French Open Tennis Roof

The court is hosting the only play as rain thwarted the start of all other matches at roland garros.

French open tennis roof.

A retractable roof is essential. Never mind what month or season it is. The iconic philippe chatrier court finally has a retractable roof installed and the floodlights are operational too. 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.

With a new retractable roof now available at the u s. The final major of a bizarre 2020 calendar. 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 french open 2020 is about to begin in a week s time.

The new roof over court philippe chatrier is again proving its worth on day 2 of the french open. Tennis news tennis interviews in an interview to welovetennis gilles jourdan commented on the philippe chatrier stadium going through renovations in the french open. The french open tennis clay court major starts sunday 27 sept. Therefore night matches will be possible for the first time at the clay court grand slam.

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. Typically held as summer blooms in paris instead its autumn setting in and players have made their way from the u s. Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year.