2004 men's final: Gaston Gaudio def. Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6.
There have been plenty of memorable French Opens, but it's hard to find one crazier than the 2004 men's final - and all-Argentina affair that saw unseeded Gaston Gaudio defeat Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6.
Gaudio entered Roland Garros that spring ranked 44th in the world, coming off back to back first-round losses on clay at Hamburg and Rome.
Top seed Roger Federer lost in the third round, marking the last time he has not made the quarterfinal of a Grand Slam, a streak that runs to this day. Defending champion Juan Carlos Ferrero was done in the second round, upset by Igor Andreev.
Only two of the top 5 seeds - Coria and No. 5 Carlos Moya, made the quarterfinals, and they played each other. Gaudio swept Lleyton Hewitt in his quarterfinal, giving Argetina three players int he final four - No. 8 David Nalbandian was the third. Had Juan Ignacio Chela not lost to Tim Henman in the fourth quarterfinal, it could have been an all-Argetine Final Four.
As it was, Gaudio thrashed Nalbandian in three sets, while Coria dropped the first to Britain's Tim Henman before rallying for a four-set win.
Coria seemed on the fast track to his first Slam when he won the first two sets, only losing three games, but Coria's Cinderella story wasn't done yet.
He rallied to win the next three sets, becoming the first man to win a Grand Slam after losing the first set 6-0; the first Argentine to win a Slam since Guillermo Vilas in 1979; the fifth-lowest ranked player to win a Grand Slam; and the first man in Open Era history to win a Slam after saving match points in the final set.
He jumped 33 spots to No. 11 with the victory. It was the only title he would win on the year, and he actually had a better 2005 - winning five titles - all on clay.
The following year he made it to the fourth round before losing to 20th-seeded David Ferrer. That season marked the first French Open title for Rafael Nadal, who has tallied seven to date.