French Open Courts With Roof

The facility was constructed in 1928 to host france s first defence of the davis cup.

French open courts with roof.

Stade roland garros is a complex of tennis courts located in paris that hosts the french open a tournament also known as roland garros. The french open is one of the most historic competitions in the world but the clay court venue has been brought bang up to date with the addition of a retractable roof. Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year. The 8 5 hectare complex contains twenty courts including three large capacity stadiums.

The pandemic forced the shift of the french open at roland garros from may to late september making the completion of a new roof over philippe chatrier court the largest stadium at the paris. Discover the roland garros official app. Open the french open is the only major tournament without a structure allowing play to go on during rainy days. Over the last 10 years the australian open wimbledon and the us open all constructed retractable roofs while the french open remained vulnerable to paris temperamental spring weather.

See the coming transformation of philippe chatrier court and its retractable roof. It is named after roland garros a pioneering french aviator. Les jardins de rol. Fortunately we have these.

The structure covers roland. 8 sections are already in place and the last 3 will be installed by the end of january 2020. With a new retractable roof now available at the u s. Its 11 pane retractable roof is currently being fitted.

Court philippe chatrier s retractable roof will also be in operation from 2020 and french tennis federation president bernard giudicelli confirmed that it would be used if necessary and that night.