The 2014 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 113th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June. 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 defeated Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final to win his 9th French Open title and his 14th Grand 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 to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeating Simona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5th Grand Slam title.
This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open (Li Na and Stanislas 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, and Agnieszka Radwańska) all failed to reach the fourth round.
Tournament
The 2014 French Open was the 113th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 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. 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's wheelchair 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 and Court 1.
Point and prize money distribution
Points distribution Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100Quad doubles800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' doubles
Prize money 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles€1,650,000€825,000€412,500€220,000€125,000€72,000€42,000€24,000€11,000€5,500€2,750Doubles *€400,000€200,000€100,000€55,000€31,000€17,000€8,500Mixed doubles *€110,000€55,500€27,750€14,000€7,500€3,750Wheelchair singles€22,000€11,000€6,000€3,500Wheelchair doubles *€7,000€3,500€2,100 * per team
Singles players 2014 French Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Semifinals out Andy Murray Ernests Gulbis Quarterfinals out David Ferrer Gaël Monfils Tomáš Berdych Milos Raonic 4th round out Dušan Lajović Kevin Anderson Guillermo García López Fernando Verdasco John Isner Roger Federer Marcel Granollers Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3rd round out Leonardo Mayer Jack Sock Ivo Karlović Andreas Seppi Donald Young Fabio Fognini Richard Gasquet Philipp Kohlschreiber Roberto Bautista Agut Tommy Robredo Radek Štěpánek Dmitry Tursunov Gilles Simon Martin Kližan Jerzy Janowicz Marin Čilić 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 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 Facundo Bagnis (Q) Sam Querrey Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (Q) Jiří Veselý Alejandro González Alexandr Dolgopolov 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 Nicolás Almagro Laurent Lokoli (Q) Federico Delbonis Tommy Haas Grigor Dimitrov Daniel Brands Bradley Klahn Stéphane Robert Santiago Giraldo Lucas Pouille (WC) Andrea Arnaboldi (Q) Igor Sijsling Stan Wawrinka 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 Édouard Roger-Vasselin David Goffin Michał Przysiężny Víctor Estrella Burgos Pablo Andújar Miloslav Mečíř Jr. (Q) Daniel Gimeno Traver João Sousa
2014 French Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Maria Sharapova Simona Halep Semifinals out Eugenie Bouchard Andrea Petkovic Quarterfinals out Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Svetlana Kuznetsova Sara Errani 4th round out Pauline Parmentier (WC) Samantha Stosur Alja Tomljanović Angelique Kerber Lucie Šafářová Sloane Stephens Jelena Janković Kiki Bertens (Q) 3rd round out Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Mona Barthel Dominika Cibulková Paula Ormaechea Agnieszka Radwańska Taylor Townsend (WC) Johanna Larsson Daniela Hantuchová Petra Kvitová Ana Ivanovic Ekaterina Makarova María Teresa Torró Flor Sorana Cîrstea Julia Glushko Sílvia Soler Espinosa Kristina Mladenovic 2nd round out Serena Williams Venus Williams Yaroslava Shvedova Sabine Lisicki Tamira Paszek (Q) Yvonne Meusburger Monica Niculescu Tsvetana Pironkova Karolína Plíšková Elena Vesnina Alizé Cornet Timea Bacsinszky (Q) Flavia Pennetta 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 Dinah Pfizenmaier Yanina Wickmayer Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Stefanie Vögele Alison Riske 1st round out Alizé Lim (WC) Grace Min (Q) Zheng Jie Belinda Bencic Roberta Vinci Lauren Davis Karin Knapp Fiona Ferro (WC) Virginie Razzano Alison Van Uytvanck Amandine Hesse (WC) Monica Puig Kaia Kanepi 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 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 Chanelle Scheepers Alexandra Cadanțu Kimiko Date-Krumm Misaki Doi Anna-Lena Friedsam Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Li Na
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds 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.
Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus Rafael NadalChampion, defeated Novak Djokovic Novak DjokovicRunner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal Stan WawrinkaFirst round lost to Guillermo García López Roger FedererFourth round lost to Ernests Gulbis David FerrerQuarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal Tomáš BerdychQuarterfinals lost to Ernests Gulbis Andy MurraySemifinals lost to Rafael Nadal Milos RaonicQuarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic Kei NishikoriFirst round lost to Martin Kližan John IsnerFourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych Grigor DimitrovFirst round lost to Ivo Karlović Richard GasquetThird round lost to Fernando Verdasco Jo-Wilfried TsongaFourth round lost to Novak Djokovic Fabio FogniniThird round lost to Gaël Monfils Mikhail YouzhnySecond round lost to Radek Štěpánek Tommy HaasFirst round retired against Jürgen Zopp [PR] Tommy RobredoThird round lost to John Isner Ernests GulbisSemifinals lost to Novak Djokovic Kevin AndersonFourth round lost to David Ferrer Alexandr DolgopolovSecond round lost to Marcel Granollers Nicolás AlmagroFirst round retired against Jack Sock Jerzy JanowiczThird round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Gaël MonfilsQuarterfinals lost to Andy Murray Fernando VerdascoFourth round lost to Andy Murray Marin ČilićThird round lost to Novak Djokovic Feliciano LópezSecond round lost to Donald Young Roberto Bautista AgutThird round lost to Tomáš Berdych Philipp KohlschreiberThird round lost to Andy Murray Gilles SimonThird round lost to Milos Raonic Vasek PospisilFirst round lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili Dmitry TursunovThird round lost to Roger Federer Andreas SeppiThird round lost to David Ferrer
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event. Juan Martín del PotroWrist injury
Women's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus Serena WilliamsSecond round lost to Garbiñe Muguruza Li NaFirst round lost to Kristina Mladenovic Agnieszka RadwańskaThird round lost to Ajla Tomljanović Simona HalepRunner-up, lost to Maria Sharapova Petra Kvitová Jelena JankovićFourth round lost to Sara Errani Maria SharapovaChampion, defeated Simona Halep Angelique KerberFourth round lost to Eugenie Bouchard Dominika CibulkováThird round lost to Samantha Stosur Sara ErraniQuarterfinals lost to Andrea Petkovic Ana IvanovicThird round lost to Lucie Šafářová Flavia PennettaSecond round lost to Johanna Larsson Caroline WozniackiFirst round lost to Yanina Wickmayer Carla Suárez NavarroQuarterfinals lost to Eugenie Bouchard Sloane StephensFourth round lost to Simona Halep Sabine LisickiSecond round retired vs Mona Barthel Roberta Vinci Eugenie BouchardSemifinals lost to Maria Sharapova Samantha StosurFourth round lost to Maria Sharapova Alizé Cornet Kirsten FlipkensSecond round lost to Julia Glushko Ekaterina MakarovaThird round lost to Sloane Stephens Lucie ŠafářováSecond round retired vs Kiki Bertens [Q] Kaia KanepiFirst round lost to Monica Niculescu Sorana CîrsteaThird round lost to Jelena Janković Svetlana KuznetsovaQuarterfinals lost to Simona Halep Andrea PetkovicSemifinals lost to Simona Halep Venus Williams Klára Koukalová Daniela HantuchováThird round lost to Angelique Kerber Elena VesninaSecond round lost to Ajla 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. Victoria AzarenkaFoot injuryVictoria Azarenka to miss French Open, Yahoo! Sports, 19 May 2014
Main draw wildcard entries The following players have been given a wildcard to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men's singles Robby Ginepri Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nick Kyrgios Michaël Llodra