The French Open is also called by the name of a city.
Named after the French aviator Roland Garros , it is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments , the other three being the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open.
The French Open , often referred to as Roland-Garros -LRB- -LSB- ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs -RSB- -RRB- , is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris , France.
