All eyes are on Rafael Nadal on the 2024 French Open — a well-known sight and feeling, however with a twist this time round: it could possibly be his final go-around. Nadal is essentially the most dominant participant in French Open historical past, with 14 titles to his identify, however accidents have piled up lately and he has hinted that he’s nearing the tip of his enjoying days.
The King of Clay, as he’s recognized, has a ridiculous 112-3 report at Roland-Garros, together with his most up-to-date win coming in 2022. From 2005 to 2014, he received 9 out of 10 French Open titles, and 5 of 6 from 2017 to 2022. Final 12 months, Nadal withdrew earlier than the event resulting from harm and is unseeded going into this 12 months’s Slam.
His high competitors is defending champion and No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic, who Nadal final beat at Roland-Garros within the 2022 quarterfinals. Nevertheless it’s going to be a tall order even getting that far, because the unseeded Nadal performs No. 4 Alexander Zverev within the first spherical. That is the primary time since 2005 that Nadal has been unseeded in a Grand Slam.
Djokovic is the highest seed and in addition the defending champion within the males’s bracket, however he’s been off to a rocky begin in 2024. The 37-year-old Serb has 24 Grand Slams to his identify, however hasn’t made a event last this 12 months. No. 2 seed Jannik Sinner is coming off a victory within the Australian Open — the place he bested Djokovic within the semifinals, and No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz continues to be driving momentum from his 2023 Wimbledon victory.
If each Nadal and Djokovic make it that far, the 2 will meet within the semifinals. The highest People on the lads’s facet embrace No. 12 Taylor Fritz, No. 14 Tommy Paul, and No. 15 Ben Shelton, although no American has made it to the quarterfinals of Roland-Garros since 2003.
You’ll find the complete males’s bracket beneath, adopted by viewing info, the schedule of play, and because the event progresses: outcomes.
Males’s Singles Bracket
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Viewing info
For those who’re watching on TV, your cable or satellite tv for pc bundle will want each the Tennis Channel and NBC should you’re hoping to catch the whole lot, along with a Peacock subscription. Protection of the event matches shift between these three platforms, with mirrored protection on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports activities app you probably have login credentials for a qualifying supplier.
For followers primarily based in the US, France is six hours forward of the Japanese time zone, so matches are usually getting began at 5 a.m. ET to fulfill the native begin time of 11 a.m.
A full broadcast schedule displaying every community’s protection begin and finish instances is slightly below.
Full broadcast schedule
French Open 2024 Broadcast Schedule
| Date | Time (ET) | Platform | Spherical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time (ET) | Platform | Spherical |
| Solar., Might 26 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First spherical |
| 12-3 p.m. | Peacock | First spherical | |
| Mon., Might 27 | 5 a.m.-3 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First spherical |
| 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | NBC | First spherical | |
| 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Peacock | First spherical | |
| Tue., Might 28 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | First spherical |
| Wed., Might 29 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Second spherical |
| Thu., Might 30 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Second spherical |
| Fri., Might 31 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Third spherical |
| Sat., June 1 | 5 a.m.-1 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Third spherical |
| 12-3 p.m. | NBC | Third spherical | |
| 12-5:30 p.m. | Peacock | Third spherical | |
| Solar., June 2 | 5 a.m.-1 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Fourth spherical |
| 12-3 p.m. | NBC | Fourth spherical | |
| 12-5:30 p.m. | Peacock | Fourth spherical | |
| Mon., June 3 | 5 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Fourth spherical |
| Tue., June 4 | 5 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals |
| 2-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals | |
| Wed., June 5 | 5 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals |
| 2-5:30 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Quarterfinals | |
| Thu., June 6 | 6 a.m.-2 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Girls’s semifinals |
| 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | NBC, Peacock | Girls’s semifinals | |
| Fri., June 7 | 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | Tennis Channel | Males’s semifinals |
| 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | NBC, Peacock | Males’s semifinals | |
| Sat., June 8 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | NBC, Peacock | Girls’s last |
| Solar., June 9 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | NBC, Peacock | Males’s last |
Instances: NBC
Match order and outcomes (all instances Japanese)
Day 1, Sunday, Might 26
J.J. Wolf vs. No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz
Stan Wawrinka vs. Andy Murray
No. 17 Ugo Humbert vs. Lorenzo Sonego
Richard Gasquet vs. Borna Coric
No. 6 Andrey Rublev vs. Taro Daniel
No. 16 Nicolas Jarry vs. Corentin Moutet
Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov
No. 27 Sebastian Korda vs. Harold Mayot
No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
Luca Nardi vs. Alexandre Muller
Kei Nishikori vs. Gabriel Diallo
Terence Atmane vs. Sebastian Ofner
Pedro Martinez vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante
Fabian Marozsan vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
Zhizhen Zhang vs. Aleksandar Vukic
Jordan Thompson vs. Maximilian Marterer
Jack Draper vs. Jesper De Jong
Laslo Djere vs. Daniel Altmaier
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Brandon Nakashima
No. 24 Alejandro Tabilo vs. Zizou Bergs
Day 2, Monday, Might 27
First-round play
Day 3, Tuesday, Might 28
First-round play
Day 4, Wednesday, Might 29
Second-round play
Day 5, Thursday, Might 30
Second-round play
Day 6, Friday, Might 31
Third-round play
Day 7, Saturday, June 1
Third-round play
Day 8, Sunday, June 2
Fourth-round play
Day 9, Monday, June 3
Fourth-round play
Day 10, Tuesday, June 4
Quarterfinals
Day 11, Wednesday, June 5
Quarterfinals
Day 12, Thursday, June 6
Girls’s semifinals
Day 13, Friday, June 7
Males’s semifinals
Day 14, Saturday, June 8
Girls’s last
Day 15, Sunday, June 9
Males’s last