Day one of Roland Garros 2024 is finally here, so The Tennis Gazette brings you the full first-day schedule, how to watch and all of the key information about the French Open.
Grand Slam tennis makes its first of two annual visits to Europe this year in May and June for two weeks of elite competition. An array of big names will also descend on France looking to win the French Open at Stade Roland Garros. World No2 Aryna Sabalenka is one taking part.
Sabalenka is a two-time Grand Slam winner after taking successive Australian Open victories in 2023 and 2024. Now, the Belarusian will endeavour to go one better than she managed at the French Open in 2023. The 26-year-old lost in the semi-finals of Roland Garros last year.
Like in 2023, Sabalenka goes to Roland Garros in 2024 as the No2 seed behind Iga Swiatek, who won the French Open last year. Swiatek is also the world No1 and will hope to have the measure of Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Rafael Nadal took the men’s title at Roland Garros 2022 for his record 14th Open Era crown. But the Spaniard was absent from the French Open for the first time since 2005 last year. He makes his return to Paris this year and meets world No4 Alexander Zverev in the first round.
So, with that in mind, The Tennis Gazette looks at everything that you need to know about day one of Roland Garros 2024, from the full schedule to how to watch the French Open…
Key storylines to follow on day one of Roland Garros 2024
A host of elite players will kick off their Roland Garros 2024 campaigns on the first day of the French Open, with Carlos Alcaraz, Andrey Rublev, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka all taking to the court. Naomi Osaka and Jelena Ostapenko will even play on day one of Roland Garros.
Murray and Wawrinka’s match will be one of the key storylines to follow on day one of the French Open. It is Wawrinka’s first appearance on the Paris clay in four years as he looks to add to his title from 2015. Murray also almost missed Roland Garros due to his ankle injury.
Osaka is another of the key storylines to follow during day one of Roland Garros 2024 as she continues her return to tennis following the birth of her daughter. Her encounter with Lucia Bronzetti will also decide who meets reigning champion Swiatek or a qualifier in round two.
Roland Garros 2024 day one full schedule
Men’s draw, day one of Roland Garros 2024
Andrey Rublev vs Taro Daniel
Pedro Martinez vs Thiago Agustin Tirante
Luca Nardi vs Alexandre Muller
Ugo Humbert vs Lorenzo Sonego
Zhizhen Zhang vs Aleksandar Vukic
Laslo Djere vs Daniel Altmaier
Kei Nishikori vs qualifier/lucky loser
Sebastian Korda vs Harold Mayot
Jack Draper vs qualifier/lucky loser
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Carlos Alcaraz
Hubert Hurkacz vs qualifier/lucky loser
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran vs Brandon Nakashima
Alejandro Tabilo vs qualifier/lucky loser
Jordan Thompson vs Maximilian Marterer
Fabian Marozsan vs qualifier/lucky loser
Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Grigor Dimitrov
Nicolas Jarry vs Corentin Moutet
Terence Atmane vs Sebastian Ofner
Stan Wawrinka vs Andy Murray
Richard Gasquet vs Borna Coric
Women’s draw, day one of Roland Garros 2024
Lucia Bronzetti vs Naomi Osaka
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs qualifier/lucky loser
Marie Bouzkova vs Veronika Kudermetova
Barbora Krejcikova vs Viktorija Golubic
Xinyu Wang vs qualifier/lucky loser
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Martina Trevisan
Donna Vekic vs Lesia Tsurenko
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Marta Kostyuk
Katerina Siniakova vs qualifier/lucky loser
Chloe Paquet vs Diana Shnaider
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Aleksandra Krunic
Alison Van Uytvanck vs qualifier/lucky loser
Yafan Wang vs Maria Timofeeva
Ajla Tomljanovic vs Dayana Yastremska
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Amanda Anisimova
Jelena Ostapenko vs Jacqueline Cristian
Tatjana Maria vs Clara Tauson
Laura Siegemund vs Sofia Kenin
Qualifier/lucky loser vs Caroline Garcia
Xiyu Wang vs Zhuoxuan Bai
Weather forecast for day one of Roland Garros 2024
Roland Garros 2024 faces day one of the French Open being affected by the weather as rain is forecast for Paris. But there is only a low chance of rain falling, with forecasts predicting a mostly dry opening day. Although Roland Garros is likely to be cloudy with sunny intervals.
- Conditions: sunny intervals and a gentle breeze
- Highs: 22 degrees Celsius
- Lows: 16 degrees Celsius
- Sunrise: 05:56
- Sunset: 21:40
Forecast for day one of Roland Garros 2024 via BBC Weather.
How to watch day one of Roland Garros 2024
Tennis fans in the UK can watch day one of Roland Garros 2024 live on TV or online through Eurosport and Discovery+. While tennis fans in America can catch all of the action from day one of the French Open live on TV on NBC or online via Peacock or NBCSports.com and app.
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