French Tennis Open
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| Founded | 1891 |
| Editions | 122 (2018) |
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Paris, XVIe 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Draw | 128S / 96Q / 64D |
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Simona Halep (singles) Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | 7 Chris Evert |
| Most doubles titles | 7 Martina Navratilova |
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| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions |
Latisha Chan Ivan Dodig |
| Most titles (male) | 3 Ken Fletcher / Jean-Claude Barclay |
| Most titles (female) | 4 Margaret Smith Court |
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The French Open (French: Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis), officially 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.
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:
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