2019 French Open

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. 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.
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 (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.
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, 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 serie 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.
* 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
† 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.
Women's singles
Doubles seeds
Men's doubles
1 Rankings are as of 20 May 2019.
Women's doubles
1 Rankings are as of 20 May 2019.
Mixed doubles
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.
Men's singles
Grégoire Barrère
Quentin Halys
Antoine Hoang
Maxime Janvier
Nicolas Mahut
Corentin Moutet
Tommy Paul
Alexei Popyrin
Women's singles
Audrey Albié
Lauren Davis
Priscilla Hon
Séléna Janicijevic
Chloé Paquet
Diane Parry
Jessika Ponchet
Harmony Tan
Men's doubles
Grégoire Barrère / Quentin Halys
Elliot Benchetrit / Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Benjamin Bonzi / Antoine Hoang
Mathias Bourgue / Jonathan Eysseric
Enzo Couacaud / Tristan Lamasine
Hugo Gaston / Clément Tabur
Manuel Guinard / Arthur Rinderknech
Women's doubles
Julie Belgraver / Mylène Halemai
Loudmilla Bencheikh / Cori Gauff
Estelle Cascino / Elixane Lechemia
Aubane Droguet / Séléna Janicijevic
Fiona Ferro / Diane Parry
Amandine Hesse / Jessika Ponchet
Chloé Paquet / Pauline Parmentier
Mixed doubles
Manon Arcangioli / Tristan Lamasine
Alizé Cornet / Jonathan Eysseric
Amandine Hesse / Benjamin Bonzi
Chloé Paquet / Benoît Paire
Pauline Parmentier / Fabrice Martin
Margot Yerolymos / Grégoire Barrère
Main draw qualifiers
Men's singles
Men's Singles Qualifiers
Tennys Sandgren
Salvatore Caruso
Elliot Benchetrit
Mikael Ymer
Simone Bolelli
Alexey Vatutin
Thiago Monteiro
Yannick Maden
Pedro Martínez
Kimmer Coppejans
Blaž Rola
Guillermo García López
Stefano Travaglia
Alexandre Müller
Yannick Hanfmann
Rudolf Molleker
Lucky Losers
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Lukáš Rosol
Oscar Otte
Henri Laaksonen
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Women's singles
Women's Singles Qualifiers
Bernarda Pera
Kristína Kučová
Kurumi Nara
Aliona Bolsova
Varvara Lepchenko
Giulia Gatto-Monticone
Antonia Lottner
Sofya Zhuk
Anna Blinkova
Liudmila Samsonova
Jasmine Paolini
Elena Rybakina
Lucky Losers
Marie Bouzková
Tímea Babos
Kaja Juvan
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Jozef Kovalík (PR 85)
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (PR 95)
Janko Tipsarević (PR 88)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (PR 34)
Women's singles
Shelby Rogers (PR 81)
Anna Tatishvili (PR 107)
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.
Men's singles
Before the tournament
Kevin Anderson → replaced by Maximilian Marterer
Félix Auger-Aliassime → replaced by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Tomáš Berdych → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
John Isner → replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena
Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Oscar Otte
Sam Querrey → replaced by Henri Laaksonen
Milos Raonic → replaced by Lukáš Rosol
Andrey Rublev → replaced by Filip Krajinović
Women's singles
Before the tournament
Katie Boulter → replaced by Marie Bouzková
Camila Giorgi → replaced by Tímea Babos
Petra Kvitová → replaced by Kaja Juvan
Ekaterina Makarova → replaced by Anna Tatishvili
Maria Sharapova → replaced by Mandy Minella
During the tournament
Bianca Andreescu
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal def. Dominic Thiem, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty def. Markéta Vondroušová, 6–1, 6–3
Men's doubles
Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies def. Jérémy Chardy / Fabrice Martin, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Women's doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Duan Yingying / Zheng Saisai, 6–2, 6–3
Mixed doubles
Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Juniors
Boys' singles
Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune def. Toby Alex Kodat, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
Girls' singles
Leylah Annie Fernandez def. Emma Navarro, 6–3, 6–2
Boys' doubles
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida / Thiago Agustín Tirante def. Flavio Cobolli / Dominic Stricker, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Girls' doubles
Chloe Beck / Emma Navarro def. Alina Charaeva / Anastasia Tikhonova, 6–1, 6–2
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Gustavo Fernández def. Gordon Reid, 6–1, 6–3
Wheelchair women's singles
Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–1, 6–0
Wheelchair quad singles
Dylan Alcott def. David Wagner, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Wheelchair men's doubles
Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda def. Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer, 2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Wheelchair women's doubles
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Marjolein Buis / Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–1, 6–1
Wheelchair quad doubles
Dylan Alcott / David Wagner def. Ymanitu Silva / Koji Sugeno, 6–3, 6–3
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Sébastien Grosjean / Michaël Llodra def. Juan Carlos Ferrero / Andriy Medvedev, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Legends over 45 doubles
Sergi Bruguera / Goran Ivanišević def. Mikael Pernfors / Mats Wilander, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Women's legends doubles
Nathalie Dechy / Amélie Mauresmo def. Martina Navratilova / Dinara Safina, 6–3, 6–4
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References
External links
Roland Garros
2019 ATP Tour
2019 WTA Tour
2019 in tennis
2019 in Paris