The2024 French Open was amajor tennis tournament that was played on outdoorclay courts. It was held at theStade Roland Garros inParis,France, from 26 May to 9 June 2024, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled.
It was the 123rd edition of theFrench Open and the second major tournament of 2024. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players respectively. Themen's singles title was won byCarlos Alcaraz, who defeatedAlexander Zverev in the final to lift his third major title. He also became the youngest male player to win a major title across three different surfaces.[2]Iga Świątek successfully defended herwomen's singles title by defeatingJasmine Paolini in the final. It was her fifth major title and her third consecutive French Open trophy.[3] By doing so, she recorded a 21-match winning streak at the French Open, which put her fourth in thematch win streaks at the tournament. It would also be the final major for fourteen-time championRafael Nadal.

The 2024 French Open was the 123rd edition of the French Open and was held atStade Roland Garros inParis.[4]
The tournament was run by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the2024 ATP Tour and the2024 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam tournament category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws.[5]
There were 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'swheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category.[7] The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 18 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe-Chatrier, Court Suzanne-Lenglen and Court Simonne-Mathieu.[8]
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The men's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. Thirty-two players were seeded.[11] Of those seeded players, six were defeated in the first round, notably No. 16Nicolás Jarry[12] and No. 17Ugo Humbert.[13]Karen Khachanov,Alexander Bublik andSebastián 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. 6Andrey Rublev,[17] No. 14Tommy Paul and No. 15Ben Shelton.[18] With his win overLorenzo Musetti in the third round,Novak Djokovic equaledRoger 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]Daniil Medvedev,Hubert Hurkacz andTaylor Fritz were the highest of the seven seeded players who were defeated in the Round of 16.[21][22][23]
Defending championNovak Djokovic withdrew from the quarterfinals due to a knee injury. As a result of thisCasper Ruud received a walkover into the semifinals.[24] His withdrawal guaranteed a first-time champion. It also marked the first French Open final without a member of theBig Three since2004.[25] Due to Djokovic's withdrawal,Jannik Sinner attained theATP World No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, becoming the first Italian singles player, male or female, to claim the top spot.[26] In the quarterfinals, Sinner defeated tenth seedGrigor Dimitrov in straight sets,[27] third seedCarlos Alcaraz won over ninth seedStefanos Tsitsipas in a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinal,[28] and fourth seedAlexander Zverev reached the semifinals with a win over 11th seedAlex de Minaur.[29]
The first semifinal was played between second seed Sinner and third seed Alcaraz. The Italian got off to a strong start after he broke Alcaraz's serve in the first game of the match[30] to win four consecutive games.[31] Even though, Alcaraz countered this by breaking Sinner's serve,[32] the second seed won the first set, 6–2.[33] In the second set, the Italian once again broke Alcaraz's opening serve,[34] but the Spaniard won four consecutive games before taking the second set 6–3 in favor.[35] In the third set, Alcaraz got the lead after breaking Sinner's serve,[36] but No. 2 broke his serve twice to take the third set 6–3.[37] In the fourth set, both players continued to hold their serves until Alcaraz broke Sinner's serve in the last game of the set to win the set and to level the match at 2–2.[38] The Spaniard won the first three games of the deciding set.[39] Alcaraz won the match in five sets.[40] He also became the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam singles final on 3 different surfaces.[41] In the second semifinal, the fourth seed, Zverev played against two times French Open finalist, Casper Ruud. Ruud got an early start after Zverev's serve, winning three games in a row,[42] before taking the first set, 6–2.[43] The German broke the seventh seed's serve twice in the second set to win it in his favor, 6–2.[44] At this point in the match, Ruud started showing signs of his fatigue due to a stomach illness.[45] Zverev won the 3rd set by 6–4 after saving a break point in the 10th game.[46] Zverev won the fourth set and the match by breaking Ruud's serve in the 1st and 7th game of the set.[47]
