The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 114th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and 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 five-time defending champion in the Men's Singles, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals. Stan Wawrinka won his first French Open title, defeating Djokovic in the final. Maria Sharapova was defending the Women's Singles title, but lost to Lucie Šafářová in the fourth round. Serena Williams defeated Šafářová in the final and won her third French Open title, 20th Grand Slam singles title, and third Career Grand Slam (joining Steffi Graf as the only two women in the Open Era to do so).
Tournament
The 2015 French Open was the 114th 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 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 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 UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
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 Event W FSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singles2701801207545Girls' doubles
Prize money The total prize money for the tournament was €28,028,600, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,800,000, an increase of 9% compared to 2014.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles€1,800,000€900,000€450,000€250,000€145,000€85,000€50,000€27,000€12,000€6,000€3,000Doubles *€450,000€225,000€112,500€61,000€33,000€18,000€9,000Mixed doubles *€114,000€57,000€28,000€15,000€8,000€4,000Wheelchair singles€28,000€14,000€7,000€4,000€8,000€4,000€2,400 * per team
Singles players Men's singles Champion Runner-up Stan Wawrinka Novak Djokovic Semifinals out Andy Murray Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quarterfinals out Rafael Nadal David Ferrer Kei Nishikori Roger Federer 4th round out Richard Gasquet Jack Sock Jérémy Chardy Marin Čilić Teymuraz Gabashvili Tomáš Berdych Gilles Simon Gaël Monfils 3rd round out Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Kevin Anderson Borna Ćorić Andrey Kuznetsov Nick Kyrgios David Goffin Leonardo Mayer Simone Bolelli Benjamin Becker Lukáš Rosol Pablo Andújar Benoît Paire Steve Johnson Nicolas Mahut (WC) Pablo Cuevas Damir Džumhur 2nd round out Gilles Müller Bernard Tomic Carlos Berlocq Lu Yen-hsun Pablo Carreño Busta Tommy Robredo Jürgen Melzer Nicolás Almagro João Sousa Kyle Edmund (Q) Santiago Giraldo John Isner Andrea Arnaboldi (Q) Jerzy Janowicz Viktor Troicki Daniel Gimeno Traver Thomaz Bellucci Fernando Verdasco Roberto Bautista Agut Juan Mónaco Dudi Sela Philipp Kohlschreiber Fabio Fognini Radek Štěpánek (PR) Dušan Lajović Sergiy Stakhovsky Ernests Gulbis Martin Kližan Diego Schwartzman Dominic Thiem Marcos Baghdatis Marcel Granollers 1st round out Jarkko Nieminen Paolo Lorenzi Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) Luca Vanni (Q) Germain Gigounon (Q) Illya Marchenko (Q) Blaž Kavčič Tim Smyczek Grigor Dimitrov Víctor Estrella Burgos Sam Querrey Andrey Golubev (LL) Adrian Mannarino Malek Jaziri Alexandr Dolgopolov Quentin Halys (WC) Facundo Argüello (LL) Vasek Pospisil Stéphane Robert (Q) Denis Istomin Filip Krajinović Donald Young Michael Berrer (Q) Andreas Seppi Robin Haase James Duckworth Maxime Hamou (WC) Jiří Veselý Jan-Lennard Struff Steve Darcis João Souza Lukáš Lacko Paul-Henri Mathieu (WC) Marinko Matosevic Ruben Bemelmans Taro Daniel (Q) Florian Mayer (PR) Elias Ymer (Q) Federico Delbonis Feliciano López Christian Lindell (Q) Mikhail Kukushkin Albert Ramos Go Soeda Tatsuma Ito Gastão Elias (Q) Ivan Dodig Yoshihito Nishioka (Q) Marsel İlhan Máximo González Ričardas Berankis Guillermo García López Igor Sijsling (Q) Kimmer Coppejans (Q) Frances Tiafoe (WC) Lucas Pouille (WC) Édouard Roger-Vasselin (WC) Andreas Haider-Maurer Aljaž Bedene Sam Groth Ivo Karlović Mikhail Youzhny Matthias Bachinger (Q) Alejandro Falla (LL)
Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Lucie Šafářová Semifinals out Timea Bacsinszky Ana Ivanovic Quarterfinals out Sara Errani Alison Van Uytvanck Elina Svitolina Garbiñe Muguruza 4th round out Sloane Stephens Julia Görges Petra Kvitová Andreea Mitu Ekaterina Makarova Alizé Cornet Flavia Pennetta Maria Sharapova 3rd round out Victoria Azarenka Tsvetana Pironkova Andrea Petkovic Irina Falconi Irina-Camelia Begu Madison Keys Francesca Schiavone Kristina Mladenovic Donna Vekić Elena Vesnina Annika Beck Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Carla Suárez Navarro Angelique Kerber Sabine Lisicki Samantha Stosur 2nd round out Anna-Lena Friedsam Lucie Hradecká Denisa Allertová Heather Watson Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Q) Carina