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French Open 2025: What makes a good clay-court player?

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French Open has historically not been synonymous with British singles success.

Sue Barker was Britain 's last singles champion in the French capital back in 1976 .

British number one Jack Draper reached Madrid Open final and Italian Open quarter-finals.

Daniel Evans said he and his compatriots were "in the best spot" on clay for "a long time".

The LTA said in 2024 there were about 1,300 clay-courts in Great Britain .

That is around 5% of the 23,000 total number of courts in the UK .

About 60% of clay courts in Spain - one of the leading nations on the surface - are clay.

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