"home with his second win, a straight sets 6–4 victory over Cochet. Vines and Keith Gledhill subsequently beat Cochet and Marcel Bernard in the doubles final. Cochet and Virginia Rice were dropped out in the mixed semifinal while Vines reached the finals. These losses sealed the fate of the year-end rankings. In November Cochet only competed in the Toussaint tournament, held at the Tennis Club de Paris, alongside Colette Rosambert with whom he lost to Jean Borotra and his more skilled female partner Helen Wills Moody. The year 1932 marked the first time Cochet slipped off the top of the"
"the long-time president of the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) who helped restore tennis as a Summer Olympics sport in 1988. The four main spectator grandstands are named for ""les Quatre Mousquetaires""—Brugnon, Borotra, Cochet, and Lacoste—in honor of their Davis Cup success, which prompted construction of the facility, and the stadium. As a further tribute, the trophy awarded each year to the French Open men's singles champion is known as ""La Coupe des Mousquetaires."" Built in 1994 and originally designated ""Court A"", Court Suzanne Lenglen is the secondary stadium with a capacity of 10,068 spectators. Its namesake, an international celebrity"
"Jacques Brugnon) won the Davis Cup on American soil in 1927, the French decided to defend the cup in 1928 at a new tennis stadium at Porte d'Auteuil. The ""Stade de France"" had offered the tennis authorities three hectares of land with the condition that the new stadium must be named after the World War I pilot, Roland Garros. The new Stade de Roland Garros, and its Center Court (which was named Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988) hosted that Davis Cup challenge. In 1928, the French Internationals were moved there, and the event has been held there ever since. During"
"1981, as a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and then a full Olympic sport beginning in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. He became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1988. Chatrier retired as president from the International Tennis Federation in 1991. He became a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992. He retired as president of the French Tennis Federation in 1993. Chatrier died in Dinard on 22 June 2000. The main tennis court at the Stade de Roland Garros, the home of the French Open in"
"both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is taking place over a series of twenty clay courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1. Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions"
"first of its kind, to control moisture levels within its surface. In 1994, the walkway between Court Chatrier and Court Lenglen was named ""Allée Marcel Bernard"", in honor of the 1940s-era French champion who died that year. Nicknamed the ""Bullring"" because of its circular shape, Court 1 is the facility's tertiary venue. Its architect, Jean Lovera, a former French junior champion, designed the 3,800-seat structure as a deliberate contrast to the adjacent, angular Court Philippe Chatrier. Built in 1980, the Bullring is a favorite among serious tennis fans because of its relatively small size and feeling of close proximity to"
"won in four sets against the home favorite. The doubles match between Von Kehrling – Jenő Péteri and Cochet – Roger Danet was indefinitely suspended due to bad light conditions at 6–2, 7–9, one set each. The next stop was in Vienna where he won the Austrian International Championships. Returning home he secured his French International Championships title by overcoming Lacoste in the final in four sets. The doubles were won by Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon despite the efforts of Cochet and René de Buzelet. Cochet and recurring partner Bennett added the French hard courts mixed title to their"
"named the city's main tennis stadium after Roland Garros. The international airport of La Réunion, Roland Garros Airport, is also named after him. There is a monument to Garros in Bizerte at the site of his landing, which is called ""Roland Garros Plaza"". The French car manufacturer Peugeot commissioned a 'Roland Garros' limited edition version of its 205 model in celebration of the tennis tournament that bears his name. The model included special paint and leather interior. Because of the success of this special edition, Peugeot later created Roland Garros editions of its 106, 108, 206, 207, 208, 306, 307,"
"Borotra / Jacques Brugnon 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 10–8 Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska defeated Alice Florian / Hella Kovac 7–5, 7–5 Sarah Palfrey / Elwood Cooke defeated Simonne Mathieu / Franjo Kukuljević 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 1939 French Championships (tennis) The 1939 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 8 June until 17 June. It was the 44th staging of the French Championships and the last one held before a six-year hiatus due to World War"
"Janine Bourdin. Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the famous ""Four Musketeers"" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter. Borotra was born in Domaine du Pouy, Biarritz, Aquitaine, the oldest of four children. Known as ""the Bounding Basque"", he won four Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and All England championships."
