The2014 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoorclay courts. It was the 113th edition of theFrench Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at theStade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June.[1] It consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in the men's singles and defeatedNovak Djokovic in the men's singles final to win his 9th French Open title and his 14thGrand Slam title. The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years.
Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing toGarbiñe Muguruza in the second round.Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeatingSimona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5thGrand Slam title.
This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open (Li Na andStanislas Wawrinka) lost in the first round of the French Open. Also, for the first time at any Grand Slam event in the Open era, the top three women's seeds (Williams, Li, andAgnieszka Radwańska) all failed to reach the fourth round.[2]
The 2014 French Open was the 113th edition of the French Open and was held atStade Roland Garros in Paris.[3]
The tournament is an event run by theInternational Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the2014 ATP World Tour and the2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[4] There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women'swheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is taking place over a series of twenty clay courts, including the three main showcourts,Court Philippe Chatrier,Court Suzanne Lenglen andCourt 1.[citation needed]
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
| 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 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
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| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points[edit]
| Junior points[edit]
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The total prize money for the tournament was €25,018,900, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,650,000, an increase of 10% compared to 2013.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €1,650,000 | €825,000 | €412,500 | €220,000 | €125,000 | €72,000 | €42,000 | €24,000 | €11,000 | €5,500 | €2,750 |
| Doubles * | €400,000 | €200,000 | €100,000 | €55,000 | €31,000 | €17,000 | €8,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed doubles * | €110,000 | €55,500 | €27,750 | €14,000 | €7,500 | €3,750 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair singles | €22,000 | €11,000 | €6,000 | €3,500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheelchair doubles * | €7,000 | €3,500 | €2,100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
* per team
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Rafael Nadal [1] |  Novak Djokovic [2] | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
 Andy Murray [7] |  Ernests Gulbis [18] | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| David Ferrer [5] |  Gaël Monfils [23] |  Tomáš Berdych [6] |  Milos Raonic [8] |
| 4th round out | |||
| Dušan Lajović |  Kevin Anderson [19] | Guillermo García López | Fernando Verdasco [24] |
 John Isner [10] |  Roger Federer [4] | Marcel Granollers | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [13] |
| 3rd round out | |||
 Leonardo Mayer | Jack Sock |  Ivo Karlović |  Andreas Seppi [32] |
| Donald Young | Fabio Fognini [14] | Richard Gasquet [12] |  Philipp Kohlschreiber [28] |
| Roberto Bautista Agut [27] | Tommy Robredo [17] | Radek Štěpánek |  Dmitry Tursunov [31] |
