The sixteen best qualifiers are into the main draw at Roland Garros with veteran Alejandro Falla qualifying as well as Slam new-comer Thomas Schoorel.
The French Open qualifying tournament is over as tennis takes a break for a day at Roland Garros. The main draw starts on Sunday and among the qualifiers there are both familiar faces and French Open newbies this season. Below is a quick bio for all the qualifiers with the youngest being Javier Marti.
Steve Darcis, 27, Belgium - Darcis made the second round of the 2010 French Open
Antonio Veic, 23, Croatia - French Open debut; won his first Grand Slam match at the 2011 Australian Open
Leonardo Mayer, 24, Argentina - Mayer has a modest 3-2 record in the main draw for the French Open having made the third round last season
Stephane Robert, 31, France - Robert is into his third career French Open; Robert has an 0-2 record in the main draw of the clay court Slam
Denis Gremelmayr, 29, Germany - Gremelmayr is into his third career French Open main draw having lost both of his previous matches in the Slam
Javier Marti, 19, Spain - Marti is making his French Open debut and his Grand Slam debut
Alejandro Falla, 27, Columbia - Falla qualified for his sixth French Open main draw having gone 4-5 in previous tournaments
Thomas Schoorel, 22, Netherlands - Schoorel is listed as 7'3" with the ATP but now that he's playing in some big time matches it's just a matter of time before that's corrected (he's about 6'8"). French Open debut, Grand Slam debut
Bjorn Phau, 31, Germany - Phau is into his fourth French Open having gone 0-3 in his last efforts; 2011 will be his first appearance since 2006
Augustin Gensse, 27, France - Gensse makes his French Open and Grand Slam debut at the ripe old age of 27
Lukasz Kubot, 29, Poland - Kubot will make his third appearance in the French Open and he's still looking for his first win
Lukas Rosol, 25, Czech Republic - Rosol debuts at the French Open this year having made the US Open main draw in 2010
Eric Prodon, 29, France - Prodon is into his fourth French Open having lost in the first round in 2000, 2002, and 2008
David Guez, 28, France - Guez is into his second French Open having lost in the first round last season
Frank Dancevic, 26, Canada - Dancevic qualifies for just his second French Open having suffered a first round defeat in 2008
Albert Ramos, 23, Spain - Ramos makes his French Open debut and his Grand Slam debut
