The French Open is organised over two weeks between late May and early June. It is also affectionately referred to as the Roland-Garros, after the famed French aviator. It is at around this time that the competition got its more familiar name. In 1968, the French Championship was the first Grand Slam to become an Open, and welcome both professional and amateur players from across the globe. During the second world war, the official competition was not organised, but one based on the same rules was, however, this was not recognised by the Fédération Française de Tennis, the French tennis governing body. In the years that followed, the tennis competition was organised in a variety of courts, but these were primarily always clay. Briggs and he qualified for the championship as he lived in Paris.īy 1925, the French Championships evolved to welcome international amateur players. At the time, only national players who were part of national clubs could join, however, perhaps ironically, a Briton won the first competition. This historic tennis competition dates back to 1891 when the French Championships were first held.
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