In the final, Alcaraz had a strong start after he broke Zverev's serve in the first game of the match,[48] however, Zverev fought back and broke Alcaraz's serve in the next game.[49] Alcaraz went on to win the first set after he broke the fourth seed's serve in the 5th and 9th game.[50] Zverev dominated in the second set, he broke Alcaraz's serve twice, in the 5th[51] and 7th[52] game of the set, winning four games consecutively.[53] In the third set, coming from behind Zverev fought off a last game challenge from the Spaniard and won the set by 7–5 in his favor after saving a break point in the 12th game.[54] Alcaraz bounced back in the 4th set, he won the first games of the set, breaking Zverev's serve twice,[55][56] eventually winning the fourth set, 6–1 after saving three break points in the final game of the set.[57] In the deciding set, Alcaraz broke the German player's serve twice to win the set, match and the tournament.[58] It was his thirdmajor title. Alcaraz became the youngest player to win a major title on three different surfaces, having already won the2022 US Open onhardcourts and2023 Wimbledon Championships ongrass.[59]
The women's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. Thirty-two players were seeded.[11] Seven seeded players lost in the first round, notably No. 6Maria Sakkari,[60] No. 13Beatriz Haddad Maia,[61] and No. 16Ekaterina Alexandrova,[62] and 10 more fell in the second round, among them No. 9 and former championJeļena Ostapenko,[63] No. 10Daria Kasatkina,[64] and No. 11Danielle Collins.[65] In a second round match, No. 1 seededIga Świątek defeated former world No. 1Naomi Osaka after saving a match point,[66] leading some publications to call the match an "instant classic".[67] Six seeded players lost in the third round, including No. 7Zheng Qinwen.[68] Świątek's defeat ofAnastasia Potapova in the fourth round, which took just 40 minutes, was the shortest match played at Roland Garros since the1988 final betweenSteffi Graf andNatasha Zvereva; the 10 points won by Potapova are the fewest on record at the French Open.[69] No. 15Elina Svitolina and No. 22Emma Navarro were the only two seeded players to lose their matches in the fourth round.[70][71]
Mirra Andreeva was the only unseeded player to reach the quarterfinals.[72] In the quarterfinals, third seedCoco Gauff won against eight seedOns Jabeur,[73] Defending championIga Świątek defeated fifth seedMarkéta Vondroušová in straight sets while only losing two games.[74] No. 2 seedAryna Sabalenka was upset by Andreeva, who won after losing the first set.[75] No. 12Jasmine Paolini defeated fourth seedElena Rybakina in three sets.[76] In the first semifinal, Świątek met Gauff. Świątek started off strong by breaking Gauff's serve in the first game of the match.[77] First seed would break American's serve once more[78] to win the first set, 6–2.[79] In the fourth game of the second set, Gauff broke Świątek's serve for first time in the match,[80] but the Polish player broke back in the next game,[81] went on to win three consecutive games.[82] Świątek won the match, 6–2, 6–4 to reach her reach third straight French Open final.[83] She also became the third player since 2000 to make three consecutive finals at the event, afterJustine Henin (2005–2007) andMaria Sharapova (2012–2014).[84] In the second semifinal match, Jasmine Paolini played against Mirra Andreeva. Paolini was first to break the serve when she won the second service game of Andreeva.[85] Italian player won the first set, 6–3.[86] No. 12 broke Andreeva's serve in the fifth game of the second set.[87] Paolini won four consecutive games to defeat Andreeva, 6–4, 6–1 and reached her maiden major final.[88] Paolini became the third Italian woman to reach the French Open final, afterFrancesca Schiavone (2010,2011) andSara Errani (2012).[89]
In the final match, Jasmine Paolini got an early lead after she broke Swiątek's serve in the third game of the first set to lead the set by 2–1.[90] Świątek bounced back in the game by breaking Italian serve.[91] Światek won four consecutive games and broke Paolini's serve thrice back to back to win the first set by 6–2 in her favor.[92] Światek carried her strong moment into the second set as she broke No. 11's serve twice[93] in a row and won the first five games of the set (9 consecutive games in total).[94] Italian was finally able to hold her serve in the penultimate game of the match.[95] The defending champion won the set 6–1 to win her third consecutive and fourth overall French Open title.[96] Świątek only dropped one set en route to the title (also against Osaka) and became the third woman in theOpen Era to win three consecutive French Open titles, afterMonica Seles in1992 andJustine Henin in2007.[97] Additionally, Świątek became only the second woman to win theMadrid Open, theItalian Open and the French Open in the same season, afterSerena Williams in2013.[98] She became only the third player (and second woman) in the Open Era to win all of their first five Major finals, after Seles andRoger Federer.[99]