| Gilles Simon [29] |  Martin Kližan |  Jerzy Janowicz [22] | Marin Čilić [25] |
| 2nd round out | |||
 Dominic Thiem | Teymuraz Gabashvili | Steve Johnson |  Jürgen Zopp (PR) |
| Andreas Haider-Maurer (Q) | Axel Michon (Q) | Juan Mónaco | Simone Bolelli (Q) |
| Adrian Mannarino | Feliciano López [26] | Jan-Lennard Struff |  Thomaz Bellucci |
| Carlos Berlocq |  Pablo Cuevas (PR) |  Denis Istomin |  Marinko Matosevic |
 Aleksandr Nedovyesov | Benoît Paire | Kenny de Schepper | Mikhail Kukushkin |
| Mikhail Youzhny [15] | Facundo Bagnis (Q) | Sam Querrey | Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (Q) |
| Jiří Veselý |  Alejandro González |  Alexandr Dolgopolov [20] |  Robin Haase |
| Jürgen Melzer |  Jarkko Nieminen | Tobias Kamke | Jérémy Chardy |
| 1st round out | |||
| Robby Ginepri (WC) | Paul-Henri Mathieu (WC) | James Duckworth (Q) | Vasek Pospisil [30] |
| Nicolás Almagro [21] | Laurent Lokoli (Q) | Federico Delbonis | Tommy Haas [16] |
 Grigor Dimitrov [11] | Daniel Brands | Bradley Klahn | Stéphane Robert |
| Santiago Giraldo | Lucas Pouille (WC) | Andrea Arnaboldi (Q) | Igor Sijsling |
| Stan Wawrinka [3] |  Lu Yen-hsun |  Dudi Sela |  Damir Džumhur (Q) |
 Victor Hănescu | Albano Olivetti (WC) | Benjamin Becker | Andreas Beck (Q) |
| Bernard Tomic | Lleyton Hewitt | Matthew Ebden | Michaël Llodra (WC) |
| Pere Riba | Sergiy Stakhovsky | Dustin Brown | Andrey Golubev |
| Peter Polansky (Q) |  Somdev Devvarman | Alejandro Falla | Paolo Lorenzi (Q) |
| James Ward (Q) | Albert Montañés | Nicolas Mahut | Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) |
| Pablo Carreño | Facundo Argüello | Julien Benneteau | Łukasz Kubot |
| Potito Starace (Q) | Filippo Volandri |  Gastão Elias (Q) | Lukáš Lacko |
| Nick Kyrgios (WC) | Lukáš Rosol | Michael Russell | Ante Pavić (Q) |
| Albert Ramos | Ivan Dodig | Nikolay Davydenko |  Kei Nishikori [9] |
| Édouard Roger-Vasselin |  David Goffin | Michał Przysiężny |  Víctor Estrella Burgos |
| Pablo Andújar | Miloslav Mečíř Jr. (Q) | Daniel Gimeno Traver | João Sousa |
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Sharapova [7] | Simona Halep [4] | ||
| Semifinals out | |||
| Eugenie Bouchard [18] | Andrea Petkovic [28] | ||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| Garbiñe Muguruza | Carla Suárez Navarro [14] | Svetlana Kuznetsova [27] | Sara Errani [10] |
| 4th round out | |||
| Pauline Parmentier (WC) | Samantha Stosur [19] | Alja Tomljanović | Angelique Kerber [8] |
| Lucie Šafářová [23] | Sloane Stephens [15] | Jelena Janković [6] | Kiki Bertens (Q) |
| 3rd round out | |||
| Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | Mona Barthel | Dominika Cibulková [9] | Paula Ormaechea |
| Agnieszka Radwańska [3] | Taylor Townsend (WC) |  Johanna Larsson | Daniela Hantuchová [31] |
| Petra Kvitová [5] | Ana Ivanovic [11] | Ekaterina Makarova [22] | María Teresa Torró Flor |
| Sorana Cîrstea [26] | Julia Glushko | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | Kristina Mladenovic |
| 2nd round out | |||
| Serena Williams [1] | Venus Williams [29] | Yaroslava Shvedova | Sabine Lisicki [16] |
| Tamira Paszek (Q) | Yvonne Meusburger | Monica Niculescu | Tsvetana Pironkova |
| Karolína Plíšková | Elena Vesnina [32] | Alizé Cornet [29] | Timea Bacsinszky (Q) |
| Flavia Pennetta [12] | Julia Görges | Claire Feuerstein (WC) | Varvara Lepchenko |
 Marina Erakovic | Camila Giorgi | Casey Dellacqua | Elina Svitolina |
 Polona Hercog | CoCo Vandeweghe | Magdaléna Rybáriková | Heather Watson (Q) |
| Kurumi Nara | Teliana Pereira | Kirsten Flipkens [21] | Dinah Pfizenmaier |
| Yanina Wickmayer | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [24] | Stefanie Vögele | Alison Riske |
