Dates, tickets: Everything you always wanted to know about Roland-Garros 2025 (but never had time to find out)

What are the dates for Roland-Garros 2025?

The 2025 Roland-Garros main draw matches will start on Sunday May 25, 2025, with the tournament scheduled to be completed on Sunday June 8, 2025.

The qualifying competition will begin a week earlier on Monday May 19, 2024.

Will Jannik Sinner play Roland-Garros 2025?

On May 4, Jannik Sinner is set to make his return from a three-month ban agreed with WADA after two positive drugs tests last year. That means he is very likely to play Roland-Garros 2025.

Who are the defending champions at Roland-Garros?

In the women’s singles, Iga Swiatek won her fourth Roland-Garros title, beating Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in a one-sided final to clinch her third consecutive title at the tournament and her fifth Grand Slam in total.

Swiatek dismantled all of her opponents en route to the title apart from Naomi Osaka in the second round, when she faced a match point on Osaka’s serve before breaking and completing an incredible turnaround victory.

From that point, she was unstoppable, winning the title by dropping just 11 games across her next five matches.

Paolini sensationally made her first ever Grand Slam final at Roland-Garros 2024. She had never been past the second round of a major before this season before the Italian made the last four of the Australian Open in January. She then went several steps further by making her maiden Grand Slam final in Paris, beating Mirra Andreeva in the semi-finals.

Carlos Alcaraz faced Alexander Zverev in the men’s final after the German beat Casper Ruud to reach his first Roland-Garros final.

In a first-time Roland-Garros final for both players, Alcaraz beat Zverev in a five-set thriller to clinch his first French Open title and his third Grand Slam title.

Here is the full list of champions from 2024:

• Men’s singles: Carlos Alcaraz
• Women’s singles: Iga Swiatek
• Men’s doubles: Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic
• Women’s doubles: Coco Gauff/Katerina Siniakova
• Mixed doubles: Laura Siegemund/Edouard Roger-Vasselin
• Wheelchair men’s singles: Tokito Oda
• Wheelchair women’s singles: Diede de Groot
• Wheelchair quad singles: Guy Sasson
• Wheelchair men’s doubles: Alfie Hewett/Gordon Reid
• Wheelchair women’s doubles: Diede de Groot/Aniek van Koot
• Wheelchair quad doubles: Sam Schroder/Niels Vink
• Wheelchair boys’ singles: Maximilian Taucher
• Wheelchair girls’ singles: Ksenia Chasteau
• Wheelchair boys’ doubles: Ruben Harris/Maximilian Taucher
• Wheelchair girls’ doubles: Ksenia Chasteau/Maylee Phelps
• Boys’ singles: Kaylan Bigun
• Girls’ singles: Tereza Valentova
• Boys’ doubles: Nicolai Budkov Kjaer/Joel Schwarzler
• Girls’ doubles: Renata Jamrichova/Tereza Valentova

When was the first Roland-Garros held?

The tournament was first held in 1881 and was initially known as the Championnat de France, or the French Championships. It was open only to players who were French club members at that time.

The first women’s singles event was held in the year 1897.

Who are the Roland-Garros trophies named after?

The men’s singles trophy is called the Coupe des Mousquetaires (The Musketeers’ Cup) and has been named in honour of the “Four Musketeers” while the women’s singles winner gets the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen (Suzanne Lenglen Cup) since 1979.

The trophies are manufactured by Mellerio dits Meller, a famous Parisian jewelry house and are all made of pure silver with finely etched decorations on their side.

Who has won the most titles at Roland-Garros?

Rafael Nadal has won Roland-Garros an incredible 14 times, which is the most by any player at a single Grand Slam event.

American Chris Evert has won seven titles, the most by any woman in the French Grand Slam. French legend Suzanne Lenglen and Germany’s Steffi Graf are just behind her, having won the event six times each.

Do the courts at Roland-GarRos have a roof?

Two of them do. Court Philippe Chatrier’s roof opened in 2021. Court Suzanne-Lenglen, the second largest court at the event with a capacity to seat 10,000 fans, had its roof for the first time in 2024.

How can one buy tickets for Roland-Garros?

The most reliable source of information on ticket prices and conditions is the ticketing tab of the official Roland-Garros website.

Who is the Tournament Director of Roland-Garros?

Former women’s world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo, of France, is currently the Tournament Director at Roland-Garros. The two-time Grand Slam singles champion was named to the position at the end of 2021.