Question (English): where is the french open played in paris
Question (Yorùbá): ibo ni wọ́n ti ń gbá French open ní paris
Answer (English): The French Open (French : Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis), also called Roland - Garros (French : (ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos)), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland - Garros in Paris, France. The venue is named after the French aviator Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The French Open is currently the only Grand Slam event held on clay, and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season. Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship, the slow - playing surface and the best - of - five - set men 's singles matches (without a tiebreak in the final set), the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.
Answer (Yorùbá): Ìdíje French Open(Ṣíṣí Faransé) (Faransé: Internationaux de France de Tennis), tí a tún mọ̀ sí Roland-Garros (Faransé: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]), jẹ́ gbajúgbajà ìdíje bọ́ọ̀lù Orí pápá Alámọ̀ tennis tournament tí ó máa ń wáyé láàárín ọ̀sẹ̀ méjì ní pápá ìṣeré Stade Roland-Garros Ní ìpínlẹ̀ Paris, ní orílẹ̀-èdè Faransé, ní òpin oṣù karùn-ún ọdọọdún. 

English document: "French Championships" redirects here. For other uses, see French Championship (disambiguation) . This article is about the tennis tournament. For the golf tournament, see Open de France . For the badminton tournament, see French Open (badminton) . Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis Official website Founded 1891 ; 127 years ago ( 1891 ) Editions 122 (2018) Location Paris , XVI e France Venue Tennis Club de Paris, at Auteuil (some of the years 1895–1908) Île de Puteaux (some of the years 1891–1908) Racing Club de France (some of the years 1891–1908 and also all years 1910–1924, 1926) Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose in Bordeaux (1909) Stade Français (1925, 1927) Stade Roland Garros (since 1928) Surface Sand – outdoors (some of the years 1891–1908) Clay – outdoors (1908–present) Prize money € 39,197,000 (2018) Men's Draw 128S / 128Q / 64D Current champions Rafael Nadal (singles) Nicolas Mahut Pierre-Hugues Herbert (doubles) Most singles titles 11 Rafael Nadal Most doubles titles 6 Roy Emerson Women's Draw 128S / 96Q / 64D Current champions Simona Halep (singles) Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková (doubles) Most singles titles 7 Chris Evert Most doubles titles 7 Martina Navratilova Mixed doubles Draw 32 Current champions Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig Most titles (male) 3 Ken Fletcher / Jean-Claude Barclay Most titles (female) 4 Margaret Smith Court Grand Slam Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Last completed 2018 French Open The French Open ( French : Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis ), also called Roland-Garros ( French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos] ), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris , France. The  venue is named after the French aviator Roland Garros . It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments, the other three being the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open . The French Open is currently the only Grand Slam event held on clay, and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season. Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship, the slow-playing surface and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches (without a tiebreak in the final set), the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. Contents 1 History 2 Surface characteristics 3 Expansion vs. relocation 4 Ball boys and ball girls 5 Prize money and ranking points 6 Champions 6.1 Past champions 6.2 Current champions 7 Records 8 Television coverage 8.1 France 8.2 United Kingdom 8.3 United States 8.4 Other areas 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links History [ edit ] Officially named in French Championnats Internationaux de France de tennis and Tournoi de Roland-Garros (the "French International Championships of Tennis" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is referred to in English as the "French Open" and alternatively as "Roland Garros", which is the designation used by the tournament itself in all languages. French spelling rules dictate that in the name of a place or event named after a person, the elements of the name are joined together with a hyphen . Therefore, the names of the stadium and the tournament are hyphenated as Roland-Garros . In 1891 the Championnat de France , which is commonly referred to in English as the French Championships , began. They were only open to tennis players who were members of French clubs. The first winner was a Briton—H. Briggs—who was a Paris resident.  