2021 French Open
| 2021 French Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 May – 13 June |
| Edition | 125th |
| Category | Grand Slam tournament |
| Draw | 128S / 64D / 32X |
| Prize money | €34,367,215 |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
| Venue | Roland Garros Stadium |
| 2020 Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Rafael Nadal | |
| Women's singles | |
 Iga Świątek | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Tímea Babos /  Kristina Mladenovic | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
 Alfie Hewett | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Yui Kamiji | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
 Dylan Alcott | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
 Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
Sam Schröder /  David Wagner | |
| Boys' singles | |
 Dominic Stricker | |
| Girls' singles | |
| Elsa Jacquemot | |
| Boys' doubles | |
 Flavio Cobolli / Dominic Stricker | |
| Girls' doubles | |
| Eleonora Alvisi / Lisa Pigato | |
The 2021 French Open is an upcoming Grand Slam tennis tournament to be played on outdoor clay courts. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it will be held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. [1]The qualifiers will take place from 24 May to 28 May. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. It was postponed by one week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Rafael Nadal is the four-time defending champion in men's singles, and Iga Świątek is the defending champion in the women's singles.
It will be the 125th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2021. The main singles draws will include 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players in each draw, the last Grand Slam implementing to have 128 women qualifiers instead of 96 in previous years in line with the other three majors.
Players
Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the tournament on 13 April 2021 due to travel restrictions on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[3]
Point distribution and prize money
Point distribution
As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for the French Open are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments.[4] These points determine the world ATP and WTA rankings for men's and women's competition, respectively. Due to the smaller draws and the pandemic, all men's and women's doubles players that made it past the first round received half the points of their singles counterparts, a change from previous years where singles and doubles players received the same number of points in all but the first two rounds. In both singles and doubles, women received slightly higher point totals compared to their male counterparts at each round of the tournament, except for the first and last.[4][5] Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which also places Grand Slams as the highest classification.[6]
The ATP and WTA rankings were both altered in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Both rankings were frozen on 16 March 2020 upon the suspension of both tours, and as a result the traditional 52-week ranking system was extended to cover the period from March 2019 to March 2021 with a player's best 18 results in that time period factoring into their point totals.
For the ATP, In March 2021, the ATP extended the "best of" logic to their rankings through to the week of 9 August 2021.
- Players who have played the same Tour-level event more than once, adopt a "best of" and can count their highest points total from the same tournament,
- Results from the rescheduled 2020 event will also be included for an additional 52 weeks at 50%.[8]
For the WTA, if the event was rescheduled outside of four weeks of the normal tournament date, such as Roland Garros, the following applies:
- 2019 points will drop off at 2021 edition,
- 2020 points will stay on for 52 weeks if the points earned are better than the 2021 results or the player does not compete at the event in 2021,
- In the event that 2020 points are used, they will drop off after 52 weeks, being replaced by the 2021 points.[9]
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event:
Senior events
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 |
| Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Doubles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — |
| Women's Singles | 2000 | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 |
| Women's Doubles | 1000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 10 | — | — |
Wheelchair Events
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semifinals | Quarterfinals |
| Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quad Singles | 800 | 500 | 375 / 100 | – |
| Doubles | 800 | 500 | 100 | — |
| Quad Doubles | 800 | 100 | — | — |
Prize money
About a month before the tournament began, the prize money pool was announced to be €34,367,215, a reduction of 10.53% compared to the prize pool for last year's tournament.[10]
| Event | Winner | Finalist | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €1,400,000 | €750,000 | €375,000 | €255,000 | €170,000 | €113,000 | €84,000 | €60,000 | €25,600 | €16,000 | €10,000 |
| Doubles (per team) | €244,295 | €144,074 | €84,749 | €49,853 | €29,325 | €17,250 | €11,500 | — | — | — | — |
Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
Men’s SinglesWomen’s SinglesMen's Doubles
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Women's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
TBD / TBD- TBD / TBD
- TBD / TBD
- TBD / TBD
- TBD / TBD
- TBD / TBD
References
- ^ CNN, Aleks Klosok. "2021 French Open postponed by a week due to Covid-19 pandemic". CNN. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The 2021 Tournament, Postponed by One Week". Roland Garros. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Nick Kyrgios withdraws from French Open". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b Chase, Chris (6 August 2018). "Why tennis rankings change so frequently but still get it right". For The Win. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "US Open 2020 Prize Money & Points breakdown with $39.000.000 on offer". Tennis Up-to-Date. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour Rankings". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "WTA Announces Ranking System Adjustments". Women's Tennis Association. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "FedEx ATP Rankings COVID-19 Adjustments FAQ". ATP. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "The WTA has announced adjustments to the WTA Ranking system". WTA. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "French Open 2021 Prize Money". Perfect Tennis. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.