"and the Étoile Noire (ice hockey). The women's tennis Internationaux de Strasbourg is one of the most important French tournaments of its kind outside Roland-Garros. In 1922, Strasbourg was the venue for the XVI Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. which saw Fiat battle Bugatti, Ballot, Rolland Pilain, and Britain's Aston Martin and Sunbeam. Honours associated with the city of Strasbourg. In chronological order, notable people born in Strasbourg include: Eric of Friuli, Johannes Tauler, Sebastian Brant, Jean Baptiste Kléber, Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, François Christophe Kellermann, Marie Tussaud, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Louis-Frédéric Schützenberger, Gustave Doré, Émile Waldteufel,"
"Borotra–Cochet rivalry This was a tennis rivalry played between French player Jean Borotra and the French player Henri Cochet, which in their respective careers the met 16 times from 1922 until 1949. Jean Borotra a former World Number 2 and four time Grand Slam singles champion and Henri Cochet a former World number 1 and seven time Grand Slam champion, three time ITF Major champion and one time Pro Slam champion and both Davis Cup champions. They first met in each other in the final of the World Covered Court Championships at Palace Lawn Tennis Club, in St. Moritz in"
"The Musketeers were: While Brugnon was primarily a doubles specialist, Borotra, Cochet, and Lacoste won many singles titles. Between them, they won three United States Championships at Forest Hills, six consecutive Wimbledon titles from 1924 through 1929, and 10 titles in 11 years at the French Championships, 1922 through 1932 (up to and including 1924, though, the tournament was only open to members of French tennis clubs, therefore wasn't a major tournament until 1925). From 1926 until 1930 a musketeer, Lacoste or Cochet, was ranked No. 1 in the world and in 1926 and 1927 all four musketeers were ranked"
"Tournoi de Québec The Tournoi de Québec, currently sponsored as Coupe Banque Nationale (or also known as National Bank Cup in English-language media), is a WTA Tour International tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada since 1993. The tournament is the last women's professional tennis tournament still played on indoor carpet courts. It is held at the PEPS stadium. The tournament was known as Challenge Bell from the first edition to 2013. In 1997, Dutchwoman Brenda Schultz-McCarthy defeated Belgian Dominique Van Roost to win her second title in Quebec City (also won in 1995 and finalist in 1994), the"
"world professional tennis tour. The 17,000-seat Bercy Arena (officially named ""AccorHotels Arena"" and formerly known as the ""Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy"") is the venue for the annual Paris Masters ATP Tour tennis tournament and has been a frequent site of national and international tournaments in basketball, boxing, cycling, handball, ice hockey, show jumping and other sports. The Bercy Arena also hosted the 2017 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship, together with Cologne, Germany. The final stages of the FIBA EuroBasket 1999 were also played at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The basketball team Levallois Metropolitans plays some of its games at"
"Paris Masters The Paris Masters (in French commonly referred as Bercy) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the AccorHotels Arena (which was originally known as Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy and formerly known as Bercy Arena), in the neighborhood of Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. The tournament evolved from the French Covered Court Championships. In the open era it was held at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin until 1982. In 1989 it was one"
"Cannes ***** Le Gray D'Albion Barrière ***** Courchevel Hotel Barrière Les Neiges Courchevel ***** Dinard Grand Hôtel Dinard***** Enghien-les-Bains Grand Hôtel Enghien **** Hôtel du Lac**** Le Touquet Le Westminster **** La Baule Castel Marie-Louise ***** Le Royal La Baule ***** L' Hermitage ***** Marrakech Hôtel & Ryads Le Naoura ***** Lille Resort Barrière Lille ***** Ribeauvillé Resort Barrière Ribeauvillé **** Saint Barthélemy Hôtel Barrière Le Carl Gustaf ***** (end of 2017) The 37 casinos are located in resorts along the French coast and in major cities. La Baule, Bénodet, Besançon, Biarritz, Blotzheim, Bordeaux, Briançon, Carnac, Carry-le-Rouet, Cassis, Chamonix, Dax,"
