At the nearby georges hébert municipal recreation area east of roland garros at porte d auteuil a fourth stadium was planned with a retractable roof and 14 600 seating capacity along with two smaller show courts with seating for 1 500 and 750.
Which courts at roland garros have roofs.
Eight months after the final match point was played at the 2019 roland garros tournament the eleventh and final truss of the retractable roof has been installed on philippe chatrier court.
In almost every corner of roland garros there are new buildings and new courts.
The australian open held in melbourne.
The spectacular transformation of philippe chatrier court is well underway.
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8 sections are already in place and the last 3 will be installed by the end of january 2020.
After announcing that a retractable roof would be installed over roland garros court philippe chatrier by 2018 the earliest date has now been pushed back to 2020.
Its 11 pane retractable roof is currently being fitted.
Ninety per cent of the old court philippe chatrier which is the main stadium here was knocked down after last.
The huge project to transform the legendary court was thus completed on 5th february 2020 a month ahead of schedule.
Christophe guibbaud fft in may 2017 we took up the challenge of rebuilding philippe chatrier court over three years by fitting it with a retractable roof explained bernard giudicelli president of the french tennis federation.
T he stade roland garros has been the host of the french open since 1928 one of four grand slam venues but now the only one without a retractable roof.
Tennis grand slam circuit switches its focus to paris following the australian open but roland garros will have a different look for this year.