The 2018 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events. Rafael Nadal (Spain) was the defending champion in the Men's Singles and won his 11th French Open title. Simona Halep (Romania) won her first Grand Slam title in Women's Singles.
It was the 117th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2018. Jeļena Ostapenko was the defending champion in the Women's Singles but lost in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. This was the first French Open since 1992 that both the men's and the women's singles competitions were won by the top seeds.
Tournament
The 2018 French Open was the 117th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points was introduced. Also for the juniors tournament, service lets wasn't featured.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2018 ATP World Tour and the 2018 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Points and prize money
Points distribution Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior points Event W FSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles1000600370200100453020Girls' singlesBoys' doubles75045027515075Girls' doubles
Prize money The total prize money for the 2018 edition is €39,197,000. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,200,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2017.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles€2,200,000€1,120,000€560,000€380,000€222,000€130,000€79,000€40,000€21,000€11,000€6,000Doubles *€560,000€280,000€139,000€76,000€41,000€22,000€11,000Mixed doubles *€120,000€60,000€30,000€17,000€9,500€4,750Wheelchair singles€35,000€17,500€8,500€4,500€10,000€5,000€3,000 * per team
Singles players 2018 French Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem Semifinals out Juan Martín del Potro Marco Cecchinato Quarterfinals out Diego Schwartzman Marin Čilić Novak Djokovic Alexander Zverev Jr. 4th round out Maximilian Marterer Kevin Anderson Fabio Fognini John Isner David Goffin Fernando Verdasco Kei Nishikori Karen Khachanov 3rd round out Richard Gasquet Jürgen Zopp (LL) Borna Ćorić Mischa Zverev Steve Johnson Kyle Edmund Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albert Ramos Viñolas Gaël Monfils Pablo Carreño Busta Roberto Bautista Agut Grigor Dimitrov Matteo Berrettini Gilles Simon Lucas Pouille Damir Džumhur 2nd round out Guido Pella Malek Jaziri Denis Shapovalov Ruben Bemelmans (LL) Adam Pavlásek (Q) Thomas Fabbiano Sergiy Stakhovsky (LL) Pablo Cuevas Hubert Hurkacz (Q) Jan-Lennard Struff Elias Ymer (Q) Márton Fucsovics Horacio Zeballos Jérémy Chardy Casper Ruud (Q) Julien Benneteau Corentin Moutet (WC) Martin Kližan (Q) Marco Trungelliti (LL) Federico Delbonis Santiago Giraldo (Q) Jaume Munar (Q) Guido Andreozzi (Q) Jared Donaldson Stefanos Tsitsipas Ernests Gulbis (Q) Benoît Paire Sam Querrey Cameron Norrie Guillermo García López Radu Albot Dušan Lajović 1st round out Simone Bolelli (LL) João Sousa Mikhail Youzhny Andreas Seppi John Millman Ryan Harrison Yuki Bhambri Jack Sock Calvin Hemery (WC) Mirza Bašić Matthew Ebden Philipp Kohlschreiber Feliciano López Florian Mayer Aljaž Bedene Paolo Lorenzi James Duckworth (PR) Tennys Sandgren Evgeny Donskoy Adrian Mannarino Pablo Andújar (PR) Dudi Sela Vasek Pospisil Alex de Minaur (WC) Noah Rubin (WC) Yūichi Sugita Peter Polansky (LL) Tomáš Berdych Mikhail Kukushkin Jordan Thompson Leonardo Mayer Nicolas Mahut (WC) Robin Haase Ivo Karlović Laslo Đere Elliot Benchetrit (WC) Bernard Tomic (Q) Marius Copil Thomaz Bellucci (Q) Jozef Kovalík (Q) Denis Istomin Marcos Baghdatis David Ferrer Rogério Dutra Silva (Q) Yoshihito Nishioka (PR) Taylor Fritz Nicolás Jarry Mohamed Safwat (LL) Ilya Ivashka (Q) Carlos Taberner (Q) Oscar Otte (LL) Gilles Müller Maxime Janvier (WC) Roberto Carballés Baena Nikoloz Basilashvili Frances Tiafoe Daniil Medvedev Peter Gojowczyk Andreas Haider-Maurer (PR) Stan Wawrinka Denis Kudla (Q) Grégoire Barrère (WC) Jiří Veselý Ričardas Berankis
2018 French Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Simona Halep Sloane Stephens Semifinals out Garbiñe Muguruza Madison Keys Quarterfinals out Angelique Kerber Maria Sharapova Yulia Putintseva Daria Kasatkina 4th round out Elise Mertens Caroline Garcia Lesia Tsurenko Serena Williams (PR) Barbora Strýcová Mihaela Buzărnescu Anett Kontaveit Caroline Wozniacki 3rd round out Andrea Petkovic Daria Gavrilova Kiki Bertens Irina-Camelia Begu Samantha Stosur Magdaléna Rybáriková Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková Kateřina Siniaková Wang Qiang Naomi Osaka Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitová Camila Giorgi Maria Sakkari Pauline Parmentier (WC) 2nd round out Taylor Townsend (WC) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR) Bernarda Pera Heather Watson Ana Bogdan Aliaksandra Sasnovich Zhang Shuai