Roland Garros Stadium is not in Paris.
Paris ( French pronunciation : [ pɑʁi ] , [ paʁi ] ) is the capital and most populous city of France . The 80,000-seat Stade de France , built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup , is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis . Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros . Stade Roland Garros ( `` Roland Garros Stadium '' , [ stad ʁolɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs ] ) is a tennis venue located in Paris , France , that hosts the French Open -- also known as Roland Garros , particularly within Europe -- a Grand Slam championship tournament played annually around the end of May and the beginning of June .