2017 French Open

2017 French Open
The 2017 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 121st edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 28 May to 11 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.
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion in the Men's Singles, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Dominic Thiem.
Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion in the Women's Singles, but she lost in the 4th Round to Kristina Mladenovic.
This was the first time since 1974 French Open that both reigning champions of the Australian Open (Serena Williams and Roger Federer) withdrew before the tournament began.
Tournament
The 2017 French Open was the 116th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 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 were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which are 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 2017 edition is €36,000,000, a 12% increase compared to 2016. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,100,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2016.
* per team
Singles players
2017 French Open – Men's singles
2017 French Open – Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Doubles seeds
Men's doubles
1 Rankings were as of 22 May 2017.
Women's doubles
1 Rankings were as of 22 May 2017.
Mixed doubles
1 Rankings were as of 22 May 2017.
Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men's doubles
Grégoire Barrère / Albano Olivetti
Mathias Bourgue / Paul-Henri Mathieu
Kenny de Schepper / Vincent Millot
Jonathan Eysseric / Tristan Lamasine
Quentin Halys / Adrian Mannarino
Grégoire Jacq / Hugo Nys
Constant Lestienne / Corentin Moutet
Women's doubles
Audrey Albié / Harmony Tan
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo / Amandine Hesse
Manon Arcangioli / Alizé Lim
Fiona Ferro / Margot Yerolymos
Myrtille Georges / Chloé Paquet
Giulia Morlet / Diane Parry
Marine Partaud / Virginie Razzano
Mixed doubles
Alizé Cornet / Jonathan Eysseric
Myrtille Georges / Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Jessica Moore / Matt Reid
Chloé Paquet / Benoît Paire
Pauline Parmentier / Mathias Bourgue
Virginie Razzano / Vincent Millot
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal def. Stan Wawrinka, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
Women's singles
Jeļena Ostapenko def. Simona Halep, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Men's doubles
Ryan Harrison / Michael Venus def. Santiago González / Donald Young, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def. Ashleigh Barty / Casey Dellacqua, 6–2, 6–1
Mixed doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Rohan Bopanna def. Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Robert Farah, 2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Juniors
Boys' singles
Alexei Popyrin def. Nicola Kuhn, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Girls' singles
Whitney Osuigwe def. Claire Liu, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Boys' doubles
Nicola Kuhn / Zsombor Piros def. Vasil Kirkov / Danny Thomas, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Bianca Andreescu / Carson Branstine def. Olesya Pervushina / Anastasia Potapova, 6–1, 6–3
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Alfie Hewett def. Gustavo Fernández, 0–6, 7–6(11–9), 6–2
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji def. Sabine Ellerbrock, 7–5, 6–4
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer def. Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid, 6–4, 6–3
Wheelchair women's doubles
Marjolein Buis / Yui Kamiji def. Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 7–5
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Sébastien Grosjean / Michaël Llodra def. Paul Haarhuis / Andriy Medvedev, 6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Legends over 45 doubles
Mansour Bahrami / Fabrice Santoro def. Pat Cash / Michael Chang, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Women's legends doubles
Tracy Austin / Kim Clijsters def. Lindsay Davenport / Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
References
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