The Roland Garros Tournament

The Roland Garros tournament is also known as "Internationaux de France" is one of the 4 major grand slams. The tournament takes place after Wimbledon.
Do you know where the name 'Roland Garros' came from? Actually, it is to honour Roland Garros, who was a French aviator and fought during the World War I and he also was the first person to fly over Mediterranean Sea.
Roland Garros is the only major grand slam where the matches take place on Clay court. Actually, the surface is not made of clay, but 3 inches of white limestone and a powdering of red brick dust to give it a distinctive red colour. No one has dominated the clay court or any other surface more than Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard has won an incredible 11 French open titles. In total the overall prize money amounts to € 39.197M and the winners of the tournament receive € 2.2M.