| 1st round out | |||
| Alizé Lim (WC) | Grace Min (Q) |  Zheng Jie | Belinda Bencic |
| Roberta Vinci [17] | Lauren Davis | Karin Knapp | Fiona Ferro (WC) |
| Virginie Razzano | Alison Van Uytvanck | Amandine Hesse (WC) |  Monica Puig |
| Kaia Kanepi [25] | Romina Oprandi | Annika Beck | Ksenia Pervak (Q) |
| Zhang Shuai | Mathilde Johansson (WC) | Francesca Schiavone | Christina McHale |
| Ashleigh Barty (WC) | Vania King | Maryna Zanevska (Q) | Yuliya Beygelzimer (Q) |
| Patricia Mayr-Achleitner | Maria Kirilenko | Michelle Larcher de Brito (Q) | Shahar Pe'er |
| Jovana Jakšić |  Olga Govortsova | Petra Cetkovská | Katarzyna Piter |
| Zarina Diyas | Nadiia Kichenok | Bojana Jovanovski |  Sofia Shapatava (Q) |
 Mandy Minella | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Petra Martić | Caroline Garcia |
| Peng Shuai | Jana Čepelová | Iveta Melzer (PR) | Shelby Rogers |
| Klára Koukalová [30] | Urszula Radwańska | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová | Alisa Kleybanova |
| Sharon Fichman | Anna Tatishvili |  Luksika Kumkhum | Aleksandra Wozniak (Q) |
 Danka Kovinić (Q) | Donna Vekić | Estrella Cabeza Candela | Madison Keys |
 Caroline Wozniacki [13] | Chanelle Scheepers | Alexandra Cadanțu | Kimiko Date-Krumm |
| Misaki Doi | Anna-Lena Friedsam | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | Li Na [2] |
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings and Rankings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 19 May 2014, while points before are as of the standings on 26 May 2014.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | Rafael Nadal | 12,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 12,500 | Champion, defeatedNovak Djokovic [2] |
2 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | 11,850 | 720 | 1,200 | 12,330 | Runner-up, lost toRafael Nadal [1] |
3 | 3 | Stan Wawrinka | 5,830 | 360 | 10 | 5,480 | First round lost toGuillermo García López |
4 | 4 | Roger Federer | 5,125 | 360 | 180 | 4,945 | Fourth round lost toErnests Gulbis [18] |
5 | 5 | David Ferrer | 5,030 | 1,200 | 360 | 4,190 | Quarterfinals lost toRafael Nadal [1] |
6 | 6 | Tomáš Berdych | 4,330 | 10 | 360 | 4,680 | Quarterfinals lost toErnests Gulbis [18] |
7 | 8 | Andy Murray | 4,120 | 0 | 720 | 4,840 | Semifinals lost toRafael Nadal [1] |
8 | 9 | Milos Raonic | 2,975 | 90 | 360 | 3,245 | Quarterfinals lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
9 | 10 | Kei Nishikori | 2,815 | 180 | 10 | 2,645 | First round lost toMartin Kližan |
10 | 11 | John Isner | 2,600 | 90 | 180 | 2,690 | Fourth round lost toTomáš Berdych [6] |
11 | 12 | Grigor Dimitrov | 2,515 | 90 | 10 | 2,435 | First round lost toIvo Karlović |
12 | 13 | Richard Gasquet | 2,445 | 180 | 90 | 2,355 | Third round lost toFernando Verdasco [24] |
13 | 14 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 2,315 | 720 | 180 | 1,775 | Fourth round lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
14 | 15 | Fabio Fognini | 2,155 | 90 | 90 | 2,155 | Third round lost toGaël Monfils [23] |
15 | 16 | Mikhail Youzhny | 2,065 | 180 | 45 | 1,930 | Second round lost toRadek Štěpánek |
16 | 18 | Tommy Haas | 2,005 | 360 | 10 | 1,655 | First round retired againstJürgen Zopp [PR] |
17 | 19 | Tommy Robredo | 1,900 | 360 | 90 | 1,630 | Third round lost toJohn Isner [10] |
18 | 17 | Ernests Gulbis | 2,050 | 45 | 720 | 2,725 | Semifinals lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
19 | 20 | Kevin Anderson | 1,710 | 180 | 180 | 1,710 | Fourth round lost toDavid Ferrer [5] |
20 | 21 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 1,645 | 10 | 45 | 1,680 | Second round lost toMarcel Granollers |
