Final: Rafael Nadal has won the men’s singles championship at Roland Garros for the 11th time. It’s also his 17th Grand Slam title total. See our full recap of the 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dominic Thiem right here.
The 2018 French Open from Roland Garros, the second of four Grand Slam tennis events, is about to get underway, and all eyes are on the “King of Clay”, Rafael Nadal. A ten-time champion of the French Open, Nadal’s nickname is apt and earned. He’s also drawn into a top half that is generally considered to be easier than the bottom half.
All of Alexander Zverev, the second seed, Dominic Thiem, Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov and Kei Nishikori are in the bottom half of the draw. Nadal is 79-2 on the clay of Roland Garros, and doesn’t necessarily need the assistance of a good draw, but he got it.
Juan Martin Del Potro, always good for an upset, is in the top half of the draw, along with Marin Cilic. Nadal looks to be a on a trajectory that will place him against Kevin Anderson, the sixth seed, in the quarterfinals. Nadal has beaten Anderson all five times they’ve faced each other.
Once again, Roger Federer is electing to skip the French Open the the bulk of the clay court season to rest. It’s not that he can’t contend with Nadal definitively, he’s just getting up there in years and wants to be fresh for the grass courts, his best surface. Andy Murray, one of the top players, will not be in action at the French Open due to injury.
Below, you can find the bracket, schedule, viewing information and updated match results from the tournament.
Bracket
Bracket taken from the official Roland Garros website.
Viewing information
NBC has coverage of the French Open in the United States, as usual. The finals and semifinals will make it onto the network, as will selected matches in the earlier rounds. But the bulk of daily coverage will come from the Tennis Channel. Play gets underway at 5 a.m. ET on most days, and ends around 3 p.m.
Live streaming the NBC coverage can be had via NBC Sports, the NBC Sports app or any streaming service that offers NBC, like fuboTV. If you want access to all the courts, the only option is a subscription to Tennis Channel Plus.
2018 French Open TV Schedule
Day | Round | Start | End | Channel |
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Day | Round | Start | End | Channel |
Sun, May 27 | First round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Mon, May 28 | First round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Tue, May 29 | First round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis |
Wed, May 30 | Second round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis |
Thu, May 31 | Second round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis |
Fri, June 1 | Third round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis |
Sat, June 2 | Third round | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Sun, June 3 | Round of 16 | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Mon, June 4 | Round of 16 | 5 a.m. | 3 p.m. | Tennis |
Tue, June 5 | Quarterfinals | 7 a.m. | 1 p.m. | Tennis |
Wed, June 6 | Quarterfinals | 7 a.m. | 1 p.m. | Tennis |
Thu, June 7 | Women's semifinals | 8 a.m. | 2 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Fri, June 8 | Men's semifinals | 6 a.m. | 2 p.m. | Tennis, NBC |
Sat, June 9 | Women's final | 9 a.m. | 1 p.m. | NBC |
Sun, June 10 | Men's final | 9 a.m. | 2 p.m. | NBC |
Schedule and results
Day 1, Sunday, May 27
No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Ricardas Berankis, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov def. Mohamed Safwat, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(1)
No. 8 David Goffin def. Robin Haase, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0
No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Jozef Kovalik, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(5)
No. 15 Lucas Pouille def. Daniil Medvedev, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
No. 19 Kei Nishikori def. Maxime Janvier, 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 26 Damir Dzumhurd def. Denis Kudla, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
No. 30 Fernando Verdasco def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-5
No. 32 Gael Monfils def. Elliot Benchetrit, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
Federico Delbonis def. Thomaz Bellucci, 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Jared Donaldson def. Nicolas Jarry, 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-1
Matteo Berrettin def. Oscar Otte, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1
Corentin Moutet def. Ivo Karlovic, 7-6(7), 6-2, 7-6(5)
Martin Klizan def. Laslo Djere, 7-6(6), 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1
Guido Andreozzi def. Taylor Fritz, 6-7(4), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Radu Albot def. Gregoire Barrere, 4-6, 0-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
Day 2, Monday, May 28
No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. Simone Bolelli (to finish), 6-4, 6-3, 0-3
