# 2024 French Open (real tennis)

The 2024 French Open also known as the 2024 Open de France du Jeu de Paume was the 42nd edition of the real tennis French Open. The event was held at the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume & de Racquets in Paris between September 22 and 29, 2024, and was organised by the Comité Français de Courte-Paume, forming part of the qualifying series for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship. The men's draw was the third grand slam event of the year. It was the first French Open to be played without the pass rule.
2023 champion Nick Howell returned to defend his title, but he lost in the final to World Champion Camden Riviere. Riviere and Howell won the doubles against Steve Virgona and Leon Smart. Defending champion Claire Fahey won the women's singles event, winning her seventh calendar year grand slam. Fahey and Saskia Bollerman won the doubles, their first win at the event as a pair since 2017.
The event featured the debuts of Henry Henman and Vaughan Hamilton in an Open main draws, as well as the debut of Bertie Vallat at the French Open.

## Points Allocation

Points were available for the IRTPA World Rankings and the IRTPA World Race, the latter forming the qualifying path for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championships. Ranking points are only available for the men's draws. The points available are shown in the table below.
| Draw | Winner | Runner Up | Semi Final | Quarter Final | First Round |
| Men's Singles | 6612 | 4408 | 2645 | 1322 | 440 |
| Men's Doubles | 1580 | 1053 | 632 | 316 | - |

## Draw and results

Amateur players are marked as (A)

### Men's Singles Qualifying

Top 2 players qualify for the main draw
| | Hurstel | Jacquin-Turrettini | Huynh-Lenhardt | W-L | Set W-L | Game W-L | Standings |
| CA Hurstel (A) | | 3/6 5/6 | 6/4 5/6 5/6 | 0–2 | 1–4 (0%) | 24–28 (46%) | 3 |
| B Jacquin-Turrettini (A) | 6/3 6/5 | | 6/1 3/6 6/4 | 2–0 | 4–1 (100%) | 27–19 (59%) | 1 |
| B Huynh-Lenhardt | 4/6 6/5 6/5 | 1/6 6/3 4/6 | | 1–1 | 3–3 (67%) | 27–31 (47%) | 2 |

### Men's Singles

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | C Riviere | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Huynh-Lenhardt (A) | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | 1 | C Riviere | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Sarlangue (A) | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | 6 | M Sarlangue (A) | 0 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Jacquin-Turrettini (A) | 2 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Riviere | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | L Williams | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | 4 | L Smart | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | H Henman (A) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | L Williams | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Gordon | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | 4 | L Smart | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Smart | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Riviere | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | S Virgona | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Howell | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | B Vallat (A) | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | 3 | S Virgona | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Shenkman (A) | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | 5 | R Shenkman | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Woods-Casey | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Virgona | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 8 | L Gale | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Howell | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Hamilton | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | 8 | L Gale | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Victoir (A) | 3 | 0 | 1 | | | 2 | N Howell | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Howell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Men's Doubles

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | 1 | C Riviere N Howell | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| R Shenkman (A) L Gordon | 6 | 6 | 6 | | R Shenkman (A) L Gordon | 2 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| N Victoir (A) B Vallat (A) | 0 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | C Riviere N Howell | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| J Woods-Casey V Hamilton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | S Virgona L Smart | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| L Gale L Williams | 4 | 5 | 4 | | J Woods-Casey V Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | ' S Virgona L Smart | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Women's Singles

Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | C Fahey | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| S Bollerman | 6 | 6 | | S Bollerman | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| J Garside | 4 | 1 | | | | | 1 | C Fahey | 6 | 6 |
| K Carney | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | L van der Zwalmen | 1 | 2 |
| G Ingham | 0 | 4 | | K Carney | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | 2 | L van der Zwalmen | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Women's Doubles

Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | C Fahey S Bollerman | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| K Carney G Ingham | 0 | 0 | 2 | L van der Zwalmen J Garside | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| L van der Zwalmen J Garside | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

## Seeds and Rankings

World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA. World Race points are taken from the IRTPA World Race and form the qualification pathway to the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship. World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA World Rankings for the top 25 ranked players. Subsequent rankings are taken from the RealTennisOnline rankings. Where a player is ranked by handicap, their handicap is shown in brackets. For doubles pairs, seeding is taken as the numeric sum of the ranking points for each player. Subsequent rankings are taken from the pair's doubles handicaps using the IRTPA doubles handicap calculator. Rankings correct at 2 October 2024.

