The 2024 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June 2024, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled.
It was the 123rd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam tournament of 2024. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players respectively. The men's singles title was won by Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Alexander Zverev in the final to lift his third major title. He also became the youngest male player to win a major title across three different surfaces. Iga Świątek successfully defended her women's singles title by defeating Jasmine Paolini in the final. It was her fifth major title and her third consecutive French Open trophy. By doing so, she recorded a 21-match winning streak at the French Open, which put her fourth in the match win streaks at the tournament. It would also be the final major for fourteen-time champion Rafael Nadal.
Tournament
The 2024 French Open was the 123rd edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2024 ATP Tour and the 2024 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam tournament category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws.
There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which will be part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 18 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe-Chatrier, Court Suzanne-Lenglen and Court Simonne-Mathieu.
Singles players Men's singles Men's singles players Champion Runner-up Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev Semifinals out Casper Ruud Jannik Sinner Quarterfinals out Novak Djokovic Alex de Minaur Stefanos Tsitsipas Grigor Dimitrov 4th round out Francisco Cerúndolo Taylor Fritz Holger Rune Daniil Medvedev Matteo Arnaldi Félix Auger-Aliassime Hubert Hurkacz Corentin Moutet 3rd round out Lorenzo Musetti Tommy Paul Thanasi Kokkinakis Tomás Martín Etcheverry Tallon Griekspoor Jozef Kovalík (LL) Jan-Lennard Struff Tomáš Macháč Andrey Rublev Zhang Zhizhen Ben Shelton Sebastian Korda Denis Shapovalov (PR) Zizou Bergs (Q) Sebastian Ofner Pavel Kotov 2nd round out Roberto Carballés Baena Gaël Monfils Filip Misolic (Q) Fabio Fognini Dušan Lajović Giulio Zeppieri (Q) Arthur Rinderknech Alejandro Davidovich Fokina David Goffin Luciano Darderi Karen Khachanov Flavio Cobolli Jaume Munar Alexander Bublik Mariano Navone Miomir Kecmanović Pedro Martínez Alexandre Müller (WC) Lorenzo Sonego Daniel Altmaier Kei Nishikori (PR) Henri Squire (Q) Kwon Soon-woo (PR) Jesper de Jong (Q) Brandon Nakashima Frances Tiafoe Maximilian Marterer Fábián Marozsán Alexander Shevchenko Sebastián Báez Stan Wawrinka Richard Gasquet (WC) 1st round out Pierre-Hugues Herbert (WC) Constant Lestienne Thiago Seyboth Wild Daniel Elahi Galán Yannick Hanfmann Otto Virtanen (LL) Botic van de Zandschulp Pedro Cachín Federico Coria Roman Safiullin Alexei Popyrin Adrian Mannarino Arthur Cazaux Adam Walton (WC) Valentin Vacherot (Q) Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) Rafael Nadal (PR) Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (WC) Rinky Hijikata Mackenzie McDonald Sumit Nagal Marcos Giron Hamad Medjedovic (Q) Dan Evans Alex Michelsen Roberto Bautista Agut Román Andrés Burruchaga (Q) Grégoire Barrère (Q) Pablo Carreño Busta (PR) Nuno Borges Thiago Monteiro (Q) Dominik Koepfer Taro Daniel Thiago Agustín Tirante Luca Nardi Arthur Fils Ugo Humbert Aleksandar Vukic Laslo Djere Márton Fucsovics Hugo Gaston Gabriel Diallo (Q) Max Purcell Yoshihito Nishioka Harold Mayot (WC) Emil Ruusuvuori Jack Draper J. J. Wolf (LL) Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (WC) Luca Van Assche Mattia Bellucci (Q) Alejandro Tabilo Jordan Thompson Mikhail Kukushkin (Q) Aleksandar Kovacevic Nicolás Jarry Aslan Karatsev Térence Atmane (WC) Gustavo Heide (Q) Cameron Norrie Andy Murray Borna Ćorić Christopher Eubanks
Women's singles Women's singles players Champion Runner-up Iga Świątek Jasmine Paolini Semifinals out Coco Gauff Mirra Andreeva Quarterfinals out Markéta Vondroušová Ons Jabeur Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka 4th round out Anastasia Potapova Olga Danilović (Q) Elisabetta Cocciaretto Clara Tauson Elina Avanesyan Elina Svitolina Varvara Gracheva Emma Navarro 3rd round out Marie Bouzková Wang Xinyu Donna Vekić Chloé Paquet (WC) Dayana Yastremska Liudmila Samsonova Sofia Kenin Leylah Fernandez Zheng Qinwen Bianca Andreescu (PR) Ana Bogdan Elise Mertens Irina-Camelia Begu (PR) Peyton Stearns Madison Keys Paula Badosa 2nd round out Naomi Osaka (PR) Jana Fett (LL) Viktorija Golubic Viktoriya Tomova Danielle Collins Marta Kostyuk Kateřina Siniaková Katie Volynets (Q) Tamara Zidanšek (Q) Wang Yafan Amanda Anisimova (PR) Cristina Bucșa Jeļena Ostapenko Caroline Garcia Wang Xiyu Camila Osorio Tamara Korpatsch Anna Blinkova Anna Kalinskaya Hailey Baptiste (LL) Diane Parry Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Petra Martić Arantxa Rus Bernarda Pera Linda Nosková Victoria Azarenka Daria Kasatkina Mayar Sherif Sara Errani (Q) Yulia Putintseva Moyuka Uchijima (Q) 1st round out Léolia Jeanjean (Q) Lucia Bronzetti Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Veronika Kudermetova Barbora Krejčíková Kamilla Rakhimova Jule Niemeier (Q) Ekaterina Alexandrova Caroline Dolehide Martina Trevisan Lesia Tsurenko Laura Pigossi (Q) Dalma Gálfi (LL) Diana Shnaider Aleksandra Krunić (PR) Rebeka Masarova Julia