The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis competition played on outside mud courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, containing singles, duplicates and blended pairs play. Junior and wheelchair competitions are likewise booked. Novak Djokovic was the reigning champ in men’s singles, and Barbora Krejčíková was the reigning champ in the ladies’ singles.[1] Iga Świątek won the ladies’ singles occasion, catching her subsequent French Open crown, and Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles occasion, catching his record-broadening fourteenth French Open title.
The occasion got back to its full observer limit after the last two releases because of COVID-19 limitations in France. It was the 126th release of the French Open and the subsequent Grand Slam occasion of 2022. The fundamental singles draws incorporate 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for ladies out of 128 players in each draw. It was important for the 2022 ATP Tour and the 2022 WTA Tour. It was likewise the primary version of the competition to highlight a super tie break in the last set where the player would win first to ten focuses as rules are presently applied in Wimbledon and US Open.
This was the principal Grand Slam competition since the global overseeing assemblages of tennis permitted players from Russia and Belarus to keep on partaking in tennis occasions, yet not contend under the name or banners of Russia and Belarus until additional notification, because of the 2022 Russian attack of Ukraine.
2022 French Open Facts
Date 22 May – 5 June
Edition 126th
Category Grand Slam tournament
Draw 128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money €43,600,000
Surface Clay
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Roland Garros Stadium
2022 Champions
Men’s singles
Spain Rafael Nadal
Women’s singles
Poland Iga Świątek
Men’s doubles
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo / Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Women’s doubles
France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic
Mixed doubles
Japan Ena Shibahara / Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
French Open Tennis Facts
| Founded | 1891; 131 years ago |
|---|---|
| Editions | 126 (2022) 90 Grand Slam events (since 1925) |
| Location | Paris, XVIe France |
| Venue | Stade Roland Garros (since 1928) Societé de Sport de Île de Puteaux, at Puteaux (1891–1894); Tennis Club de Paris, at Auteuil (1895–1908); Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose at Bordeaux (1909); Croix-Catelan de Racing Club de France at the Bois de Boulogne (1910–1924, 1926); Stade Français at Saint-Cloud (1925, 1927) |
| Surface | Clay – outdoors[a] (1908–present) Sand – outdoors (1891–1907) |
| Prize money | €42,661,000 (2022) |
| Men’s | |
| Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
| Current champions | Rafael Nadal (singles) Marcelo Arévalo Jean-Julien Rojer (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Rafael Nadal (14) |
| Most doubles titles | Roy Emerson (6) |
| Women’s | |
| Draw | S (128Q) / 64D (16Q) |
| Current champions | Iga Świątek (singles) Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic (doubles) |
| Most singles titles | Chris Evert (7) |
| Most doubles titles | Martina Navratilova (7) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Draw | 32 |
| Current champions | Ena Shibahara Wesley Koolhof |
| Most titles (male) | Ken Fletcher / Jean-Claude Barclay (3) |
| Most titles (female) | Margaret Court (4) |
Records
| Record | Era | Player(s) | Num. | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most singles titles | Open Era | Rafael Nadal | 14 | 2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2020, 2022 |
