The French Open-, the second grand slam event of the season, is here, with 128 players each for the boys and female singles looking to lift the title with Roland Garros.
This year’s French Open will use the first day to pay tribute to the legendary retired Rafanadal.
This is everything you need to know.
schedule
The main draw for the French Open Men’s and Women’s Singles will begin on Monday, May 25th, with the women’s finals being held on Saturday, June 7th and the men’s finals being held on Sunday, June 8th.
Note: The opening day schedule will be displayed here following the BST single draw on Thursday at 1pm.
Men’s Single Bracket | Women’s Single Bracket
Important details and how to view
date: May 25th to June 8th
venue: Roland Garros, Paris
How to view: The French Open will be broadcast live on TNT Sports and Discovery+ in the UK. You can also follow ESPN live updates.
The British’s hope
British tennis is more hopeful than usual with the stars at this year’s French Open Jack Draper, Emma Radukanu and Katie Boulter I’ve been enjoying success with Clay this season.
Draper reached the Madrid Open final after losing to Norwegian Casperudo in three sets. He then arrived at the Italian Open Quarter Finals in Rome, but was stopped by the eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.
The 23-year-old has not yet passed his first round after losing his opening match in the last two years. However, he is expected to make this run better.
In a woman’s draw, Radkanu became disgusted with clay and succeeded and became Manan. The highlight was the Italian Open, where he won three superficial matches for the first time in his career.
She was stopped by American Coco Gough on a truck in Rome, but she hopes to develop more at this week’s Strasbourg Open.
Elsewhere, Katie Boulter managed one victory between Madrid and Rome. However, she appears as a champion last week at the lower WTA 125K Paris event, hoping to finally adjust her game to the surface.
Other British players in singles draw this week Jacob Fianley, Jody Ballage and Sonay Kartal.
Who is your favorite?
It’s difficult to watch past the Italian open finalists for the men’s draw Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcalaz As a clear favourite of the title. It was Alcaraz who won the title in Rome and won the final in two sets. He is also the champion of Roland Garros.
But don’t look at the sinners of the past. Roma marked his world’s No. 1 tennis return after a three-month ban on two positive doping tests in March 2024.
In the women’s draw, the bracket is a little more open.
Iga Swiatek He is looking for her fourth consecutive title and fifth in the last six years at Roland Garros. But she’s below the level that has done her harm in recent weeks.
There are many candidates to unsubscribe from switaek. There are Americans Coco Goufthose who have reached the finals in both Madrid and Rome in recent weeks have lost every time. Alina Sabalenka and Jasmine Parinirespectively. All three look at the title.
I’m 18 years old Mirria andevawho made the semi-finals last year, but has begun a breakout season this season where she has already won her two WTA 1000 events.
Prize
The prize money for the men’s and women’s single champions is equal at the French Open, with each planning to bring home £2.1 million from a total pot of 47 million.
The runner-up is just over £1 million, with prizes diminishing in each round.
winner: £2,166,912
runner-up: £1,083,456
Semi-finals: £586,341
Quarterfinals: £373,898
Round 4: £225,189
Round 3: £142,761
Round 2: £99,423
Round 1: £66,282
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