The dirt “Casco” begins on Sunday, May 26. Traditionally it brought together almost all the strongest tennis players and tennis players of recent years. This place is considered lucky for Russian athletes: here they excelled in singles, pairs, mixed and youth doubles.
The only dirty “helmet”.
Roland Garros is the third oldest Slam after Wimbledon and the US Open. The tournament was first held in 1891 and the current draw will be the 123rd consecutive draw. In 1925, the competition received international status. Since 1928, the tournament has been held in its current location – on the courts of the Roland Garros tennis stadium, named after the famous aviator. The stadium is located next to the Bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris. Roland Garros has long been considered the citadel of the clay court game, and it is even difficult to imagine that the tournament was previously played at the Stade France club on grass.
Match at Roland Garros
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Nadal’s incredible record
For many years, the record for titles at the French Championship belonged to the local favorite Max Decugis, who stood out here eight times between 1903 and 1914. But a century later, this record was noticeably surpassed by the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, nicknamed the King of la Arcilla, with 14 titles since 2005. None of the tennis players in history had even close numbers in any of the Slams. Only Australian Margaret Court managed to win 11 individual trophies at home. There, in Australia, Serbian Novak Djokovic scored 10 goals.
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Nadal’s swan song?
Last year Rafael Nadal did not participate in Roland Garros due to injury and this year it seems that he will play for the last time. Because he missed an entire year of competition, the Spaniard fell back in the rankings well beyond a hundred, meaning he could have beaten any top-level tennis player in the first round. Insidious luck turned out to be quite cruel for the honest veteran, “choosing” as an opponent the fourth racket in the world, the champion of the last Rome Masters, Alexander Zverev. Many still remember the semifinal battle of the 2022 edition, when a German with Russian roots left the court on crutches due to a serious injury. But two years later, it is Zverev who is considered the favorite in the new meeting. Let’s see if Nadal has his trump card in this battle.
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The youngest champion is 37 years old!
Due to Nadal’s dominance at Roland Garros, only a few have managed to snatch titles here in the last 19 years. Switzerland’s Roger Federer (2009) and Stan Wawrinka (2015) have each won here once, and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won three more times (2016, 2021, 2023). Federer has already completed his career, like those tennis players who won in Paris before the Nadal era. So it turns out that in the current draw there are only three athletes who previously achieved victories at Roland Garros. Wawrinka is generally the oldest tennis player among the participants: he is 39 years old. Nadal will celebrate his 38th birthday on the second Monday of the tournament. And the “youngest” Roland Garros champion among the participants in the 2024 draw, Novak Djokovic, is already 37 years old!
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A happy place for Russian champions
Roland Garros is the most successful tournament for our tennis players. Here Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the first ever Russian singles “Slam” in 1996. In the same season, Evgeniy also won the doubles title, thanks to which he remains the last male tennis player to achieve a winning double in the Slam. Kafelnikov also became champion in Paris in pairs in 1997 and 2002. The Russian women’s singles finals were held here twice: in 2004, Anastasia Myskina beat Elena Dementieva in the battle for the title, and in 2009, Svetlana Kuznetsova turned out to be more stronger than Dinara Safina. Additionally, Maria Sharapova scored two goals in Paris (2012, 2014). In women’s doubles, the Roland Garros titles were won by national tennis players such as Olga Morozova (1974), Larisa Savchenko (1989), Natalya Zvereva (1989, 1992), Elena Vesnina (2013) and Ekaterina Makarova (2013). The Russian duo Evgeniya Manyukova/Andrey Olkhovsky (1993) distinguished themselves in mixed doubles. In juniors, Vladimir Korotkov (1966), Andrei Medvedev (1991) and Andrei Rublev (2014) became Roland Garros singles champions. The girls have five victories: Elena Granaturova (1971), Natalya Zvereva (1987), Nadezhda Petrova (1998), Daria Kasatkina (2014) and Alina Korneeva (2023).
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A great opportunity for Sinner to become the first racket in the world
Last year’s champion, Novak Djokovic, will have to defend 2,000 points in the tournament ranking. But Jannik Sinner got only 45 points in 2023 for losing in the second round. After subtracting those points, the Italian will come out ahead with a lead of 765. This means that Novak, to remain leader of the standings, needs to reach at least the semifinals (800 points), as long as Sinner does so. not get past the first round. If Yannick lasts until the quarterfinals, Djokovic will be saved if he reaches the final. If the Serbian defends the title and the Italian reaches the final, Sinner will still be the first racket. Last year’s semifinalists, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev, will lose 720 points each; This gives Daniil Medvedev, who then lost in the first round, the opportunity to rise to third place in the ATP rankings and, if he wins the title, even to second (after Sinner). The details are in our table.
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Record prize fund
The Roland Garros prize fund has increased again and reached 53,478 million euros, 7.82% more than in 2023. Just for participating in the first round of singles, tennis players will receive 73,000 euros, the finalists will win 1, 2 million euros and the champions will win 2.4 million euros, which is also the all-time record of the tournament.
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Two Russian debutants at Roland Garros
Russia will be represented by 21 players in the Roland Garros 2024 singles draws. The men have six participants: Daniil Medvedev (fifth seed), Andrey Rublev (6), Karen Khachanov (18), Roman Safiullin, Pavel Kotov and Aslan Karatsev. In the women’s category, 15 Russians will play: Daria Kasatkina (10), Ekaterina Alexandrova (16), Lyudmila Samsonova (17), Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20), Anna Kalinskaya (23), Veronika Kudermetova (29), Anastasia Potapova, Diana Schneider, Anna Blinkova, Mirra Andreeva, Elina Avanesyan, Maria Timofeeva, Kamilla Rakhimova, Erika Andreeva and classifier Yulia Avdeeva. Note that Timofeeva debuts at Roland Garros and Avdeeva debuts at all Grand Slam tournaments.
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Medvedev can face Djokovic in the semi-finals and Zverev in the quarter-finals
The draw distributed the representatives of the top 8 seeds in such a way that Daniil Medvedev (5) ended up in the quarterfinals of the German Alexander Zverev (4). At the top, Novak Djokovic (1) can now face the finalist of the last two years, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7), in the quarterfinals. In the lower half of the grid the following combinations can be formed: Andrey Rublev (6) – Carlos Alcaraz (3) and Hubert Hurkacz (8) – Jannik Sinner (2). If we talk about the Russians, in the first round Medvedev will play with the German Dominik Köpfer, Rublev – with the Japanese Taro Daniel, Khachanov (18) – with the Indian Sumit Nagal, Safiullin – with the Serbian Dusan Lajovic, Kotov – with the British Cameron Norrie (32) and Karatsev, with Alexander Shevchenko, who now represents Kazakhstan.
Erika Andreeva and Yulia Avdeeva will be examined by the three best tennis players
The representatives of the top 8 finishers in the women’s category were distributed as follows: Iga Swiatek (1) – Marketa Vondrousova (5), Cori Gauff (3) – Ons Jabeur (8), Zheng Qingwen (7) – Elena Rybakina (4) and María Sakkari (6) – Arina Sabalenko (2). Note that of the 15 Russians in the first round, only three had seeded opponents: Blinkova will play Romanian Sorana Cirstei (28), E. Andreeva will play Belarusian Arina Sabalenka (2) and debutant Avdeeva will play Cori Gauff (3) from the United States.
Here are 10 reasons why you should watch Roland Garros 2024. The tournament will take place in Paris from May 26 to June 9. All the details are in the “Championship”.
