2022 French Open

The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion in men's singles, and Barbora Krejčíková was the defending champion in the women's singles.[1] Neither successfully defended their title, with Djokovic losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, and Krejčíková losing in the first round to Diane Parry.

2022 French Open
Date22 May – 5 June 2022
Edition121
Category92nd Grand Slam
Draw128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money43,600,000
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVIe), France
VenueRoland Garros Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women's singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Men's doubles
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo / Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Women's doubles
France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed doubles
Japan Ena Shibahara / Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Wheelchair men's singles
Japan Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
Netherlands Diede de Groot
Wheelchair quad singles
Netherlands Niels Vink
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 / Netherlands Niels Vink
Boys' singles
France Gabriel Debru
Girls' singles
Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková
Boys' doubles
Lithuania Edas Butvilas / Croatia Mili Poljičak
Girls' doubles
Czech Republic Sára Bejlek / Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková
Men's legends doubles
France Arnaud Clément / France Fabrice Santoro
Women's legends doubles
Italy Flavia Pennetta / Italy Francesca Schiavone
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The event returned to its full spectator capacity after the last two editions due to COVID-19 restrictions in France. It was the 121st edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2022. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players in each draw. It was part of the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 WTA Tour. It was also the first edition of the tournament to feature a super tie break in the final set where the player would win first to ten points as rules are now applied in Wimbledon and US Open.[2]

This was the first Grand Slam tournament since the international governing bodies of tennis allowed players from Russia and Belarus to continue to participate in tennis events, but not compete under the name or flags of Russia and Belarus until further notice, due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4]

The men's singles title was won for the 14th time by Rafael Nadal, who won his 22nd Grand Slam title. He defeated eighth seed Casper Ruud, who was playing his first grand slam final, in straight sets. In winning the title, Nadal extended his record of most titles per tournament at the French Open, and also extended his all-time men's record of major singles titles to 22. The women's singles title was won by Iga Świątek, who won her second French Open and second grand slam title, having won her first at the 2020 French Open. She defeated 18th seed Coco Gauff, who was also playing her first grand slam final, in straight sets. In winning the title, Świątek became the youngest winner of multiple majors since Maria Sharapova's win at the 2006 US Open.

Singles players edit

Events edit

Men's singles edit

Women's singles edit

Men's doubles edit

Women's doubles edit

Mixed doubles edit

Wheelchair men's singles edit

Wheelchair women's singles edit

Wheelchair quad singles edit

Wheelchair men's doubles edit

Wheelchair women's doubles edit

Wheelchair quad doubles edit

Boys' singles edit

Girls' singles edit

Boys' doubles edit

Girls' doubles edit

Men's legends doubles edit

Women's legends doubles edit

Point distribution and prize money edit

Point distribution edit

As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for the French Open are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments.[5] These points determine the world ATP and WTA rankings for men's and women's competition, respectively. 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.[5][6] 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.[7]

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event:[8][9]

Senior events

EventWinnerFinalistSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles20001200720360180904510
Men's doubles0
Women's singles13007804302401307010
Women's doubles10

Wheelchair Events

EventWinnerFinalistSemifinalsQuarterfinals
Singles800500375100
Quad singles800500375 / 100
Doubles800500100
Quad doubles800100

Prize money edit

EventWinnerFinalistSemifinalsQuarterfinalsRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Singles€2,200,000€1,100,000€600,000€380,000€220,000€125,800€86,000€62,000
Doubles (per team)€580,000€290,000€146,000€79,500€42,000€25,000€15,500

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