2018 French Open

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.

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.

Tournament
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.

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.


 * per team

Singles players

 * 2018 French Open – Men's singles


 * 2018 French Open – Women's singles

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event.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.

Withdrawn players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

Men's doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.

Women's doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 21 May 2018.

Mixed doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 28 May 2018.

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

Men's singles

 * 🇫🇷 Grégoire Barrère
 * 🇫🇷 Elliot Benchetrit
 * 🇦🇺 Alex de Minaur
 * 🇫🇷 Calvin Hemery
 * 🇫🇷 Maxime Janvier
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 🇫🇷 Corentin Moutet
 * 🇺🇸 Noah Rubin

Women's singles

 * 🇫🇷 Fiona Ferro
 * 🇫🇷 Myrtille Georges
 * 🇫🇷 Amandine Hesse
 * 🇫🇷 Chloé Paquet
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 🇫🇷 Jessika Ponchet
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend
 * 🇦🇺 Isabelle Wallace

Men's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Geoffrey Blancaneaux / 🇫🇷 Constant Lestienne
 * 🇫🇷 Benjamin Bonzi / 🇫🇷 Grégoire Jacq
 * 🇫🇷 Jérémy Chardy / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor
 * 🇫🇷 Corentin Denolly / 🇫🇷 Alexandre Müller
 * 🇫🇷 Hugo Gaston / 🇫🇷 Clément Tabur
 * 🇫🇷 Antoine Hoang / 🇫🇷 Ugo Humbert
 * 🇫🇷 Florian Lakat / 🇫🇷 Arthur Rinderknech

Women's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Tessah Andrianjafitrimo / 🇫🇷 Fiona Ferro
 * 🇫🇷 Manon Arcangioli / 🇫🇷 Shérazad Reix
 * 🇫🇷 Clara Burel / 🇫🇷 Diane Parry
 * 🇫🇷 Sara Cakarevic / 🇫🇷 Jessika Ponchet
 * 🇫🇷 Amandine Hesse / 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier
 * 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano / 🇫🇷 Jade Suvrijn
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams / 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

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

Men's singles

 * 1) 🇨🇿 Adam Pavlásek
 * 2) 🇧🇾 Ilya Ivashka
 * 3) 🇧🇷 Thomaz Bellucci
 * 4)  Ernests Gulbis
 * 5) 🇳🇴 Casper Ruud
 * 6) 🇧🇷 Rogério Dutra Silva
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Denis Kudla
 * 8) 🇨🇴 Santiago Giraldo
 * 9) 🇦🇷 Guido Andreozzi
 * 10) 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 11) 🇪🇸 Jaume Munar
 * 12) 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic
 * 13) 🇸🇪 Elias Ymer
 * 14) 🇸🇰 Jozef Kovalík
 * 15) 🇵🇱 Hubert Hurkacz
 * 16) 🇪🇸 Carlos Taberner

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky
 * 2) 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky
 * 3) 🇪🇪 Jürgen Zopp
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Oscar Otte
 * 5) 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * 6) 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans
 * 7) 🇪🇬 Mohamed Safwat
 * 8) 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti

Women's singles

 * 1)  Richèl Hogenkamp
 * 2) 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson
 * 3) 🇮🇹 Deborah Chiesa
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Caroline Dolehide
 * 5) 🇵🇱 Magdalena Fręch
 * 6)  Viktorija Golubic
 * 7) 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño
 * 8) 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková
 * 9) 🇪🇸 Georgina García Pérez
 * 10) 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Grace Min
 * 12) 🇷🇴 Alexandra Dulgheru

Lucky losers

 * 1)  Arantxa Rus
 * 2)  Dalila Jakupović

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


 * Men's singles
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar (PR 105)
 * 🇦🇺 James Duckworth (PR 105)
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR 63)
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka (PR 66)


 * Women's singles
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka (PR 6)
 * 🇺🇸 Vania King (PR 103)
 * 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová (PR 95)
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR 90)
 * 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella (PR 104)
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (PR 1)
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai (PR 88)

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


 * Men's singles
 * Before the tournament
 * 🇰🇷 Chung Hyeon → replaced by 🇺🇦 Sergiy Stakhovsky
 * 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis → replaced by 🇮🇹 Matteo Berrettini
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by 🇮🇹 Simone Bolelli
 * Roger Federer → replaced by 🇷🇸 Laslo Đere
 * 🇦🇷 Nicolás Kicker → replaced by 🇩🇪 Oscar Otte
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Krajinović → replaced by 🇪🇪 Jürgen Zopp
 * 🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios → replaced by 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti
 * Lu Yen-hsun → replaced by 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans
 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray → replaced by 🇬🇧 Cameron Norrie
 * 🇨🇦 Milos Raonic → replaced by 🇦🇺 James Duckworth
 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev → replaced by 🇨🇦 Peter Polansky
 * 🇩🇪 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe → replaced by 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano
 * 🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki → replaced by 🇪🇬 Mohamed Safwat
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga → replaced by 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar


 * Women's singles
 * Before the tournament
 * Timea Bacsinszky → replaced by Dalila Jakupović
 * 🇺🇸 Catherine Bellis → replaced by 🇸🇰 Viktória Kužmová
 * 🇧🇷 Beatriz Haddad Maia → replaced by 🇧🇪 Yanina Wickmayer
 * 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu → replaced by Arantxa Rus
 * Monica Puig → replaced by 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska → replaced by 🇱🇺 Mandy Minella


 * During the tournament
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams

Retirements

 * Men's singles
 * 🇨🇾 Marcos Baghdatis
 * 🇩🇪 Peter Gojowczyk


 * Women's singles
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

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]

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 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

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]