French Open

The French Open , also known as Roland-Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]), is a <a href="/facts/Tennis/GwVaWdn0">tennis</a> tournament organized by the <a href="/facts/French_Tennis_Federation/R1zhb69y">French Tennis Federation</a> annually at <a href="/facts/Stade_Roland_Garros/ezKg1550">Stade Roland Garros</a> in <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, France. It is chronologically the second of the four <a href="/facts/Grand_Slam_(tennis)/ByjyRGUW">Grand Slam</a> <a href="/facts/Tennis/GwVaWdn0">tennis</a> events every year, held after the <a href="/facts/Australian_Open/10VoWm79">Australian Open</a> and before <a href="/facts/Wimbledon_Championships/pjbvc99T">Wimbledon</a> and the <a href="/facts/US_Open_(tennis)/1EKXXJ1o">US Open</a>. It was established in 1891 but it did not become a Grand Slam event until 1925.
The French Open begins in late May and continues for two weeks. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator <a href="/facts/Roland_Garros_(aviator)/l7kMcf34">Roland Garros</a>.
The French Open is the premier <a href="/facts/Clay_court/W6Xxk75I">clay court</a> championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this <a href="/facts/Tennis_surface/wn2E1rtH">surface</a>. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on <a href="/facts/Grass_court/jfICRWDG">grass</a>. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tournament in tennis.

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