But let's go back in the past for a minute... In 1973 and 1978, more exactly. So, 37 years ago, the best Romanian tennis player of all times, Ilie Nastase (or Nasty), won here his 2nd Grand Slam title in singles and the 5th in all his career. The first no.1 in the world, one of the five players in history to win more then 100 ATP titles (57 in singles and 45 in doubles) and the only Romanian inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. This was Ilie Nastase, who was winning at Roland Garros against Nikola Pilic from Yugoslavia (now Croatia).
Five years later, when the Romanian tennis was up in the top, another player, female this time, won at Roland Garros. In the women's doubles competition, teaming with Mima Jausovec from Slovenia, Virginia Ruzici won against Lesley Turner Bowrey (AUS)/Gail Chanfreau (FRA). Then, in the singles competition she was conquering the same Mima Jausovec, 6-2, 6-2. In the same year she played the final in the mixed doubles competition too, teaming with Patrice Dominguez (FRA), but her dream to win all the titles was too tiring. So, Ruzici/Dominguez retired at 6-4, 6-7. She became one of the only seven women to reach all the three finals of one Grand Slam in the open era.
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