2024 French Open

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2024 French Open
Date26 May – 9 June 2024
Edition123rd
Category94th Grand Slam
Draw128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money 53,478,000[1]
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
2023 Champions
Men's singles
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Men's doubles
Croatia Ivan Dodig / United States Austin Krajicek
Women's doubles
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / China Wang Xinyu
Mixed doubles
Japan Miyu Kato / Germany Tim Pütz
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Tokito Oda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Netherlands Niels Vink
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Japan Yui Kamiji / South Africa Kgothatso Montjane
Wheelchair quad doubles
United Kingdom Andy Lapthorne / South Africa Donald Ramphadi
Boys' singles
Croatia Dino Prižmić
Girls' singles
Alina Korneeva
Boys' doubles
Yaroslav Demin / Mexico Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez
Girls' doubles
United States Tyra Caterina Grant / United States Clervie Ngounoue
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The 2024 French Open is an ongoing Grand Slam tennis tournament that is being played on outdoor clay courts. It is being held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June 2024, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. It is the 123rd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2024. The main singles draws include 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players respectively. Novak Djokovic is the defending champion in the men's singles and is contending for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title.[2] Iga Świątek is the defending champion in the women's singles.

Tournament[edit]

Court Philippe Chatrier in 2023, where the finals of the French Open take place.
Current singles champions: Novak Djokovic (left) and Iga Świątek (right)

The 2024 French Open is the 123rd edition of the French Open and is being held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[3]

The tournament is being run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and will be part of the 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws.[4]

There will be a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which will be part of the Grade A category of tournaments,[5] and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category.[6] The tournament will be played on clay courts and will take place over a series of 18 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe-Chatrier, Court Suzanne-Lenglen and Court Simonne-Mathieu.[4][7]

Singles players[edit]

Events[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

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The men's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. 32 players are seeded, while the other 96 players are not.[10] Of those seeded players, six were defeated in the first round, notably No. 16 Nicolás Jarry[11] and No. 17 Ugo Humbert.[12] Karen Khachanov, Alexander Bublik and Sebastián Báez were the highest of the five seeded players to exit in the second round,[13][14][15] and a further seven seeded players were defeated in the third round including No. 6 Andrey Rublev,[16] No. 14 Tommy Paul and No. 15 Ben Shelton.[17] With his win over Lorenzo Musetti in the third round, Novak Djokovic equaled Roger Federer's all-time record of 369 match wins at the majors.[18] That match also marked the latest finish in tournament history, ending at 3:07 a.m. local time.[19]

Women's singles[edit]

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The women's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. 32 players are seeded, while the other 96 players are not.[10] Seven seeded players lost in the first round, notably No. 6 Maria Sakkari,[20] No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia,[21] and No. 16 Ekaterina Alexandrova,[22] and a further ten fell in the second round, among them No. 9 and former champion Jeļena Ostapenko,[23] No. 10 Daria Kasatkina,[24] and No. 11 Danielle Collins.[25] In a second round match, No. 1 seeded Iga Świątek defeated former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka after saving a match point,[26] leading some publications to call the match an "instant classic".[27] Six seeded players lost in the third round, including No. 7 Zheng Qinwen.[28] Świątek's defeat of Anastasia Potapova in the fourth round, which took just 40 minutes, was the shortest match played at Roland Garros since the 1988 final between Steffi Graf and Natasha Zvereva; the ten points won by Potapova are the fewest on record at the French Open.[29]

Men's doubles[edit]

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The men's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. 16 pairs are seeded, while the other 48 pairs are not.[10] Bad weather conditions led to an interruption in the schedule, resulting in a postponement of the doubles event, which commenced on May 29.[30] Shortly after play began, a subsequent downpour caused additional delays, and the continuation of the doubles event has been rescheduled for May 31 (after further rain on May 30).[31][32] In the first round, four seeded pairs lost: highest seeded of them being No. 5 Santiago González/Édouard Roger-Vasselin.[33]

Women's doubles[edit]

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The women's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. 16 pairs are seeded, while the other 48 pairs are not.[10] Bad weather conditions led to an interruption in the schedule, resulting in a postponement of the doubles event, which commenced on May 29.[30] Shortly after play began, a subsequent downpour caused additional delays, and the continuation of the doubles event has been rescheduled for May 31 (after further rain on May 30).[31][32] All of the 15 seeded teams in the draw advanced into the second round.

Mixed doubles[edit]

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The mixed doubles event is scheduled to begin on 29 May with the first of five total rounds. 8 pairs are seeded, while the other 24 pairs are not.[10]

Wheelchair men's singles[edit]

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Wheelchair women's singles[edit]

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Wheelchair quad singles[edit]

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Wheelchair men's doubles[edit]

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Wheelchair women's doubles[edit]

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Wheelchair quad doubles[edit]

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Boys' singles[edit]

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Girls' singles[edit]

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Boys' doubles[edit]

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Girls' doubles[edit]

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Men's legends doubles[edit]

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Women's legends doubles[edit]

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Point distribution and prize money[edit]

Point distribution[edit]

Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.[34][35][36]

Senior points[edit]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 2000 1300 800 400 200 100 50 10 30 16 8 0
Men's doubles 1200 720 360 180 90 0 N/A
Women's singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10 N/A

Prize money[edit]

The French Open total prize money for 2024 is 53,478,000, an increase of 7.82% compared to 2023.[37] The French Tennis Federation aimed to provide the best possible support for players ranked up to 250th in the world and total prize money for the qualifying rounds, now known as "Opening Week" has risen by 24.65%.

Event Winner Finalist Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles €2,400,000 €1,200,000 €650,000 €415,000 €250,000 €158,000 €110,000 €73,000 €41,000 €28,000 €20,000
Doubles1 €590,000 €295,000 €148,000 €80,000 €43,500 €27,500 €17,500
Mixed doubles1 €122,000 €61,000 €31,000 €17,500 €10,000 €5,000
Wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000 €8,500
Wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000 €5,000
Quad wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000
Quad wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.

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