### Men's Singles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Ranking Points before | Race Points before | Points won | Points after | Race Points after | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Camden Riviere | 105269 | 72142 | 6612 | 103987 | 78755 | Champion, defeated Nick Howell (2) |
| 2 | 3 | Nick Howell | 51706 | 40371 | 4408 | 52660 | 44779 | Runner-up, lost to Camden Riviere (1) |
| 3 | 6 | Steve Virgona | 29699 | 31467 | 2645 | 32344 | 34112 | Semi Final lost to Nick Howell (2) |
| 4 | 8 | Leon Smart | 20634 | 18500 | 2645 | 23279 | 21145 | Semi Final lost to Camden Riviere (1) |
| 5 | 10 | Robert Shenkman | 12249 | 13022 | 1322 | 13572 | 14345 | Quarter final lost to Steve Virgona (3) |
| 6 | 11 | Matthieu Sarlangue | 10051 | 9941 | 1322 | 11374 | 11264 | Quarter Final lost to Camden Riviere (1) |
| 7 | 12 | Lewis Williams | 9222 | 9211 | 1322 | 10200 | 10534 | Quarter Final lost to Leon Smart (4) |
| 8 | 15 | Levi Gale | 5452 | 3796 | 1322 | 6450 | 5119 | Quarter Final lost to Nick Howell (2) |
| - | 19 | John Woods-Casey | 2894 | 1926 | 440 | 3010 | 2367 | First round lost to Robert Shenkman (5) |
| - | 30 | Louis Gordon | 1495 | - | 440 | 1936 | - | First round lost to Leon Smart (4) |
| - | 34 | Vaughan Hamilton | 921 | 921 | 440 | 1361 | 1361 | First round lost to Levi Gale (8) |
| - | 56 | Bertie Vallat | 790 | 790 | 440 | 1230 | 1230 | First round lost to Steve Virgona (3) |
| - | 73 | Henry Henman | 0 | 0 | 440 | 440 | 440 | First round lost to Lewis Williams (7) |
| - | 77 | Nicolas Victoir | 531 | 531 | 440 | - | 971 | First round lost to Nick Howell (2) |
| - | 121 | Benjamin Jacquin-Turrettini | 0 | 0 | 440 | 440 | 440 | First round lost to Matthieu Sarlangue (6) |
| - | 129 | Baudoin Huynh-Lenhardt | 0 | 0 | 440 | 440 | 440 | First round lost to Camden Riviere (1) |

### Men's Doubles

| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points After | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points After | Status |
| 1 | 1 | Camden Riviere | 94428 | 92564 | 3 | Nick Howell | 51824 | 55882 | Champion, defeated Steve Virgona and Leon Smart |
| 2 | 7 | Steve Virgona | 37042 | 40107 | 10 | Leon Smart | 18454 | 20713 | Runner-up, lost to Camden Riviere and Nick Howell |
| - | 11 | Robert Shenkman | 12066 | 13534 | 24 | Louis Gordon | 3268 | 4278 | Semi Final lost to Camden Riviere and Nick Howell |
| - | 13 | Lewis Williams | 8662 | 9425 | 16 | Levi Gale | 6281 | 6961 | Quarter Final lost to John Woods-Casey and Vaughan Hamilton |
| - | 19 | John Woods-Casey | 5302 | 6150 | 56 | Vaughan Hamilton | (9.1) | (8.6) | Semi Final lost to Steve Virgona and Leon Smart |
| - | 51 | Nicolas Victoir | (8.8) | (10.3) | 102 | Bertie Vallat | (13.3) | (10.4) | Quarter Final lost to Robert Shenkman and Louis Gordon |