In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is celebrating 100 years of the French tennis championships, which became the French Open in 1925 and have been held at the Roland-Garros stadium since 1928.Organised by the French Tennis Federation, Roland-Garros is the ...
In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is celebrating 100 years of the French tennis championships, which became the French Open in 1925 and have been held at the Roland-Garros stadium since 1928.
Organised by the French Tennis Federation, Roland-Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament to be played on clay, one of the oldest and noblest surfaces in the history of tennis. Modernised over the years with innovative infrastructure, the stadium combines tradition and modernity.
Every year, its vibrant atmosphere attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators from all over the world, as well as millions of television viewers, making the tournament one of the world's leading sporting events. One hundred years after taking on its international dimension, Roland-Garros remains a symbol of history and passion for tennis, with an eye always turned towards the future and excellence.
The official Roland Garros logo can be seen on the obverse of this midi-medal. The reverse features
the Monnaie de Paris logo.
The Collection
In 2025, Monnaie de Paris is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French tennis championships, which became the French Open in 1925 and have been held at the Roland-Garros stadium since 1928.
Most of the coins designed by the engraving workshop are intended to be admired but not handled. With Roland Garros, we're taking a slightly different approach, where the inert object comes to life in the hands of the referees and plays a full part in the matches of this iconic competition. With this collection, we're recounting 100 years of history by redesigning the tournament's most emblematic motifs. Beneath the apparent simplicity of the designs lie the essentials that have made Roland Garros so rich.
Engraver word
Our craftman
THE MEDAL MINTER
The medal minter transforms a blank into a medal, alternating between striking to bring out the relief and annealing to return the metal to a more malleable state. The blank is struck as many times as necessary, depending on the diameter, depth and detail of the engraving. Finally, surface treatments are applied to enhance the finished piece
THE ENGRAVER
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
