2018 French Open

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.

2018 French Open
Date	27 May – 10 June 2018
Edition	117
Category	88th Grand Slam
Draw	128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money	€39,197,000
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Roland Garros Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková
Mixed doubles
Latisha Chan / Ivan Dodig
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair women's doubles
Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot
Boys' singles
Tseng Chun-hsin
Girls' singles
Coco Gauff
Boys' doubles
Ondřej Štyler / Naoki Tajima
Girls' doubles
Caty McNally / Iga Świątek
Legends under 45 doubles
Àlex Corretja / Juan Carlos Ferrero
Women's legends doubles
Nathalie Dechy / Amélie Mauresmo
Legends over 45 doubles
Mansour Bahrami / Fabrice Santoro
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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.

 

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.

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.

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, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category. 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.

Points distribution

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

Senior points

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.

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2018 French Open – Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Rafael Nadal [1]		Dominic Thiem [7]
Semifinals out
Juan Martín del Potro [5]		Marco Cecchinato
Quarterfinals out
Diego Schwartzman [11]	Marin Čilić [3]	Novak Djokovic [20]	Alexander Zverev Jr. [2]
4th round out
Maximilian Marterer	Kevin Anderson [6]	Fabio Fognini [18]	John Isner [9]
David Goffin [8]	Fernando Verdasco [30]	Kei Nishikori [19]	Karen Khachanov
3rd round out
Richard Gasquet [27]	Jürgen Zopp (LL)	Borna Ćorić	Mischa Zverev
Steve Johnson	Kyle Edmund [16]	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Albert Ramos Viñolas [31]
Gaël Monfils [32]	Pablo Carreño Busta [10]	Roberto Bautista Agut [13]	Grigor Dimitrov [4]
Matteo Berrettini	Gilles Simon	Lucas Pouille [15]	Damir Džumhur [26]
2nd round out
Guido Pella	Malek Jaziri	Denis Shapovalov [24]	Ruben Bemelmans (LL)
Adam Pavlásek (Q)	Thomas Fabbiano	Sergiy Stakhovsky (LL)	Pablo Cuevas
Hubert Hurkacz (Q)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Elias Ymer (Q)	Márton Fucsovics
Horacio Zeballos	Jérémy Chardy	Casper Ruud (Q)	Julien Benneteau
Corentin Moutet (WC)	Martin Kližan (Q)	Marco Trungelliti (LL)	Federico Delbonis
Santiago Giraldo (Q)	Jaume Munar (Q)	Guido Andreozzi (Q)	Jared Donaldson
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Ernests Gulbis (Q)	Benoît Paire	Sam Querrey [12]
Cameron Norrie	Guillermo García López	Radu Albot	Dušan Lajović
1st round out
Simone Bolelli (LL)	João Sousa	Mikhail Youzhny	Andreas Seppi
John Millman	Ryan Harrison	Yuki Bhambri	Jack Sock [14]
Calvin Hemery (WC)	Mirza Bašić	Matthew Ebden	Philipp Kohlschreiber [22]
Feliciano López [28]	Florian Mayer	Aljaž Bedene	Paolo Lorenzi
James Duckworth (PR)	Tennys Sandgren	Evgeny Donskoy	Adrian Mannarino [25]
Pablo Andújar (PR)	Dudi Sela	Vasek Pospisil	Alex de Minaur (WC)
Noah Rubin (WC)	Yūichi Sugita	Peter Polansky (LL)	Tomáš Berdych [17]
Mikhail Kukushkin	Jordan Thompson	Leonardo Mayer	Nicolas Mahut (WC)
Robin Haase	Ivo Karlović	Laslo Đere	Elliot Benchetrit (WC)
Bernard Tomic (Q)	Marius Copil	Thomaz Bellucci (Q)	Jozef Kovalík (Q)
Denis Istomin	Marcos Baghdatis	David Ferrer	Rogério Dutra Silva (Q)
Yoshihito Nishioka (PR)	Taylor Fritz	Nicolás Jarry	Mohamed Safwat (LL)
Ilya Ivashka (Q)	Carlos Taberner (Q)	Oscar Otte (LL)	Gilles Müller [29]
Maxime Janvier (WC)	Roberto Carballés Baena	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Frances Tiafoe
Daniil Medvedev	Peter Gojowczyk	Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR)	Stan Wawrinka [23]
Denis Kudla (Q)	Grégoire Barrère (WC)	Jiří Veselý	Ričardas Berankis