Witthöft Sesil Karatantcheva (Q) Caroline Wozniacki Sílvia Soler Espinosa Ana Konjuh Tereza Smitková Belinda Bencic Karolína Plíšková Svetlana Kuznetsova Zarina Diyas Danka Kovinić Misaki Doi Bojana Jovanovski Polona Hercog Teliana Pereira (Q) Paula Kania (Q) Yulia Putintseva Alexandra Dulgheru Simona Halep Virginie Razzano (WC) Magdaléna Rybáriková Camila Giorgi Ajla Tomljanović Kurumi Nara Daria Gavrilova Amandine Hesse (WC) Vitalia Diatchenko 1st round out Andrea Hlaváčková (Q) Alexa Glatch (Q) Zheng Saisai María Teresa Torró Flor Barbora Strýcová Johanna Konta (Q) Mathilde Johansson (WC) Venus Williams Shelby Rogers Christina McHale Kateřina Siniaková Alison Riske Jelena Janković Manon Arcangioli (WC) CoCo Vandeweghe Karin Knapp Marina Erakovic Pauline Parmentier Margarita Gasparyan (Q) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR) Lara Arruabarrena Taylor Townsend Daniela Hantuchová Varvara Lepchenko Zhang Shuai Alizé Lim (WC) Wang Qiang Kiki Bertens Dinah Pfizenmaier (Q) Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Klára Koukalová Eugenie Bouchard Yaroslava Shvedova Petra Cetkovská Lesia Tsurenko Caroline Garcia Peng Shuai Kirsten Flipkens Fiona Ferro (WC) Louisa Chirico (WC) Agnieszka Radwańska Mona Barthel Aleksandra Krunić Yanina Wickmayer Roberta Vinci Nicole Gibbs Lauren Davis Evgeniya Rodina Monica Niculescu Verónica Cepede Royg (Q) Olivia Rogowska (Q) Magda Linette Petra Martić (Q) Tatjana Maria Casey Dellacqua Tímea Babos Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Océane Dodin (WC) Johanna Larsson Monica Puig Madison Brengle Jarmila Gajdošová Stefanie Vögele Kaia Kanepi
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 18 May 2015. Rank and points before are as of 25 May 2015.
Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 13,845 1,200 1,200 13,845Runner-up, lost to Stan Wawrinka 2 2 Roger Federer 9,235 180 360 9,415Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka 3 3 Andy Murray 7,040 720 720 7,040Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic 4 4 Tomáš Berdych 5,230 360 180 5,050Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 5 Kei Nishikori 5,220 10 360 5,570Quarterfinals lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6 7 Rafael Nadal 4,570 2,000 360 2,930Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic 7 8 David Ferrer 4,490 360 360 4,490Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray 8 9 Stan Wawrinka 3,845 10 2,000 5,835Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic 9 10 Marin Čilić 3,370 90 180 3,460Fourth round lost to David Ferrer 10 11 Grigor Dimitrov 2,760 10 10 2,760First round lost to Jack Sock 11 12 Feliciano López 2,280 45 10 2,245First round lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili 12 13 Gilles Simon 2,210 90 1802,300Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka 13 14 Gaël Monfils 2,065 360 1801,885Fourth round lost to Roger Federer 14 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,045 180 720 2,585Semifinals lost to Stan Wawrinka 15 17 Kevin Anderson 1,970 180 90 1,880Third round lost to Richard Gasquet 16 16 John Isner 1,980 180 45 1,845Second round lost to Jérémy Chardy 17 18 David Goffin 1,835 10 90 1,915Third round lost to Jérémy Chardy 18 19 Tommy Robredo 1,755 90 45 1,710Second round lost to Borna Ćorić 19 20 Roberto Bautista Agut 1,750 90 45 1,705Second round lost to Lukáš Rosol 20 21 Richard Gasquet 1,625 90 180 1,715Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic 21 23 Pablo Cuevas 1,502 45 90 1,547Third round lost to Gaël Monfils 22 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,285 90 45 1,240Second round lost to Pablo Andújar 23 22 Leonardo Mayer 1,580 90 90 1,580Third round lost to Marin Čilić 24 29 Ernests Gulbis 1,275 720 45 600Second round lost to Nicolas Mahut [WC] 25 25 Ivo Karlović 1,330 90 10 1,250First round lost to Marcos Baghdatis 26 24 Guillermo García López 1,335 180 10 1,165First round lost to Steve Johnson 27 26 Bernard Tomic 1,320 10 45 1,355Second round lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis [WC] 28 27 Fabio Fognini 1,295 90 45 1,250Second round lost to Benoît Paire 29 30 Nick Kyrgios 1,250 0 90 1,340Third round lost to Andy Murray 30 31 Adrian Mannarino 1,223 45 10 1,188First round lost to Jürgen Melzer 31 32 Viktor Troicki 1,217 (20)† 45 1,242Second round lost to Simone Bolelli 32 33 Fernando Verdasco 1,180 180 45 1,045Second round lost to Benjamin Becker † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.
Withdrawn players Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 6 Milos Raonic 4,800 360 4,440Right foot injury
Women's singles