2019_French_Open

2019 French Open

2019 French Open

Tennis tournament


The 2019 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the two-time defending champion in men's singles and won his record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals; the title was won by Ashleigh Barty.

It was the 123rd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2019. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw. This was in contrast to two other Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian Open and Wimbledon, which from 2019 increased the number of women qualifiers to 16, to match with the US Open.

2019 was the final year in which there was no roof on any of the Roland-Garros tennis courts. On 5 June 2019, the entire day's tennis was washed out due to heavy rain.[1] It is also the only Grand Slam to retain the advantage set in final sets, whereas the Australian Open and Wimbledon have now switched to tiebreaks.[2][3]

Tournament

Court Philippe Chatrier, where the finals of the French Open will take place.

The 2019 French Open is the 123rd edition of the French Open and is held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points are introduced. In the juniors tournament, service lets won't be featured.[4]

The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[5]

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,[6] and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category,[7] also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time.[8] The tournament is played on clay courts and took place over a series of 23 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and the newly opened Court Simonne Mathieu.[5][9]

Points and prize money

Points distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

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Prize money

The total prize money for the 2019 edition is €42,661,000, an increase of 8% over 2018. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,300,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2018.[10]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles €2,300,000 €1,180,000 €590,000 €415,000 €243,000 €143,000 €87,000 €46,000 €24,000 €12,250 €7,000
Doubles * €580,000 €290,000 €146,000 €79,500 €42,500 €23,000 €11,500
Mixed doubles * €122,000 €61,000 €31,000 €17,500 €10,000 €5,000
Wheelchair singles €53,000 €26,500 €13,500 €6,750
Wheelchair doubles * €16,000 €8,000 €4,750

* per team

Singles players

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Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 20 May 2019. Rank and points before are as of 27 May 2019.

Men's singles

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

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Women's singles

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Doubles seeds

Mixed doubles

  • 1 Rankings are as of 27 May 2019.

Main draw wildcard entries

The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Note: Steve Darcis, who would have been placed on the men's entry list on the initial entry cutoff date of 15 April 2019 with a protected ranking of #90, entered late and played the qualifying tournament but lost in the third round.

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Legends over 45 doubles

Women's legends doubles

Sponsors


References

  1. "Johanna Konta's semi-final moved to Friday after Wednesday washout". BBC. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. "Australian Open announces introduction of final set tie-breaks". The Telegraph. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "Roland Garros introduces new rules". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. "Roland Garros". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. "Roland Garros Junior French Defchampionships". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. "Circuit Info". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. "From park courts to Slams: the wheelchair tennis revolution". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  8. "The Courts". Roland Garros. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  9. 2019 French Open The Courier Mail (subscription required)

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