The first women's singles tournament, with four entries, was held in 1897. The mixed doubles event was added in 1902 and the women's doubles in 1907. This "French club members only" tournament was played until 1924, using four different venues during that period: Île de Puteaux, in Puteaux , played on sand laid out on a bed of rubble. The Racing Club de France (in the Bois de Boulogne , Paris), played on clay . For one year, 1909, it was played at the Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose in Bordeaux , on clay. Tennis Club de Paris (club opened in 1895), at Auteuil , Paris, played on clay. Another tournament, the World Hard Court Championships , is sometimes considered the precursor to the French Open as it was open to international competitors. It was held on clay courts at Stade Français in Saint-Cloud from 1912 to 1914, then, after World War I , was contested there again in 1920, 1921 and 1923, with the 1922 tournament held at Brussels , Belgium. Winners of this tournament included world No. 1's such as Tony Wilding from New Zealand (1913, 1914) and Bill Tilden from the US (1921). In 1924 there was no World Hard Court Championships due to tennis being played at the Paris Olympic Games. In 1925, the French Championships became open to all amateurs internationally and was designated a major championship by the ILTF. It was held at the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud (site of the previous World Hardcourt Championships) in 1925 and 1927, on clay courts. In 1926 the Racing Club de France hosted the event in Paris, site of the previous French Championship, also on clay. After the Mousquetaires or Philadelphia Four ( René Lacoste , Jean Borotra , Henri Cochet , and Jacques Brugnon ) won the Davis Cup on American soil in 1927, the French decided to defend the cup in 1928 at a new tennis stadium at Porte d'Auteuil. The Stade de France had offered the tennis authorities three hectares of land with the condition that the new stadium must be named after the World War I pilot , Roland Garros . The new Stade de Roland Garros , and its Center Court (which was named Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988) hosted that Davis Cup challenge. In 1928, the French Internationals were moved there, and the event has been held there ever since. During World War II the tournament was held from 1941 through 1945 on the same grounds but these editions are not recognized by the French governing body, Fédération Française de Tennis . In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon, making it the third Grand Slam event of the year. In 1968, the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go open , allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete. Court number 2 at the French Open. Since 1981, new prizes have been presented: the Prix Orange (for the player demonstrating the best sportsmanship and cooperative attitude with the press), the Prix Citron (for the player with the strongest character and personality) and the Prix Bourgeon (for the tennis player revelation of the year). In another novelty, since 2006 the tournament has begun on a Sunday, featuring 12 singles matches played on the three main courts. Additionally, on the eve of the tournament's opening, the traditional Benny Berthet exhibition day takes place, where the profits go to different charity associations. In March 2007, it was announced that the event would provide equal prize money for both men and women in all rounds for the first time. In 2010, it was announced that the French Open was considering a move away from Roland Garros as part of a continuing rejuvenation of the tournament. Plans to renovate and expand Roland Garros have put aside any such consideration, and the tournament remains in its long time home. Surface characteristics [ edit ] Clay courts slow down the ball and produce a high bounce when compared to 