ROLAND-GARROS
17 May - 6 June 2027
Just as the dust has settled on the terre battue after a thrilling Roland-Garros 2026, the tennis tour switches attention to the luscious lawns. That’s right, it’s grass court season with Wimbledon a fortnight away. Here are the key moments from the past week as players fine tune in green…
WTA/ATP: Vekic leads pre-Wimbledon trophy haul
American Ben Shelton also fired a Wimbledon signal of intent in Stuttgart
Vekic the Queen of Queen’s
On the previous Sunday, Donna Vekic lost at the last hurdle of Queens Club qualifying 6-2, 6-4 to Anna Blinkova.
7 days later as a lucky loser and the Croatian ended a two-year title drought in west London. Vekic overcame home charge Emma Raducanu 6-0, 7-6(6) to lift a fifth title and first at the WTA 500 level.
The 29-year-old stormed through the opening seven games of the final, only for the Brit to soar 5-2 up in the second set. Vekic utilised her wealth of experience and firecracker forehand to erase two set points to close out the biggest title of her career.
"Growing up and playing on the tour, I was always jealous of the boys having a chance to play on this court at this amazing club," said Wimbledon 2024 semi-finalist Vekic. "I'm very grateful that since last year we have an opportunity to play here as well. Thank you to everyone who made that happen. We really enjoy it."
The Croatian, the first lucky loser to lift a trophy in the WTA 500 category or above, has rocketed up 44 positions to No.32 in the rankings.
"This is really my favourite time of the year, my favourite surface," added Vekic. "I really made the most out of it this week and I'll see you all in two weeks at Wimbledon."
Shelton digs deep in Stuttgart
Ben Shelton is bringing it in 2026. Only world No.1 Jannik Sinner (5) has won more titles this season.
The American powerhouse halted compatriot and 2025 champion Taylor Fritz 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to land the Stuttgart silverware on Sunday.
The world No.5 also defeated Fritz for a hard court title run in Dallas, USA, earlier this year and then captured the clay title in Munich two months ago. After Stuttgart, Shelton is now the first American to lift trophies on clay, grass and hard in the same season since Sam Querrey in 2010.
Shelton more than earned his third trophy success of the year, having prevailed from a set down in each of his three matches prior to the final in Germany.
“It means a lot to me," said Shelton. "Certainly a difficult week, not an easy week to get through. I’m pretty exhausted, but to play the way I did against the quality of opponents I played in very tight matches and getting a win today against one of the best grass-court players in the world is a huge boost for my confidence. I’m just happy to get my first title here in Stuttgart.”
Heroes in 's-Hertogenbosch
Kamil Majchrzak pulled off an incredible triple triumph to land his maiden ATP title in s-Hertogenbosch.
The Pole took down three Top 10 talents in succession to complete his dream week in the Netherlands. Majchrzak navigated past Felix Auger-Aliassime and Daniil Medvedev prior to the final 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5) scoreline over Australian Alex de Minaur.
In the WTA draw at the Libema Open in s'Hertogenbosch, American Robin Montgomery clinched the top prize after Barbora Krejcikova unfortunately withdrew from the final with illness.
Starting the week at world No.484, qualifier Montgomery is the lowest-ranked player to win a WTA title since Elina Svitolina won Strasbourg 2023 shortly after maternity leave as the No.508.
Montgomery, sidelined by injury for 10 months from last June, surrendered the first set to Daria Kasatkina in the opening round, prior to rattling through eight in a row to reach the final.