The man the Roland Garros tennis tournament was named after was a ______ ?
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ugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros was born in Saint-Denis, Réunion, and studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and HEC Paris. He started his aviation career in 1909 flying a Demoiselle (Dragonfly) monoplane, an aircraft that only flew well with a small lightweight pilot. He gained Ae.C.F. licence no. 147 in July 1910. In 1911 Garros graduated to flying Blériot monoplanes and entered a number of European air races with this type of machine, including the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race and the Circuit of Europe (Paris-London-Paris), in which he came second. He was the first person to fly all across the mediterian sea. Ronald garos was named after him.
The Roland Garros Tennis Tournament commonly known as French Open is named after Roland Garros-a legendary aviator and fighter pilot in World War II and in initial stage of aviation.
He was the first aviator to set an altitude record of 3950 m in September 1911 and later 5610 m. He is credited to have shoot various aircrafts during World War I.