
- Property Type: Detached Home
- Style: 2 Storey
- Year Built: 1979
- Total Floor Area: 2,461 sq.ft
- Finished Levels: 3
Community Information
- Address: 816 OAKSIDE CI SW
- Neighbourhood: Oakridge
- City: Calgary
- Postal Code: T2V 4P7
- Included: Dishwasher-Built-In, Dryer, Freezer, Garage Control, Hood Fan, Refrigerator, Stove-Gas, Washer, Window Coverings-All
- Bedrooms: 4 (Bedrooms Above: 4)
- Bathrooms: Full: 3 / Half: 1
- Rooms Above Grade: 8
- Basement: Full, Walkout/Walk Up, Fully Finished, Suite
- Floor Finish: Carpet, Ceramic Tile, Hardwood, Slate
- Exterior Features: Back Lane, Fenced, Landscaped, Playground Nearby, Schools, Shopping Nearby, Treed Lot
- Exterior Finish: Brick, Cedar
- Construction: Wood Frame
- Foundation: Concrete
- Roof: Cedar Shakes
- Front Exposure: Southwest
- Frontage: 21.3000 metres
Upper Level Room Dimensions
- Master Bedroom: 4.95m x 4.22m
- Bedroom: 3.91m x 2.95m
- Bedroom: 3.35m x 3.10m
Main Floor Room Dimensions
- Living Room: 5.87m x 4.44m
- Kitchen: 5.59m x 2.90m
- Family Room: 4.70m x 3.91m
- Dining Room: 3.33m x 3.23m
- Bedroom: 3.17m x 2.74m
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Burgh Brides, A Pittsburgh Wedding Blog
Burgh Brides has featured us on her blog!
Wedding season is upon us! We've met some many wonderful women doing wedding hair! The brides, bridesmaids, their family and other wedding vendors are all great people! It's so great to look at past brides who we've had the honor of helping on their wedding day! Harbor did this amazing wedding hair style for Brianne last year!
I received an email from Victoria at Burgh Brides that she was showcasing Brianne's wedding! Brianne's entire wedding was so perfect and is worthy of sharing! I want to get married again so I can wear that wedding dress!
Most of the time hair and makeup are scheduled first thing on the wedding day and we go on our merry way. It's always so exciting to see the photos of how the wedding comes together. The bride with hair and makeup and dress all together! Lots of planning and thoughts about the day and the pictures capture every detail!
This is so pretty Victoria! She is the creator and driving force of #burghbrides. Burgh Brides is a Pittsburgh wedding blog. Victoria is the queen of all things beautiful about weddings and Pittsburgh! She shows unique wedding ideas for inspiration for other brides. She helps connect brides with local vendors. She gives lots of hints and tips for a gorgeous and stress free wedding. She knows everything from flowers to preparing the best bridal registry!
Victoria has chosen one of our brides to showcase for your current blog post! Harbor had the pleasure of working with Brianne to create her amazing wedding hairstyle. Christina and Harbor styled the rest of Brianne's bridal party the morning of the wedding.
Check out Victoria's blog for more photos of Brianne's beautiful wedding and fabulous dress! https://burghbrides.com/blog/
We're looking forward to this year of beautiful weddings and meeting more fabulous people!
Glop & Glam!
Glop & Glam! We're so excited to have a new line for our younger clients!
Introducing Glop & Glam. It's a salon professional hair product line focused for the next generation. It's for our younger clients, your kids! It's colorful and smells amazing! It's concentrated, so it lasts a long time. It's a natural and organic line. It's been developed by a hairstylist, who is a mom!
Glop & Glam is vegan and cruelty-free formulas are free from harmful chemicals and allergens like parabens, sulfates, alcohol, gluten, nuts and phthalates. -They containing natural lice preventative ingredients while maintaining the highest quality standards. Glop and Glam delivers safe and effective solutions for all hair types- curly to straight, coarse to fine, thick to thin!
