PARIS (AP - Andy Roddick is the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 2003 U.S. Open - 29 major tournaments ago. If that drought continues at the French Open, the gap will equal the longest in history for U.S. men - a 30-Slam shutout from 1955-63.
Earlier this month, no player from the U.S. appeared in the ATP or WTA top 10 - a first in more than 35 years of computerized rankings.
A nation that has produced players such as Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, Don Budge and Bill Tilden, the Williams sisters and Chris Evert is not really relevant in tennis these days.
Says Venus Williams: ``We're so used to having champions for the last, oh, century. Right now is something we're not used to.''
The French Open starts Sunday in Paris.