Roland Garros match results
And if you suddenly miss one or more battles of this clay tournament, then on the livesports.ws website you can always find the results of the last round of Roland Garros tennis. This site option will allow fans of this sport to always be aware of the events of the tournament. Users have already appreciated the convenience of this service and are strongly advised to find out the results of Roland Garros tennis matches here.One of the world's most important tennis tournaments and one of the Grand Slam tournaments, Roland Garros is incredibly popular both in France and around the world. This trend has led to the fact that the existing venues simply cannot accommodate everyone, so we are soon expecting a large-scale modernization of the arena and tennis facilities of the famous French Championship.
Basic information about the Roland Garros tournament
The first Championship tournament was held quite soon after the emergence of tennis as a sport - in 1891, and included only competitions for men in singles. Six years later, women's performances began to be practiced, and in 1925 Roland Garros accepted international status.
Almost always, competitions were held in the capital of France, and only once was an exception made - Roland Garros was held in Bordeaux in 1909.
History of the Championship
The very first tournament had a very prestigious status - only professional tennis players or club members could become participants. This secrecy led to rapid development international competitions in other countries where they were not so zealous about participating in the National Championship.
As a result, Roland Garros became international only in 1925, but the arena itself was opened only two years later, after the famous French victory at the Davis Cup. The tournament received its name from the famous French aviator - military pilot Roland Garros flew more than 700 kilometers without landing across the Mediterranean Sea.
During the Second World War, during the Nazi occupation, the arena served as a place for temporary housing of Jews before being sent to places of execution and torture. This sad era in history sports facility lasted about five years.
Upcoming modernization of Roland Garros |
In the late 60s of the last century, Roland Garros became one of the Grand Slam tournaments, which led to an incredible increase in its popularity. In order to accommodate the huge number of people wishing to attend the competition, the following modernization was carried out:
- Green areas have been reorganized
- The transition to electronic type of tickets has been carried out,
- Changes have been made to the markings and signage system.
It has become much more comfortable to move around the arena, but administrators are already concerned about expanding the playing tennis area, so literally in 2018, grandiose and significant changes are expected in the size of the courts, as well as other aspects.
Venue: Paris, France
Time: 27.5.2018 - 10.6.2018
Coating: hard
General prize fund: €21,017,000
Tournament description:
Every year, the end of May and the beginning of June belongs to the French Open tennis championship, which is part of the Cup tournament Grand Slam. The tournament features women's and men's singles, women's and men's doubles, mixed doubles, veterans' and juniors' matches, as well as meetings between disabled athletes.
Previously, the championship was allotted one day, and only French tennis players and members visiting French clubs took part in it. tennis clubs. The winner of the first tournament was an Englishman, and the winner of the women's tournament was a Frenchwoman. At first the competition was not popular due to the lack of the best tennis players in the world, but after the tournament received international status, the situation changed.
French tournament before construction new arena Roland Garros, named after the hero of France, a military pilot and aviator, was held on grass courts. One sad fact is known in the history of the famous stadium, when France during Patriotic War was occupied by German troops, a camp for Jews was located on it. The French can watch the matches of the tournament for free on a huge screen installed in front of the Paris City Hall.
The absolute winner in men's singles, who received 8 titles, is Max Decuzhi; in women, Chris Evert has 7 victories.
Total number of wins in singles and doubles, and also mixed doubles can boast of the Frenchman Henri Cochet, who won 13 titles, respectively 5:3:2, the most titled of the women was the representative of Australia Margaret Smith Court, who won 13 victories (5:4:4).
Michael Chang and Monica Seles are the youngest French Grand Slam winners. Tennis players from Spain and the USA scored the most victories.
When does the tournament start?
Open Championship French tennis tournaments traditionally take place at the same time, namely at the end of May - beginning of June. Last year's edition of the championship took place from May 28 to June 11, 2017. On at the moment The exact dates of the tournament and the schedule of upcoming matches are not known, but according to the organizers, this information will be available at the end of April 2018. As for the venue of the competition, it also remains unchanged - this is the territory of the legendary Parisian sports complex Roland Garros. Despite the fact that the SC has 24 tennis courts, tournament games are held on only three of them - Philippe Chatrier, Suzanne Langlenn and Court No. 1. The most spacious of them is the first. Its walls can freely accommodate 15,000 fans. The second and third arenas are less spacious: they are designed for 10,000 and 3,700 seats, respectively.
Roland Garros 2018 participants
As stated by the organizers of the championship, dozens of titled athletes from different countries world, who will perform in two main categories - adult and junior. Athletes from the first category will challenge the right to own the trophy in the following categories:
- women's singles;
- men's single;
- women's doubles;
- men's doubles;
- mixed (mixed).
Juniors will perform in the same categories as adult tennis players, with the exception of the latter.
