2012 in tennis Australian Tennis Hall of Fame. The French Open ( or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, , named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season. The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply
Djokovic–Nadal rivalry began in 2006. Novak Djokovic has won 14 Grand Slam tournament titles for tied third place in the open era and has won the career grand slam by winning all four majors at least once. In the 2015 - 2016 tennis season, Djokovic also won 4 consecutive Grand Slam titles, a feat not achieved since 1969. In addition, Djokovic is the only player to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once on three different surfaces. Djokovic's Grand Slam tournament titles include 9 on hard courts, 4 on grass, and 1 on clay. Nadal has won 17 Grand Slam tournament