<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Last completed </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 2018 French Open </Td> </Tr> <P> The French Open (French: Championnats Internationaux de France de Tennis), also called Roland - Garros (French: (ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos)), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland - Garros in Paris, France . The venue is 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 is currently the only Grand Slam event held on clay, and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season . Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship, the slow - playing surface and the best - of - five - set men's singles matches (without a tiebreak in the final set), the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world . </P> <P> Officially named in French Championnats Internationaux de France de tennis and Tournoi de Roland - Garros (the "French International Championships of Tennis" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is referred to in English as the "French Open" and alternatively as "Roland Garros", which is the designation used by the tournament itself in all languages . French spelling rules dictate that in the name of a place or event named after a person, the elements of the name are joined together with a hyphen . Therefore, the names of the stadium and the tournament are hyphenated as Roland - Garros . </P>

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