French open is not new as it is a major tennis tournament held over in between May and June, where players throughout the world takes part to show their best. They began in 1891, and was open only to players who were members of French club. The first women's tournament was held in 1897 and the game was popularized in 1945 just after Wimbledon.
Anabel Medina, Virginia Pasual, Liezel Huber, Svetlana Kuznetsova are the famed icon players with best result at French open-female. Anabel, Virginia, Liezel has won women's doubles team in 2009, it was their second, tenth and first mixed doubles. Svetlana is reigning women's singles' champion having defeated Dinara Safina in 2009 final; this was her second slam and she first at the event.
Svetlana Kuznetsova is ever best player from Russia; she is pro tennis player as she won 2004 US Open and 2009, she was runner up for 2006 French Open and 2007 US open. She won major tournaments held in year 2004, 2006-09, and holds 14 WTA career titles; with all these records she honored of being best players with best results at French Open-female and other tournaments.
I bet Martina Navratilova was one of the best players with best result at French open-female; the era she played in consisted of best players. Navratilova won 18 Grand slam singles and 40 Gran Slam doubles with 31 women's doubles and 9 mixed doubles. There has never been a player that has come closer to Navratilova's longevity world class level play.