21 | 22 | Nicolás Almagro | 1,620 | 180 | 10 | 1,450 | First round retired againstJack Sock |
22 | 23 | Jerzy Janowicz | 1,510 | 90 | 90 | 1,510 | Third round lost toJo-Wilfried Tsonga [13] |
23 | 28 | Gaël Monfils | 1,390 | 90 | 360 | 1,660 | Quarterfinals lost toAndy Murray [7] |
24 | 25 | Fernando Verdasco | 1,420 | 45 | 180 | 1,555 | Fourth round lost toAndy Murray [7] |
25 | 26 | Marin Čilić | 1,410 | 90 | 90 | 1,410 | Third round lost toNovak Djokovic [2] |
26 | 27 | Feliciano López | 1,395 | 90 | 45 | 1,350 | Second round lost toDonald Young |
27 | 29 | Roberto Bautista Agut | 1,330 | 45 | 90 | 1,375 | Third round lost toTomáš Berdych [6] |
28 | 24 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 1,485 | 180 | 90 | 1,395 | Third round lost toAndy Murray [7] |
29 | 30 | Gilles Simon | 1,225 | 180 | 90 | 1,135 | Third round lost toMilos Raonic [8] |
30 | 31 | Vasek Pospisil | 1,170 | 35 | 10 | 1,145 | First round lost toTeymuraz Gabashvili |
31 | 32 | Dmitry Tursunov | 1,155 | 45 | 90 | 1,200 | Third round lost toRoger Federer [4] |
32 | 33 | Andreas Seppi | 1,150 | 90 | 90 | 1,150 | Third round lost toDavid Ferrer [5] |
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points after | Withdrawal reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 | Juan Martín del Potro | 4,125 | 0 | 4,125 | Wrist injury |
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points won | Points after | Status |
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1 | 1 | Serena Williams | 11,590 | 2,000 | 70 | 9,660 | Second round lost toGarbiñe Muguruza |
2 | 2 | Li Na | 7,540 | 100 | 10 | 7,450 | First round lost toKristina Mladenovic |
3 | 3 | Agnieszka Radwańska | 6,360 | 500 | 130 | 5,990 | Third round lost toAjla Tomljanović |
4 | 4 | Simona Halep | 5,140 | 5 | 1,300 | 6,435 | Runner-up, lost toMaria Sharapova [7] |
5 | 6 | Petra Kvitová | 4,600 | 160 | 130 | 4,570 | Third round lost toSvetlana Kuznetsova [27] |
6 | 7 | Jelena Janković | 4,225 | 500 | 240 | 3,965 | Fourth round lost toSara Errani [10] |
7 | 8 | Maria Sharapova | 4,141 | 1,400 | 2,000 | 4,741 | Champion, defeatedSimona Halep [4] |
8 | 9 | Angelique Kerber | 3,870 | 280 | 240 | 3,830 | Fourth round lost toEugenie Bouchard [18] |
9 | 10 | Dominika Cibulková | 3,705 | 100 | 130 | 3,735 | Third round lost toSamantha Stosur [19] |
10 | 11 | Sara Errani | 3,590 | 900 | 430 | 3,120 | Quarterfinals lost toAndrea Petkovic [28] |
11 | 12 | Ana Ivanovic | 3,455 | 280 | 130 | 3,305 | Third round lost toLucie Šafářová [23] |
12 | 13 | Flavia Pennetta | 3,259 | 5 | 70 | 3,324 | Second round lost toJohanna Larsson |
13 | 14 | Caroline Wozniacki | 2,790 | 100 | 10 | 2,700 | First round lost toYanina Wickmayer |
14 | 15 | Carla Suárez Navarro | 2,785 | 280 | 430 | 2,935 | Quarterfinals lost toEugenie Bouchard [18] |
15 | 16 | Sloane Stephens | 2,481 | 280 | 240 | 2,441 | Fourth round lost toSimona Halep [4] |
16 | 17 | Sabine Lisicki | 2,556 | 160 | 70 | 2,466 | Second round retired vsMona Barthel |
17 | 18 | Roberta Vinci | 2,420 | 280 | 10 | 2,150 | First round lost toPauline Parmentier [WC] |
18 | 19 | Eugenie Bouchard | 2,640 | 100 | 780 | 3,320 | Semifinals lost toMaria Sharapova [7] |
19 | 20 | Samantha Stosur | 2,485 | 160 | 240 | 2,565 | Fourth round lost toMaria Sharapova [7] |
20 | 21 | Alizé Cornet | 2,085 | 160 | 70 | 1,995 | Second round lost toTaylor Townsend [WC] |
21 | 22 | Kirsten Flipkens | 2,010 | 100 | 70 | 1,980 | Second round lost toJulia Glushko |
22 | 23 | Ekaterina Makarova | 2,005 | 5 | 130 | 2,130 | Third round lost toSloane Stephens [15] |
