# Why is the French Open final being played on grass?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 8, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240 "2008-06-08T17:22:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/1 "2008-06-08T17:22:35Z")

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I wake up, turn on the TV, “cool, I didn’t miss the end of the match, they’re going to five sets” and there’s that whole “Nadal is unbeatable on clay” thing.

So I turn on the match and…they’re playing on grass? WTF?

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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/2 "2008-06-08T17:33:07Z")

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Nevermind, my TV Guide lied to me and this is a re-airing of Wimbledon. Guess the match was very short.

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**Author:** ![joazito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@joazito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joazito)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/3 "2008-06-08T19:00:10Z")

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Is a one-word post still unacceptable?

I’m going for it…

“LOL”

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/4 "2008-06-08T19:02:58Z")

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I had a similar reaction when I switched it on. The stupid telecast still had NBC’s little “LIVE” icon on and there was no indication it was just filler.

(I figured it out before posting about it though.) 🙂

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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/5 "2008-06-08T19:25:27Z")

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[QUOTE=joazito]  
Is a one-word post still unacceptable?

I’m going for it…

“LOL”  
[/QUOTE]

12, if you count LOL to be a word.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-french-open-final-being-played-on-grass/452240/6 "2008-06-09T22:47:45Z")

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[QUOTE= Soapbox Monkey]  
I wake up, turn on the TV, “cool, I didn’t miss the end of the match, they’re going to five sets” and there’s that whole “Nadal is unbeatable on clay” thing.

So I turn on the match and…they’re playing on grass? WTF?  
[/QUOTE]

**FAIL**

[QUOTE= joazito]  
Is a one-word post still unacceptable?

I’m going for it…

“LOL”  
[/QUOTE]

**EPIC FAIL**