It's a great way to teach your kids a healthy hygiene routine. It keeps lice away and has helped some kids with eczema! If they have any allergies or skin sensitivities this is the product for them.
All of the products are colorful and smell amazing. Candy Apple Shampoo $16, Blueberry Clarifying Shampoo $16, Cake Batter Conditioner $16.50 and the Creamsicle Detangler $15 are the products with the lice preventative ingredients. They smell just like their names suggest!
Andiroba and Melaleucca Alternifolia Leaf Oils as well as Quassi Amara Wood Extract are the ingredients mixed together that are an effective and worry-free way to keep the unwanted bugs away from your little ones. Prevention is way better than dealing with the little critters once they have them.
There's an array of styling products to choose from: Bubble Gum Glitter Gel $16, Banana Spike Molding Putty $16, Vanilla Creme $16 for flyaways, and Watermelon Hard Candy Gel $16, which is perfect for ballerina buns.
If your kids have their own products they will stay away from your products that are meant sometimes for color treated hair and special treatments. They can learn that using a little bit goes a long way.
The month of February we are offering buy 2 products get 1 free!
Introducing Amika, our newest product line!
Introducing Amika! This is a new product line for our salon. We are loving it! The fragrance, the way your hair feels and the packaging is all perfection!
Amika is brand new for us! They are unlike any other product I've tried. They smell amazing! The electricians working in the space next to our salon actually stopped me to ask what the amazing smell was from!
The shampoos and conditioners make your hair perfectly nourished and full of body. My hair is fine and can easily feel weighed down. With the first try of shampoo and conditioner my hair felt great for days!
They've been around since 2007. They do not try to attain perfection with hair. They want your hair to be as individual as you while being super healthy.
Positivity is their main focus and their packaging delivers "puddles of fun and has a sunny disposition."
Their main focus is to deliver protection from heated styling products. https://loveamika.com Check out their website for a full list of products.
Their number one best seller is their Perk Up Dry Shampoo. It's very light and has their signature fragrance. The smell comes from Buckthorn Berry. It's a super fruit and it's included in most of the products. They also have Silken Up Dry Conditioner! It's nice if your ends are super dry and great if your hair is curly and needs a little extra boost of moisture.
Amika products are vegetarian-friendly, cruelty-free and free from sulfates, MIT, MCI, Phthalates and artificial colors.
Amika never has and never will conduct animal testing. They test it on themselves, their friends, anyone and everyone we can get our hands on! They test on people, not animals.
They have lots of blow-drying products to give you the biggest, long lasting blowout ever! The Wizard is fabulous! It gives just the right amount of shine and hold. It doesn't feel like there is anything in your hair at all!
We are offering buy 2 products and get one free! It's a great way to try them! Or you come in for a blowout and try them.
New Salon Will Open on December 1st
Our new salon will open on December 1st!
After waiting patiently, we will be ready to start doing hair on Friday, December 1st!
We have been in City View Apartments for a long time. We are happy to say that we are expanding and moving to Nova Place! http://novaplace.com/about-nova-place/
Nova Place is an amazing development of businesses and restaurants. We are so happy to be included in their list of services.
Check out our previous blog post, it explains the directions and parking.
The salon will be almost twice the size of our current space! We've needed more room to spread out so we don't keep bumping into each other!
Not only will the salon be better but we are continually learning about new techniques and products so we can be better. We want to you to be thrilled with your hair, whether it's a cut or some fancy balayaged ends!
Framesi is our color line and their shades are truly beautiful. The shine and condition of the hair is remarkable. The CHI color line is our non ammonia color and is best for people who are sensitive to other color lines.
We will soon be introducing a new product line of hair care that you can take home! We are also expanding our existing lines so there will be choices for everyone!
We are planning a grand opening cocktail party on Thursday, December 7th! It's from 4-8pm. We'll have some wine, food, guitar music from Ben Sherman and lots of samples and free gifts!
We are so excited to open the new salon, we can't wait to show everyone.
