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The tournament has been organized in may since it inception in 1987 and serves as a warmup event to the french open which is played a week later. It is the second of the grand slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. He published the first book of rules that year and took out a patent on his. Yuzuru hanyu men, alexandra trusova ladies, aleksandra boikova and. Media in category 2000 roland garros the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Tennis in france tennis courts, french open, links. Ladies singles, men singles, pairs skating, ice dancing division.
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The french open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late may and early june in paris, france, at the stade roland garros. The olympic games are an international sports festival that began in ancient greece. Short program, free skate, medal ceremony, gala previous champions. Nathan chen, speeding up as a sophomore, heads to france. The tournament was originally known as the international lawn tennis challenge.