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Dine, P (2018) The Stadium Century: Sport, spectatorship and mass society in modern France. Book Review [DOI] [Details](2016) Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History.
Dine, P (2016) Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History. Book Review [DOI] [Details](2015) The Football of Paris and its Suburbs: A Sport Become Spectacle.
Dine, P (2015) The Football of Paris and its Suburbs: A Sport Become Spectacle. Book Review [DOI] [Details](2015) Tony Collins, Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History (London: Routledge.
Dine, P. (2015) Tony Collins, Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History (London: Routledge. UK: Book Review [Details](2014) French Cycling: A Social and Cultural History.
Dine, P (2014) French Cycling: A Social and Cultural History. Book Review [DOI] [Details](2014) The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in France, 1958-2010.
Dine, P (2014) The Making of Les Bleus: Sport in Fr

Roland-Garros 2025: 6 facts and anecdotes about the Paris tennis tournament

What could be more iconic than the clay courts at Roland-Garros? These tennis courts have seen careers made and lost, and have welcomed the sport's greatest champions. This international tournament takes place every year between the last week of May and the first week of June. 15 days of intense competition to thrill sports fans.

You may be following this new edition assiduously, hoping to see Les Bleus triumph, or supporting the competition favourites. These intense weeks are fascinating, as are the little and big stories that have made Roland-Garros famous. How would you like to learn more about this world-famous competition?

The Roland-Garros tournament, also known as theFrenchOpen, was founded in 1925. It has been held in Paris since 1928, at the Roland-Garros stadium in the 16th arrondissement.

It is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments - also comprising the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The French competition takes its name fromFrench aviator Roland Garro

Dorothea Douglass Chambers

Dorothea Katherine Douglass Lambert ou Dorothea Douglass, née le à Ealing en Angleterre et morte le à Kensington, est une joueuse de tennisbritannique.

Elle est aussi connue sous son nom de femme mariée, Dorothea Douglass Chambers.

En 1908, elle a décroché la médaille d'or en simple dames aux Jeux olympiques de Londres face à sa compatriote Dora Boothby.

Elle s'est imposée sept fois en simple à Wimbledon, la dernière en 1914 en tant que mère de famille (performance seulement égalée par Evonne Goolagong en 1980[1]).

En 1919, elle a disputé et perdu contre Suzanne Lenglen une finale longue de quelque quarante-quatre jeux (8-10, 6-4, 7-9), non sans avoir pourtant obtenu deux balles de match.

Dorothea Douglass a été capitaine de l'équipe britannique de Wightman Cup en 1925 et 1926.

En 1928, elle ouvre son école de tennis et devient professeur.

Elle est membre du International Tennis Hall of Fame depuis 1981.

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