| Pre-Open Era | Henri Cochet | 4 | 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932 Note: Also won World Hard Court Championships in 1922. | |
| French Championships* | Max Decugis | 8 | 1903–1904, 1907–1909, 1912–1914 | |
| Most consecutive singles titles | Open Era | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 2010–2014 |
| Pre-Open Era | Frank Parker Jaroslav Drobný Tony Trabert Nicola Pietrangeli | 2 | 1948–1949 1951–1952 1954–1955 1959–1960 | |
| French Championships* | Paul Aymé | 4 | 1897–1900 | |
| Most doubles titles | Open Era | Daniel Nestor Max Mirnyi | 4 | 2007 with Mark Knowles, 2010 with Nenad Zimonjić, 2011, 2012 with Max Mirnyi. 2005, 2006 with Jonas Björkman, 2011, 2012 with Daniel Nestor. |
| Pre-Open Era | Roy Emerson | 6 | 1960, 1962 with Neale Fraser, 1961 with Rod Laver, 1963 with Manuel Santana, 1964 with Ken Fletcher, 1965 with Fred Stolle. | |
| French Championships* | Max Decugis | 13 | 1902–1909, 1911–1914, 1920 | |
| Most consecutive doubles titles | Open Era | Daniel Nestor | 3 | 2010–2012 |
| Pre-Open Era | Roy Emerson | 6 | 1960–1965 | |
| French Championships* | Maurice Germot | 10 | 1906–1914, 1920 | |
| Most mixed doubles titles | Open Era | Ken Fletcher Jean-Claude Barclay | 3 | 1963–1965 with Margaret Court. 1968, 1971, 1973 with Françoise Dürr. |
| French Championships* | Max Decugis | 7 | 1904–1906, 1908–1909, 1914 and 1920 with Suzanne Lenglen. | |
| Most Championships (singles, doubles & mixed doubles) | Open Era | Rafael Nadal | 14 | 2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2020, 2022 (14 singles) |
| French Championships* | Max Decugis | 28 | 1902–1920 (8 singles, 13 doubles, 7 mixed) | |
| Women since 1897 | ||||
| Most singles titles | Open Era | Chris Evert | 7 | 1974–1975, 1979–1980, 1983, 1985–1986 |
| French Championships* | Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 1920–1923, 1925–1926 Note: Also won World Hard Court Championships in 1914, 1921–1923. | |
| Most consecutive singles titles | Open Era | Monica Seles Justine Henin | 3 | 1990–1992 2005–2007 |
| French Championships* | Jeanne Matthey Suzanne Lenglen | 4 | 1909–1912 1920–1923 | |
| Most doubles titles | Open Era | Martina Navratilova | 7 | 1975 with Chris Evert, 1982 with Anne Smith, 1984–1985, 1987, 1988 with Pam Shriver, 1986 with Andrea Temesvári. |
| French Championships* | Simonne Mathieu | 6 | 1933, 1934 with Elizabeth Ryan, 1936–1937, 1938 with Billie Yorke, 1939 with Jadwiga Jędrzejowska. | |
| Most consecutive doubles titles | Open Era | Martina Navratilova Gigi Fernández | 5 | 1984–1985, 1987–1988 with Pam Shriver, 1986 with Andrea Temesvári. 1991 with Jana Novotná, 1992–95 with Natasha Zvereva. |
| French Championships* | Françoise Dürr | 5 | 1967–1971 | |
| Most mixed doubles titles | Open Era | Françoise Dürr | 3 | 1968, 1971, 1973 with Jean-Claude Barclay. |
| French Championships* | Suzanne Lenglen | 7 | 1914, 1920 with Max Decugis, 1921–1923, 1925, 1926 with Jacques Brugnon. | |
| Most Championships (singles, doubles & mixed doubles) | Open Era | Martina Navratilova | 11 | 1974–1988 (2 singles, 7 doubles, 2 mixed) |
| French Championships* | Suzanne Lenglen | 15 | 1919–1926 (6 singles, 2 doubles, 7 mixed) | |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Unseeded champions | Men | Marcel Bernard Mats Wilander Gustavo Kuerten Gastón Gaudio | 1946 1982 1997 2004 | |
| Women | Margaret Scriven Jeļena Ostapenko Iga Świątek Barbora Krejčíková | 1933 2017 2020 2021 | ||
| Youngest singles champion | Men | Michael Chang | 17 years and 3 months (1989) | |
| Women | Monica Seles | 16 years and 6 months (1990) | ||
| Oldest singles champion | Men | Rafael Nadal | 36 years and 2 days (2022) | |
| Women | Zsuzsa Körmöczy | 33 years and 10 months (1958) | ||