"defeated Bill Tilden (USA) 6–4, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 11–9 Kea Bouman (NED) defeated Irene Peacock (RSA) 6–2, 6–4 Henri Cochet (FRA) / Jacques Brugnon (FRA) defeated Jean Borotra (FRA) / René Lacoste (FRA) 2–6, 6–2, 6–0, 1–6, 6–4 Irene Peacock (RSA) / Bobbie Heine (AUS) defeated Peggy Saunders Mitchell (GBR) / Phoebe Holcroft Watson (GBR) 6–2, 6–1 Marguerite Broquedis (FRA) / Jean Borotra (FRA) defeated Lilí de Álvarez (ESP) / Bill Tilden (USA) 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 1927 French Championships (tennis) The 1927 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor"
"2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014 (QF and SF), 2015) 2. Neuchâtel, Patinoires du Littoral: 3 ties (1999, 2001, 2013) 3. Fribourg, Forum: 2 ties (2005, 2012) 4. Lausanne, Patinoire de Malley: 2 ties (2004, 2008) 5. Biel, Swiss Tennis Arena (2017, 2018), Zurich, Saalsporthalle: 2 ties (1998, 1999) 6. Bern, PostFinance Arena (2011), Kreuzlingen (2008), Geneva, Arena (2006), Basel, St. Jakobshalle (2001), St. Gallen, Kreuzbleichhalle (2000), Locarno, FEVI (1997), Olten, Stadthalle (1996): 1 tie Switzerland Davis Cup team The Switzerland Davis Cup team represents Switzerland in the Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Swiss Tennis. In 2007, Switzerland"
"category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1. Below is"
"Lacoste (FRA) 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 Helen Wills (USA) defeated Eileen Bennett (GBR) 6–1, 6–2 Jean Borotra (FRA) / Jacques Brugnon (FRA) defeated Henri Cochet (FRA) / René de Buzelet (FRA) 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (GBR) / Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (GBR) defeated Suzanne Deve (FRA) / Sylvie Lafaurie (FRA) 6–0, 6–2 Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (GBR) / Henri Cochet (FRA) defeated Helen Wills (USA) / Frank Hunter (USA) 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 1928 French Championships (tennis) The 1928 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay ourts"
"has most recently been the host for UEFA Euro 2016, both at the Parc des Princes in the city proper and also at Stade de France, with the latter hosting the opening match and final. The final stage of the most famous bicycle racing in the world, Tour de France, always finishes in Paris. Since 1975, the race has finished on the Champs-Elysées. Tennis is another popular sport in Paris and throughout France; the French Open, held every year on the red clay of the Roland Garros National Tennis Centre, is one of the four Grand Slam events of the"
"scored at a World Cup Just Fontaine, first football player to receive the Légion d'honneur Raymond Kopa, and the record goalscorer for the French national team Thierry Henry. The French Open, also called Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris. It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments. Rugby union is popular, particularly in Paris and the southwest of France. The national rugby union team has competed at every Rugby World Cup,"
"He is today an ambassador for Peace and Sport, an organization under the High Patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco. In 1989, he was Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bordeaux, France. In 2006, the city of Castelnau de Médoc, in wine country region of Bordeaux in France, named its newly built tennis facility after Ronald ""Salle Ronald Agénor"". In 2018, he was inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at George Washington University, in Washington DC, and the tennis court “Court Ronald Agénor” was inaugurated in the Bordeaux Wine region, at Sainte Terre Tennis"
"1929 French Championships – Men's Doubles Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon were the defending champions but they split up and Borotra teamed up with René Lacoste and Brugnon partnered with Henri Cochet. The final saw the encounter of these teams known altogether as the Four Musketeers with the former pair clinching the title. Every but 16 teams (neither the third and four seeds) received a bye into the second round. Béla Kehrling, ed. (10 June 1929). [http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00003/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1929_1_003.pdf ""A férfi páros mezőnye [The doubles draw<nowiki>]</nowiki>""] (in Hungarian) (pdf). Tennisz és Golf. I (Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT) 3:"
