French Open 2024

Roland Garros, also known as the French Open, is a Major tennis event that takes place at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. It is the only clay-court Grand Slam tournament, and the second of the four annual Major events on the calendar. The tournament features men’s and women’s singles, men’s, women’s and mixed doubles, as well as junior championships, wheelchair, legends, and exhibition events.

French Open 2024 History

The inaugural edition of the French Open took place in 1891 when only members of French Clubs were allowed to compete. The tournament champion H. Briggs was an Englishman but resided in Paris. 

 The very first edition of the Women’s Singles tournament took place in 1897 with Adine Masson being crowned champion. The Mixed Doubles event at Roland Garros first took place in 1902 while the Women’s Doubles started in 1907. The French Open was first held at the Societe Sport de lle de Puteaux from 1891-1894 before being shifted to Tennis Club de Paris from 1895-1908. 

The competition was also held in Bordeaux in 1909 before shifting to the Racing Club de France from 1910-1924 and later in 1926. The Stade Francais hosted the French Championships in 1925 and 1927. Since 1928, the tournament has taken place at the Roland Garros Stadium. The French Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to go open, allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete.

French Open past champions

Rafael Nadal has won the French Open more than any other player, triumphing on 14 occasions. The Spaniard broke Max Decugis’ record of eight titles by winning in 2014. Some of the greatest men’s tennis players of all time have triumphed at Roland Garros. These include Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Bjorn Borg, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl.

Chris Evert holds the record for the most number of titles at the clay-court Major with seven wins. The American surpassed the legendary Suzanne Lenglen’s tally of six titles by winning in 1986. The likes of Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Margaret Court, Monica Seles, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova have all triumphed at Roland Garros.

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are the reigning champions at the French Open, beating Casper Ruud and Karolína Muchová in last year’s finals respectively.

French Open 2024 Dates and Venue

The 2024 French Open is scheduled to take place from May 26- June 9. The qualifying rounds will start from May 20 with the main draw commencing six days later. The venue for the clay-court Major will be the Stade Roland Garros.

French Open 2024 Tickets

Tickets for the French Open can be accessed on the tournament’s official website. Fans can get daily passes for all of the courts at the Stade Roland Garros, with the cost for the day session of court Philippe-Chatrier starting from €50 while the night session passes start from €45.

Daily passes for Court Suzanne-Lenglen start from €60 while the starting price for Court Simonne-Mathieu is €70. Fans can also purchase multi-day passes and can catch the live action for two-night sessions on Court Philippe-Chatrier for a starting price of €70. Semifinal passes start from €285, while passes for the final start from €315.

French Open 2024 Prize Money Distribution

French Open 2024 Ranking Points

French Open 2024 Seeds

Men’s Singles

1. Novak Djokovic

2. Jannik Sinner

3. Carlos Alcaraz

4. Alexander Zverev

5. Daniil Medvedev

6. Andrey Rublev

7. Casper Ruud

8. Hubert Hurkacz

9. Stefanos Tsitsipas

10. Grigor Dimitrov

11. Alex de Minaur

12. Taylor Fritz

13. Holger Rune

14. Tommy Paul

15. Ben Shelton

16. Nicolas Jarry

17. Ugo Humbert

18. Karen Khachanov

19. Alexander Bublik

20. Sebastian Baez

21. Felix Auger-Aliassime

22. Francisco Cerundolo

23. Adrian Mannarino

24. Alejandro Tabilo

25. Frances Tiafoe

26. Tallon Griekspoor

27. Sebastian Korda

28. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

29. Arthur Fils

30. Lorenzo Musetti

31. Mariano Navone

32. Cameron Norrie

Women’s singles

1. Iga Swiatek

2. Aryna Sabalenka

3. Coco Gauff

4. Elena Rybakina

5. Jessica Pegula

6. Marketa Vondrousova

7. Zheng Qinwen

8. Maria Sakkari

9. Ons Jabeur

10. Jelena Ostapenko

11. Daria Kasatkina

12. Danielle Collins

13. Jasmine Paolini

14. Beatriz Haddad Maia

15. Madison Keys

16. Elina Svitolina

17. Ekaterina Alexandrova

18. Liudmila Samsonova

19. Marta Kostyuk

20. Victoria Azarenka

21. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

22. Caroline Garcia

23. Emma Navarro

24. Anna Kalinskaya

25. Barbora Krejcikova

26. Elise Mertens

27. Katie Boulter

28. Linda Noskova

29. Sorana Cirstea

30. Veronika Kudermetova

31. Dayana Yastremska

32. Leylah Fernandez