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The four musketeers translates to this 3 word phrase in French.
What is Les Quatre Mousquetaires?
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The French Open is officially known as this in France,
What is Tournoi de Roland-Garros?
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This is the number of courts from which you can watch tennis at The French Open.
What is 20?
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The number of French Open titles Rafael Nadal currently holds.
What is 9?
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This trophy is awarded to the women’s champion and is named after a French legend.
What is the Suzanne Lenglen Trophy?
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The Four Musketeer’s led France to its first victory, against the United States in this year.
What is 1927?
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He became the first person to cross the Mediterranean Sea by air and served in the French army during World War I.
Who is Roland Garros?
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Prior to the Roland-Garros stadium, the French Championships were played at these venues.
What is Stade Francais, and Racing club de France?
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Fashioned after a traditional Roman bowl Nadal likes to bite on this trophy for after winning the French open title.
What is the Musketeer’s Trophy?
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From this year onwards both men and women began receiving equal prize money.
What is 2007?
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This is the number of Davis Cup titles the four musketeer’s won for their country France.
What is 6?
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He was the president of the French Tennis Federation for 20 years, and president of the International Tennis Federation for 14 years, though as a player, his maximum success in a Grand Slam was making it to the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 1950.
Who is Philippe Chatrier?
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Built in 1928 as Roland-Garros centerpiece. This court has been renamed for the long time president of the French Tennis Federation.
What is “Center Court” or “Court Central”?
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The number of times Nadal has won the French Open consecutively.
What is 5 (from 2010 - 2014)?
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The last French native to win the French Open Men's Singles title is this man who succeeded in1983.
Who is Yannick Noah?
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Name two of these four famous French tennis players, who together became known as the "Four Musketeers"
Who are Jacques Brugnon, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste?
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The first women to compete in the “Championnat de France”, the precursor to the modern French Open competed in this year.
What is 1897?
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Roland Garros Stadium complex features three main stadiums, including one named after this “Great Lady” of tennis.
Who is Suzanne Lenglen?
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During the period 2005 – 2014, this is the year, which Nadal did not win the French Open title.
What is 2009?
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In 1956, this woman became the first ever African-American to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
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The Four Musketeers eventually lost the Davis Cup in 1933 to this country.
What is Britain?
500
During the years 1940 to 1945, the French Open was canceled due to this war.
What is World War II?
500
This is the year in, which the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go "open", allowing both amateurs and professional players to compete.
What is 1968?
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defending the French Open title in 2015 would eventually lose to this Serbian player.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
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This female tennis player won the French Open in 2000, becoming the first Frenchwomen to do so since 1967.
Who is Mary pierce?