Roland Garros

The French Open or Roland Garros, is a major tennis tournament since 1891 which currently held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Named after the French aviator Roland Garros, it is the most important clay court tennis championship.

Men's Singles Women's Singles

Surface

(Grass and) Sand – Racing Club de France; Sand - Île de Puteaux, Tennis Club de Paris; Clay – Racing Club de France, Societe Athletique de la Villa Primrose, Stade Français;

Venue

Racing Club de France - Paris (1891,1892,1908,1910-11,1913-14,1920-24,1926),
Tennis Club de Paris - Paris (1893,1896-1907),
Île de Puteaux - Paris (1894-95),
Societe Athletique de la Villa Primrose - Bordeaux (1909),
Stade Français CASG - Paris (1912,1925,1927),
Stade Roland Garros - Paris (1928-present)

Eras

Championnat De France/French Championships (1891-1924, French Championships (1925-1967), French Open/Roland Garros (1968-present)

„I was at Roland-Garros. I don’t remember which year. There was this 17-year-old kid, and I remember that in the locker room, his locker was jammed. He was trying his code, and I thought to myself: he’s a beginner, he doesn’t know, he’s trying to figure it out. Then I heard him grunt and try again. Then he started hitting the locker. I wondered if this guy was serious. And then, at some point, it opened, and I heard him yell 'vamos.' He was in some kind of war with the locker, and he was winning. That’s when I thought to myself, I can’t beat this guy.”
by Andre Agassi (TNT Sports)

President

Henri Wallet (1920-1925),
Albert Canet (1925- 1930),
Pierre Gillou (1930-1940),
René Lacoste (1940-1943),
Raymond Rodel (1943-1944),
Pierre Gillou (1944-1953),
Guy de Bazillac (1953-1963),
Robert Soisbault (1963-1966),
Roger Cirotteau (1966-1968),
Marcel Bernard (1968-1973),
Philippe Chatrier (1973-1993),
Christian Bîmes (1993-2009),
Jean Gachassin (2009–2017),
Bernard Giudicelli (2018-2021)
Gilles Moretton (2021-present)