Don't forget! We open December 1st in our new location. Keep checking Facebook and our Website for other news. Our phone number will be the same 412 471 9122. Please call or email us if you have any questions!
Our salon is relocating!
We're getting ready for our salon relocating to NOVA Place! http://novaplace.com/
You may have heard us talking about relocating the salon. 🙂 Well…it's finally happening! I've been in our current location for a long, long time, it's been so hard to think about leaving. But now, the salon has grown so much over the past 2 years that we are in need of more room and the salon could use a makeover! I'm thrilled that we are able to expand and be included in such a growing part of the city.
The above map I took from one of our new neighbors La Prima Espresso Co. https://laprima.com/ They are inside NOVA Place and have the best coffee ever! This map is on their business card and shows the layout of the area. We are the larger dot on the left or west side of the map. Thank you to La Prima for the map!
Let me tell you a few things about where we are going. NOVA Place is on the North Shore. It used to be Allegheny Center Mall. Old and new companies are thriving in this setting. We are thrilled to be included in such a vibrant community. It will be great to be in such a busy place where people live and work.
Our new address is 100 S Commons Suite 119 zip code 15212
Even though we are relocating, our phone number will be the same. 412 471 9122.
As soon as we have a confirmed date, we will start posting that everywhere! Many things have to happen still in order for us to be ready for business. We're keeping our fingers crossed that it will be before the end of the year. I've been patient for this long, I can wait a little longer if we need to.
NOVA Place is a large rectangle building and is divided into the West Side, Center and East Side. The salon is on the West side of the bldg outside near the Children's Museum and Aviary.
There are 3 levels of parking available under the bldg. There are Visitor Entrances on our 4 sides of the bldg. The 4 sides are S Commons, E Commons, N Commons and W Commons. Now it is a one way street all the way around. Eventually it will be 2 way traffic with a bike lane. There are more parking spaces added around the square on the street.
The salon is on the Plaza Level, West side. The elevators are in the middle or Central part of the parking levels. Take the elevator up to the Plaza level and turn left toward PNC Bank. Walk all the way to PNC Bank and exit the bldg on the right. The salon is just outside these doors.
You can access the salon from the outside as well if you happen to park on the street. The street parking is $1 per hour and free after 6pm.
Children's Way is a side street within the square and leads to the Children's Museum. That street has a set of stairs that lead right up to the salon.
We'll have more info to come as the opening gets closer! 🙂 We hope to see you in our new, beautiful salon!


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The heroes of Yemeni army and the popular committees, on Thursday destroyed two armored vehicles of the Aggression troops and damaged another bulldozer of them in west of Taiz.
A military source said that a number of paid troops of the aggression were killed and others were injured during the destruction caused by the Yemeni army and the People's Committees, on armored vehicles with guided missiles in the Al-Mukha and Mouzah.
The source added that the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees damaged a bulldozer of the forces of invasion and paid troops, which is the second in less than ten hours in south of the Mouzah west of Taiz.
It is worth mentioning that the artillery force of the Yemeni army and the popular committees targeted today the gatherings and vehicles of the paid troops of the aggression in the city of Taiz and caused heavy casualties in their ranks and armored vehicles.


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Opening times for B&M Stores in Burslem
B&M BURSLEM is a shop forming a part of B&M Stores brand. It is open on: Monday 9.00am - 7.00pm, Tuesday 9.00am - 7.00pm, Wednesday 9.00am - 7.00pm, Thursday 9.00am - 7.00pm, Friday 9.00am - 7.00pm. At weekends its opening hours are: on Saturday 9.00am - 6.00pm, on Sunday 10.00am - 4.00pm. This store's address is: 1163 Waterloo Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3EH. To contact the customer service directly please dial the number 0330 838 9152. B&M BURSLEM is frequented by many people living in nearby towns like Tunstall, Burslem, Smallthorne, Brown Edge.
