French Championships
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| Founded | 1891 |
| Editions | 115 (2016) |
| Location |
Paris (XVIe) France |
| Venue | Tennis Club de Paris, at Auteuil (some of the years from 1895–1908) Île de Puteaux (some of the years from 1891–1908) Racing Club de France (some of the years 1891 to 1908 and also all years from 1910–1924, 1926) Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose in Bordeaux (1909) Stade Français (1925, 1927) Stade Roland Garros (1928–present) |
| Surface | Sand – Île de Puteaux Clay – All other venues (Outdoors) |
| Prize money |
€30,717,500 (2016) $32,867,725 (2016) |
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| Draw | 128S / 128Q / 64D |
| Current champions |
 Novak Djokovic (singles) Feliciano López Marc López (doubles)
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| Most singles titles | 9 Rafael Nadal
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| Most doubles titles | 13 Max Decugis
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| Draw | 128S / 96Q / 64D |
| Current champions |
Garbiñe Muguruza (singles) Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic (doubles)
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| Most singles titles | 7 Chris Evert
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| Most doubles titles | 7 / Martina Navratilova
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| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions |
 Martina Hingis Leander Paes
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| Most titles (male) | 7 Max Decugis
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| Most titles (female) | 7 Suzanne Lenglen
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| 2016 French Open | |
€30,717,500 (2016)
The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros (French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs]), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. 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. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam event held on clay and ends the clay-court season.
Because of the slow-playing surface and the 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.
Officially named in French Internationaux de France de tennis and Tournoi de Roland-Garros (the "French Internationals of tennis" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is often 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, was begun. It was 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:
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