<P> On 5 October 1918, he was shot down and killed near Vouziers, Ardennes, a month before the end of the war and one day before his 30th birthday . His adversary was probably German ace Hermann Habich from Jasta 49 . </P> <P> Garros is erroneously called the world's first fighter ace . In fact, he shot down only four aircraft; the definition of "ace" is five or more victories . The honour of becoming the first ace went to another French airman, Adolphe Pégoud . </P> <P> A tennis centre, which he attended religiously when he was studying in Paris, was named after him in the 1920s, the Stade de Roland Garros . The stadium accommodates the French Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments . Consequently, the tournament is officially called Les internationaux de France de Roland - Garros (the "French Internationals of Roland Garros"). </P> <P> According to Vũ Trọng Phụng's urban novel Dumb Luck (1936), during colonial times the Hanoi government named the city's main tennis stadium after Roland Garros . </P>

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