2018 French Open – Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Simona Halep [1]		Sloane Stephens [10]
Semifinals out
Garbiñe Muguruza [3]		Madison Keys [13]
Quarterfinals out
Angelique Kerber [12]	Maria Sharapova [28]	Yulia Putintseva	Daria Kasatkina [14]
4th round out
Elise Mertens [16]	Caroline Garcia [7]	Lesia Tsurenko	Serena Williams (PR)
Barbora Strýcová [26]	Mihaela Buzărnescu [31]	Anett Kontaveit [25]	Caroline Wozniacki [2]
3rd round out
Andrea Petkovic	Daria Gavrilova [24]	Kiki Bertens [18]	Irina-Camelia Begu
Samantha Stosur	Magdaléna Rybáriková [19]	Julia Görges [11]	Karolína Plíšková [6]
Kateřina Siniaková	Wang Qiang	Naomi Osaka [21]	Elina Svitolina [4]
Petra Kvitová [8]	Camila Giorgi	Maria Sakkari	Pauline Parmentier (WC)
2nd round out
Taylor Townsend (WC)	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR)	Bernarda Pera	Heather Watson
Ana Bogdan	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Zhang Shuai [27]	Peng Shuai
Fiona Ferro (WC)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30]	Belinda Bencic	CoCo Vandeweghe [15]
Alison Van Uytvanck	Ashleigh Barty [17]	Donna Vekić	Lucie Šafářová
Kateryna Kozlova	Ekaterina Makarova	Jennifer Brady	Petra Martić
Caroline Dolehide (Q)	Zarina Diyas	Rebecca Peterson (Q)	Viktória Kužmová
Lara Arruabarrena	Alexandra Dulgheru (Q)	Mariana Duque Mariño (Q)	Magdalena Fręch (Q)
Kirsten Flipkens	Carla Suárez Navarro [23]	Alizé Cornet [32]	Georgina García Pérez (Q)
1st round out
Alison Riske	Myrtille Georges (WC)	Johanna Larsson	Kristina Mladenovic [29]
Sorana Cîrstea	Elena Vesnina	Océane Dodin	Varvara Lepchenko
Mona Barthel	Markéta Vondroušová	Denisa Allertová	Aryna Sabalenka
Kristína Kučová (PR)	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	Aleksandra Krunić	Duan Yingying
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Carina Witthöft	Yanina Wickmayer	Polona Hercog
Luksika Kumkhum	Deborah Chiesa (Q)	Stefanie Vögele	Laura Siegemund
Dominika Cibulková	Isabelle Wallace (WC)	Kristýna Plíšková	Natalia Vikhlyantseva
Richèl Hogenkamp (Q)	Kateryna Bondarenko	Jessika Ponchet (WC)	Barbora Krejčíková (Q)
Jeļena Ostapenko [5]	Victoria Azarenka (PR)	Zheng Saisai (PR)	Kurumi Nara
Johanna Konta [22]	Amandine Hesse (WC)	Wang Yafan	Venus Williams [9]
Sachia Vickery	Viktorija Golubic (Q)	Magda Linette	Sofia Kenin
Vania King (PR)	Hsieh Su-wei	Francesca Schiavone (Q)	Ajla Tomljanović
Verónica Cepede Royg	Tímea Babos	Christina McHale	Madison Brengle
Anastasija Sevastova [20]	Grace Min (Q)	Ekaterina Alexandrova	Arantxa Rus (LL)
Kaia Kanepi	Tatjana Maria	Mandy Minella (PR)	Ana Konjuh
Sara Errani	Chloé Paquet (WC)	Dalila Jakupović (LL)	Danielle Collins

