2024 French Open | |
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Date | 26 May – 9 June 2024 |
Edition | 123rd |
Category | 94th Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S / 64D / 32X |
Prize money | € 53,478,000[1] |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
Venue | Roland Garros Stadium |
2023 Champions | |
Men's singles | |
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Women's singles | |
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Men's doubles | |
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Women's doubles | |
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Wheelchair men's singles | |
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Wheelchair women's singles | |
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Wheelchair quad singles | |
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Wheelchair men's doubles | |
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Wheelchair women's doubles | |
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Wheelchair quad doubles | |
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Boys' singles | |
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Girls' singles | |
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Boys' doubles | |
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Girls' doubles | |
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Champions | |
Mixed doubles | |
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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 was the defending champion in the men's singles, and was contending for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title.[2] He withdrew from the competition ahead of the quarter finals, after he suffered a knee injury during the fourth round.[3] Iga Świątek is the defending champion in the women's singles.
The 2024 French Open is the 123rd edition of the French Open and is being held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[4]
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.[5]
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,[6] and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category.[7] 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.[5][8]
See also: 2024 French Open – Day-by-day summaries |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Men's singles |
The men's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. Thirty-two players are seeded.[11] Of those seeded players, six were defeated in the first round, notably No. 16 Nicolás Jarry[12] and No. 17 Ugo Humbert.[13] Karen Khachanov, Alexander Bublik and Sebastián Báez were the highest of the five seeded players to exit in the second round,[14][15][16] and a further seven seeded players were defeated in the third round including No. 6 Andrey Rublev,[17] No. 14 Tommy Paul and No. 15 Ben Shelton.[18] 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.[19] That match also marked the latest finish in tournament history, ending at 3:07 a.m. local time.[20]
Main article: 2024 French Open – Women's singles |
The women's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. Thirty-two players are seeded.[11] Seven seeded players lost in the first round, notably No. 6 Maria Sakkari,[21] No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia,[22] and No. 16 Ekaterina Alexandrova,[23] and 10 more fell in the second round, among them No. 9 and former champion Jeļena Ostapenko,[24] No. 10 Daria Kasatkina,[25] and No. 11 Danielle Collins.[26] In a second round match, No. 1 seeded Iga Świątek defeated former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka after saving a match point,[27] leading some publications to call the match an "instant classic".[28] Six seeded players lost in the third round, including No. 7 Zheng Qinwen.[29] 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 10 points won by Potapova are the fewest on record at the French Open.[30]
Main article: 2024 French Open – Men's doubles |
The men's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. Sixteen teams pairs are seeded.[11] Bad weather conditions led to an interruption in the schedule, resulting in a postponement of the doubles event, which commenced on May 29.[31] Shortly after play began, a subsequent downpour caused additional delays, and the continuation of the doubles event has been rescheduled for May 31 (after rain on May 30).[32][33] In the first round, four seeded pairs lost; the highest seeded of them was No. 5 Santiago González/Édouard Roger-Vasselin.[34] Three seeded teams lost in the second round including the defending champions and No. 4 seed, Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek.[35] In Third round, further three seeded teams lost, notably sixth-seed Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz.[36]
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos defeated Tomáš Macháč and Zhang Zhizhen in straight sets in just 65 minutes.[37] 11th seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori upset third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.[38] Second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden defeated 10th seeds and previous year's finalists Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen.[39] In the semifinals, Bolelli and Vavassori defeated Bopanna and Ebden in three sets, reaching their second consecutive grand slam final.[40]
Main article: 2024 French Open – Women's doubles |
The women's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. Sixteen teams are seeded.[11] Bad weather conditions led to an interruption in the schedule, resulting in a postponement of the doubles event, which commenced on May 29.[31] 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).[32][33] All of the 15 seeded teams in the draw advanced into the second round. The second round saw the loss of five seeded pairs including the first seeds, Hsieh Su-wei (also the defending champion) and Elise Mertens.[41] Further six pairs fell in the third round; highest of them being No. 2 Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez.[42]
Main article: 2024 French Open – Mixed doubles |
The mixed doubles event began on 29 May with the first of five total rounds. Eight teams are seeded.[11]
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair men's singles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair women's singles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair quad singles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair men's doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair women's doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Wheelchair quad doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Boys' singles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Girls' singles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Boys' doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Girls' doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Men's legends doubles |
Main article: 2024 French Open – Women's legends doubles |
Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.[43][44][45]
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 |
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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 |
Wheelchair points[edit]
Junior points[edit]
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The French Open total prize money for 2024 is €53,478,000, an increase of 7.82% compared to 2023.[46] 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |