PARIS — Michael Chang cried at the French Open for the second and last time.
Back in 1989, they were tears of joy after he won the tournament. On Tuesday, a lifetime later, they were tears of sadness after he hit his final shot here.
Chang's farewell to Roland Garros ended with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 loss to Fabrice Santoro in the same spot that the American claimed his lone major title.
"It's bittersweet," said Chang, who'll retire after the U.S. Open. "It's disappointing to lose in the first round. But it feels good to be able to play my last match on center court."
Also bidding adieu at the clay-court Grand Slam were No. 6-seeded Andy Roddick and three-time champion Monica Seles. It looked as if defending champion Albert Costa would lose, too, but he constructed the biggest comeback of his career after being a game from defeat.
Roddick was considered capable of contending. Instead, he heads home after the first round, just like last year, beaten by Sargis Sargsian 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. "It's weird going from feeling like you're playing pretty well," Roddick said. He still has time to learn; this was only his 10th Grand Slam event.
No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt wasted four match points before defeating Brian Vahaly of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3.
Seles, by contrast, has played 40, winning nine. And she never exited in the first round until Tuesday's 6-4, 6-0 disappointment against Nadia Petrova. Seles, 29, plans to take some time off to see if her injured feet heal. If they don't, she might retire.
Other seeded losers: No. 13 Elena Dementieva, No. 17 Amanda Coetzer and, among men, No. 18 Agustin Calleri. Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati and Kim Clijsters eliminated overmatched opponents.