French Open Courts With Roof

The french open is one of the most historic competitions in the world but the clay court venue has been brought bang up to date with the addition of a retractable roof.

French open courts with roof.

It is named after roland garros a pioneering french aviator. Open the french open is the only major tournament without a structure allowing play to go on during rainy days. See the coming transformation of philippe chatrier court and its retractable roof. Stade roland garros is a complex of tennis courts located in paris that hosts the french open a tournament also known as roland garros.

The facility was constructed in 1928 to host france s first defence of the davis cup. Court philippe chatrier s retractable roof will also be in operation from 2020 and french tennis federation president bernard giudicelli confirmed that it would be used if necessary and that night. The structure covers roland. Its 11 pane retractable roof is currently being fitted.

Fortunately we have these. Discover the future philippe chatrier court and its retractable roof. The pandemic forced the shift of the french open at roland garros from may to late september making the completion of a new roof over philippe chatrier court the largest stadium at the paris. Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year.

The spectacular transformation of philippe chatrier court is well underway. Les jardins de rol. It is a grand slam championship tournament played annually around the end of may and the beginning of june. 8 sections are already in place and the last 3 will be installed by the end of january 2020.

Over the last 10 years the australian open wimbledon and the us open all constructed retractable roofs while the french open remained vulnerable to paris temperamental spring weather.