2014 French Open

2014 French Open
The 2014 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 118th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June. It consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in the men's singles and defeated Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final to win his 9th French Open title and his 14th Grand Slam title. The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years.
Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeating Simona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5th Grand Slam title.
This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open (Li Na and Stanislas Wawrinka) lost in the first round of the French Open. Also, for the first time at any Grand Slam event in the Open era, the top three women's seeds (Williams, Li, and Agnieszka Radwańska) all failed to reach the fourth round.
Tournament
The 2014 French Open was the 113th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists 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 as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is taking place over a series of twenty clay courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Point and prize money distribution
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 tournament was €25,018,900, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,650,000, an increase of 10% compared to 2013.
* per team
Singles players
2014 French Open – Men's singles
2014 French Open – Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings and Rankings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 19 May 2014, while points before are as of the standings on 26 May 2014.
Men's singles
The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
Women's singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.
Main draw wildcard entries
The following players have been given a wildcard to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men's singles
Robby Ginepri
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nick Kyrgios
Michaël Llodra
Paul-Henri Mathieu
Axel Michon
Albano Olivetti
Lucas Pouille
Women's singles
Ashleigh Barty
Fiona Ferro
Claire Feuerstein
Amandine Hesse
Mathilde Johansson
Alizé Lim
Pauline Parmentier
Taylor Townsend
Men's doubles
Mathias Bourgue / Paul-Henri Mathieu
Jonathan Eysseric / Marc Gicquel
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Albano Olivetti
Tristan Lamasine / Laurent Lokoli
Fabrice Martin / Hugo Nys
Gaël Monfils / Josselin Ouanna
Florent Serra / Maxime Teixeira
Women's doubles
Mona Barthel / Virginie Razzano
Julie Coin / Pauline Parmentier
Alix Collombon / Chloé Paquet
Claire Feuerstein / Alizé Lim
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Laura Thorpe
Amandine Hesse / Mathilde Johansson
Irina Ramialison / Constance Sibille
Mixed doubles
Julie Coin / Nicolas Mahut
Alizé Cornet / Jonathan Eysseric
Stéphanie Foretz Gacon / Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Amandine Hesse / Michaël Llodra
Mathilde Johansson / Adrian Mannarino
Alizé Lim / Jérémy Chardy
Main draw qualifiers
Men's singles
Paolo Lorenzi
Peter Polansky
Laurent Lokoli
James Ward
Ante Pavić
Andreas Haider-Maurer
Miloslav Mečíř Jr.
Diego Schwartzman
Simone Bolelli
Damir Džumhur
Facundo Bagnis
Gastão Elias
Andreas Beck
Andrea Arnaboldi
James Duckworth
Potito Starace
Women's singles
Grace Min
Heather Watson
Maryna Zanevska
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Danka Kovinić
Aleksandra Wozniak
Kiki Bertens
Ksenia Pervak
Timea Bacsinszky
Sofia Shapatava
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Tamira Paszek
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Men's singles
Pablo Cuevas (PR 54)
Jürgen Zopp (PR 88)
Women's singles
Iveta Melzer (PR 67)
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
Men's singles
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Facundo Argüello
Florian Mayer → replaced by Thomaz Bellucci
Janko Tipsarević → replaced by David Goffin
Women's singles
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
Jamie Hampton → replaced by Petra Martić
Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Mandy Minella
Laura Robson → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Galina Voskoboeva → replaced by Estrella Cabeza Candela
Champions
Seniors
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
• It was Nadal's 14th career Grand Slam title and his 9th title at the French Open (a record). He is on his sixty-fourth career title overall.
Women's singles
Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
• It was Sharapova's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd title at the French Open.
Men's doubles
Julien Benneteau / Édouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Marcel Granollers / Marc López, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
• It was Benneteau's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
• It was Vasselin's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.
Women's doubles
Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai defeated Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci, 6–4, 6–1
• It was Hsieh's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
• It was Peng's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
Mixed doubles
Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Jean-Julien Rojer defeated Julia Görges / Nenad Zimonjić, 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
• It was Grönefeld's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open.
• It was Rojer's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Andrey Rublev defeated Jaume Antoni Munar Clar, 6–2, 7–5
Girls' singles
Daria Kasatkina defeated Ivana Jorović, 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
Boys' doubles
Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys defeated Lucas Miedler / Akira Santillan, 6–3, 6–3
Girls' doubles
Ioana Ducu / Ioana Loredana Roșca defeated CiCi Bellis / Markéta Vondroušová, 6–1, 5–7, [11–9]
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda defeated Stéphane Houdet, 6–4, 6–1
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji defeated Aniek van Koot, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
Wheelchair men's doubles
Joachim Gérard / Stéphane Houdet defeated Gustavo Fernández / Nicolas Peifer, 4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [10–8]
Other events
Legends under 45 doubles
Mansour Bahrami / Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément / Nicolas Escudé, 6–2, 2–6, [11–9]
Legends over 45 doubles
John McEnroe / Patrick McEnroe defeated Andrés Gómez / Mark Woodforde, 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Women's legends doubles
Kim Clijsters / Martina Navratilova defeated Nathalie Dechy / Sandrine Testud, 5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
References
External links
Official website
Players' Guide 2014 (PDF)