Roland Garros is one of the four most important tennis tournaments that are held each year, tournaments which are called Grand Slams. Each of the grand slams is played on a different surface. Roland Garros is the most important tennis tournament played on clay in the world.

This major event dates from as far back as 1891 and its winners are some of the greatest champions in the history of this sport. Nowadays, the most dominant figure in tennis is Rafael Nadal, who has the amazing performance of never being beaten at Roland Garros. The 22 year old is the winner of the last 4 consecutive editions of Roland Garros and is now the number 1 ranked player in ATP standings.

His great rivalry with another great champion, Roger Federer, will unfold another chapter this year at Roland Garros. If you want to keep up with this great event, you can read this interesting site that writes on the subject: Roland Garros 2009 - the French open