Peng Shuai Fiona Ferro (WC) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Belinda Bencic CoCo Vandeweghe Alison Van Uytvanck Ashleigh Barty Donna Vekić Lucie Šafářová Kateryna Kozlova Ekaterina Makarova Jennifer Brady Petra Martić Caroline Dolehide (Q) Zarina Diyas Rebecca Peterson (Q) Viktória Kužmová Lara Arruabarrena Alexandra Dulgheru (Q) Mariana Duque Mariño (Q) Magdalena Fręch (Q) Kirsten Flipkens Carla Suárez Navarro Alizé Cornet Georgina García Pérez (Q) 1st round out Alison Riske Myrtille Georges (WC) Johanna Larsson Kristina Mladenovic Sorana Cîrstea Elena Vesnina Océane Dodin Varvara Lepchenko Mona Barthel Markéta Vondroušová Denisa Allertová Aryna Sabalenka Kristína Kučová (PR) Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Aleksandra Krunić Duan Yingying Svetlana Kuznetsova Carina Witthöft Yanina Wickmayer Polona Hercog Luksika Kumkhum Deborah Chiesa (Q) Stefanie Vögele Laura Siegemund Dominika Cibulková Isabelle Wallace (WC) Kristýna Plíšková Natalia Vikhlyantseva Richèl Hogenkamp (Q) Kateryna Bondarenko Jessika Ponchet (WC) Barbora Krejčíková (Q) Jeļena Ostapenko Victoria Azarenka (PR) Zheng Saisai (PR) Kurumi Nara Johanna Konta Amandine Hesse (WC) Wang Yafan Venus Williams Sachia Vickery Viktorija Golubic (Q) Magda Linette Sofia Kenin Vania King (PR) Hsieh Su-wei Francesca Schiavone (Q) Ajla Tomljanović Verónica Cepede Royg Tímea Babos Christina McHale Madison Brengle Anastasija Sevastova Grace Min (Q) Ekaterina Alexandrova Arantxa Rus (LL) Kaia Kanepi Tatjana Maria Mandy Minella (PR) Ana Konjuh Sara Errani Chloé Paquet (WC) Dalila Jakupović (LL) Danielle Collins
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 21 May 2018. Rank and points before are as of 28 May 2018.
Men's singles
SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Rafael Nadal 8,770 2,000 2,000 8,770 Champion, defeated Dominic Thiem 2 3 Alexander Zverev 5,615 10 360 5,965 Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem 3 4 Marin Čilić 4,950 360 360 4,950 Quarterfinals lost to Juan Martín del Potro 4 5 Grigor Dimitrov 4,870 90 90 4,870 Third round lost to Fernando Verdasco 5 6 Juan Martín del Potro 4,450 90 720 5,080 Semifinals lost to Rafael Nadal 6 7 Kevin Anderson 3,635 180 180 3,635 Fourth round lost to 7 8 Dominic Thiem 3,355 720 1,200 3,835 Runner-up, lost to Rafael Nadal 8 9 David Goffin 3,020 90 180 3,110 Fourth round lost to Marco Cecchinato 9 10 John Isner 2,980 90 180 3,070 Fourth round lost to Juan Martín del Potro 10 11 Pablo Carreño Busta 2,415 360 90 2,145 Third round lost to Marco Cecchinato 11 12 Diego Schwartzman 2,165 90 360 2,435 Quarterfinals lost to Rafael Nadal 12 15 Sam Querrey 2,095 10 45 2,130 Second round lost to Gilles Simon 13 13 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,120 180 90 1,985 Third round lost Novak Djokovic 14 14 Jack Sock 2,110 10 10 2,110 First round lost to Jürgen Zopp [LL] 15 16 Lucas Pouille 2,030 90 90 2,030 Third round lost to Karen Khachanov 16 17 Kyle Edmund 1,950 90 90 1,950 Third round lost to Fabio Fognini 17 20 Tomáš Berdych 1,750 45 10 1,715 First round lost to Jérémy Chardy 18 18 Fabio Fognini 1,940 90 180 2,030 Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić 19 21 Kei Nishikori 1,710 360 180 1,530 Fourth round lost to Dominic Thiem 20 22 Novak Djokovic 1,665 360 360 1,665 Quarterfinals lost to Marco Cecchinato 21 23 Nick Kyrgios 1,630 45 0 1,585 Withdrew due to elbow injury 22 24 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,620 10 10 1,620 First round lost to Borna Ćorić 23 30 Stan Wawrinka 1,400 1,200 10 210 First round lost to Guillermo García López 24 25 Denis Shapovalov 1,573 (10)† 45 1,608 Second round lost to Maximilian Marterer 25 26 Adrian Mannarino 1,535 10 10 1,535 First round lost to Steve Johnson 26 29 Damir Džumhur 1,415 10 90 1,495 Third round lost to Alexander Zverev 27 32 Richard Gasquet 1,395 90 90 1,395 Third round lost to Rafael Nadal 28 33 Feliciano López 1,375 90 10 1,295 First round lost to Sergiy Stakhovsky [LL] 29 34 Gilles Müller 1,300 10 10 1,300 First round lost to Ernests Gulbis [Q] 30 35 Fernando Verdasco 1,280 180 180 1,280 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic 31 36 Albert Ramos Viñolas 1,260 180 90 1,170 Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro 32 37 Gaël Monfils 1,220 180 90 1,130 Third round lost to David Goffin
Withdrawn players Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 2 Roger Federer 8,670 0 8,670Scheduling 19 Chung Hyeon 1,775 90 1,685Ankle injury 27 Filip Krajinović 1,506 (15)† 1,491Leg injury 28 Milos Raonic 1,435 180 1,255Right knee injury 31 Andrey Rublev 1,397 26 1,371Back injury † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017. Accordingly, this was the points defended from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour.
Women's singles