From 2004 -2006 Roland Garros hosted three wheelchair tennis exhibitions events, giving the sport another high-profile platform to showcase its top players.
In 2007, wheelchair tennis became an ITF-sanctioned full-part of the competition schedule at Roland Garros, with the wheelchair Grand Slam becoming the fourth of the four Grand Slam tournaments to integrate wheelchair tennis into its competition schedule.
Shingo Kunieda is the most successful men's singles wheelchair tennis player at Roland Garros, winning seven titles in 2007-2010, 2014, 2015 and 2018.
Esther Vergeer remained unbeaten in the women's singles at Roland Garros from 2007- 2012, winning six successive titles before announcing her retirement. In her six Roland Garros campaigns, Vergeer also won the women's doubles title five times.