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

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Rafael Nadal	8,770	2,000	2,000	8,770	Champion, defeated   Dominic Thiem [7]
2	3	Alexander Zverev	5,615	10	360	5,965	Quarterfinals lost to   Dominic Thiem [7]
3	4	Marin Čilić	4,950	360	360	4,950	Quarterfinals lost to   Juan Martín del Potro [5]
4	5	Grigor Dimitrov	4,870	90	90	4,870	Third round lost to   Fernando Verdasco [30]
5	6	Juan Martín del Potro	4,450	90	720	5,080	Semifinals lost to   Rafael Nadal [1]
6	7	Kevin Anderson	3,635	180	180	3,635	Fourth round lost to   Diego Schwartzman [11]
7	8	Dominic Thiem	3,355	720	1,200	3,835	Runner-up, lost to   Rafael Nadal [1]
8	9	David Goffin	3,020	90	180	3,110	Fourth round lost to   Marco Cecchinato
9	10	John Isner	2,980	90	180	3,070	Fourth round lost to   Juan Martín del Potro [5]
10	11	Pablo Carreño Busta	2,415	360	90	2,145	Third round lost to   Marco Cecchinato
11	12	Diego Schwartzman	2,165	90	360	2,435	Quarterfinals lost to   Rafael Nadal [1]
12	15	Sam Querrey	2,095	10	45	2,130	Second round lost to   Gilles Simon
13	13	Roberto Bautista Agut	2,120	180	90	1,985	Third round lost   Novak Djokovic [20]
14	14	Jack Sock	2,110	10	10	2,110	First round lost to   Jürgen Zopp [LL]
15	16	Lucas Pouille	2,030	90	90	2,030	Third round lost to   Karen Khachanov
16	17	Kyle Edmund	1,950	90	90	1,950	Third round lost to   Fabio Fognini [18]
17	20	Tomáš Berdych	1,750	45	10	1,715	First round lost to   Jérémy Chardy
18	18	Fabio Fognini	1,940	90	180	2,030	Fourth round lost to   Marin Čilić [3]
19	21	Kei Nishikori	1,710	360	180	1,530	Fourth round lost to   Dominic Thiem [7]
20	22	Novak Djokovic	1,665	360	360	1,665	Quarterfinals lost to   Marco Cecchinato
21	23	Nick Kyrgios	1,630	45	0	1,585	Withdrew due to elbow injury
22	24	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,620	10	10	1,620	First round lost to   Borna Ćorić
23	30	Stan Wawrinka	1,400	1,200	10	210	First round lost to   Guillermo García López
24	25	Denis Shapovalov	1,573	(10)†	45	1,608	Second round lost to   Maximilian Marterer
25	26	Adrian Mannarino	1,535	10	10	1,535	First round lost to   Steve Johnson
26	29	Damir Džumhur	1,415	10	90	1,495	Third round lost to   Alexander Zverev [2]
27	32	Richard Gasquet	1,395	90	90	1,395	Third round lost to   Rafael Nadal [1]
28	33	Feliciano López	1,375	90	10	1,295	First round lost to   Sergiy Stakhovsky [LL]
29	34	Gilles Müller	1,300	10	10	1,300	First round lost to   Ernests Gulbis [Q]
30	35	Fernando Verdasco	1,280	180	180	1,280	Fourth round lost to   Novak Djokovic [20]
31	36	Albert Ramos Viñolas	1,260	180	90	1,170	Third round lost to   Juan Martín del Potro [5]
32	37	Gaël Monfils	1,220	180	90	1,130	Third round lost to   David Goffin [8]

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
2	Roger Federer	8,670	0	8,670	Scheduling
19	Chung Hyeon	1,775	90	1,685	Ankle injury
27	Filip Krajinović	1,506	(15)†	1,491	Leg injury
28	Milos Raonic	1,435	180	1,255	Right knee injury
31	Andrey Rublev	1,397	26	1,371	Back injury

