Roland Garros has stood as one of the world's premier tennis arenas. Fittingly, the stadium was built as the direct result of a French Championships success at Porte D'Auteuil. Housed on a three-hectare site provided by the city of Paris, the arena was named after France's heroic wartime aviator, Roland Garros.
Garros was a pioneering aviator and war hero, who was sadly killed in combat only five weeks before the Armistice. Ever since its construction, Roland Garros has experienced a lot of alterations that have enabled the stadium to fulfil the requirements of modern tennis. It is recognised by many as the home of clay court tennis.
This Parisian clay is known to be a ghost for the seeded players. It is the surface where many of the biggest names in tennis have floundered over the years.
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