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Asda in Tunstall, Scotia Road (0.54 mile)
Boots in Stoke-on-Trent, 41 Queen Street (0.00 mile)
Costa Coffee in Tunstall (0.52 mile)
Costa Express in Burslem (0.56 mile)
Farmfoods in Stoke-on-Trent, 34/36 MOORLANDS ROAD BURSLEM STOKE ON TRENT (0.10 mile)
Home Bargains in Burslem (0.06 mile)
KFC in Burslem (0.05 mile)
Post Office in Burslem (0.04 mile)
The Co Op Food in Stoke-On-Trent, 171-173 Newcastle Street (0.25 mile)
The Co Op Pharmacy in Burslem (0.57 mile)
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Improved Train Services Between Liverpool, Chester And Ellesmere Port May 21, 2008Posted by liverpoolchamber in News, Travel.
Tags: Chester, Commute, Ellesmere Port, Liverpool, Trains
Train times for passengers travelling from and to Chester and Ellesmere Port change and Merseyrail is running more 6-car trains to increase capacity. The changes are a result of Merseyrail's improvement plan to create a more robust and reliable service on the Chester line based on passenger feed back.
The new service pattern means that Merseyrail trains from Chester now depart on the hour and on the half hour (at '00 and '30) towards Liverpool throughout the day. Departures from Ellesmere Port to Liverpool are at '19 and '49 minutes past the hour throughout the day.
During the morning and evening peaks additional trains will run from Chester and Ellesmere Port creating a 4 trains per hour service for commuters to/from Liverpool during the peaks. This is unchanged from the current frequencies during the peaks.
The changes create more recovery time during the morning and evening peaks leading to better punctuality and reliability of the service. This announcement coincides with the re-opening of the front entrance of James Street Station after an intense programme of refurbishment.
In response to growing numbers of passengers and in partnership with Merseytravel, more of the trains from Chester in the morning peak and to Chester in the evening peak will consist of 6-cars. This also applies to Saturdays when many Chester services will be formed of 6-car trains.
Bart Schmeink, Merseyrail's Managing Director said: "Passengers on the Chester line have given us a loud and clear message. And I agree with them; I want their trains to be as punctual and reliable as the rest of the Merseyrail network. Together with Merseytravel we have been able to respond quickly. The changes won't just benefit Chester; they will also benefit all passengers travelling from and to South Wirral stations as there will be more 6-car trains for them as a result".
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Famous female tennis players: Chris Evert
by MairaS on May 16, 2011
in Famous/Best Tennis players
Chris Evert, a famous female tennis player, was born on December 21, 1954 in Florida. Due to her excellent tennis skills including two fisted backhand and poise on court helped Chris Evert became champion in 1974-1986. Chris Evert got her first limelight when she won over the top-ranked tennis player, Margaret Court. Chris Evert used to be calm and cool on the court which gave her the nicknames Ice Maiden and Ice Princess. During 1974-76, Chris Evert had a romance with famous male tennis player, Jimmy Connors which was enough to give her a celebrity status. In the era of late 70s, tennis fans enjoyed the rivalry of two best female tennis players, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
Chris Evert was considered as the female counterpart of tennis legend, Bjorn Borg as Evert holds the longest winning streak with 125 single consecutive titles on clay court. She was a versatile player who won all four grand slams and also set a record of winning the most US Open titles (6).
Chris Evert holds 157 singles titles, 8 double titles with 18 Grand Slam singles in her career titles. Other career highlights of famous female tennis player, Chris Evert are:
1) Chris Evert won 7 French Open titles (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986)
2) Chris Evert won 2 Australian Open titles (1982, 1984)
3) Chris claimed 3 Wimbledon titles (1974, 1976 and 1981)
4) Evert claimed 6 US Open tennis titles (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982)
Chris Evert enjoyed an intense rivalry against Martina Navratilova. Both these players ruled every court and faced each other either in the finals or semi-finals. The record number of French Open titles by Chris Evert is still an unbroken record.
