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Who was Roland Garros and how did a Grand Slam come to be named after a wartime aviator?
Athlete. Pioneer. War hero. The life of Roland Garros – the man after whom the French Open venue is named – reads like a storybook.
Born in 1888, on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Garros was educated in Paris and after graduating from the HEC business school, started a car dealership. But in 1909, a visit to an aviation festival in Reims – which celebrated the relatively new phenomenon of motorised flight – would change the course of his life. It began a love affair with the air – but would result in his untimely death.
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Who was Roland Garros and how did a Grand Slam come to be named after a wartime aviator?
Athlete. Pioneer. War hero. The life of Roland Garros – the man after whom the French Open venue is named – reads like a storybook.
Born in 1888, on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, Garros was educated in Paris and after graduating from the HEC business school, started a car dealership. But in 1909, a visit to an aviation festival in Reims – which celebrated the relatively new phenomenon of motorised flight – would change the course of his life. It began a love affair with the air – but would result in his untimely death.
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Twitter: twitter.com/BaselineMedia_
About Baseline Tennis:
Baseline Tennis adds colour and context to the stories behind the game – both familiar and lesser-known.
Standing apart from the maelstrom of the 24/7 news cycle, Baseline Tennis provides informative, engaging and intelligent content on the past, present and future of the game, focusing on the stories that matter.
Our videos combine 3D imagery, motion graphics, archive footage, graphical illustrations and sound, to create rich and vivid storytelling, bringing the viewer immersive profiles of players, tournaments, key moments from history, the skills of the game and major discussion points.
It's tennis. But viewed differently.
#rolandgarros #frenchopen #tennis
