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The French Open, also known as Roland-Garros, is an annual tennis tournament held over two weeks in May and June. Established in 1891 and played since 1928 on outdoor red clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, the French Open is (since 1925) one of the four Grand Slam tournaments played each year, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
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Officially named in French Internationaux de France de Tennis ("French Internationals of Tennis" in English), the tournament uses the name Roland-Garros in all languages, and it is usually called the French Open in English. (The stadium and tournament are both hyphenated as Roland-Garros because French spelling rules dictate that in the name of a p...
The French Open has been the only major played on clay courts since 1978, when the US Open changed to hard courts. Clay courts slow down the ball and produce a high bounce when compared with grass courts or hard courts. For this reason, clay courts take away some of the advantages of big servers and serve-and-volleyers, which makes it hard for thes...
The trophies have been awarded to the winners since 1953 and are manufactured by Mellerio dits Meller, a famous Parisian jewelry house. They are all made of pure silver with finely etched decorations on their side. Each new singles winner gets his or her name written on the base of the trophy. Winners receive custom-made pure silver replicas of the...
Former champions
1. Men's singles, winners of the Coupe des Mousquetaires.[d] 2. Women's singles, winners of the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen.[e] 3. Men's doubles, winners of the Coupe Jacques Brugnon. 4. Women's doubles, winners of the Coupe Simone Mathieu. 5. Mixed doubles, winners of the Coupe Marcel Bernard. 6. All champions
French Championships (1891–1924) was only open to French clubs' members. In 1925, it opened to international players, and was later renamed the French Open in 1968, when it allowed professionals to...
France
France Télévisions and Amazon Prime Video hold the broadcast rights to the French Open until 2027. All 11 "night sessions" will remain exclusive to Prime Video.Studio presentation for the French Open on France Télévisions is hosted by Laurent Luyat and is historically located on a terrace in a corner of the Court Philippe Chatrier.
United Kingdom
BBC began broadcasting French Open finals annually in 1981 (often in their Grandstand or Sunday Grandstand programmes). The BBC's coverage continued until 2011. From 2012 until 2021, ITV Sport televised the French Open in United Kingdom. Eurosport began broadcasting the French open in 1989. As of 2022 onwards, Eurosport hold exclusive UK broadcast rights to the tournament. Studio presentation for the French Open on Eurosport is hosted by Barbara Schett with Mats Wilander. Commentators include...
India
In India, Star Sports had the exclusive broadcast rights of the French Open tennis tournament. However, Sony Pictures Sports Network owned by Sony Pictures Networks Indiahas bagged the broadcast rights from 2022 onwards.
For the 2024 French Open, 280 "ramasseurs de balles" (literally "gatherers of balls" in English) are scheduled to be selected for the tournament. Aged between 11 and 16 years old and dressed in matching Lacoste shirts and shorts, the ball boys and ball girls are chosen to take part in the French Open through an application process, only available t...
(in French) Roland-Garros on France Télévisions(in French) Roland-Garros on ina.fr : more than 600 hours of archive footage2 days ago · Published: June 1, 2024. Since 1968, there have been a total of 56 grand slam tournaments played at Roland Garros in Paris with 27 different players being named the men’s singles champion. Below is a full list of the Roland Garros winners, runners-up, and scores from 1968 to 2023 in the French Open men’s singles event.
May 25, 2024 · event for the first time since 2005 Australian Open and first time at Roland Garros in his career. Most Roland Garros Titles Most Roland Garros Victories Highest Roland Garros Win Pct. (Min. 3 Appearances) Rafael Nadal 14 Rafael Nadal 112 Rafael Nadal .974 112-3 Bjorn Borg 6 Novak Djokovic 92 Bjorn Borg .961 49-2
Jun 9, 2024 · Find out below the official map of Roland-Garros tournament. Let yourself be guided and discover the different points of interest to prepare your visit. The exclusive home of Roland-Garros tennis delivering live scores, schedules, draws, players, news, photos, videos and the most complete coverage of The 2024 Roland-Garros Tournament.
4 days ago · Justine Henin competing in the women's final at the 2007 French Open; she defeated Ana Ivanovic in straight sets. In 1891 the first French national championships were held in the Stade Français, as a men’s interclub competition. In 1897 women’s singles matches were added to tournament play. Women’s doubles matches were added in 1925, the ...
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