The men's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. Sixteen teams were 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.[100] 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).[101][102] In the first round, four seeded pairs lost; the highest seeded of them was No. 5Santiago González/Édouard Roger-Vasselin.[103] Three seeded teams lost in the second round including the defending champions and No. 4 seed,Ivan Dodig andAustin Krajicek.[104] In Third round, further three seeded teams lost, notably sixth-seedKevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz.[105]
In the quarterfinals, the top-seeded pair ofMarcel Granollers andHoracio Zeballos defeatedTomáš Macháč andZhang Zhizhen in straight sets in just 65 minutes.[106] 11th seedsSimone Bolelli andAndrea Vavassori upset third seedsRajeev Ram andJoe Salisbury.[107] Second seedsRohan Bopanna andMatthew Ebden defeated 10th seeds and previous year's finalistsSander Gillé andJoran Vliegen.[108] Ninth seedsMarcelo Arévalo andMate Pavić defeatedStefanos andPetros Tsitsipas in straight sets.[109] In the semifinals, Bolelli and Vavassori defeated Bopanna and Ebden in three sets, reaching their second consecutive grand slam final,[110][111] while Arévalo and Pavić ousted top seeds Granollers and Zeballos.[112] Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić defeated Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the final in straight sets to win their first major title as a pair.[113] It was Arévalo's second major men's doubles title and Pavić's fourth. Pavić completed acareer Golden Slam with the win, having previously won the three othermajor championships and anOlympic gold medal.[114]
The women's doubles event were scheduled to begin on 28 May with the first of six total rounds. Sixteen teams were 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.[100] 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).[101][102] 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) andElise Mertens.[115] Further six pairs fell in the third round; highest of them being No. 2Nicole Melichar-Martinez andEllen Perez.[116]
Four seeded pairs qualified for the quarterfinals, alongside four unseeded pairs. In the quarterfinals, unseeded pair ofMarta Kostyuk andElena-Gabriela Ruse received a walkover after their opponentMirra Andreeva andVera Zvonareva decided to withdraw due to Andreeva's schedule.[117] Fifth seedsCoco Gauff andKateřina Siniaková defeated 16th seedsMiyu Kato andNadiia Kichenok in straight sets while only losing two games.[118] No. 8Caroline Dolehide andDesirae Krawczyk beatGiuliana Olmos andAlexandra Panova.[119] No. 11Jasmine Paolini andSara Errani had a straight-set win againstEmma Navarro andDiana Shnaider.[120] In the semifinals, Paolini and Errani fought back from a set down to defeat the unseeded pair of Kostyuk and Ruse,[121] Like Errani and Paolini, the No. 5 seeds Gauff and Siniaková also rallied from a set down to defeat Dolehide and Krawczyk in three sets.[122] Coco Gauff and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini in the final in straight sets to win their first grand slam title as a pair.[123] It was Gauff's first major women's doubles title and Siniaková's eighth.[124]
The mixed doubles event were scheduled to begin on 29 May with the first of five total rounds. Eight teams were seeded.[11] Bad weather conditions led to an interruption in the schedule, resulting in a postponement of the doubles event, which commenced on May 31.[100] Two seeded pair were knocked out in the opening round: No. 5 pair ofVera Zvonareva/Sander Gillé and No. 8 seedBethanie Mattek-Sands/Austin Krajicek.[125] All five remaining seeds won their second round matches and advanced forward into the quarterfinals. In quarterfinals, the top seedsEllen Perez andMatthew Ebden lost to No. 7 pair ofHsieh Su-wei andJan Zieliński,[126] while, fourth seedsDesirae Krawczyk andNeal Skupski won against the unseeded pair ofZhang Shuai andMarcelo Arévalo in straight sets.[127] Unseeded pairUlrikke Eikeri andMáximo González knocked out the defending champions,Miyu Kato andTim Pütz.[128] No. 6 pair ofErin Routliffe andMichael Venus lost to second seeds,Laura Siegemund andÉdouard Roger-Vasselin.[129] In the semifinals, Hsieh and Zieliński were defeated by Krawczyk and Skupski,[130] while Eikeri and González were defeated by Siegemund and Roger-Vasselin.[131] In the final, Laura Siegemund and Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski to win their first major title as a pair.[132] It was the second Grand Slam mixed doubles title for Siegemund and the first for Roger-Vasselin.[133] Roger-Vasselin became the first French man to win the mixed doubles event sinceFabrice Santoro in2005.[134]
The wheelchair men's singles tournament began on 4 June with the Round of 16. The field was composed of 16 player with 4 seeded players.[11] Fourth seed Martín de la Puente lost in the first round. All of the quarterfinal matches were decided in straight sets, with top three seeds advancing. In the semifinals, No. 1Alfie Hewett lost in three sets toGustavo Fernández, while second seedTokito Oda defeated unseededTakuya Miki.[135] Oda defended his title by winning the final against Fernández in straight sets.[136]
