2020 French Open


The 2020 French Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It will be held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally to be scheduled from 24 May to 7 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was then first moved to 20 September to 4 October, and was later moved to a week further to 27 September to 11 October comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Rafael Nadal is the twelve-time defending champion in men's singles, and Ashleigh Barty is the defending champion in women's singles.
It will be the 124th edition of the French Open and the last Grand Slam event of 2020. The main singles draws will include 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw.
It is also the only Grand Slam to retain the advantage set in the final sets, whereas Australian Open and Wimbledon have already switched to tiebreaks.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Starting on the fourth Sunday of May and ending in early June, this tennis tournament is the second Grand Slam of the year and the peak of the spring clay court season. Due to the ongoing novel COVID-19 pandemic, on 17 March, French Tennis Federation announced the tournament has been postponed and dates were moved first to 20 September to 4 October 2020, and then moved a week further to 27 September to 11 October 2020, just two weeks after the 2020 US Open. For the first time since the 1947 French Championships, this event will not be held on the traditional May-June schedule and the first time since the introduction of the Open Era that a major tournament has been postponed rather than cancelled. On 13 April 2020, the French Government extended a ban on mass gatherings until July 2020 in a bid to control the spread of the virus.
The upcoming Laver Cup was initially scheduled from 24–27 September before deciding that the Laver Cup would not be held in 2020 and instead will be held in 2021.

Tournament

The 2020 French Open will be the 124th edition of the French Open and will be held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. It will also be the first year in which there is a retractable roof on the French tennis courts, after construction was completed on Court Phillipe Chatrier in late 2019, with plans in place to also have a roof on court Suzanne-Lenglen by 2023. Additionally, it will be the first year in which night tennis will be possible, as floodlights will be in operation on the four main stadium courts.
The tournament is run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2020 ATP Tour and the 2020 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament will consist 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, 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 will be 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 Court Simonne Mathieu.

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

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles€€€€€€€€€€€
Doubles *€€€€€€€
Mixed Doubles *€€€€€€
Wheelchair Singles€€€€
€€€

* per team

Main draw wildcard entries

The following players will be given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Men's Singles

Men's Singles

Men's Singles Qualifiers

  16. Women's Singles

Women's Singles Qualifiers
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