† 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

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Simona Halep	7,270	1,300	2,000	7,970	Champion, defeated   Sloane Stephens [10]
2	2	Caroline Wozniacki	6,935	430	240	6,745	Fourth round lost to   Daria Kasatkina [14]
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	6,010	240	780	6,550	Semifinals lost to   Simona Halep [1]
4	4	Elina Svitolina	5,505	430	130	5,205	Third round lost to   Mihaela Buzărnescu [31]
5	5	Jeļena Ostapenko	5,382	2,000	10	3,392	First round lost to   Kateryna Kozlova
6	6	Karolína Plíšková	5,335	780	130	4,685	Third round lost to   Maria Sharapova [28]
7	7	Caroline Garcia	5,160	430	240	4,970	Fourth round lost to   Angelique Kerber [12]
8	8	Petra Kvitová	4,550	70	130	4,610	Third round lost to   Anett Kontaveit [25]
9	9	Venus Williams	4,201	240	10	3,971	First round lost to   Wang Qiang
10	10	Sloane Stephens	4,164	(1)†	1,300	5,463	Runner-up, lost to   Simona Halep [1]
11	11	Julia Görges	3,090	10	130	3,210	Third round lost to   Serena Williams [PR]
12	12	Angelique Kerber	3,040	10	430	3,460	Quarterfinals lost to   Simona Halep [1]
13	13	Madison Keys	2,826	70	780	3,536	Semifinals lost to   Sloane Stephens [10]
14	14	Daria Kasatkina	2,825	130	430	3,125	Quarterfinals lost to   Sloane Stephens [10]
15	15	CoCo Vandeweghe	2,533	10	70	2,593	Second round lost to   Lesia Tsurenko
16	16	Elise Mertens	2,525	130	240	2,635	Fourth round lost to   Simona Halep [1]
17	17	Ashleigh Barty	2,360	10	70	2,420	Second round lost to   Serena Williams [PR]
18	22	Kiki Bertens	2,030	70	130	2,090	Third round lost to   Angelique Kerber [12]
19	18	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2,225	70+140	130+55	2,200	Third round lost to   Lesia Tsurenko
20	19	Anastasija Sevastova	2,225	130	10	2,105	First round lost to   Mariana Duque Mariño [Q]
21	20	Naomi Osaka	2,150	10	130	2,270	Third round lost to   Madison Keys [13]
22	21	Johanna Konta	2,050	10	10	2,050	First round lost to   Yulia Putintseva
23	23	Carla Suárez Navarro	1,876	240	70	1,706	Second round lost to   Maria Sakkari
24	25	Daria Gavrilova	1,690	10	130	1,810	Third round lost to   Elise Mertens [16]
25	24	Anett Kontaveit	1,765	70	240	1,935	Fourth round lost to   Sloane Stephens [10]
26	26	Barbora Strýcová	1,660	70	240	1,830	Fourth round lost to   Yulia Putintseva
27	27	Zhang Shuai	1,605	130	70	1,545	Second round lost to   Irina-Camelia Begu
28	30	Maria Sharapova	1,513	0	430	1,943	Quarterfinals lost to   Garbiñe Muguruza [3]
29	31	Kristina Mladenovic	1,446	430	10	1,026	First round lost to   Andrea Petkovic
30	28	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,596	70	70	1,596	Second round lost   Samantha Stosur
31	33	Mihaela Buzărnescu	1,383	(80)†	240	1,543	Fourth round lost to   Madison Keys [13]
32	34	Alizé Cornet	1,350	240	70	1,180	Second round lost to   Pauline Parmentier [WC]

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

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
29	Agnieszka Radwańska	1,526	130	1,396	Back injury

Men's doubles Team Rank1 Seed   Łukasz Kubot   Marcelo Melo 5 1   Oliver Marach   Mate Pavić 5 2   Henri Kontinen   John Peers 15 3   Jamie Murray   Bruno Soares 23 4   Juan Sebastián Cabal   Robert Farah 24 5   Pierre-Hugues Herbert   Nicolas Mahut 37 6   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   Jean-Julien Rojer 42 7   Nikola Mektić   Alexander Peya 44 8   Ivan Dodig   Rajeev Ram 45 9   Raven Klaasen   Michael Venus 46 10   Pablo Cuevas   Marcel Granollers 47 11   Feliciano López   Marc López 48 12   Rohan Bopanna   Édouard Roger-Vasselin 52 13   Ben McLachlan   Jan-Lennard Struff 61 14   Julio Peralta   Horacio Zeballos 71 15   Mike Bryan   Sam Querrey 74 16 1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.

