2015 French Open

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 List of [Grand Slam women's singles champions|Grand Slam singles title], and third Career Grand Slam.

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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 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, 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.

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.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	€1,800,000	€900,000	€450,000	€250,000	€145,000	€85,000	€50,000	€27,000	€12,000	€6,000	€3,000
Doubles *	€450,000	€225,000	€112,500	€61,000	€33,000	€18,000	€9,000
Mixed doubles *	€114,000	€57,000	€28,000	€15,000	€8,000	€4,000
Wheelchair singles	€28,000	€14,000	€7,000	€4,000
	€8,000	€4,000	€2,400

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Singles players

;Men's singles
;Women's singles

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">2015 French Open – Men's singles">Men's singles

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2014. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles">2015 French Open – Men's doubles">Men's doubles

¹ Rankings were as of 18 May 2015.

Women's doubles">2015 French Open – Women's doubles">Women's doubles

¹ Rankings were as of 18 May 2015.

Mixed doubles">2015 French Open – Mixed doubles">Mixed doubles

¹ Rankings were as of 18 May 2015.

Main draw wildcard entries

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

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Men's singles

Men's singles qualifiers

Men's singles qualifiers – lucky losers

Women's singles

Women's singles qualifiers

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's singles

;Women's singles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Stan Wawrinka def. Novak Djokovic, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic got off to an even start at 3–3 in the first set, when Wawrinka's serve broke down, allowing Djokovic to win the set 6–4. In the second set, Wawrinka's form improved, and he eventually broke Djokovic on his fifth opportunity, which was set point, taking the set 6–4. Although Wawrinka earned three break points on Djokovic's first service game in the third set, at 1–0, Djokovic saved them all and held serve. However, Wawrinka broke serve four games later, firing "a brilliant forehand winner" and "an equally breathtaking backhand" to earn three break points and converting the first, and went on to take the set 6–3. In the fourth set, Djokovic quickly broke Wawrinka's serve and took a 3–0 lead, but Wawrinka broke back to level the set. When Wawrinka pressed on Djokovic's serve to earn two break points at 3–3, Djokovic rebounded with a succession of points to win the game and threaten Wawrinka's own serve at 0–40. Wawrinka then mounted his own comeback to hold serve before breaking Djokovic in the next game for a 5–4 lead. After earning a championship point at 40–30, Wawrinka fired a serve that appeared as though it may have been an ace, but the chair umpire checked the mark and confirmed that the ball was out. Djokovic rallied to earn a break point, but Wawrinka held his nerve and reeled off three points in a row to claim the fourth set and match.

Women's singles

Serena Williams def. Lucie Šafářová, 6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Serena Williams and Lucie Šafářová contested the finals of the women's singles championship. Williams won the first set 6–3 over Šafářová and started strong in the second set, going up 4–1 and appearing to be cruising toward her 20th major title. However, Šafářová fought back to even the set and take it into a tiebreaker, which she won easily. Momentum on her side, Šafářová won the first two games of the third set, but Williams managed to break her serve with a "heavy return". Williams did not allow Šafářová a single game for the remainder of the deciding set, winning it with the seventh break of the match.

Men's doubles

Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo def. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan, 6–7, 7–6, 7–5

Women's doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def. Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Mike Bryan def. Lucie Hradecká / Marcin Matkowski, 7–6, 6–1

Juniors

Boys' singles

Tommy Paul def. Taylor Harry Fritz, 7–6, 2–6, 6–2

Girls' singles

Paula Badosa Gibert def. Anna Kalinskaya, 6–3, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Álvaro López San Martín / Jaume Munar def. William Blumberg / Tommy Paul, 6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Miriam Kolodziejová / Markéta Vondroušová def. Caroline Dolehide / Katerina Stewart, 6–0, 6–3

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Shingo Kunieda def. Stéphane Houdet, 6–1, 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

Jiske Griffioen def. Aniek van Koot, 6–0, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Shingo Kunieda / Gordon Reid def. Gustavo Fernández / Nicolas Peifer, 6–1, 7–6

Wheelchair women's doubles

Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley, 7–6, 3–6,

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Juan Carlos Ferrero / Carlos Moyá def. Arnaud Clément / Nicolas Escudé, 6–3, 6–3

Legends over 45 doubles

Guy Forget / Henri Leconte def. Cédric Pioline / Mark Woodforde, 4–6, 7–6,

Women's legends doubles

Kim Clijsters / Martina Navratilova def. Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández, 2–6, 6–2,

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew.
;Before the tournament
; Men's singles

‡ Tommy Haas → replaced by Nicolás Almagro
‡ Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
§ Julien Benneteau → replaced by Alejandro Falla
§ Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Facundo Argüello
§ Milos Raonic → replaced by Andrey Golubev

; Women's singles

† Dominika Cibulková → replaced by Misaki Doi
‡ Laura Robson → replaced by Donna Vekić
‡ Kateryna Kozlova → replaced by Danka Kovinić

† – not included on entry list

‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began

§ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
;During the tournament
;Men's singles

Retirements

; Men's singles

Mikhail Youzhny

; Women's singles