2019 French Open


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 118th 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. 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.

Tournament

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.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation 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.
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 under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time. 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.

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 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
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
€16,000€8,000€4,750

* per team

Singles players

;2019 French Open – Men's singles
;2019 French Open – Women's singles

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">2019 French Open – Men's singles">Men's singles

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11

Doubles seeds

Men's doubles">2019 French Open – Men's doubles">Men's doubles

  • 1 Rankings are as of 20 May 2019.

Women's doubles">2019 French Open – Women's doubles">Women's doubles

  • 1 Rankings are as of 20 May 2019.

Mixed doubles">2019 French Open – Mixed doubles">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.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Men's singles

Men's Singles Qualifiers
  1. Tennys Sandgren
  2. Salvatore Caruso
  3. Elliot Benchetrit
  4. Mikael Ymer
  5. Simone Bolelli
  6. Alexey Vatutin
  7. Thiago Monteiro
  8. Yannick Maden
  9. Pedro Martínez
  10. Kimmer Coppejans
  11. Blaž Rola
  12. Guillermo García López
  13. Stefano Travaglia
  14. Alexandre Müller
  15. Yannick Hanfmann
  16. Rudolf Molleker
Lucky Losers
  1. Sergiy Stakhovsky
  2. Lukáš Rosol
  3. Oscar Otte
  4. Henri Laaksonen
  5. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Women's singles

Women's Singles Qualifiers
  1. Bernarda Pera
  2. Kristína Kučová
  3. Kurumi Nara
  4. Aliona Bolsova
  5. Varvara Lepchenko
  6. Giulia Gatto-Monticone
  7. Antonia Lottner
  8. Sofya Zhuk
  9. Anna Blinkova
  10. Liudmila Samsonova
  11. Jasmine Paolini
  12. Elena Rybakina
Lucky Losers
  1. Marie Bouzková
  2. Tímea Babos
  3. Kaja Juvan

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's singles
; Women's singles
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.
; Men's singles
; Women's singles
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began

† – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

§ – withdrew from main draw

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal def. Dominic Thiem, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

Ashleigh Barty def. Markéta Vondroušová, 6–1, 6–3

Men's doubles

Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies def. Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin, 6–2, 7–6

Women's doubles

Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai, 6–2, 6–3

Mixed doubles

Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić, 6–1, 7–6

Juniors

Boys' singles

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune def. Toby Alex Kodat, 6–3, 6–7, 6–0

Girls' singles

Leylah Annie Fernandez def. Emma Navarro, 6–3, 6–2

Boys' doubles

Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida / Thiago Agustín Tirante def. Flavio Cobolli / Dominic Stricker, 7–6, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Chloe Beck / Emma Navarro def. Alina Charaeva / Anastasia Tikhonova, 6–1, 6–2

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Gustavo Fernández def. Gordon Reid, 6–1, 6–3

Wheelchair women's singles

Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–1, 6–0

Wheelchair quad singles

Dylan Alcott def. David Wagner, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 2–6, 6–2,

Wheelchair women's doubles

Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Marjolein Buis / Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–1, 6–1

Wheelchair quad doubles

Dylan Alcott / David Wagner def. Ymanitu Silva / Koji Sugeno, 6–3, 6–3

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Sébastien Grosjean / Michaël Llodra def. Juan Carlos Ferrero / Andriy Medvedev, 7–6, 7–5

Legends over 45 doubles

Sergi Bruguera / Goran Ivanišević def. Mikael Pernfors / Mats Wilander, 6–2, 4–6,

Women's legends doubles

Nathalie Dechy / Amélie Mauresmo def. Martina Navratilova / Dinara Safina, 6–3, 6–4

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