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Roland Garros

Men's Singles

Champions

„I was at Roland-Garros. I don’t remember which year. There was this 17-year-old kid, and I remember that in the locker room, his locker was jammed. He was trying his code, and I thought to myself: he’s a beginner, he doesn’t know, he’s trying to figure it out. Then I heard him grunt and try again. Then he started hitting the locker. I wondered if this guy was serious. And then, at some point, it opened, and I heard him yell 'vamos.' He was in some kind of war with the locker, and he was winning. That’s when I thought to myself, I can’t beat this guy.”
by Andre Agassi (TNT Sports)

Surface

Grass and/or sand - outdoors (1891)
Sand - outdoors (1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907)
Clay - outdoors (1892,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1920-present)

Venue

Racing Club de France - Paris (1891,1892,1908,1910-11,1913-14,1920-24,1926)
Tennis Club de Paris - Paris (1893,1896-1907)
Île de Puteaux - Paris (1894-95)
Societe Athletique de la Villa Primrose - Bordeaux (1909)
Stade Français CASG - Paris (1912,1925,1927)
Stade Roland Garros - Paris (1928-present)

Name of the Tournament

Championnat De France/French Championships (1891-1924, French Championships (1925-1967), French Open/Roland Garros (1968-present)

President

Henri Wallet (1920-1925)
Albert Canet (1925- 1930)
Pierre Gillou (1930-1940)
René Lacoste (1940-1943)
Raymond Rodel (1943-1944)
Pierre Gillou (1944-1953)
Guy de Bazillac (1953-1963)
Robert Soisbault (1963-1966)
Roger Cirotteau (1966-1968)
Marcel Bernard (1968-1973)
Philippe Chatrier (1973-1993)
Christian Bîmes (1993-2009)
Jean Gachassin (February 2009–present)