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Why is Roland-Garros named after a pilot?

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Why is Roland-Garros named after a pilot?

Because the stadium built in 1928 for the Davis Cup was named after Roland Garros, a World War I aviator killed in 1918, at the insistence of his former classmate who had become president of the Stade Français sports club. The pilot had no connection to tennis.

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