Roland Garros Stadium (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Boulogne-Billancourt / Paris / Avenue Gordon-Bennett, 2
 stadium, tennis court(s), sports complex
Where they hold the French Tennis open!!
It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)

The sports complex for tennis in Paris is named after the aviator Roland Garros (one of the first French aviators and a pilot of a military plane during the First World War) (while studying in Paris, Garros regularly played tennis at the sports center "Stade français", in which in 1928 the stadium bearing his name was built), where the French Open, a tournament traditionally called Roland Garros, is held:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Garros_(aviator)

Official site:
www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/

Mapping of stadium:
www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/page/map


www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fMR_cjYEjI
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade_Roland_Garros
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   48°50'48"N   2°14'54"E

Comments

  • The French Open is made of red clay. It contains red clay chemicals to made the court.