Best male tennis players: Bjorn Borg
by MairaS on May 11, 2011
in Famous/Best Tennis players
Tennis history is filled with precocious championships and achievements but none has been as impressive as Bjorn Borg who in his brief career was able to play outstanding tennis. His seemingly emotionless personality no wonders had the right amount of zeal and dedication for this game. Famous tennis player, Bjorn Borg was born on June 6, 1956 in Sodertalje, Sweden. His fascination for tennis is routed to the tennis racket which is father won as a prize in a ping-pong tournament. Bjorn Borg was a player with endurance and great strength and had an unorthodox and distinctive style. Borg used to battle from the baseline along with ground strokes in long rallies. Although his serve was not very impressive at first but he somehow managed the game beautifully with his volleying throughout the game. Due to his excellent playing skills, Bjorn Borg became the youngest champion of his time at the age of 20 (later Boris Becker claimed this record by becoming the champion at the age of 17 in 1985). Bjorn Borg was known as the King of Clay as he holds the record of winning the most French Open titles. It took him sometime to settle at grass but he did so by winning 5 Wimbledon titles.
Some of the career highlights and record of Bjorn Borg are:
1) Bjorn Borg won 62 singles out of 88 finals and four double titles including Masters of 1979-80.
2) Bjorn Borg won six French Open singles titles (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
3) Borg won 5 Wimbledon singles titles (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980).
4) Bjorn Borg won Davis Cup in years 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1981. He holds the record of 37-3 single wins and 8-8 in doubles.
5) Bjorn Borg played all four tennis Grand Slams with the following final win-lose statistics:
- Australian Open tennis championship (1-1)
- French Open tennis championship (49-2)
- Wimbledon (51-4)
- US Open tennis championship (40-10)
French Open winners and runner-ups (female)-From 2010-2000
by MairaS on April 24, 2011
in French Open Winners and Runner-Ups
The era of 2010-2000 in women French Open tennis tournaments had many different tennis players winning the title. Among these names, famous female tennis player, Justine Henin-Hardenne ruled this decade and claimed many French Open titles. Henin Hardene owns 7 Grand Slams out of which she has won four French Open grand slam titles. Henin's mental toughness and her variety of game has helped her win not only on clay but on other courts as well. Legendary players like Navratilova, Agassi and McEnroe have considered Henin Hardenne as the best female tennis player of the present era. She was also included in the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" in 2011 by TIME.
The list of female winners and runner-ups of French Open tennis championship during 2010-2000 is as follow:
Year 2010-2000 French Open Tennis Singles Women Winners:
- French Open winner (female)-2010: Francesca Schiavon
- French Open winner (female)-2009: Svetlana Kuznetsova
- French Open winner (female)-2008: Ana Ivanovic
- French Open winner (female)-2007: Justine Henin
- French Open winner (female)-2006: Justine Henin-Hardenne
- French Open winner (female)-2005: Justine Henin-Hardenne
- French Open winner (female)-2004: Anastasia Myskina
- French Open winner (female)-2003: Justine Henin-Hardenne
- French Open winner (female)-2002: Serena Williams
- French Open winner (female)-2001: Jennifer Capriati
- French Open winner (female)-2000: Mary Pierce
Year 2010-2000 French Open Tennis Singles Women Runner-up:
- French Open runner-up (female)-2010: Samjantha Stosur
- French Open runner-up (female)-2009: Dinara Safina
- French Open runner-up (female)-2008: Dinara Safina
- French Open runner-up (female)-2007: Ana Ivanovic
- French Open runner-up (female)-2006: Svetlana Kuznetsova
- French Open runner-up (female)-2005: Mary Piece
- French Open runner-up (female)-2004: Elena Dementieva
- French Open runner-up (female)-2003: Kim Clijsters
- French Open runner-up (male)-2002: Venus Williams
- French Open runner-up (female)-2001: Martina Hingis
- French Open runner-up (female)-2000: Conchita Martinez
Famous male tennis players: Rafael Nadal
by MairaS on February 20, 2010
in Famous/Best Tennis players
Rafael Nadal is currently ranked world number two Spanish player in the world of tennis who has won 10 grand slams in his career to date out of which he owns 6 French grand slam titles, equalling Borg record. Rafael Nadal was formerly number one player from August, 2008 to July, 2009. He lost his number one spot because of injuries so he could not play certain big tournaments. But he came back very strong and regained his No. 1 spot after winning grand slams. Rafael Nadal was the only player to hold simultaneous clay court Grand Slams for which he was awarded the name of "The King of Clay".
