Stade Roland Garros
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The Stade de Roland Garros (Roland Garros Stadium) is located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, and is home of the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, played every year in May and June. The stadium is named after Roland Garros, an early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot during World War I, who, on September 23, 1913, had become the first man to fly a plane over the Mediterranean Sea.
The stadium grounds also contain the Tenniseum, a museum of tennis.
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- Official site of the French Tennis Federation
- History from the official 2005 French Open site
