2020 French Open

2020 French Open
Date27 September – 11 October 2020
Edition119
Category90th Grand Slam
Draw128 singles players, 64 doubles pairs
Prize money38,000,000
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Men's doubles
Germany Kevin Krawietz / Germany Andreas Mies
Women's doubles
Hungary Tímea Babos / France Kristina Mladenovic
Wheelchair men's singles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett
Wheelchair women's singles
Japan Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair quad singles
Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
United Kingdom Alfie Hewett / United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
Netherlands Diede de Groot / Netherlands Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
Netherlands Sam Schröder / United States David Wagner
Boys' singles
Switzerland Dominic Stricker
Girls' singles
France Elsa Jacquemot
Boys' doubles
Italy Flavio Cobolli / Switzerland Dominic Stricker
Girls' doubles
Italy Eleonora Alvisi / Italy Lisa Pigato

The 2020 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally scheduled for 24 May to 7 June, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first moved to 20 September to 4 October 2020, then later moved back a week further to 27 September to 11 October 2020. Qualifying matches, comprising singles and doubles play, began 21 September. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the twelve-time and defending champion in men's singles; Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion in women's singles but chose not to defend her title following concerns over the pandemic.[1]

It was the 119th edition of the French Open and the last Grand Slam event of 2020. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw.

It was also the only Grand Slam tournament to retain the advantage set in the final set of a match, as the Australian Open and Wimbledon recently switched to tiebreaks.[2][3]

The men's singles title was won for the 13th time by Rafael Nadal, who won his 20th Grand Slam title, defeating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the final. The women's singles title was won by Iga Świątek, who won her maiden WTA singles title, defeating Sofia Kenin in straight sets in the final. This was the first time in the Open Era that neither the men's nor women's singles champions dropped a set throughout the entire tournament. With his victory, Nadal equalled Roger Federer's all-time record of 20 Grand Slam titles. Świątek became the first player from Poland, male or female, and the first player born in the 21st century, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title.

  1. ^ "World No 1 Ash Barty to skip French Open title defence due to Covid concerns". The Guardian. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon: Final set tie-breaks to be introduced in 2019". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. ^ Sport, Telegraph (21 December 2018). "Australian Open announces introduction of final set tie-breaks". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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