Rafael Nadal has won a total of six Grand Slams, the 2008 Olympic gold medal and was the part of the Spanish team that won the Davis Cup in year of 2004 and 2009. He has one Australian Open title (2009), five French Open titles (2005 to 2008 and 2010) and two Wimbledon title (2008 and 2010) in his kitty.
Nadal has a habit of playing an aggressive and behind the baseline game which is heavily founded on top spin ground shots, good footwork, consistency, speed and persistent court coverage. Nadal also has fine drop shots in his bag that wins him quite a good number of points because of his heavy topspin shots that pulls his opponents to the back of the court. Even though Nadal is seldom a volley player, he becomes good a volley player when he plays from the net.
After the rivalry of Nadal and Roger Federer for a long while, the trend changed and now Novak Djokovic is having the flavor of wins against Nadal. Djokovic took almost every title in the year of 2011 and is still in the winning streak which has made Nadal to lose his World No. 1 rank. Nadal is also facing some injury issues and the rumors are that he might end up switching is sports profession completely if failed to recover.
Record Holders of French Open (Men)
by MairaS on May 26, 2009
in Record Holders
The history of the French Open Tennis is full of ups and downs. Some became kings and for some there was nothing. Looking at the record book of the French Open Tennis, Bjorn Borg with six single titles and Henri Cochet with four hold the top two slots. Rafael Nadal stands by them as he has broken equalled the record of Bjorn with 6 titles. Nadal has already bagged 6 consecutive French Open Tennis titles and is eyeing for a 7th one. Again, most consecutive titles are held by Bjorn Borg, which is now shared by Rafael Nadal. At the Roland Garros, Henri Cochet has won the most titles in all events where he has won four singles, three doubles and two mixed.
The most Open Era match-winning Tennis player was Guillermo Vilas with stats of 56-17 followed by Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi registering corresponding figures of 53-12 and 51-15. The double title ace goes to Roy Emerson as he has won six double titles in the French Open. The youngest tennis champion at the Roland Garros was Michael Chang, who won the trophy in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 3 months; Mats Wilander is the next champion to follow who at the age of 17 years and 9 months created history in 1982. Bjorn Borg won the French Open crown in 1974 at the age of 18 years.
Record Holders French Open (Women)
by MairaS on May 26, 2009
in Record Holders
The French Open Tennis women's title has never been a piece of cake. Among all the big names, Chris Evert was the one who grabbed the most single titles at the French Open and she did it seven times. Next in the row was the evergreen Steffi Graf who won the singles title six times. Steffi Graf is the only women player who has the best winning ratio at the clay courts. She played 94 matches of which she won 84 and lost just 10 of them.
Henin, Wills-Moody, Sperling and Seles share the most consecutive singles Tennis titles; they all won three in a row.
The aggregate title holding record goes to Smith-Court with 13 titles of which five were singles, four were doubles and four were mixed doubles. How can one forget the Queen of the tennis world, Martina Navratilova, who won seven titles in doubles events? Though she single-handedly took only two singles titles and two mixed doubles at the French Open, she managed to keep her name in the list of record holders at the Roland Garros.
The youngest champion at the French Open Tennis was Monica Seles as she won the title at the age of 16 years. She is the youngest amongst all champions whether men or women of the French Open. USA has won the most French Open titles, the country has grabbed it 27 times followed by Germans who took it to their soil 10 times.