2019 French Open

2019 French Open
Date26 May – 9 June 2019
Edition118
Category89th Grand Slam
Draw128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money42,661,000
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Australia Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles
Germany Kevin Krawietz / Germany Andreas Mies
Women's doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed doubles
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan / Croatia Ivan Dodig
Wheelchair men's singles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
Argentina Gustavo Fernández / Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Australia Dylan Alcott / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
Denmark Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune
Girls' singles
Canada Leylah Fernandez
Boys' doubles
Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida /
Argentina Thiago Agustín Tirante
Girls' doubles
United States Chloe Beck / United States Emma Navarro
Legends under 45 doubles
France Sébastien Grosjean / France Michaël Llodra
Women's legends doubles
France Nathalie Dechy / France Amélie Mauresmo
Legends over 45 doubles
Spain Sergi Bruguera / Croatia Goran Ivanišević
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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 123rd 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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Tournament

Court Philippe Chatrier, where the finals of the French Open will take place.

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.[4]

The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 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.[5]

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,[6] and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category,[7] also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time.[8] 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.[5][9]

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 F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 2000 1200 720 360 180 90 45 10 25 16 8 0
Men's doubles 0
Women's singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10

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.[10]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
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
Wheelchair doubles * €16,000 €8,000 €4,750

* per team

Singles players

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

Day-by-day summaries

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.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Serbia Novak Djokovic 12,355 360 720 12,715 Semifinals lost to Austria Dominic Thiem [4]
2 2 Spain Rafael Nadal 7,945 2,000 2,000 7,945 Champion, defeated Austria Dominic Thiem [4]
3 3 Switzerland Roger Federer 5,950 0 720 6,670 Semifinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [2]
4 4 Austria Dominic Thiem 4,685 1,200 1,200 4,685 Runner-up, lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [2]
5 5 Germany Alexander Zverev 4,360 360 360 4,360 Quarterfinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
6 6 Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 4,080 45 180 4,215 Fourth round lost to Switzerland Stan Wawrinka [24]
7 7 Japan Kei Nishikori 3,860 180 360 4,040 Quarterfinals lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [2]
8 9 Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 3,235 720 180 2,695 Fourth round lost to Russia Karen Khachanov [10]
9 12 Italy Fabio Fognini 2,785 180 180 2,785 Fourth round lost to Germany Alexander Zverev [5]
10 11 Russia Karen Khachanov 2,800 180 360 2,980 Quarterfinals lost to Austria Dominic Thiem [4]
11 13 Croatia Marin Čilić 2,710 360 45 2,395 Second round lost to Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
12 14 Russia Daniil Medvedev 2,625 10 10 2,625 First round lost to France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
13 15 Croatia Borna Ćorić 2,525 90 90 2,525 Third round lost to Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
14 17 France Gaël Monfils 1,965 90 180 2,055 Fourth round lost to Austria Dominic Thiem [4]
15 16 Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili 1,970 10 10 1,970 First round lost to Argentina Juan Ignacio Londero
16 19 Italy Marco Cecchinato 1,840 720 10 1,130 First round lost to France Nicolas Mahut [WC]
17 20 Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1,755 360 45 1,440 Second round lost to Argentina Leonardo Mayer
18 21 Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 1,690 90 90 1,690 Third round lost to Italy Fabio Fognini [9]
19 23 Argentina Guido Pella 1,460 45+25 45+20 1,455 Second round lost to France Corentin Moutet [WC]
20 24 Canada Denis Shapovalov 1,425 45 10 1,390 First round lost to Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
21 25 Australia Alex de Minaur 1,410 0+65 45+20 1,410 Second round lost to Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
22 26 France Lucas Pouille 1,385 90 45 1,340 Second round lost to Slovakia Martin Kližan
23 27 Spain Fernando Verdasco 1,370 180 45 1,235 Second round lost to France Antoine Hoang [WC]
24 28 Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 1,365 10 360 1,715 Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [3]
25 22 Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 1,482 (20) 0 1,462 Withdrew due to left abductor injury
26 33 France Gilles Simon 1,235 90 45 1,190 Second round lost to Italy Salvatore Caruso [Q]
27 29 Belgium David Goffin 1,325 180 90 1,235 Third round lost to Spain Rafael Nadal [2]
28 30 United Kingdom Kyle Edmund 1,325 90 45 1,280 Second round retired against Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
29 31 Italy Matteo Berrettini 1,320 90 45 1,275 Second round lost to Norway Casper Ruud
30 35 Serbia Dušan Lajović 1,226 45 90 1,271 Third round lost to Germany Alexander Zverev [5]
31 32 Serbia Laslo Đere 1,314 10+75 90+10 1,329 Third round lost to Japan Kei Nishikori [7]
32 34 United States Frances Tiafoe 1,230 10 10 1,230 First round lost to Serbia Filip Krajinović

