Top Seeds Edberg, Becker Both Upset in French Open : Tennis: European teens make history eliminating Nos. 1 and 2 in first round of Grand Slam tournament.

Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, the top two seeds in the French Open, were eliminated in the first round today by a pair of European teen-agers.

It was the first time in any Grand Slam tennis tournament that Nos. 1 and 2 in the men’s draw both lost first-round matches.

Edberg, the top seed, went first. With a morning chill still in the air, Spain’s Sergi Bruguera, a 19-year-old from Barcelona, ranked 46th in the world, took advantage of the Swede’s mistakes and beat him 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.

Becker, seeded second, was next. The sun was high and warm over the same center court clay when Goran Ivanisevic, an 18-year-old from Split, Yugoslavia, finished the twin killing with a 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 victory.

Only seven times previously in Grand Slam history had the men’s No. 1 seed lost or defaulted in the first round. The results left Andre Agassi, the No. 3 seed, as the highest-ranked man left fewer than 36 hours after the tournament began.

Bruguera and Ivanisevic were not the only teen-agers to make an impression today.

Second-seeded Monica Seles blitzed Italy’s Katia Piccolini 6-0, 6-0, stretching the longest winning streak in tennis to 25 matches. The 16-year-old Florida-based Yugoslav is seeded to meet West German Steffi Graf for the women’s championship.

Jennifer Capriati, an even-younger teen sensation than Seles, played her first Grand Slam match in front of a crowd that included seven-time French Open champion Chris Evert.

The 14-year-old from Florida did not disappoint, beating Sandrine Testud of France 6-1, 6-1.

Last year, Capriati won the French Open girl’s title.

“I sense a difference,” she said. “Last year I’d be finished with my play and I’d watch the final on TV. Now, this year, here’s my chance. I could be in it.”

Another young Floridian, 18-year-old Mary Joe Fernandez, also advanced with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Australia’s Kate McDonald.

Ivanisevic and Bruguera look something alike--tall, lanky, deceptively strong. Their styles are slightly different, with Ivanisevic coming to the net more. But their results were the same at Roland Garros as they beat two of the top players in the world, players strong on faster courts but vulnerable on clay.

“I didn’t let him play his own game,” Bruguera said.

Ivanisevic followed a similar line.

“I was hitting and serving well. I played my best tennis,” the Yugoslav said. “From the back, I was much better than him.”

Ivanisevic wrapped up his match against Becker with a stinging crosscourt backhand. As the winning shot took its second bounce, Ivanisevic pumped his fists overhead and screamed.

“He’s definitely a player who is going to beat other players,” Becker said. “He’s not just going to beat Boris Becker. In the fourth set, nobody in the world could stop him.”

This was the first time Edberg had been seeded No. 1 in a Grand Slam tournament.

Bruguera used clay-court common sense to beat Edberg. He didn’t rush into things on a surface that rewards patience.

Two Soviet seeds moved into the second round. Men’s 8th-seed Andrei Chenokov beat Uwe Riglewski of West Germany 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, and women’s 10th-seed Natalia Zvereva beat Catherine Tanvier of France 6-4, 7-6.