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 these types of players to dominate on the surface. For example, Pete Sampras , known for his huge serve and who won 14 Grand Slam titles, never won the French Open – his best result was reaching the semi-finals in 1996 . Other notable players who have won multiple Grand Slam events but have never won the French Open include John McEnroe , Frank Sedgman , John Newcombe , Venus Williams , Stefan Edberg , Boris Becker , Jimmy Connors , Louise Brough ,  and Virginia Wade ; McEnroe and Edberg lost their sole French Open finals appearances in five sets. On the other hand, players whose games are more suited to slower surfaces, such as Rafael Nadal , Björn Borg , Ivan Lendl , Mats Wilander , Justine Henin and Chris Evert , have found great success at this tournament.  In the Open Era , the only male players who have won both the French Open and Wimbledon , played on faster grass courts, are Rod Laver , Jan Kodeš , Björn Borg , Andre Agassi , Rafael Nadal , Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer . Borg's French Open—Wimbledon double was achieved three times consecutively (1978, 1979, 1980) and regarded by Wimbledon officials as "the most difficult double in tennis." The feat took 28 years to be repeated and was done 3 times consecutively, twice by Rafael Nadal (2008, 2010) and once by Roger Federer (2009). Expansion vs. relocation [ edit ] From 2004–2008 there were off and on plans to build a covered stadium with a roof. There have also been various proposals to expand the facility or to move the French Open to a completely new, 55-court venue outside of Paris city limits.  In 2011 it was decided to keep the tournament at Roland-Garros. The expansion project calls for a new stadium to be built alongside the historical Auteuil's greenhouses and expansion of old stadiums and the tournament village. In May 2015, the city council voted against the expansion project, but on 9 June 2015 Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced the signing of the construction permits, with work scheduled to begin in September of that year and concluding in 2019. In December 2015, the Paris Administrative Court once again halted renovation work. The French Tennis Federation is appealing the decision. Opponents, however, vow to continue to fight the expansion plans in the courts. Ball boys and ball girls [ edit ] At the 2010 French Open there were 250 "ramasseurs de balles" which in English translates literally as "gatherers of balls".  They are aged between 12 and 16 years old, and dress in matching shirts and shorts. The 250 ball boys and ball girls are chosen to take part in the French Open by an application and selection process, which in 2010 had approximately 2,500 applicants from across France. Upon selection the ball boys and ball girls participate in preparatory training in the weeks leading up to the French Open to ensure that they are prepared for the day they set foot on the tennis court in front of a global audience. Prize money and ranking points [ edit ] Suzanne Lenglen Court at Roland Garros. For 2018, the prize money purse was increased to €39,197,000. If a player makes it to the indicated round, they will receive the points and money listed (provided they don't make it to a further round). Men and women often receive different point values based on the rules of their respective tours. Players receive prize money and points as follows: Prize Money (2018) Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R Singles Points (M/F) 2000 1200 / 1300 720 / 780 360 / 430 180 / 240 90 / 130 45 / 70 10/10 Prize money €2,200,000 €1,120,000 €560,000 €380,000 €222,000 €130,000 €79,000 €40,000 Doubles Points (M/F) 2000 1200 / 1300 720 / 780 360 / 430 180 / 240 90 / 130 – – Prize money * €560,000 €280,000 €139,000 €76,000 €41,000 €22,000 €11,000 – Mixed Doubles Points NA NA NA NA NA NA – – Prize money * €120,000 €60,000 €30,000 €17,000 €9,500 €4,750 – – *per team Champions [ edit ] Past champions [ edit ] Men's Singles , winner of the Coupe des Mousquetaires Women's Singles , winner of the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen Men's Doubles , winners of the Coupe Jacques Brugnon Women's Doubles , winners of the Coupe Simone Mathieu Mixed Doubles , winners of the Coupe Marcel Bernard The trophies, designed and made by Maison Mellerio dits Meller , 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 trophies they have won. Current champions [ edit ] Rafael Nadal was the winner of the Men's Singles in 2018. It was his seventeenth Grand Slam singles title and a record-extending 11th title at Roland Garros. Simona Halep was the winner of the Women's Singles in 2018. It was her first Grand Slam title. