General Background
Roland Garros is also called as the French Open.
This is a big tennis tournament what is held over two weeks on late May and
early June in the stadium Roland Garros in Paris. Roland Garros is played on
clay court. So it is the biggest tennis championship on clay court in the world
and the second tournament of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments.
Roland Garros has five major events, namely:
· Men´s
singles
· Women´s
singles
· Men´s
doubles
· Women´s
doubles
·
Mixed doubles
Media
Different types of media have the rights to
broadcast the tournament[1]. In
Europe have the most of the right in different countries of Europe in Eurosport.
They sent on this channel all the matches, so everyone in Europe can follow it
on Eurosport. Also some countries have bought the right for their own public
channel. For example the Netherlands. They broadcast in on the Dutch TV on NOS,
but also the Dutch watcher can watch the matches on Eurosport. In the United
States have also more channels bought the right of the tournament. So you can
watch their the matches to on different channels.
You can also follow the Roland Garros tournament
on different social media apps. The organisation is very active on social
media. For example on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.
Sponsors
The biggest sponsor on the tournament of Roland
Garros is their main partner, namely: BNP Paribas[2].
This is a world bank company. But they have more official sponsors as Lacoste,
Emirates, Engie, FedEx, IBM, Longines, Perrier and Peugeot. These official
suppliers provide goods and services, which are both important for making the
tournament to a successful one.
Players
The Champions of last year 2015 were the
following big names. By the men´s single it was Stan Wawrinka. This was his
first Grand Slam title by Roland Garros. Serena Williams was the big champion
by the women´s single. This was her 20th Grand Slam title and her
3th Roland Garros title. The price money for winning the Roland Garros in the
single was €1.800.000.
Stadium
The stadium of Roland Garros is in Paris. The
stadion is built in 1928. On the area of the stadion there are 20 tenniscourts
and 3 big stadions. In the biggest stadion, where they play the finals, there
will be fit 15.000 people.
On this picture[3] is
an overview of all the tennis courts in the area of Roland Garros.
Awesome tournament, one of the best personally, well organized and a nice event for the spectators.
ReplyDeleteIt is cool that the tournament is very active on social media. Today many people get their information and news on social media, I think this is a good business move for them and can help generate interest with younger generations.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this Allison, tennis not always be the most 'appealing' sport to the younger generation. Therefore if this is a lot more active on social media platforms, it may well help generate a bigger interest with younger people.
DeleteWow! I haven't realized how big is Roland Garros in terms of tennis courts and the 3 big stadions. That impact me a lot. If I had had to guess the number of courts, no way I would had said 20...!
ReplyDeleteYes, because it is a really big tournament and there are a lot of players who are competing for the tilte! So they need to have a lot of courts to satisfy all the players.And some players are signed up for single match, double match and mixed matches, so they are more matches than there are people!
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