Athletes occupying the top lines of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) rankings automatically become holders of a direct ticket to the championship. Other racquet masters who do not have a passing score will have to go through a series of qualifying games.
In last year's edition of Roland Garros, 63 athletes took part in the men's singles, 32 of whom qualified directly, 17 entered the tournament based on the results of preliminary competitions, and 14 received special invitations from the ATP. The list of seeded tennis players was as follows:
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia);
- Rafael Nadal (Spain);
- Marin Cilic (Croatia);
- Andy Murray (Great Britain);
- Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic);
- Stanislav Wawrinka (Switzerland);
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France).
There were slightly fewer representatives of the women's category at Roland Garros 2017. Among the 57 participants in the tournament, viewers could see such stars tennis, How:
- Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia);
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia);
- Venus Williams (USA);
- Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic);
- Gabriné Muguruza (Spain);
- Kristina Mladenovic (France);
- Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland).
Roland Garros 2018 favorites
As mentioned earlier, dozens of professional athletes from all over the world are vying for victory in the tournament and substantial prize money. Considering this factor, even experienced experts find it difficult to predict the future winner of Roland Garros. The only help in this matter is the statistics from last year's championship.
In 2017, Spaniard Rafael Nadal won the men's singles title. In a tense final match, he managed to beat the experienced Swiss Stanislav Wawrinka. As for the main favorite of Roland Garros 2017, Novak Djokovic, he dropped out of the tournament at the quarter-final stage, losing to the modest Austrian Dominic Thiem.
If in the men's singles Nadal's triumph did not surprise anyone, then in the women's singles there was a real sensation. The victory here was won by the young tennis player from Latvia, Elena Ostapenko. It is noteworthy that this athlete was not among the seeded and none of the professional experts considered her as a potential contender for a prize.
In the men's doubles, the strongest duo was Michael Venus and Ryan Harrison, who celebrated their victory over the American-Mexico team of Donald Young and Santiago Gonzalez.
In the women's doubles, luck favored the representative of the Czech Republic, Lucia Safarova, and the American Bethany Matek-Sands. Their victory was their third Grand Slam achievement together.
In the mixed doubles final, the duo of Martina Higgins and Leandra Pesa were opposed by the pair of Ivan Dodig and Sani Mirza. This time luck was on the side of the more experienced tennis players. Despite her age, Martina Higgins managed to show a brilliant performance and proved that she can still be a worthy competitor to young athletes.
Summing up
Last year's Roland Garros season not only delighted tennis fans with exciting matches, but also gave them plenty of food for thought. Once again it was proven that a high ATP ranking is not an absolute guarantee of winning the championship title. Thus, fans can fully hope that the upcoming tournament in France will be just as bright and unpredictable.
Information for fans:
- date: May 27 – June 10, 2018;
- Venue: Paris ( sports complex Roland Garros);
- French Open season: 117.
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Year of origin: 1891 (male one); 1897(female one); 1925 (international)
Host city: France, Paris; In 1909 - in Bordeaux
Coverage: Soil
National game
The French were very jealous of the above fact, and therefore in 1891 they held their first National Closed Championship. Only French tennis players, as well as members of French clubs, could take part in it. Along with a fair amount of patriotism, there was also a significant miscalculation: the game for a long time could not “gain momentum” and remained in the shadow of other international competitions, where athletes from all over the world were allowed.
Entering the international arena
Who is Roland Garros
Contrary to the obvious assumption, Roland Garros was not the tennis player who made the French famous throughout the world. He was indeed a member of the club, but did not become famous for his significant victories on the court. His element was the sky. Roland Garros was a wartime pilot and pioneer aviator who flew a 730-kilometer non-stop flight over the Mediterranean Sea.
A tragic fact of military history
The Second World War swept through France with a harsh tread, leaving its mark on the famous tennis arena. When the Nazis occupied French territories, Roland Garros was assigned the role of a kind of “waiting room” where Jews were temporarily placed and then sent to the east for subsequent torture and execution. The ringing of applause, the cheers of the fans and the booming sounds of the racket hitting the ball left the famous arena for five years.
Need for growth
Having received the status of a Grand Slam tournament in 1968, Roland Garros began to host professionals along with amateurs on its ground. Once upon a time, the French were upset by the “closedness” and “unpopularity” of one of their favorite national species sports. Today they have a different problem - the incredible popularity of tennis in general and the French Open Tennis Championship (the second name of Roland Garros) forces the organizers to think not only and not so much about modernization, but about expanding the tennis arena. The modernization has already affected the comfort of moving around the stadium itself, as well as a number of other aspects:
- reorganization of green areas;
- transition to electronic tickets;
- changing the markings and signage system.
However, according to the organizers, the most significant and large-scale changes will affect, and in 2018 a completely new and modern Roland Garros will appear before an audience of millions.
