French Open Tennis Roof

With a new retractable roof now available at the u s.

French open tennis roof.

The final major of a bizarre 2020 calendar. A retractable roof is essential. The exclusive home of roland garros tennis delivering live scores schedules draws players news photos videos and the most complete coverage of the 2020 roland garros tournament. The iconic philippe chatrier court finally has a retractable roof installed and the floodlights are operational too.

The french open 2020 is about to begin in a week s time. The french open tennis clay court major starts sunday 27 sept. The name philippe chatrier will be repeated often in the coming days as people refer to the stadium at roland garros with a brand new roof one that was supposed to shelter 16 000 people in case. Never mind what month or season it is.

The pandemic forced the shift of the french open at roland garros from may to late september making the completion of a new roof over philippe chatrier court the largest stadium at the paris. The court is hosting the only play as rain thwarted the start of all other matches at roland garros. Open in new york city to the italian open in rome and now roland garros as it s known in france. Open the french open is the only major tournament without a structure allowing play to go on during rainy days.

Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year. Tennis news tennis interviews in an interview to welovetennis gilles jourdan commented on the philippe chatrier stadium going through renovations in the french open. French open welcomes new roof on philippe chatrier court tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for.