No. 7 Dominic Thiem def. Ilya Ivashka, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
No. 9 John Isner vs. Noah Rubin (to finish), 6-3, 7-6(7)
No. 11 Diego Schwartzman def. Calvin Hemery, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
No. 12 Sam Querrey def. Frances Tiafoe, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(6)
No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Denis Istomin, 6-2, 6-7(3), 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 20 Novak Djokovic def. Rogerio Dutra Silva, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Borna Coric def. No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. No. 23 Stan Wawrinka, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3
No. 27 Richard Gasquet def. Andreas Seppi, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
Ernests Gulbis def. No. 29 Gilles Muller, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Mikhail Kukushkin, 7-6(0), 6-4, 6-1
Benoit Paire def. Carballes Baena, 6-3, 6-7(3), 7-6(9), 6-1
Dusan Lajovic def. Jiri Vesely, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Casper Ruud def. Jordan Thompson, 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3
Adam Pavlasek def. Mirza Basic, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
Cameron Norrie def. Peter Gojowczyk, 6-1, 2-0 (ret.)
Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Carlso Taberner, 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3
Santiago Giraldo def. Marcos Baghdatis, 3-6, 3-4 (ret.)
Horacio Zeballos vs. Yuichi Sugita (to finish), 6-4, 6-6(0-0)
Karen Khachanov def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, 7-6(0), 6-3, 6-3
Jaume Munar def. David Ferrer, 3-6, 3-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 7-5
Joao Sousa vs. Guido Pella (to finish), 2-6, 3-6, 3-2
Malek Jaziri def. Mikhail Youzhny, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Marco Cecchinato def. Marius Copil, 2-6, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, 10-8
Matthew Ebden vs. Thomas Fabbiano (to finish), 4-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Gilles Simon def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6-4, 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-4
Marco Trungelliti def. Bernard Tomic, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Day 3, Tuesday, May 29
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. Simone Bolelli, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(9)
No. 3 Marin Cilic def. James Duckworth, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6(4)
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro def. Nicolas Mahut, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 Kevin Anderson def. Paolo Lorenzi, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
No. 9 John Isner def. Noah Rubin, 6-3, 7-6(7), 7-6(7)
Jurgen Zopp vs. No. 14 Jack Sock, 6-7(4), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-3
No. 16 Kyle Edmund def. Alex de Minaur, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
No. 18 Fabio Fognini def. Pablo Andujar, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
No. 24 Denis Shapovalov def. John Millman, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
Steve Johnson def. No. 25 Adrian Mannarino, 7-6(1), 6-2, 6-2
Sergiy Stakhovsky def. No. 28 Feliciano Lopez, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Horacio Zeballos def. Yuichi Sugita, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2
Thomas Fabbiano def. Matthew Ebden, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
Elias Ymer def. Dudi Sela, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-1
Pablo Cuevas def. Aljaz Bedene, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
Ruben Bemelmans def. Yuki Bhambri, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
Maximilian Marterer def. Ryan Harrison, 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
Jan-Lennard Struff def. Evgeny Donskoy, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
Marton Fucsovics def. Vasek Pospisil, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(5)
Mischa Zverev def. Florian Mayer, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(3)
Hubert Hurkacz def. Tennys Sandgren, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Guido Pella def. João Sousa, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Day 4, Wednesday, May 30
No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Dusan Lajovic, 2-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 . 6-2
No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov def. Jared Donaldson, 6(2)-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
No. 7 Dominic Thiem vs. Stefans Tsitsipas (to finish), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
No. 8 David Goffin def. Corentin Moutet, 7-5, 6-0, 6-1
No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Federico Delbonis, 7-6(0), 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4
Gilles Simon def. No. 12 Sam Querrey, 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-4, 6-1
