PremiumFrench Open 2024 – When and where to watch clay court grand slam tournament; provisional schedule of matches
Defending champs Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek return to Roland Garros for one more shot at clay court supremacy, but will have their work cut out, with tennis's top stars eyeing the Grand Slam
Last Updated: 03.02 PM, May 14, 2024
One of tennis’ four Grand Slam events, and the only one played on clay, the French Open 2024 will begin on May 20, 2024, with the preliminary qualification rounds. The first round will kick off on May 26 for the ladies and men, doubles and mixed doubles. The quarter-finals will be held between June 4 and 5; Semi-finals on June 6 and 7, with the Women’s Singles final on June 8 and the Men’s Singles title clash on June 9. The Juniors Singles and Doubles matches will also be held alongside. All matches will be played at Roland Garros in Paris, across the 20 courts, including the main one, Court Phillipe-Chatrier, where all the finals, except those of the Juniors, will be played.
In India, you can catch all the action from Roland Garros on Sony LIV, with the final schedule and match draws for the early rounds to be made available shortly. In the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic is the defending champion, while Iga Swiatek is the reigning women’s champ. Djokovic has not had a good start to the 2024 season, making it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open and the Monte-Carlo Masters, which he lost against Jannik Sinner, and Carl Ruud, respectively. He did not play in Miami and Madrid and was knocked out in round 2 of the Italian Open only days ago.
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The provisional schedule of French Open 2024
| DATE | MATCHES |
| May 20-25 | Qualifying rounds |
| May 26-28 | Round 1 - Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles |
| May 29-30 | Round 1 - Ladies' and Mixed Doubles; Round 2 - Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles & Gentlemen's Doubles |
| May 31- June 1 | Round 1 - Mixed Doubles; Round 2 - Ladies' and Gentlemen's Doubles; Round 3 - Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles & Gentlemen's Doubles |
| June 2 - June 3 | Round 1 - Juniors' Singles & Doubles; Round 2 - Juniors' Singles; Round 3 - Ladies' & Mixed Doubles,; Round 4, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles; 1/4 finals - Gentlemen's Doubles |
| June 4 - June 5 | Round 1 - Wheelchair & Juniors' Doubles; Round 2 - Juniors' Singles & Doubles; Round 3 - Mixed Doubles; 1/4 finals - Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles & Doubles |
| June 6 | Round 2 & 1/2 finals - Wheelchair; 1/4 finals - Juniors Singles & Doubles' 1/2 finals - Ladies' Singles & Gentlemen's Doubles |
| June 7 | 1/2 finals - Gentlemen's Singles, Ladies' Doubles, Juniors' Singles & Doubles, Wheelchair |
| June 8 | FINAL - Wheelchair, Juniors' Singles & Doubles, Gentlemen's Doubles, Ladies' Singles |
| June 9 | FINAL - Gentlemen's Singles, Ladies' Doubles |
Jannik Sinner, who is set to dethrone Djokovic from his No.1 ranking, may or may not make it to Roland Garros, as he’s still nursing a hip injury he sustained during the Monte Carlo Masters. Also, not in great form is 13-time champion and the undisputed King of Clay, Rafael Nadal. Back after a long injury break, Nadal lost to Hubert Hurkacz in the second round of the ongoing Italian Open, but remains positive about heading to Paris.
Some of the other big names expected to be at the French Open include, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tstitipas, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Rudd, Holger Rune, among many others. In the women’s draw, the current cut-off ranking is set at No. 99, while for the men it is No. 98.