The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is the biggest clay court yearly tournament. This tournament is considered as one of the most physically challenging major, since it has five sets of men’s singles matches without any tiebreak in the final set. Plus, Roland Garros is also has the slow playing surface.
So this year, if you want to attend Roland Garros, then you must read this guide. It will help you to book your tickets for the second tennis Slam of the season. Plus, it will help you know about the dates when the matches will take place, where they will take place, and what is the price of the tickets for the French Open 2017.
Events
Below mentioned are the events in the Roland Garros 2017.
Qualifying matches
The qualifying matches in the French Open 2017 will take place from May 22 to May 26, 2017. The tickets of these matches give access to the whole public area in the stadium. In the stadium, courts from 6 to 18 have no reserved seating and can be booked by anybody. Additionally, Court Suzanne Lenglen is open to all audience, so that spectators can watch tennis players from the chief draw practicing prior to the starting of the tournament.
Roland Garros Kids’ Day
This day takes place on May 28, 2017. This is a charity event, which is devoted to raise funds for a number of charitable organizations. On this day, there are many exhibition matches that are scheduled on the 3 major tennis courts. Along with this, there are many other practice sessions and activities throughout the stadium as well as on other courts.
French Open
The French Open will happen from May 29 to June 11, 2017. The French Open starts on a Sunday, which is a norm since 2006. This means that the very first round of the French Open is played for three days, from Sunday till Tuesday. After this, other rounds will be played for two days. Moreover, in the French Open, there are only day sessions and no night sessions as compared to the US and Australian Open.
Legends Trophy
This event takes place from June 7 to June 11, 2017. The Legends Trophy or Trophée des Légendes assembles twenty-four greatest champions in the history. These champions are grouped on the basis of their age in the two draws of men and twelve former women tennis stars. The matches of Legends Trophy are played on court Suzanne Lenglen and court 1 during the French Open’s second week. These matches are accessible to ticketholders of outside courts.
Wheelchair Tennis Tournament
This event happens from June 8 to June 10, 2017, which is in the second week of Roland Garros. All the matches in the wheelchair tennis tournament are accessible to ticketholders of outside courts.
Courts
The tickets for show courts also give entry into outside courts. The show courts include Philippe Chatrier, court number one, and Suzanne Lenglen. The show court tickets assign you one allocated seat throughout the day. However, for outside courts, there is no assigned seat. The seats on outside courts are given on a first come first serve basis.
Court Philippe Chatrier
Court Philippe Chatrier was constructed in 1928 as the centerpiece of Roland Garros. This court still remains the principal venue of the French Open with a seating capacity of 14,840 people. Till 1998, Court Philippe Chatrier was called simply “Court Central.”
However, after that it was renamed as Philippe Chatrier, who was a long-time president of the FFT (Fédération Française de Tennis). In 1988, Philippe Chatrier brought back tennis as a sport in Summer Olympics.
Court Suzanne Lenglen
The second stadium of Roland Garros is Court Suzanne Lenglen. This stadium has a seating capacity of 10,068 people. It was constructed in 1994 and was named after Suzanne Lenglen, who was born in 1899. Suzanne Lenglen was one of the first global female sport celebrities and the first female tennis star. The French press called her La Divine, which means the divine one.
Court One
Court One is also called the “Bullring.” This is because this court is built in a circular shape. This stadium is a favorite of serious tennis enthusiasts, since it is comparatively small in size with only 3,800 seating capacity. Moreover, Court One gives a feeling of proximity to the tennis action.
Outside courts
The major outside courts include courts 2, 3, and 7. These courts have seen some amazing French Open matches in the past. Plus, the outside courts are the place where the top tennis players practice in the tournament’s early rounds.
Tickets
Individual tickets are divided into two parts. Either you can buy single tickets for the whole day or just for the evening. The single tickets for the whole day allow spectators a reserved seat on any one of the show courts, including Court 1, Lenglen, and Chatrier. They also give unlimited entrance in the outside courts.
The price of single tickets for the whole day starts from €20 for outside courts and €50 for Chatrier court. There are also tickets for evening visitors, who can visit the stadium any day between May 28 and June 6. These tickets allow entry into any one of the show courts or outside courts from 5:00 PM. The price of these tickets starts from €12.
These details will help you to choose when and where you want to watch the French Open.