UTC  Part III  Whats with blanking out the names completely So much for compromise Im going back to COUNTING the pre champions Heres why   The outside sources such as the Encyclopedia Britannica list them   All the arguments that could be made against the pre French tournament could also be made against the other three   The idea of the slam didnt even emerge until the s with Don Budgebut do we see anyone black out pre Wimbledon champs   Its clear that the French tournament was MORE opentheir first champ was a Brit as was two runnersup in the early decades Interestingly the US Open in  was open only to Americans and was for several years Yet we count them because thats the origin of the tournament   Theres also the proam dispute pre    Wikipedia is supposed to reflect pluralistic viewpoints not just the one of one person such as Fyunclick who violates WPOWN to contort this and similar tennis articles to reflect his own views rather than reflecting outside sources that existed long before Wikipedia did     July