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2018 French Open

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The 2018 French Open was a major 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.

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It was the 122nd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2018. Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion in the Women's Singles but lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. This was the first French Open since 1992 that both the men's and the women's singles competitions were won by the top seeds.

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Tournament

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Court Philippe Chatrier where the Finals of the French Open will take place.

The 2018 French Open was the 122nd edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points was introduced. Also for the juniors tournament, service lets wasn't featured.[1]

The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.[2]

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,[3] and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category.[4] The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.[2][5]

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Points and prize money

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Points distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

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Prize money

The total prize money for the 2018 edition is €39,197,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,200,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2017.[6]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles €2,200,000 €1,120,000 €560,000 €380,000 €222,000 €130,000 €79,000 €40,000 €21,000 €11,000 €6,000
Doubles * €560,000 €280,000 €139,000 €76,000 €41,000 €22,000 €11,000
Mixed doubles * €120,000 €60,000 €30,000 €17,000 €9,500 €4,750
Wheelchair singles €35,000 €17,500 €8,500 €4,500
Wheelchair doubles * €10,000 €5,000 €3,000

* per team

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Singles players

2018 French Open – Men's singles
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2018 French Open – Women's singles
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Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

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The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 21 May 2018. Rank and points before are as of 28 May 2018.

Men's singles

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Withdrawn players

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, this was the points defended from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour.

Women's singles

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† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Withdrawn players

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Doubles seeds

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Mixed doubles

  • 1 Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.
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Main draw wildcard entries

The following players were given wildcards (wc) to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Mixed doubles

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Main draw qualifiers

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Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.

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Retirements

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

Wheelchair women's singles

Wheelchair men's doubles

Wheelchair women's doubles

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

Legends over 45 doubles

Women's legends doubles

References

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