Avdeeva (Q) Alison Van Uytvanck (PR) Maria Timofeeva Ajla Tomljanović (WC) Magda Linette Rebecca Šramková (Q) Yuliia Starodubtseva (Q) Beatriz Haddad Maia Jaqueline Cristian Tatjana Maria Laura Siegemund Eva Lys (Q) Jessika Ponchet (WC) Bai Zhuoxuan Anhelina Kalinina Sachia Vickery (WC) Alizé Cornet (WC) Ashlyn Krueger Zhu Lin Sorana Cîrstea Clara Burel Sara Sorribes Tormo Kayla Day Daria Saville (PR) Karolína Plíšková Fiona Ferro (WC) Elsa Jacquemot (WC) Panna Udvardy (LL) María Lourdes Carlé Kristina Mladenovic (WC) Angelique Kerber (PR) Greet Minnen Maria Sakkari Nao Hibino Julia Riera (Q) Harriet Dart Nadia Podoroska Emina Bektas Lucija Ćirić Bagarić (Q) Magdalena Fręch Renata Zarazúa Yuan Yue Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Zeynep Sönmez (Q) Katie Boulter Sloane Stephens Irene Burillo Escorihuela (Q) Erika Andreeva
Events
Men's singles
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Alexander Zverev 6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 The men's singles event began on 26 May with the first of seven total rounds. Thirty-two players were seeded. Of those seeded players, six were defeated in the first round, notably No. 16 Nicolás Jarry and No. 17 Ugo Humbert. Karen Khachanov, Alexander Bublik and Sebastián Báez were the highest of the five seeded players to exit in the second round, and a further seven seeded players were defeated in the third round including No. 6 Andrey Rublev, No. 14 Tommy Paul and No. 15 Ben Shelton. With his win over Lorenzo Musetti in the third round, Novak Djokovic equaled Roger Federer's all-time record of 369 match wins at the majors. That match also marked the latest finish in tournament history, ending at 3:07 a.m. local time. Daniil Medvedev, Hubert Hurkacz and Taylor Fritz were the highest of the seven seeded players who were defeated in the Round of 16.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic withdrew from the quarterfinals due to a knee injury. As a result of this Casper Ruud received a walkover into the semifinals. His withdrawal guaranteed a first-time champion. It also marked the first French Open final without a member of the Big Three since 2004. Due to Djokovic's withdrawal, Jannik Sinner attained the ATP World No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, becoming the first Italian singles player, male or female, to claim the top spot. In the quarterfinals, Sinner defeated tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets, third seed Carlos Alcaraz won over ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinal, and fourth seed Alexander Zverev reached the semifinals with a win over 11th seed Alex de Minaur.
The first semifinal was played between second seed Sinner and third seed Alcaraz. The Italian got off to a strong start after he broke Alcaraz's serve in the first game of the match to win four consecutive games. Even though, Alcaraz countered this by breaking Sinner's serve, the second seed won the first set, 6–2. In the second set, the Italian once again broke Alcaraz's opening serve, but the Spaniard won four consecutive games before taking the second set 6–3 in favor. In the third set, Alcaraz got the lead after breaking Sinner's serve, but No. 2 broke his serve twice to take the third set 6–3. In the fourth set, both players continued to hold their serves until Alcaraz broke Sinner's serve in the last game of the set to win the set and to level the match at 2–2. The Spaniard won the first three games of the deciding set. Alcaraz won the match in five sets. He also became the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam singles final on 3 different surfaces. In the second semifinal, the fourth seed, Zverev played against two times French Open finalist, Casper Ruud. Ruud got an early start after Zverev's serve, winning three games in a row, before taking the first set, 6–2. The German broke the seventh seed's serve twice in the second set to win it in his favor, 6–2. At this point in the match, Ruud started showing signs of his fatigue due to a stomach illness. Zverev won the 3rd set by 6–4 after saving a break point in the 10th game. Zverev won the fourth set and the match by breaking Ruud's serve in the 1st and 7th game of the set.
In the final, Alcaraz had a strong start after he broke Zverev's serve in the first game of the match, however, Zverev fought back and broke Alcaraz's serve in the next game. Alcaraz went on to win the first set after he broke the fourth seed's serve in the 5th and 9th game. Zverev dominated in the second set, he broke Alcaraz's serve twice, in the 5th and 7th game of the set, winning four games consecutively. In the third set, coming from behind Zverev fought off a last game challenge from the Spaniard and won the set by 7–5 in his favor after saving a break point in the 12th game. Alcaraz bounced back in the 4th set, he won the first games of the set, breaking Zverev's serve twice, eventually winning the fourth set, 6–1 after saving three break points in the final game of the set. In the deciding set, Alcaraz broke the German player's serve twice to win the set, match and the tournament. It was his third major title. Alcaraz became the youngest player to win a major title on three different surfaces, having already won the 2022 US Open on hardcourts and 2023 Wimbledon Championships on grass.
Women's singles
Iga Świątek defeated Jasmine Paolini, 6–2, 6–1