Roland Garros
Proper noun
Meaning
Roland Garros
The French Open, one of the four events in the Grand Slam.
Examples
After losing back-to-back finals to Nadal at Roland Garros in 2018 and ’19 and then falling to Djokovic in five sets in the championship match at this year’s Australian Open, Thiem beat Zverev to finally win his first major at the U.S. Open in September.
Agassi was raised on hardcourts, but found much of his early major-tournament success on the red clay of Roland Garros, reaching two consecutive finals there early in his career.
Alex Eala marches into the second round of the Roland Garros Juniors after a straight-set victory over a Hungarian foe.
A quarter-final at Roland Garros at the age of 19 is exactly that.
But while there were 1,000 fans to cheer him on in the final at Roland Garros, none were at the Bercy Arena because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Former French Open finalist Robin Soderling shot to stardom by beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in 2009.