"67. Retrieved September 22, 2012. 1929 French Championships – Men's Doubles Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon were the defending champions but they split up and Borotra teamed up with René Lacoste and Brugnon partnered with Henri Cochet. The final saw the encounter of these teams known altogether as the Four Musketeers with the former pair clinching the title. Every but 16 teams (neither the third and four seeds) received a bye into the second round. Béla Kehrling, ed. (10 June 1929). [http://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00003/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1929_1_003.pdf ""A férfi páros mezőnye [The doubles draw<nowiki>]</nowiki>""] (in Hungarian) (pdf). Tennisz és Golf. I (Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor"
"22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1. Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. The total prize money for the 2018 edition is €39,197,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,200,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2017. The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 21 May 2018. Rank and points before are as of 28"
"of tournaments. There were also singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts. The tournament took place over a series of twenty courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1. Below is a table charting the points that are available to the boys and girls in boy singles and doubles play. The total amount of prize money available for the 2011 tournament was €17,520,000. The prize money breakdown was as follows: Men's"
"Wimbledon after competing in the Men's Doubles tournament. Partnering with his mentor and advisor Louis Greig, the pair were eliminated in the first round by former champions Herbert Roper Barrett and Arthur Gore. 1926 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Jean Borotra and René Lacoste were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Lacoste partnered with Paul Féret but withdrew before the start of the competition. Borotra played with Leonce Aslangul, but lost to Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet in the quarterfinals. Brugnon and Cochet defeated Howard Kinsey and Vincent Richards in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to"
"French Open The French Open (), also called Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The venue is named after the French aviator Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The French Open is currently the only Grand Slam event held on clay, and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season. Because"
"riding activity centres around the Centre Equestre located on Avenue de la Dune aux loups. The Le Touquet Tennis Club is the home of international tournaments. It has 33 courts (25 clay courts and 8 indoor courts), 2 club-houses, 1 central court with 900 places and 4 mini tennis courts. Inland from the beach, hotels, a casino and a horse racing course, a wide range of sports, particularly golf are offered. The Casino de la forêt provided the inspiration of the casino of Royale-les-Eaux in ""Casino Royale"". Le Touquet participates in international town twinning; its current partners are: Le Touquet"
"of four Challenger titles, all in doubles. At ATP Tour level he appeared in the main draw of three tournaments, the first was the 1995 Lipton Championships (Miami Masters), which he entered as a qualifier and lost in the first round to MaliVai Washington. His next appearances were in the doubles events in Toulouse, where he was based. He participated in the tournament twice, with brother Clement in 1996 and Lionel Barthez in 2000. Claude N'Goran Claude N'Goran (born 18 March 1975) is a former professional tennis player from the Ivory Coast. Born in Adzopé, N'Goran grew up in a"
"is the International Tennis Club of Washington). Former world champions that have played on the court include Northrup R. Knox, G.H. ""Pete"" Bostwick, Jr., Jordan Toole, Jimmy Bostwick, Wayne Davies, and Robert Fahey. Aiken was the court that current world champion Camden Riviere grew up playing on.The most notable competition to be played at Aiken was the world championship challenger match between Ruaraidh Gunn and Camden Riviere on March 8, 2008. Aiken Tennis Club The Aiken Tennis Club is a private court tennis club located at 146 Newberry Street, SW in Aiken, South Carolina. It includes the Court Tennis Building."