2019 French Open


The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam 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 are also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in men's singles and won a record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in the women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals.
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 French 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 the final sets, whereas 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.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

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

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.

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

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus
11 Novak Djokovic12,35536072012,715Semifinals lost to Dominic Thiem
22 Rafael Nadal7,9452,0002,0007,945Champion, defeated Dominic Thiem
33 Roger Federer5,95007206,670Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal
44 Dominic Thiem4,6851,2001,2004,685Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal
55 Alexander Zverev4,3603603604,360Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic
66 Stefanos Tsitsipas4,080451804,215Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka
77 Kei Nishikori3,8601803604,040Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal
89 Juan Martín del Potro3,2357201802,695Fourth round lost to Karen Khachanov
912 Fabio Fognini2,7851801802,785Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev
1011 Karen Khachanov2,8001803602,980Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem
1113 Marin Čilić2,710360452,395Second round lost to Grigor Dimitrov
1214 Daniil Medvedev2,62510102,625First round lost to Pierre-Hugues Herbert
1315 Borna Ćorić2,52590902,525Third round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff
1417 Gaël Monfils1,965901802,055Fourth round lost to Dominic Thiem
1516 Nikoloz Basilashvili1,97010101,970First round lost to Juan Ignacio Londero
1619 Marco Cecchinato1,840720101,130First round lost to Nicolas Mahut
1720 Diego Schwartzman1,755360451,440Second round lost to Leonardo Mayer
1821 Roberto Bautista Agut1,69090901,690Third round lost to Fabio Fognini
1923 Guido Pella1,46045+2545+201,455Second round lost to Corentin Moutet
2024 Denis Shapovalov1,42545101,390First round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff
2125 Alex de Minaur1,4100+6545+201,410Second round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta
2226 Lucas Pouille1,38590451,340Second round lost to Martin Kližan
2327 Fernando Verdasco1,370180451,235Second round lost to Antoine Hoang
2428 Stan Wawrinka1,365103601,715Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer
2522 Félix Auger-Aliassime1,482†01,462Withdrew due to left abductor injury
2633 Gilles Simon1,23590451,190Second round lost to Salvatore Caruso
2729 David Goffin1,325180901,235Third round lost to Rafael Nadal
2830 Kyle Edmund1,32590451,280Second round retired against Pablo Cuevas
2931 Matteo Berrettini1,32090451,275Second round lost to Casper Ruud
3035 Dušan Lajović1,22645901,271Third round lost to Alexander Zverev
3132 Laslo Đere1,31410+7590+101,329Third round lost to Kei Nishikori
3234 Frances Tiafoe1,23010101,230First round lost to 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.
RankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints afterWithdrawal reason
8 Kevin Anderson3,7451803,565Right elbow injury
10 John Isner2,8951802,715Left foot injury
18 Milos Raonic1,96001,960Right knee injury

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

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles">2019 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

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
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

Seniors

Men's singles

Boys' Singles

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Legends Under 45 Doubles