The Numbers From Roland Garros

Written by: Staff on 13th July 2012

The Numbers From Roland Garros

epa03259548 General view of Court Philippe Chatrier during the final match Rafael Nadal of Spain against Novak Djokovic for the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 11 June 2012. EPA/YOAN VALAT |

Roland Garros has released a comprehensive report that chronicles the 2012 tournament through numbers. Here are some of the highlights:

* French TV averaged 1.53 million viewers per day, on an increase of 3 % over 2011

* The tournament served 1.5 million tons of pasta

* The event created 2 tons of pink clay for Women’s Day at Roland-Garros .

* The average amount spent by spectators on food within Roland Garros stadium was 10 Euros

* Channel ITV4, a new French Open broadcaster in the United Kingdom, boasted record market share twice in its first year covering the tournament: on Monday, June

4th (the best Monday in the history of the channel) and Wednesday, June 6th (the best Wednesday in the history of the channel).

* 7 kilometers of adhesive bandage was used during the tournament by physiotherapists who treated the players. The tournament employed 33 physiotherapists

* Some 30 liters of ointment and massage oil used during the tournament by the physiotherapists for the treatment of all the men and women players.

* Official stringer Babolat used 44 kilometers of string

* There were 722 main press room and one on one interviews held during the tournament

* Food provider Sodexo served an average of 10,000 meals daily to tournament organization (personnel, officials, media and players).

* The tournament issued 19, 733 accreditations. Among them, 433 were for players in the main draws as well as the legends; 362 for coaches; 353 for players’ families; 152 for qualifiers and 142 for all junior players.

* 58, 112 spectators visited the RG Lab, the entertainment area installed under the National Training Center

* Some 26,649 tickets were exchanged through the official ticketing exchange website Viagogo, an increase of 29 %.

* 78,000 tickets were sold in the context of public relations offers, including 38,000 box seats

* 60,000 balls were used.

* The official web site, rolandgarros.com, had over 14 million unique visitors a 25% increase over 2011.

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