When is the 2024 French Open? Dates, who is playing, how to watch

The 2024 French Open will see the top men’s and women’s tennis players battle it out on clay across two weeks at Roland-Garros.

Novak Djokovic will have his sights set on a record-extending 25th Grand Slam crown, while Iga Swiatek is aiming to win the tournament for a fourth time.

Qualifying for the 2024 French Open starts on Monday, May 20 and finishes on Friday, May 24.

The main draw starts on Sunday, May 26 and the men’s and women’s singles finals are on the weekend of June 8.

There will be a night session every day from Monday, May 27 until the semi-finals.

The men’s singles and women’s singles draws will take place on Thursday, May 23.

• Men’s and women’s first round – May 28, 29, 30 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.15pm on May 29 and 30)
• Men’s and women’s second round – May 31, June 1 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.15pm)
• Men’s and women’s third round – June 2, 3 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.15pm)
• Men’s and women’s fourth round – June 4, 5 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.15pm)
• Men’s and women’s quarter-finals – June 6, 7 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.15pm)
• Women’s semi-finals – June 8 (play starts 2pm)
• Men’s semi-finals – June 9 (play starts 1.45pm)
• Women’s final – June 10 (2pm)
• Men’s final – June 11 (2pm)

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As well as coverage from around Roland-Garros, there will be expert analysis from on-site and in The Cube from Mats Wilander, Barbara Schett, Tim Henman, Alex Corretja and more.

Both Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been struggling with their form ahead of the French Open.

The Spaniard, 37, missed nearly the entirety of the 2023 season due to injury, and has failed to hit top form since returning to the tour.

Djokovic will compete at the French Open and will aim for a record 25th Grand Slam title.

He has taken time away from the sport in 2024, meaning the number of events he has featured in has been limited.

The most recent of those was the Italian Open, where he made a third-round exit, just days after being struck on the head by a bottle, an incident which he said has “impacted me a lot.”

The three-time Grand Slam champion has only played in the tournament once since 2017, but he did make the semi-finals four times in a row between 2014 and 2017, including in 2016 when he was runner-up.

But he returned to the practice court last month, before making his return to competitive tennis in a challenger event in Bordeaux in mid-May, and then at the Geneva Open.

Djokovic won the French Open for a third time last year, beating Casper Ruud in straight sets in the final.

Swiatek has won the women’s tournament in each of the last two years, with the 2023 crown earned through a three-set victory over Karolína Muchova.