French Championships

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Grand Slam tournament tennis tournament

The French Championships, now known as the French Open, is one of tennis’s four Grand Slam tournaments, played on clay courts at Roland Garros in Paris.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
French Championships 1934	2
French Championships 1936	2
French Championships 1935	1
French Championships – men's singles	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grand Slam tournament ⓘ tennis tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	French Open NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland-Garros NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	professional tennis tournament ⓘ
city	Paris ⓘ
cityCountry	Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
courtType	outdoor ⓘ
draw	128-player singles draw ⓘ
eventType	junior events ⓘ men's doubles ⓘ men's singles ⓘ mixed doubles ⓘ wheelchair tennis events ⓘ women's doubles ⓘ women's singles ⓘ
firstHeld	1891 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Fédération Française de Tennis NERFINISHED ⓘ
GrandSlamOrder	second Grand Slam of the calendar year ⓘ
grandSlamSeriesWith	Australian Open NERFINISHED ⓘ US Open NERFINISHED ⓘ Wimbledon Championships NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVenue	Court Philippe-Chatrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Court Simonne-Mathieu NERFINISHED ⓘ Court Suzanne-Lenglen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	major tennis championship ⓘ
location	Roland Garros NERFINISHED ⓘ
monthPlayed	May–June ⓘ
namedAfter	Roland Garros NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	only Grand Slam played on clay ⓘ
partOf	Grand Slam ⓘ
surface	clay ⓘ
surfaceCategory	slow surface ⓘ
surfaceColor	red clay ⓘ
tourCategory	ATP Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ WTA Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourLevel	ATP Grand Slam NERFINISHED ⓘ WTA Grand Slam NERFINISHED ⓘ