the roland garros tennis tournament was named after roland garros.
who was the roland garros tennis tournament named after?
roland garros
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eugène adrien roland georges garros (; 6 october 1888 – 5 october 1918) was a french pioneering aviator and fighter pilot during world war i and early days of aviation. in 1928, the roland garros tennis stadium was named in his memory; the french open tennis tournament takes the name of roland-garros from the stadium in which it is held.





























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eugène adrien roland georges garros was born in saint-denis, réunion, and studied at the lycée janson de sailly and hec paris.
roland garros (aviator)
since 2005 he has covered, for the tv news shows 13 h and 20 h, major sporting events: the beijing olympics, vancouver olympics, sochi olympics, london olympics, euro 2012, the tour de france, roland-garros tennis tournament, the 6 nations tournament rugby tournament, the dakar car race, the davis cup, the skiing world championships, and route du rhum. in september 2010, he was appointed part-time presenter of the news shows 7 am and 8 am for "télématin".
julien benedetto