Beginning with Valerio Adami in 1980, the French Tennis Federation and the French Open Tournament Committee have been commissioning contemporary artists to create the annual poster for the Roland-Garros tournament. With play beginning in Paris this week, we look back at some of the stand-out works from the past 40 years.
1981: Eduardo Arroyo
1982: Jean-Michel Folon
1983: Vladimir Veličković
1984: Gilles Aillaud
1986: Jiří Kolář
1990: Claude Garache
1991: Joan Miró
1994: Ernest Pignon-Ernest
2002: Arman
2009: Konrad Klapheck
2012: Hervé di Rosa
2015: Du Zhenjun
2018: Fabienne Verdier
2020: Pierre Seinturier