French Open 2012

Slam Info

• Premier clay court tennis tournament in the world played in 15 days period.

• Second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon.

• It is one of the most prestigious French event, the slow playing surface & Men’s Singles Final set without a tie-breaker makes it to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world.

• The first prime-time grand slam of the year (Early round matches start from 230 pm IST. Final stage matches of the tournament start around 630 pm IST)

                                                                                             

Type Grand Slam

LocationState Roland Garros, Paris, France

Date May 27 - June 10, 2012

Draw SizeSingles 128  |  Doubles 64

Surface Clay

Prize Money € 16,150,460

Defending Champion

Rafael Nadal (ESP)Li Na (CHN)

– Rafael Nadal could become the first man in tennis history to win 7 French Open titles

– Novak Djokovic could become only the second man in history to win 4 Grand Slam Singles Titles in a row (Only other player to achieve this feat is Rod Laver)

– Novak Djokovic could join an elite club by becoming only the 8th man in history to achieve a Career Grand Slam (Winning all 4 Grand Slams over a career-The only other players to achieve this feat are Don Budge, Fred Perry, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal)

French Open 2012 is poised to make history

Players to watch out for

Men Singles

• 1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB)• 2 Nadal, Rafael (ESP)• 3 Federer, Roger (SUI)• 4 Murray, Andy (GBR)

Female Singles

• 1 Azarenka, Victoria (BLR)• 2 Sharapova, Maria (RUS)• 3 Kvitova Petra (CZE)• 4 Stosur, Samantha (AUS)• 6 Wozniacki, Caroline (DEN)• 7 Bartoli, Marion (FRA)• 8 Li, Na (CHN)• 9 Williams, Serena (USA)• 10 Zvonareva, Vera (RUS)

Year Men's Singles Women’s Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles

2011Rafael Nadal

(ESP) Na Li (CHN)Daniel Nestor / MaxMirnyi

Andrea Hlaváčková /Lucie Hradecká

2010Rafael Nadal

(ESP)FrancescaSchiavone (FRA)

Daniel Nestor / NenadZimonjic

Serena Williams / Venus

Williams

2009Roger Federer

(SUI)SvetlanaKuznetsova (RUS)

Lukas Dlouhy / LeanderPaes

Anabel MedinGarrigues / VirginiaRuano Pascual

2008Rafael Nadal

(ESP)Ana Ivanovic

(SRB)Pablo Cuevas / LuisHorna

Anabel MedinaGarrigues / VirginiaRuano Pascual

2007Rafael Nadal

(ESP)Justine Henin

(BEL)Mark Knowles / Daniel

NestorMara Santangelo Alicia Molik

Past Winners

Indians to watch out for

Men Doubles7 Paes, Leander (IND)8 Bopanna, Rohan (IND)15 Bhupathi, Mahesh (IND)

Women Doubles• 9 Mirza, Sania (IND) partnering

11 Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Mixed Doubles• Mirza, Sania (IND)• Bhupati, Mahesh (IND)

Doubles - Laurels In French Open

Leander Paes (Men Doubles) YearWinner (Men Doubles) 1999

Winner (Men Doubles) 2001

Winner 2009

Runner-up 2010

Runner-up 2005

Mahesh Bhupati Year

Winner (Men Doubles) 1999

Winner (Men Doubles) 2001

Sania Mirza (Mix Doubles) Year

Runner-up 2011

Winner – Mix Doubles 1997

Runner-up – Mix Doubles 2003

Day’s Schedule

Days Schedule Timings - IST

Day 1 •Sunday 27 May: Main Draw 1st round 2:30 PM

Day 2 •Monday 28 May: 1st round  2:30 PM

Day 3 •Tuesday 29 May: 1st round  2:30 PM

Day 4 •Wednesday 30 May: 2nd round 2:30 PM

Day 5 •Thursday 31 May: 2nd round 2:30 PM

Day 6 •Friday 1 June: 3rd round 2:30 PM

Day 7 •Saturday 2 June: 3rd round 2:30 PM

Day 8 •Sunday 3 June: Round of 16 2:30 PM

Day 9 •Monday 4 June: Round of 16 3:30 PM

Day 10 •Tuesday 5 June: Men Quarter Finals; Women Quarter Finals 5:30 PM

Day 11 •Wednesday 6 June: Men Quarter Finals; 5:30 PM

Day 12 •Thursday 7 June: Women Semi Finals 5:30 PM

Day 13 •Friday 8 June: Men Semi Finals; 5:30 PM

Day 14 •Saturday 9 June: The Women’s Singles Final 6:30 PM

Day 15 •Sunday 10 June: The Men’s Singles Final. 6:30 PM

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