Roland Garros

Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge To Begin On April 4

ORLANDO, February 15, 2022 (USTA Press Release) The Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes clay-court professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the French Open, is returning this spring and will […]

Louise Sartor Designs Official Roland-Garros 2022 Poster

FFT Press Release, February 2, 2022 Every year since 1980, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has brought the contemporary art world together with Roland-Garros by entrusting the task of designing the official tournament poster to an artist. Following its latest […]

Amélie Mauresmo Appointed As Director Of Roland-Garros Tournament

PARIS, December 9, 2021 (FFT Press Release) At the suggestion of Gilles Moretton, President of the French Tennis Federation, and of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Director General of the FFT, the FFT executive board has decided to appoint Amélie Mauresmo as Director […]

Roland-Garros Defends Its Handling Of Osaka Situation

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The organizers of Roland-Garros said they did everything possible to protect Naomi Osaka while admitting they wanted to do more to support players in the future. During a press conference before the men’s championship […]

Djokovic’s Roland-Garros Triumph Was A Win-Win

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 15, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Novak Djokovic rewrote tennis history with his come-from-behind 6-7 (8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his second Roland-Garros men’s championship and 19th Grand Slam trophy overall on Sunday […]

Krejcikova On Success: ‘Now I Can Just Improve’

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 14, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Barbora Krejcikova won her first Grand Slam singles title, unseeded and coming from out of nowhere to capture the 2021 French Open women’s championship, the rising star from the Czech Republic had […]

Djokovic Digs Deep, Wins Second Roland-Garros Title

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 13, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Following his brilliant four-set victory over 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal two days earlier, Novak Djokovic had a chance to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title in the men’s championship of […]