2018 French Open

2018 French Open
The 2018 French Open was a major 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 (Spain) was the defending champion in the Men's Singles and won his 11th French Open title. Simona Halep (Romania) 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 (ITF) 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 (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. 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.
* 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The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event.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
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
† 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
1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.
Women's doubles
1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.
Mixed doubles
1 Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.
Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards (wc) to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men's singles
Grégoire Barrère
Elliot Benchetrit
Alex de Minaur
Calvin Hemery
Maxime Janvier
Nicolas Mahut
Corentin Moutet
Noah Rubin
Women's singles
Fiona Ferro
Myrtille Georges
Amandine Hesse
Chloé Paquet
Pauline Parmentier
Jessika Ponchet
Taylor Townsend
Isabelle Wallace
Men's doubles
Geoffrey Blancaneaux / Constant Lestienne
Benjamin Bonzi / Grégoire Jacq
Jérémy Chardy / Daniel Nestor
Corentin Denolly / Alexandre Müller
Hugo Gaston / Clément Tabur
Antoine Hoang / Ugo Humbert
Florian Lakat / Arthur Rinderknech
Women's doubles
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo / Fiona Ferro
Manon Arcangioli / Shérazad Reix
Clara Burel / Diane Parry
Sara Cakarevic / Jessika Ponchet
Amandine Hesse / Pauline Parmentier
Virginie Razzano / Jade Suvrijn
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo / Ugo Humbert
Sara Cakarevic / Alexandre Müller
Fiona Ferro / Evan Furness
Kristina Mladenovic / Alexis Musialek
Chloé Paquet / Benoît Paire
Pauline Parmentier / Grégoire Barrère
Main draw qualifiers
Men's singles
Adam Pavlásek
Ilya Ivashka
Thomaz Bellucci
Ernests Gulbis
Casper Ruud
Rogério Dutra Silva
Denis Kudla
Santiago Giraldo
Guido Andreozzi
Martin Kližan
Jaume Munar
Bernard Tomic
Elias Ymer
Jozef Kovalík
Hubert Hurkacz
Carlos Taberner
Lucky losers
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Peter Polansky
Jürgen Zopp
Oscar Otte
Simone Bolelli
Ruben Bemelmans
Mohamed Safwat
Marco Trungelliti
Women's singles
Richèl Hogenkamp
Rebecca Peterson
Deborah Chiesa
Caroline Dolehide
Magdalena Fręch
Viktorija Golubic
Mariana Duque Mariño
Barbora Krejčíková
Georgina García Pérez
Francesca Schiavone
Grace Min
Alexandra Dulgheru
Lucky losers
Arantxa Rus
Dalila Jakupović
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Pablo Andújar (PR 105)
James Duckworth (PR 105)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR 63)
Yoshihito Nishioka (PR 66)
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka (PR 6)
Vania King (PR 103)
Kristína Kučová (PR 95)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR 90)
Mandy Minella (PR 104)
Serena Williams (PR 1)
Zheng Saisai (PR 88)
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.
Men's singles
Before the tournament
Chung Hyeon → replaced by Sergiy Stakhovsky
Steve Darcis → replaced by Matteo Berrettini
Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Simone Bolelli
Roger Federer → replaced by Laslo Đere
Nicolás Kicker → replaced by Oscar Otte
Filip Krajinović → replaced by Jürgen Zopp
Nick Kyrgios → replaced by Marco Trungelliti
Lu Yen-hsun → replaced by Ruben Bemelmans
Andy Murray → replaced by Cameron Norrie
Milos Raonic → replaced by James Duckworth
Andrey Rublev → replaced by Peter Polansky
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe → replaced by Thomas Fabbiano
Viktor Troicki → replaced by Mohamed Safwat
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by Pablo Andújar
Women's singles
Before the tournament
Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
Catherine Bellis → replaced by Viktória Kužmová
Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer
Monica Niculescu → replaced by Arantxa Rus
Monica Puig → replaced by Duan Yingying
Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by Mandy Minella
During the tournament
Serena Williams
Retirements
Men's singles
Marcos Baghdatis
Peter Gojowczyk
Women's singles
Lesia Tsurenko
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal def. Dominic Thiem, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles
Simona Halep def. Sloane Stephens, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Men's doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Oliver Marach / Mate Pavić, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Women's doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková def. Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya, 6–3, 6–3
Mixed doubles
Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Mate Pavić, 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Juniors
Boys' singles
Tseng Chun-hsin def. Sebastián Báez, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Girls' singles
Coco Gauff def. Caty McNally, 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Boys' doubles
Ondřej Štyler / Naoki Tajima def. Ray Ho / Tseng Chun-hsin, 6–4, 6–4
Girls' doubles
Caty McNally / Iga Świątek def. Yuki Naito / Naho Sato, 6–2, 7–5
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda def. Gustavo Fernández, 7–6(7–5), 6–0
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji def. Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer def. Frédéric Cattanéo / Stefan Olsson, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Wheelchair women's doubles
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Marjolein Buis / Yui Kamiji, 6–1, 6–3
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Àlex Corretja / Juan Carlos Ferrero def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Marat Safin, 6–3, 6–3
Legends over 45 doubles
Mansour Bahrami / Fabrice Santoro def. John McEnroe / Cédric Pioline, 6–1, 2–6, [12–10]
Women's legends doubles
Nathalie Dechy / Amélie Mauresmo def. Kim Clijsters / Nathalie Tauziat, 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [15–13]
References
External links
Roland Garros