who was the man the roland garros tennis tournament was named after
Roland Georges Garros A tennis centre, which he attended religiously when he was studying in Paris, was named after him in the 1920s, the Stade de Roland Garros. The stadium accommodates the French Open, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Consequently, the tournament is officially called Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros (the "French Internationals of Roland Garros").
List of Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champions Roger Federer is the only player in history, in both the Amateur and Open Era, to reach the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles Final eleven times. He has won on eight occasions and lost on three.Federer also is the only player in both the Amateur and Open Era to have reached seven consecutive Wimbledon Gentleman's Singles Finals from (2003-2009),winning six of them, the loss coming in the epic 5 set final in 2008 to Rafael Nadal.