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
8 South Africa Kevin Anderson 3,745 180 3,565 Right elbow injury
10 United States John Isner 2,895 180 2,715 Left foot injury
18 Canada Milos Raonic 1,960 0 1,960 Right knee injury
Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points won Points after Status
1 1 Japan Naomi Osaka 6,486 130 130 6,486 Third round lost to Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
2 2 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 5,685 130 130 5,685 Third round lost to Croatia Petra Martić [31]
3 3 Romania Simona Halep 5,533 2,000 430 3,963 Quarterfinals lost to United States Amanda Anisimova
4 4 Netherlands Kiki Bertens 5,405 130 70 5,345 Second round retired against Slovakia Viktória Kužmová
5 5 Germany Angelique Kerber 5,095 430 10 4,675 First round lost to Russia Anastasia Potapova
6 6 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 5,055 130 0 4,925 Withdrew due to left arm injury
7 7 United States Sloane Stephens 4,552 1,300 430 3,682 Quarterfinals lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta [26]
8 8 Australia Ashleigh Barty 4,420 70 2,000 6,350 Champion, defeated Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
9 9 Ukraine Elina Svitolina 3,967 130 130 3,967 Third round lost to Spain Garbiñe Muguruza [19]
10 10 United States Serena Williams 3,521 240 130 3,411 Third round lost to United States Sofia Kenin
11 11 Belarus Aryna Sabalenka 3,505 10 70 3,565 Second round lost to United States Amanda Anisimova
12 12 Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 3,136 10 240 3,366 Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
13 13 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 3,063 240 10 2,833 First round lost to Russia Veronika Kudermetova
14 14 United States Madison Keys 2,965 780 430 2,615 Quarterfinals lost to Australia Ashleigh Barty [8]
15 15 Switzerland Belinda Bencic 2,893 70 130 2,953 Third round lost to Croatia Donna Vekić [23]
16 16 China Wang Qiang 2,812 130 70 2,752 Second round lost to Poland Iga Świątek
17 17 Estonia Anett Kontaveit 2,565 240 10 2,335 First round lost to Czech Republic Karolína Muchová
18 18 Germany Julia Görges 2,520 130 10 2,400 First round lost to Estonia Kaia Kanepi
19 19 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza 2,465 780 240 1,925 Fourth round lost to United States Sloane Stephens [7]
20 20 Belgium Elise Mertens 2,305 240 130 2,195 Third round lost Latvia Anastasija Sevastova [12]
21 21 Russia Daria Kasatkina 2,150 430 70 1,790 Second round lost to Puerto Rico Monica Puig
22 23 Canada Bianca Andreescu 1,973 30 70 2,013 Second round withdrew due to right shoulder injury
23 24 Croatia Donna Vekić 1,940 70 240 2,110 Fourth round lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta [26]
24 22 France Caroline Garcia 2,055 240 70 1,885 Second round lost to Russia Anna Blinkova [Q]
25 25 Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 1,825 10 70 1,885 Second round lost to Germany Andrea Petkovic
26 26 United Kingdom Johanna Konta 1,785 10 780 2,555 Semifinals lost to Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
27 27 Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko 1,767 240 130 1,657 Third round lost to Romania Simona Halep [3]
28 29 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 1,672 70 130 1,732 Third round lost to Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
29 30 Greece Maria Sakkari 1,642 130 70 1,582 Second round lost to Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
30 33 Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu 1,575 240 10 1,345 First round lost to Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova
31 31 Croatia Petra Martić 1,615 70 430 1,975 Quarterfinals lost to Czech Republic Markéta Vondroušová
32 34 Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich 1,550 70 10 1,490 First round lost to Slovenia Polona Hercog

Doubles seeds

Team Rank1 Seed
United States Nicole Melichar Brazil Bruno Soares 23 1
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Croatia Mate Pavić 23 2
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčiková United States Rajeev Ram 26 3
Netherlands Demi Schuurs Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer 27 4
China Zhang Shuai Australia John Peers 28 5
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Austria Oliver Marach 31 6
Poland Alicja Rosolska Croatia Nikola Mektić 33 7
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Colombia Robert Farah 37 8
  • 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.

Mixed doubles

Main draw qualifiers

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

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.

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair quad singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Wheelchair quad doubles

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Legends over 45 doubles

Women's legends doubles

Sponsors

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