A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| 2021 French Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 May – 13 June 2021 |
| Edition | 120 |
| Category | 91st Grand Slam |
| Draw | 128S / 64D / 16X |
| Prize money | €34,367,215 |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
| Venue | Roland Garros Stadium |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Novak Djokovic | |
| Women's singles | |
 Barbora Krejčíková | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut | |
| Women's doubles | |
| Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Desirae Krawczyk /  Joe Salisbury | |
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
| Alfie Hewett | |
| Wheelchair women's singles | |
 Diede de Groot | |
| Wheelchair quad singles | |
 Dylan Alcott | |
| Wheelchair men's doubles | |
| Alfie Hewett / Gordon Reid | |
| Wheelchair women's doubles | |
| Diede de Groot / Aniek van Koot | |
| Wheelchair quad doubles | |
| Andy Lapthorne / David Wagner | |
| Boys' singles | |
| Luca Van Assche | |
| Girls' singles | |
| Linda Nosková | |
| Boys' doubles | |
| Arthur Fils / Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | |
| Girls' doubles | |
 Alex Eala /  Oksana Selekhmeteva | |
The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play.[1] The qualifiers took place from 24 May to 28 May. Junior and wheelchair tournaments also took place. Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in men's singles, and Iga Świątek was the defending champion in women's singles.
It was the 120th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2021. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 16 for women out of 128 players in each draw, the last Grand Slam to still have 128 women qualifiers instead of 96 in line with the other three majors.[2]
Novak Djokovic won the men's singles title over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, marking his 19th Grand Slam singles title and making him the first male player to win the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era.[3] Barbora Krejčíková won the women's singles title over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, claiming her maiden Grand Slam singles title. This was the first time in French Open history that both singles victors were from Slavic-speaking nations, namely Serbia and the Czech Republic.
This was the first edition of the event to have formal night sessions in the schedule, joining a practice already established at the Australian Open and US Open, with one match having a 21:00 local time start time each day.[4]
This was the final Grand Slam to use the advantage set in the final set at singles matches, where it was replaced by final set tiebreaker in future tournaments.[5]
The mixed doubles event returned after a one-year absence, though the draw featured only 16 teams instead of the regular 32.[6]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The beginning of the tournament returned to its traditional late-May schedule after the previous edition being delayed to September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 8 April, the originally-announced dates were postponed by one week by the French Tennis Federation due to a third national lockdown and curfew in France enacted the week prior, with the first day of qualifiers pushed back to 24 May, and first day of the tournament proper pushed back to 30 May. The postponement was made in the hope that restrictions would be eased in time for the tournament, including potentially allowing spectators.[7]
At the start of the tournament, the main courts were capped at 1,000 spectators, and spectators were prohibited after 21:00 nightly due to the nationwide curfew. This caused night session matches to be held behind closed doors. Beginning 9 June, the curfew was moved to 23:00, and centre court was permitted to expand to 5,000 spectators.[8] During the 11 June semi-final match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, Prime Minister Jean Castex personally phoned the organizers after a 93-minute third-set tiebreak set to issue an exemption, allowing the match to be played to its conclusion with spectators.[9]
