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 were also played. 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.

The event returned to its full spectator capacity, after the last two restricted capacity editions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.^[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, which was 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

• Men's singles

• Women's singles

Events

Men's singles

• Rafael Nadal def. Casper Ruud, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0

Women's singles

• Iga Świątek def. Coco Gauff, 6–1, 6–3

Men's doubles

• Marcelo Arévalo / Jean-Julien Rojer def. Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Women's doubles

• Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula 2–6, 6–3, 6–2

Mixed doubles

• Ena Shibahara / Wesley Koolhof def. Ulrikke Eikeri / Joran Vliegen, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2

Wheelchair men's singles

• Shingo Kunieda def. Gustavo Fernández, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Wheelchair women's singles

• Diede de Groot def. Yui Kamiji, 6–4, 6–1

Wheelchair quad singles

• Niels Vink def. Sam Schröder, 6–4, 7–6^(10–8)

Wheelchair men's doubles

• Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid def. Gustavo Fernández / Shingo Kunieda, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–5)

Wheelchair women's doubles

• Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot def. Yui Kamiji / Kgothatso Montjane, 7–6^(7–5), 1–6, [10–8]

Wheelchair quad doubles

• Sam Schröder / Niels Vink def. Heath Davidson / Ymanitu Silva, 6–2, 6–2

Boys' singles

• Gabriel Debru def. Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Girls' singles

• Lucie Havlíčková def. Solana Sierra, 6–3, 6–3

Boys' doubles

• Edas Butvilas / Mili Poljičak def. Gonzalo Bueno / Ignacio Buse, 6–4, 6–0

Girls' doubles

• Sára Bejlek / Lucie Havlíčková def. Nikola Bartůňková / Céline Naef, 6–3, 6–3

Men's legends doubles

• Arnaud Clément / Fabrice Santoro def. Sébastien Grosjean / Cédric Pioline, 6–3, 4–6, [10–7]

Women's legends doubles

• Flavia Pennetta / Francesca Schiavone def. Gisela Dulko / Gabriela Sabatini, 1–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]

Point distribution and prize money

Point distribution

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

Wheelchair Events

Prize money

References

1. ^ Petrequin, Samuel (13 June 2021). "Comeback! Djokovic tops Tsitsipas at French Open for Slam 19". AP NEWS. Archived 13 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
2. ^ "Final sets in all four tennis grand slams to be decided by 10-point tie-break". TheGuardian.com. 16 March 2022.
3. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". Association of Tennis Professionals. March 1, 2022. Archived 2022-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
4. ^ "Joint Statement by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis". Women's Tennis Association. March 1, 2022. Archived March 15, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
5. ^ Chase, Chris (August 6, 2018). "Why tennis rankings change so frequently but still get it right". For The Win. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
6. ^ "US Open 2020 Prize Money & Points breakdown with $39.000.000 on offer". Tennis Up-to-Date. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
7. ^ "UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour Rankings". ITF Tennis. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
8. ^ "Roland Garros Points & Prize Money". ATP Tour. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
9. ^ "French Open 2022: Dates, draws, prize money and everything you need to know". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

External links

• Official website