Women's doubles Team Rank1 Seed   Tímea Babos   Kristina Mladenovic 12 1   Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková   Barbora Strýcová 13 2   Andreja Klepač   María José Martínez Sánchez 26 3   Latisha Chan   Bethanie Mattek-Sands 28 4   Gabriela Dabrowski   Xu Yifan 28 5   Barbora Krejčíková   Kateřina Siniaková 34 6   Ashleigh Barty   CoCo Vandeweghe 38 7   Chan Hao-ching   Yang Zhaoxuan 38 8   Kiki Bertens   Johanna Larsson 42 9   Jeļena Ostapenko   Elena Vesnina 47 10   Raquel Atawo   Anna-Lena Grönefeld 50 11   Elise Mertens   Demi Schuurs 53 12   Nicole Melichar   Květa Peschke 53 13   Shuko Aoyama   Miyu Kato 84 14   Alicja Rosolska   Abigail Spears 84 15   Nadiia Kichenok   Anastasia Rodionova 91 16 1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.

Mixed doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
Gabriela Dabrowski	Mate Pavić	12	1
Latisha Chan	Ivan Dodig	17	2
Xu Yifan	Oliver Marach	19	3
Kateřina Siniaková	Jamie Murray	21	4
Andreja Klepač	Jean-Julien Rojer	23	5
Chan Hao-ching	Michael Venus	26	6
Tímea Babos	Rohan Bopanna	28	7
Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Robert Farah	31	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

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

Mixed doubles

•   Tessah Andrianjafitrimo /   Ugo Humbert
•   Sara Cakarevic /   Alexandre Müller
•   Fiona Ferro /   Evan Furness
•   Kristina Mladenovic /   Alexis Musialek
•   Chloé Paquet /   Benoît Paire
•   Pauline Parmentier /   Grégoire Barrère

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

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

Seniors

Men's singles

•   Rafael Nadal def.   Dominic Thiem, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

•   Simona Halep def.   Sloane Stephens, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

•   Pierre-Hugues Herbert /   Nicolas Mahut def.   Oliver Marach /   Mate Pavić, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

Women's doubles

•   Barbora Krejčíková /   Kateřina Siniaková def.   Eri Hozumi /   Makoto Ninomiya, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles

•   Latisha Chan /   Ivan Dodig def.   Gabriela Dabrowski /   Mate Pavić, 6–1, 6–7^(5–7), [10–8]

Juniors

Boys' singles

•   Tseng Chun-hsin def.   Sebastián Báez, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2

Girls' singles

•   Coco Gauff def.   Caty McNally, 1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–1)

Boys' doubles

•   Ondřej Štyler /   Naoki Tajima def.   Ray Ho /   Tseng Chun-hsin, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' doubles

•   Caty McNally /   Iga Świątek def.   Yuki Naito /   Naho Sato, 6–2, 7–5

Wheelchair events

Wheelchair men's singles

•   Shingo Kunieda def.   Gustavo Fernández, 7–6^(7–5), 6–0

Wheelchair women's singles

•   Yui Kamiji def.   Diede de Groot, 2–6, 6–0, 6–2

Wheelchair men's doubles

•   Stéphane Houdet /   Nicolas Peifer def.   Frédéric Cattanéo /   Stefan Olsson, 6–1, 7–6^(7–5)

Wheelchair women's doubles

•   Diede de Groot /   Aniek van Koot def.   Marjolein Buis /   Yui Kamiji, 6–1, 6–3

Other events

Legends under 45 doubles

•   Àlex Corretja /   Juan Carlos Ferrero def.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov /   Marat Safin, 6–3, 6–3

Legends over 45 doubles

•   Mansour Bahrami /   Fabrice Santoro def.   John McEnroe /   Cédric Pioline, 6–1, 2–6, [12–10]

Women's legends doubles

•   Nathalie Dechy /   Amélie Mauresmo def.   Kim Clijsters /   Nathalie Tauziat, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [15–13]