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Sunday, May 26, 2019

2019 French Open May 26 to June 09,2019

This will be the second Grand Slam tournament of the tennis season with the likes of Simona Halep,Rafael Nadal,Serena Williams,Roger Federer,Novak Djokovicbattle it out on the clay courts of Roland Garros.

The French Open 2019 will start on Sunday, May 26 and run for two weeks until Sunday, June 9.

The French Open 2019 Men’s Singles Final will take place on Sunday June 09,2019


The winner of the final will be awarded the La Coupe des Mousquetaires. 
The trophy is named after the four famous French Open winners: Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Jean Borotra, and Jacques Brugnon. Between them, the players won ten singles titles between 1922-1932.
The French Open 2019 Women’s Singles Final will take place on Saturday June 08,2019
The winner of the women’s final will be awarded the La Coupe Suzanne Lenglen. The trophy is named after the prolific tennis player who won 31 Championship titles during the early 1900s.

Why is it called Roland Garros?


The French Open is referred to as Roland Garros because the tournament’s venue is called the Stade Roland-Garros, named after the French Aviator Roland Garros
The Frenchman was the first person to fly across the Mediterranean and developed the first ever on-board machine gun, which was used in WWI.
The stadium was named after him in 1928, a decade after he was shot down and killed in 1918 over the Ardennes. 

Defending Champions

World Number 2 Rafael Nadal won the 2018 French Open Men’s Singles Final to earn his seventeenth Grand Slam title after beating Dominic Thiem in straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. W.
Whilst, World Number 3 Simona Halep won the Women’s Singles Final beating Sloan Stephens after coming back from losing first set against the American 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

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