Coco Gauff is defending her singles titles within the second tennis grand slam of the calendar 12 months on the French Open 2026.
Reigning males’s champion Carlos Alcaraz will be unable to say a 3rd consecutive title due to a wrist harm that may even cease the world quantity two from enjoying at Wimbledon in June and July.
Meaning Jannik Sinner is the sturdy favorite to succeed the Spaniard, having misplaced the ultimate to Alcaraz in 5 units final 12 months.
Listed here are all the important thing particulars to comply with the 2026 French Open, together with the schedule and methods to watch on TV and dwell stream.
When is the French Open 2026? Tennis event dates
The primary draw begins with the primary spherical on Sunday, Could 24 2026 and runs till Sunday, June 7.
What time does play begin on the French Open 2026? Order of play
Day periods begin at 11:00 BST / 06:00 ET / 03:00 PT. Right here’s the earliest play will start from the beginning of the semi-final stage.
| Matches | BST | ET | PT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girls’s singles semi-finals | 15:00 | 10:00 | 07:00 |
| First males’s singles semi-final | 14:30 | 09:30 | 06:30 |
| Second males’s singles semi-final | 19:00 | 14:00 | 11:00 |
| Males’s singles closing | 15:00 | 10:00 | 07:00 |
French Open 2026 confirmed schedule, full dates
Right here’s the complete schedule for the singles competitors.
| Date | Stage |
| Sunday, Could 24 | First spherical |
| Monday, Could 25 | First spherical |
| Tuesday, Could 26 | First spherical |
| Wednesday, Could 27 | Second spherical |
| Thursday, Could 28 | Second spherical |
| Friday, Could 29 | Third spherical |
| Saturday, Could 30 | Third spherical |
| Sunday, Could 31 | Spherical of 16 |
| Monday, June 1 | Spherical of 16 |
| Tuesday, June 2 | Quarter-finals |
| Wednesday, June 3 | Quarter-finals |
| Thursday, June 4 | Girls’s singles semi-finals |
| Friday, June 5 | Males’s singles semi-finals |
| Saturday, June 6 | Girls’s singles closing |
| Sunday, June 7 | Males’s singles closing |
French Open 2026 draw
File 10-time champion Novak Djokovic, who’s the third seed, was drawn in the identical half of the draw as second seed Alex Zverev.
The ladies’s part starred high seed and 2025 finalist Aryna Sabalenka. Second seed Elena Rybakina and third seed Iga Swiatek had been in the identical sections.
You’ll be able to see the outcomes of the draw and observe the newest outcomes and schedule here.
The place to look at the French Open 2026: TV channel, dwell on-line stream
TNT Sports activities have the dwell broadcast rights to the 2026 French Open within the UK and US. UK subscriptions price £30.99 a month.
Streaming is on the HBO Max app, accessible on an unlimited vary of gadgets together with sensible TVs and gaming consoles.
Who will win the French Open 2026? Roland Garros contenders
Reigning Wimbledon champion Sinner is the highest seed and started the event on a 29-match profitable run.
“He’s perhaps within the type of his life and, with out Carlos being right here, it additionally will increase his possibilities much more of claiming extra Grand Slam titles,” accepted Djokovic.
“[Alcarez] is a two-time defending champ. It’s an enormous blow for the event to not have him, however that doesn’t change my strategy.
“My main concern is my physique. If I’m wholesome all through the event, I even have an excellent likelihood, like I confirmed in Australia [losing the final to Alcaraz].
“We’ve talked so much about how spectacular [Sinner] is on all surfaces. Persons are perhaps questioning, due to his recreation fashion, whether or not he can be as dominant on clay as on exhausting court docket, for instance.
“However he has confirmed that that’s additionally the case, which is absolutely superb. He has numerous time forward of him.”
Sabalenka and Swiatek are the favourites within the girls’s singles, with Rybakina and Gauff additionally anticipated to problem.
“I’m tremendous pleased to be again,” stated Sabalenka, explaining how she has overcome bodily considerations and labored on her psychological recreation.
“I’m positively feeling a lot better. I struggled firstly of the clay court docket season bodily, however proper now I really feel 100%.
“We targeted on restoration and ensuring that I’m healed in every single place and I’m able to go.
“My feelings had been destroying my recreation and my degree was dropping dramatically once I would begin over-reacting on the whole lot.
“My opponents would see that and they’d step in and play higher. So it was about ensuring that my opponent doesn’t see what’s occurring in my head and, on the similar time, performing higher and staying within the zone.
“That’s improved vastly over time in my profession and actually helped me to degree up.”
