2018 French Open


The 2018 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the Men's Singles and won his 11th French Open title. Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title in Women's Singles.
It was the 122nd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2018. Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion in the Women's Singles but lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. This was the first French Open since 1992 that both the men's and the women's singles competitions were won by the top seeds.

Tournament

The 2018 French Open was the 122nd edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points was introduced. Also for the juniors tournament, service lets wasn't featured.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 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. 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

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2018 edition is €39,197,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,200,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2017.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles€2,200,000€1,120,000€560,000€380,000€222,000€130,000€79,000€40,000€21,000€11,000€6,000
Doubles *€560,000€280,000€139,000€76,000€41,000€22,000€11,000
Mixed Doubles *€120,000€60,000€30,000€17,000€9,500€4,750
Wheelchair Singles€35,000€17,500€8,500€4,500
€10,000€5,000€3,000

* per team

Singles players

;2018 French Open – Men's Singles
;2018 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 21 May 2018. Rank and points before are as of 28 May 2018.

Men's Singles">2018 French Open – Men's Singles">Men's Singles

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11 Rafael Nadal8,7702,0002,0008,770Champion, defeated Dominic Thiem
23 Alexander Zverev5,615103605,965Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem
34 Marin Čilić4,9503603604,950Quarterfinals lost to Juan Martín del Potro
45 Grigor Dimitrov4,87090904,870Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco
56 Juan Martín del Potro4,450907205,080Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal
67 Kevin Anderson3,6351801803,635Fourth round lost to
78 Dominic Thiem3,3557201,2003,835Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal
89 David Goffin3,020901803,110Fourth round lost to Marco Cecchinato
910 John Isner2,980901803,070Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro
1011 Pablo Carreño Busta2,415360902,145Third round lost to Marco Cecchinato
1112 Diego Schwartzman2,165903602,435Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal
1215 Sam Querrey2,09510452,130Second round lost to Gilles Simon
1313 Roberto Bautista Agut2,120180901,985Third round lost Novak Djokovic
1414 Jack Sock2,11010102,110First round lost to Jürgen Zopp
1516 Lucas Pouille2,03090902,030Third round lost to Karen Khachanov
1617 Kyle Edmund1,95090901,950Third round lost to Fabio Fognini
1720 Tomáš Berdych1,75045101,715First round lost to Jérémy Chardy
1818 Fabio Fognini1,940901802,030Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić
1921 Kei Nishikori1,7103601801,530Fourth round lost to Dominic Thiem
2022 Novak Djokovic1,6653603601,665Quarterfinals lost to Marco Cecchinato
2123 Nick Kyrgios1,6304501,585Withdrew due to elbow injury
2224 Philipp Kohlschreiber1,62010101,620First round lost to Borna Ćorić
2330 Stan Wawrinka1,4001,20010210First round lost to Guillermo García López
2425 Denis Shapovalov1,573†451,608Second round lost to Maximilian Marterer
2526 Adrian Mannarino1,53510101,535First round lost to Steve Johnson
2629 Damir Džumhur1,41510901,495Third round lost to Alexander Zverev
2732 Richard Gasquet1,39590901,395Third round lost to Rafael Nadal
2833 Feliciano López1,37590101,295First round lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky
2934 Gilles Müller1,30010101,300First round lost to Ernests Gulbis
3035 Fernando Verdasco1,2801801801,280Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic
3136 Albert Ramos Viñolas1,260180901,170Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro
3237 Gaël Monfils1,220180901,130Third round lost to David Goffin

Withdrawn players

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, this was the points defended from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour.

Women's Singles">2018 French Open – Women's Singles">Women's Singles

† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles">2018 French Open – Men's Doubles">Men's Doubles

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

Men's Singles

Men's Singles

  1. Adam Pavlásek
  2. Ilya Ivashka
  3. Thomaz Bellucci
  4. Ernests Gulbis
  5. Casper Ruud
  6. Rogério Dutra Silva
  7. Denis Kudla
  8. Santiago Giraldo
  9. Guido Andreozzi
  10. Martin Kližan
  11. Jaume Munar
  12. Bernard Tomic
  13. Elias Ymer
  14. Jozef Kovalík
  15. Hubert Hurkacz
  16. Carlos Taberner

    Lucky Losers

  17. Sergiy Stakhovsky
  18. Peter Polansky
  19. Jürgen Zopp
  20. Oscar Otte
  21. Simone Bolelli
  22. Ruben Bemelmans
  23. Mohamed Safwat
  24. Marco Trungelliti

    Women's Singles

  25. Richèl Hogenkamp
  26. Rebecca Peterson
  27. Deborah Chiesa
  28. Caroline Dolehide
  29. Magdalena Fręch
  30. Viktorija Golubic
  31. Mariana Duque Mariño
  32. Barbora Krejčíková
  33. Georgina García Pérez
  34. Francesca Schiavone
  35. Grace Min
  36. Alexandra Dulgheru

    Lucky Losers

  37. Arantxa Rus
  38. Dalila Jakupović

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
; Men's Singles
;Before the tournament
; Women's Singles
;Before the tournament
;During the tournament
; Men's Singles
; Women's Singles

Seniors

Men's singles

Boys' Singles

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Legends Under 45 Doubles