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2018. It was his third Grand Slam title. Nicolas Mahut was part of the winning Men's Doubles team in 2018. It was his third Grand Slam title. Barbora Krejčíková was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2018. It was her first Grand Slam title. Kateřina Siniaková was part of the winning Women's Doubles team in 2018. It was her first Grand Slam title. Latisha Chan was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2018. It was her first Grand Slam in mixed doubles title. Ivan Dodig was part of the winning Mixed Doubles team in 2018. It was his first Grand Slam in mixed doubles title. Event Champion Runner-up Score 2018 Men's Singles Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 2018 Women's Singles Simona Halep Sloane Stephens 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 2018 Men's Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut Oliver Marach Mate Pavić 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) 2018 Women's Doubles Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya 6–3, 6–3 2018 Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig Gabriela Dabrowski Mate Pavić 6–1, 6–7 (5–7) , [10–8] Records [ edit ] Record Era Player(s) Num. Years Men since 1891 Winner of most men's singles titles Before 1925: (French club members only event) Max Decugis 8 1903–1904, 1907–1909, 1912–1914 1925–1967: Henri Cochet 4 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932 Note: Also won World Hard Court Championship in 1922 After 1967: Rafael Nadal 11 2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2018 Winner of most consecutive men's singles titles Before 1925: (French club members only event) Paul Aymé 4 1897–1900 1925–1967: Frank Parker Jaroslav Drobný Tony Trabert Nicola Pietrangeli 2 1948–1949 1951–1952 1954–1955 1959–1960 After 1967: Rafael Nadal 5 2010–2014 Winner of most men's doubles titles Before 1925: (French club members only event) Max Decugis 13 1902–1909,  1911–1914, 1920 1925–1967: Roy Emerson 6 1960, 1962 with Neale Fraser , 1961 with Rod Laver , 1963 with Manuel Santana , 1964 with Ken Fletcher , 1965 with Fred Stolle After 1967: Daniel Nestor Max Mirnyi 4 2007 with Mark Knowles , 2010 with Nenad Zimonjić , 2011, 2012 with Max Mirnyi 2005, 2006 with Jonas Björkman , 2011, 2012 with Daniel Nestor Winner of most consecutive men's doubles titles Before 1925: (French club members only event) Maurice Germot 10 1906–1914, 1920 1925–1967: Roy Emerson 6 1960–1965 After 1967: Daniel Nestor 3 2010–2012 Winner of most mixed doubles titles – Men Before 1925: (French club members only event) Max Decugis 7 1904–1906, 1908–1909, 1914 and 1920 with Suzanne Lenglen 1925-today: Ken Fletcher Jean-Claude Barclay 3 1963–1965 with Margaret Court 1968, 1971, 1973 with Françoise Dürr Winner of most titles (total: singles, doubles, mixed) – men Before 1925: (French club members only event) Max Decugis 29 1902–1920 (8 singles, 14 doubles, 7 mixed) 1925-today: Rafael Nadal 11 2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2018 (11 singles) Women since 1897 Winner of most women's singles titles Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Suzanne Lenglen 6 1920–1923, 1925–1926 Note: Also won World Hard Court Championship in 1914, 1921–1923 After 1967: Chris Evert 7 1974–1975, 1979–1980, 1983, 1985–1986 Winner of most consecutive women's singles titles Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Jeanne Matthey Suzanne Lenglen 4 1909–1912 1920–1923 After 1967: / Monica Seles Justine Henin 3 1990–1992 2005–2007 Winner of most women's doubles titles Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Simonne Mathieu 6 1933, 1934 with Elizabeth Ryan , 1936–1937, 1938 with Billie Yorke , 1939 with Jadwiga Jędrzejowska After 1967: / Martina Navratilova 7 1975 with Chris Evert, 1982 with Anne Smith , 1984–1985, 1987, 1988 with Pam Shriver , 1986 with Andrea Temesvári Winner of most consecutive women's doubles titles Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Françoise Dürr 5 1967–1971 After 1967: / Martina Navratilova Gigi Fernández 5 1984–1987, 1988 with Pam Shriver , 1986 with Andrea Temesvári 1991 with Jana Novotná , 1992–95 with Natasha Zvereva Winner of most mixed doubles titles – women Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Suzanne Lenglen 7 1914, 1920 with Max Decugis , 1921–1923, 1925, 1926 with Jacques Brugnon After 1967: Françoise Dürr 3 1968, 1971, 1973 with Jean-Claude Barclay Winner of most titles (total: singles, doubles, mixed) – women Till 1967: (incl. French club members only era) Suzanne Lenglen 15 1919–1926 (6 singles, 2 doubles, 7 mixed) After 1967: / Martina Navratilova 11 1974–1988 (2 singles, 7 doubles, 2 mixed) Miscellaneous Youngest winner Men: Michael Chang 17 years and 3 months Women: / Monica Seles 16 years and 6 months Oldest winner Men: Andre Vacherot 40 years and 9 months Women: Zsuzsa Körmöczy 33 years and 10 months Unseeded Winners Men: Marcel Bernard Mats Wilander Gustavo Kuerten Gastón Gaudio 1946 1982 1997 2004 Women: Margaret Scriven Jeļena Ostapenko 1933 2017 Television coverage [ edit ] 2010 French Open – Court Philippe Chatrier Broadcast rights to the French Open (as of 2016) are as follows: France [ edit ] FranceTV Sports & EuroSport 1&2. France Télévisions and Eurosport hold the broadcast rights to the French Open in 2016. United Kingdom [ edit ] ITV Sport and Eurosport holds broadcasting rights to show the French Open tennis tournaments until 2021. The bulk of the daily coverage is broadcast on ITV4 although both singles finals plus other weekend matches are shown on ITV . John Inverdale hosts the coverage. Commentators include Jim Courier , Amélie Mauresmo , Sam Smith , Mark Petchey , Nick Mullins and Fabrice Santoro . Studio presentation for the French Open on Eurosport is hosted by Annabel Croft with the segment Hawk-Eye presented by former British Number 2 Jason Goodall . (Goodall was briefly ranked ahead of Chris Bailey , Nick Brown , Andrew Castle , Nick Fulwood , Mark Petchey , and James Turner , in May 1989). United States [ edit ] Tennis Channel & NBC. NBC 's coverage of the French Open began in 1975 . Tennis Channel owns pay television rights to the tournament. Coverage of morning window (U.S. time) matches were sub-licensed to ESPN for broadcast by ESPN2 from 2007 through 2015. In August 2015, ESPN announced that it would discontinue its sub-licensing and drop coverage of the French Open beginning in 2016, with network staff citing that because of the structure of the arrangement, its coverage "did not fit our successful model at the other three Majors"—where ESPN is the exclusive rightsholder. Tennis Channel chose to retain these rights under its new owner Sinclair Broadcast Group , nearly doubling the amount of coverage Tennis Channel will air from Roland Garros. Other than a three-year stint on CBS , NBC has remained the American television network home of the French Open since 1983 . NBC shows weekend morning early-round matches in the afternoon via tape-delay .  If a match is still being played, it is shown live. Other broadcasters cannot show NBC's tape-delayed matches. NBC also shows a tape-delayed version of the men's semifinal, broadcasting it in the late morning of the same day. It broadcasts both singles finals. Other areas [ edit ] Europe – Eurosport until 2021 Canada – RDS (French) & TSN (English) Caribbean – ESPN Caribbean Latin America – ESPN (except Brazil) Brazil – BandSports Southern Africa – SuperSport Middle East – beIN Sports Indian Subcontinent – Star Sports Select Pan-Asia region – Fox Sports Australia – Fox Sports and SBS Sport New Zealand – Sky NZ Fiji & Pacific Islands – Fox Sports Japan – WOWOW See also [ edit ] List of French Open men's singles champions List of French Open women's singles champions List of French Open men's doubles champions List of French Open women's doubles champions List of French Open mixed doubles champions Singles Finals , records and statistics Notes [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roland Garros . Official website (in French) Roland Garros on France2 (in French) Roland Garros on ina.fr : more than 600 hours of audio/visual archives Photos of Roland Garros French Open – All winners and runners-up. Reference book Preceded by Australian Open Grand Slam Tournament May–June Succeeded by Wimbledon Coordinates : 48°50′49.8″N 2°14′57.3″E ﻿ / ﻿ 48.847167°N 2.249250°E ﻿ / 48.847167; 2.249250