The French Open which mentioned to Roland Garros is a major tennis affair in Paris. Every year it occurred over two weeks from May last week to June first week. The full form of the tournament is “French Internationals of Roland Garros” which referred to French Open or Roland Garros. It is the master clay pitch tennis championship event throughout the world and the second most annual Grand Slum out of four. The either three subsistence are the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. French Open Tennis is the only Grand Slam event which executed on clay courts and ended the clay court season. The affair is widely conceived to be the most anatomical demanding tennis event in the world.
The French Open Tennis schedule has been announced and the scheduled date confirmed from 22 May to 5 June. Here we providing the full schedule of the tournament.
French Open schedule for 2016 edition
| Session | Date | Time | Courts |
| 1st round | 22 May, Sunday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 1st round | 23 May, Monday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 1st round | 24 May, Tuesday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 2nd round | 25 May, Wednesday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 2nd round | 26 May, Thursday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 3rd round | 27 May, Friday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 3rd round | 28 May, Saturday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 4th Round | 29 May, Sunday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| 4th Round | 30 May, Monday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| Quarter Final Round | 31 May, Tuesday | 11.00 am | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| Quarter Final Round | 01 June, Wednesday | 12.00 pm | Philippe-Chatrier |
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| Women’s Semi-final | 02 June, Thursday | 12.00 pm | Philippe-Chatrier |
| Men’s Semi-final | 03 June, Friday | 12.00 pm | Philippe-Chatrier |
| Women’s Final | 04 June, Saturday | 12.00 pm | Philippe-Chatrier |
| Men’s Final | 05 June, Sunday | 12.00 pm | Philippe-Chatrier |
Full name: French Internationals of Roland Garros
Short Profile of the tournament
Location: Paris, France
Founded: 1891
Surface: Clay
Defending Champion:
Men’s Single: Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Men’s double: Ivan Dodig (Croatia), Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Women’s Single: Serena Williams (United State)
Women’s double: Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic), Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United State)
Mixed double: Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United State), Mike Bryan (United State)
Prize Money: €28,028,600
History of the tournament: About 125 years ago, In 1891 a national tennis tournament was launched to be executed which consisted all the players from France Club. The Paris born Briton H. Briggs was the first winner of the tournament. That time the event was known as the “Championnat de France”, which means “French Championships”. The first women’s singles competition was held in 1897 where the mixed doubles contest was included in 1902. In 1907 the women’s doubles event was taken place in the competition.
Rafael Nadal, the spanish professional tennis player who got the Men’s French Open championship most time of 9 ( 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). On the other side Chris Evert who comes from USA achieved the Women’s trophy maximum in 7 times ( 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986). Let’s see what happen in this time. Who will be the next winner. Learn more by keeping eyes in our site, we will provide you latest sports news.
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