2014 French Open


The 2014 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 118th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 25 May to 8 June. It consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in the men's singles and defeated Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final to win his 9th French Open title and his 14th Grand Slam title. The victory made Nadal the first tennis player to have won 5 consecutive French Open titles, in addition to becoming the only man with at least one Grand Slam title in 10 consecutive years.
Serena Williams was the defending women's singles champion. Williams failed to defend her title, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round. Maria Sharapova won the women's singles, defeating Simona Halep to win her second French Open title and her 5th Grand Slam title.
This was first time that both singles winners of the Australian Open lost in the first round of the French Open. Also, for the first time at any Grand Slam event in the Open era, the top three women's seeds all failed to reach the fourth round.

Tournament

The 2014 French Open was the 113th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation and is part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists 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, which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament is taking place over a series of twenty clay courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Point and prize money distribution

Points distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior points

Wheelchair points

Junior points

Prize money

The total prize money for the tournament was €25,018,900, an increase of €3 million compared to the previous edition. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €1,650,000, an increase of 10% compared to 2013.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1
Singles€1,650,000€825,000€412,500€220,000€125,000€72,000€42,000€24,000€11,000€5,500€2,750
Doubles *€400,000€200,000€100,000€55,000€31,000€17,000€8,500
Mixed Doubles *€110,000€55,500€27,750€14,000€7,500€3,750
Wheelchair Singles€22,000€11,000€6,000€3,500
Wheelchair Doubles *€7,000€3,500€2,100

* per team

Singles players

;2014 French Open – Men's Singles
;2014 French Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings and Rankings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 19 May 2014, while points before are as of the standings on 26 May 2014.

Men's Singles">2014 French Open – Men's Singles">Men's Singles

The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event.
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points after
Withdrawal reason
7
 Juan Martín del Potro
4,125
0
4,125
Wrist injury

Women's Singles">2014 French Open – Women's Singles">Women's Singles

†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.
The following player would have been seeded, but she withdrew from the event.
Rank
Player
Points before
Points defending
Points after
Withdrawal reason
5
 Victoria Azarenka
4,741
900
3,841
Foot injury

Main draw wildcard entries

The following players have been given a wildcard to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles
;Men's Doubles
;Women's Doubles
;Mixed Doubles

Men's Singles

  1. Paolo Lorenzi
  2. Peter Polansky
  3. Laurent Lokoli
  4. James Ward
  5. Ante Pavić
  6. Andreas Haider-Maurer
  7. Miloslav Mečíř Jr.
  8. Diego Schwartzman
  9. Simone Bolelli
  10. Damir Džumhur
  11. Facundo Bagnis
  12. Gastão Elias
  13. Andreas Beck
  14. Andrea Arnaboldi
  15. James Duckworth
  16. Potito Starace

    Women's Singles

  17. Grace Min
  18. Heather Watson
  19. Maryna Zanevska
  20. Yuliya Beygelzimer
  21. Danka Kovinić
  22. Aleksandra Wozniak
  23. Kiki Bertens
  24. Ksenia Pervak
  25. Timea Bacsinszky
  26. Sofia Shapatava
  27. Michelle Larcher de Brito
  28. Tamira Paszek

    Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
;Men's Singles
;Women's Singles

Seniors

Men's singles

Boys' Singles

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Legends Under 45 Doubles