The wheelchair women's singles tournament began on 4 June with the Round of 16. The field was composed of 16 player with 4 seeded players.[11] Third seedJiske Griffioen was knocked in the first round. Second seedYui Kamiji lost in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, No. 4Aniek van Koot lost to No. 1Diede de Groot in straight sets andZhu Zhenzhen won her match againstMomoko Ohtani that decided in the super tiebreaker. Three-time defending champion Diede de Groot defeated Zhu Zhenzhen in the final to win her 14th consecutive grand slam title.[137] De Groot completed the fivefold career Grand Slam with the win. This was also her 22nd major singles title, surpassing the record held byEsther Vergeer.[138]
The wheelchair quad singles tournament began on 5 June with the quarterfinal round. The field was composed of eight players; two-time defending championNiels Vink and three-time finalistSam Schröder received the top two seeds and the other six players were unseeded.[11] In the opening three players including two seeds won their matches in straight sets. In the semifinals, first seed Vink lost to Guy Sasson in straight sets, while Sam Schröder won also won his match against Donald Ramphadi in straight sets. In the final, Sasson defeated Schröder in the super tiebreaker to win his first ever grand slam title and also first Israeli player to do so.[139]
The wheelchair men's doubles competition featured the same 16 players that contested the singles event. Both the seeded teams won their both the quarterfinals,[140] and semifinals.[141] No. 1 seedsAlfie Hewett andGordon Reid defeated second seedsTakuya Miki andTokito Oda in straight sets to win their fifth consecutive French Open title.[142]
As with the men's competition, the wheelchair women's doubles event featured the same 16 players as in the singles event. Two of the eight pairs were seeded: defending championsYui Kamiji andKgothatso Montjane received the top seed, and the second seed went toDiede de Groot andAniek van Koot. Both these seeds won their quarterfinal and semifinal matches. In the final, de Groot and van Koot defeated defending champions Kamiji and Montjane.[143]
The wheelchair quad doubles tournament began on 7 June with the semifinal round. The field was composed of four pairs, consisting of eight players that played the singles event.[11] Both the seeds won their semifinal matches.[144]Sam Schröder andNiels Vink won the title by defeatingAndy Lapthorne andGuy Sasson in the final.[145]
Of the sixteen seeded players, only four made it through the first three rounds and into the quarterfinals: No. 1Rei Sakamoto, No. 2Joel Schwärzler, No. 5Kaylan Bigun and No. 10 Petr Brunclík. Sakamoto and Brunclík lost their quarterfinal matches. In the semifinals, unseededTomasz Berkieta won against unseeded Lorenzo Carboni, while fifth seed Bigun defeated second seed Schwärzler after losing the first set.[146] in the final, Bigun defeated Berkieta in three sets to claim his first junior Grand Slam title.[147]
Of the sixteen seeded players, only five made it through the first three rounds and into the quarterfinals: No. 1Renáta Jamrichová, No. 3Laura Samson, No. 4Tyra Caterina Grant, No. 10Iva Jovic and No. 12Tereza Valentová. Valentová knocked out the No. 1 seed in the quarterfinals. Valentová also won her semifinal against Grant. Third seed Samson defeated unseededKristina Penickova to reach the final. The all-Czech championship match was won by Tereza Valentová in straight sets.[148]
Of the four pairs that qualified for the semifinals, two were seeded. Six seeded pairs of the original eight made it past the second round. However, two seeded pair withdrew from their quarterfinal matches, No. 6 Viktor Frydrych/Mees Röttgering and No. 7Maxwell Exsted/Cooper Woestendick. The only seeded pair to lose their quarterfinal match was No. 3 Thomas Faurel/Luca Preda. Both the top seeds won their semifinals. The final, contested between two top seeds, No. 1Nicolai Budkov Kjær/Joel Schwärzler and No. 2Federico Cinà/Rei Sakamoto and was won by the former in straight sets.[149]
Of the eight pairs that were seeded at the start of the tournament, four qualified for the semifinal round, including the top three pairs and fifth seeded pair ofEmerson Jones andVittoria Paganetti. In the semifinals, top seedsAlena Kovačková andLaura Samson were knocked out by the all-American fourth seededed team ofTyra Caterina Grant andIva Jovic, while the fifth seeded pair was defeated by the third seeded pair ofRenáta Jamrichová andTereza Valentová. The final was won by Jamrichová and Valentová in straight sets.[150]
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Below is a series of tables for each competition showing the ranking points offered for each event.[151][152][153]
| 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.[154] 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Preceded by | French Open | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Grand Slam events | Succeeded by |