23 | 24 | Lucie Šafářová | 1,950 | 5 | 240 | 2,295 | Fourth round lost toSvetlana Kuznetsova [27] |
24 | 25 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 1,915 | 100 | 70 | 1,885 | Second round retired vsKiki Bertens [Q] |
25 | 26 | Kaia Kanepi | 1,312 | 100 | 10 | 1,222 | First round lost toMonica Niculescu |
26 | 27 | Sorana Cîrstea | 1,710 | 160 | 130 | 1,680 | Third round lost toJelena Janković [6] |
27 | 28 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 1,706 | 500 | 430 | 1,636 | Quarterfinals lost toSimona Halep [4] |
28 | 29 | Andrea Petkovic | 1,710 | (140)† | 780 | 2,350 | Semifinals lost toSimona Halep [4] |
29 | 30 | Venus Williams | 1,531 | 5 | 70 | 1,596 | Second round lost toAnna Karolína Schmiedlová |
30 | 31 | Klára Koukalová | 1,490 | 5 | 10 | 1,495 | First round lost toMaría Teresa Torró Flor |
31 | 32 | Daniela Hantuchová | 1,461 | 5 | 130 | 1,586 | Third round lost toAngelique Kerber [8] |
32 | 33 | Elena Vesnina | 1,455 | 5 | 70 | 1,520 | Second round lost toAjla Tomljanović |
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.
Rank | Player | Points before | Points after | Withdrawal reason | |
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5 | Victoria Azarenka | 4,741 | 900 | 3,841 | Foot injury[5] |
The following players have been given a wildcard to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.[6]
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Julie Coin /Nicolas MahutAlizé Cornet /Jonathan EyssericStéphanie Foretz Gacon /Édouard Roger-VasselinAmandine Hesse /Michaël LlodraMathilde Johansson /Adrian MannarinoAlizé Lim /Jérémy ChardyMen's singles[edit]Main article:2014 French Open – Men's singles qualifying | Women's singles[edit]Main article:2014 French Open – Women's singles qualifying
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The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
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The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
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Rafael Nadal defeatedNovak Djokovic, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4Maria Sharapova defeatedSimona Halep, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4Julien Benneteau /Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeatedMarcel Granollers /Marc López, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)Hsieh Su-wei /Peng Shuai defeatedSara Errani /Roberta Vinci, 6–4, 6–1Anna-Lena Grönefeld /Jean-Julien Rojer defeatedJulia Görges /Nenad Zimonjić, 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]Andrey Rublev defeatedJaume Antoni Munar Clar, 6–2, 7–5Daria Kasatkina defeatedIvana Jorović, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3Benjamin Bonzi /Quentin Halys defeatedLucas Miedler /Akira Santillan, 6–3, 6–3Ioana Ducu /Ioana Loredana Roșca defeatedCiCi Bellis /Markéta Vondroušová, 6–1, 5–7, [11–9]Shingo Kunieda defeatedStéphane Houdet, 6–4, 6–1Yui Kamiji defeatedAniek van Koot, 7–6(9–7), 6–4Joachim Gérard /Stéphane Houdet defeatedGustavo Fernández /Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–3, [11–9]Yui Kamiji /Jordanne Whiley defeatedJiske Griffioen /Aniek van Koot, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]Mansour Bahrami /Fabrice Santoro defeatedArnaud Clément /Nicolas Escudé, 6–2, 2–6, [11–9]John McEnroe /Patrick McEnroe defeated
Andrés Gómez /Mark Woodforde, 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]Kim Clijsters /Martina Navratilova defeatedNathalie Dechy /Sandrine Testud, 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
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