The French Open, officially Roland-Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May. The venue is named after the French aviator Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments, the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. The French Open is currently the only Grand Slam event held on clay, and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season. Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship, the slow-playing surface and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.
Stade Roland Garros is a complex of tennis courts located in Paris, that hosts the French Open—a tournament also known as Roland Garros. It is a Grand Slam championship tournament played annually around the end of May and the beginning of June. It is named for Roland Garros, a pioneering French aviator. The facility was constructed in 1928 to host France's first defence of the Davis Cup.
Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois is a French semi-retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and now lives in Geneva. Benneteau has not won a singles title, finishing as runner-up in ten ATP tournaments. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 French Open and the semifinals of the 2014 Cincinnati Masters and 2017 Paris Masters.
Mathieu Montcourt was a professional French tennis player. At the 2006, 2007, and 2009 French Opens, he lost in the second round, to Lleyton Hewitt, Jarkko Nieminen, and Radek Štěpánek respectively.
Grigor Dimitrov is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 3, which he achieved in November 2017 after winning the 2017 ATP Finals.
Filip Krajinović is a Serbian professional tennis player who achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 26 on 23 April 2018. He made his ATP World Tour debut at the 2009 Serbia Open, losing in the first round. His best individual result has been a Masters 1000 final. He played a Davis Cup semifinal with the Serbian national team. He holds ATP main draw victories over former or current top 10 players such as Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka, Gilles Simon, David Goffin (twice), Marcos Baghdatis, John Isner, Fabio Fognini and Daniil Medvedev and has a victory in a Masters qualifying round over former top 5 player Gastón Gaudio.
Damir Džumhur is a Bosnian professional tennis player and currently Bosnia and Herzegovina's No. 1 player. He is a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Davis Cup team, and he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, being selected as the first male tennis player from his country to do so.
David Goffin is a Belgian professional tennis player whose career high ranking is world No. 7 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is currently the highest ranked Belgian male and the first to reach the ATP top 10. Goffin has won four ATP titles, and has reached seven other ATP finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals.
Dominic Thiem is an Austrian professional tennis player. He currently has a career-high ranking of World No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 6 November 2017. He is the second highest-ranked Austrian player in history, behind Thomas Muster. He has won fourteen ATP singles titles and reached twenty-two finals.
Marco Cecchinato is an Italian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open. He became the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. His best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. In the other three Majors, he has not won a match, despite having a match point at the 2019 Australian Open.
The 2013 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tennis tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 18 to 22 June 2013 at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire, it was the 12th edition of the Boodles Challenge. Viktor Troicki won the title, defeating Robin Haase 7-5, 6-4 in a thrilling encounter. Novak Djokovic and Grigor Dimitrov delighted the crowd with a strip-tease during their exhibition match on the third day.
The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 24 May to 7 June and 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.
Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 to capture his first Men's Singles tennis title at the 2016 French Open. Djokovic completed a career Grand Slam and achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam with this title, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once and the first man in history to do so on three different surfaces. Djokovic also became the first man since Jim Courier in 1992 to win both the Australian and French Opens in the same calendar year; Additionally, he spent his 200th week at number one in the ATP rankings during the first week of the tournament and his 100th week in a row at number one in the ATP rankings during the second week of the tournament. Djokovic also improved his record for the most ranking points ever held by any player to 16,950.
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.
The 2017 Novak Djokovic tennis season began on 1 January 2017 with the start of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open and ended with a quarterfinal loss at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships in July.
Rafael Nadal won his 10th French Open title and 15th Grand Slam singles title, defeating Stan Wawrinka in the final, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2017 French Open. Nadal is the only male player to ever win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam event. Nadal lost only 35 games in the tournament, his personal best, and the second-best in the tournament's history after Bjorn Borg in 1978. Nadal won this event without losing a set for the third time, thereby tying with Björn Borg for this Grand Slam record.
The 2016 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 21 to 25 June 2016 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 15th edition of the Boodles Challenge. As with last year, no player was declared champion.
The 2018 French Open was a Grand Slam 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.
The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam 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 are also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in men's singles and won a record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in the women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals.
Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in a rematch of the 2018 final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. It was Nadal's record-extending twelfth French Open men's singles title. By winning the title, Nadal broke the all-time record for the most singles titles won by a player at the same Grand Slam tournament – a record he previously co-held with Margaret Court, who won the Australian Open eleven times.
