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3 unusual facts about Roland Garros


Roland Garros

French Open, a major (grand slam) tennis tournament also known as Roland Garros, named after the aviator

Stade Roland Garros, a tennis stadium complex in Paris, France, where the French Open is played

Roland Garros Airport, the airport in Saint-Denis, Réunion, named after the aviator


Airdrome Morane Saulnier L

The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War French Morane-Saulnier L fighter, first flown by French aviator Roland Garros to shoot down an enemy aircraft with a forward-firing machine gun in March 1915.

Ghost stations of the Paris Métro

Porte Molitor is a station constructed in 1923 on a linking of lines 9 and 10 and was originally intended to service the stadiums Parc des Princes and Roland Garros on the nights of matches.

Morane-Saulnier L

In December 1914, renowned French aviator Roland Garros, then serving with Escadrille 23, worked with Raymond Saulnier to create a gun synchronizer, around the gas operated Hotchkiss light machine gun, however the firing rate fluctuated too much, defeating efforts to get the synchronizer to function properly.

Rainer Kuhlmey

He has won several national titles (including the 1968 German Team Championships with Eintracht Frankfurt), took part in several international tournaments, such as Beaulieu and Cannes Championships, and represented Germany in the main draw of the 1971 French Open – Men's Singles competition at Roland Garros, Paris.


see also

Lorne Main

At Roland Garros, Main defeated his first two opponents, Frenchmen, handily to set up a third round encounter with No. 7 seed Mervyn Rose.

Río Tercero, Córdoba

Ivanna Madruga, tennis player that reached US Open semifinals (1980 and 1982) and Roland Garros semifinals (1980 and 1983)

Veronika Martinek

In 1995, she lost on the 3rd round of Roland-Garros to Adriana Serra Zanetti, this being her best performance in Grand Slam tournaments.