No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut def. Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
No. 15 Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie (to finish), 6-2, 6-4, 5-7
Jeremy Chardy def. No. 17 Tomas Berdych, 7-6(5), 7-6(8), 1-6, 5-7, 6-2
No. 19 Kei Nishikori def. Benoit Paire, 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 20 Novak Djokovic def. Jaume Munar, 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-4
No. 26 Damir Dzumhur def. Radu Albot, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 1-6, 7-5
No. 30 Fernando Verdasco def. Guido Andreozzi, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 32 Gael Monfils def. Martin Klizan, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Karen Khachanov def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-2, 7-6(7), 6-7(0), 6-3
Matteo Berrettini def. Ernests Gulbis, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Marco Cecchinato def. Marco Trungelliti, 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert def. Peter Polansky, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Day 5, Thursday, May 31
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. Guido Pella, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Marin Cilic def. Hubert Hurkacz, 6-2, 6-2, 6(3)-7, 7-5
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro def. Julien Benneteau, 6-4 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Kevin Anderson def. Pablo Cuevas, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 7 Dominic Thiem vs. Stefans Tsitsipas, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 9 John Isner def. Horacio Zeballos, 6(8)-7, 7-6, 7-6(2), 6-2
No. 11 Diego Schwartzman def. Adam Pavlasek, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
No. 15 Lucas Pouille def. Cameron Norrie, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(3)
No. 16 Kyle Edmund def. Marton Fucsovics, 6-0, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 18 Fabio Fognini def. Elias Ymer, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
Maximilian Marterer def. No. 24 Denis Shapovalov, 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-4
No. 27 Richard Gasquet def. Malek Jaziri, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Casper Ruud, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Pierre-Hugues Herbert def. Jeremy Chardy, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7
Borna Coric def. Thomas Fabbiano, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
Jurgen Zopp def. Ruben Bemelmans, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Steve Johnson def. Jan-Lennard Struff, 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, 6-2
Mischa Zverev def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-3, 6(0)-7, 7-6(2), 6-1
Day 6, Friday, June 1
No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. No. 26 Damir Dzumhur, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-5
No. 30 Fernando Verdasco def. No. 4 Grigor Dimitrov, 7-6(4), 6-2, 6-4
No. 7 Dominic Thiem def. Matteo Berrettini, 6-3, 6(5)-7, 6-3, 6-2
No. 8 David Goffin vs. No. 32 Gael Monfils (to finish), 6-7(6), 6-3, 3-2
Marco Cecchinato def. No. 10 Pablo Carren Busta, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
No. 20 Novak Djokovic def. No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut, 6-4, 6(6)-7, 7-6(4), 6-2
No. 15 Lucas Pouille vs. Karen Khachanov (to finish), 3-6, 5-7, 1-1
No. 19 Kei Nishikori def. Gilles Simon, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
Day 7, Saturday, June 2
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. No. 27 Richard Gasquet, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 Marin Cilic def. Steve Johnson, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro def. No. 31 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Kevin Anderson def. Mischa Zverev, 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(4)
No. 8 David Goffin def. No. 32 Gael Monfils, 6-7(6), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 9 John Isner def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 7-6(1), 6-4, 7-6(4)
No. 11 Diego Schwartzman def. Borna Coric, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
Karen Khachanov def. No. 15 Lucas Pouille, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
No. 18 Fabio Fognini def. No. 16 Kyle Edmund, 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Maximilian Marterer def. Jurgen Zopp, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
Day 8, Sunday, June 3
No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Karen Khachanov, 4-6, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 7 Dominic Thiem def. No. 19 Kei Nishikori, 6-2, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Marco Cecchinato def. No. 8 David Goffin, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 20 Novak Djokovic def. No. 30 Fernando Verdasco, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Day 9, Monday, June 4
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. Maximilian Marterer, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(4)
No. 3 Marin Cilic def. No. 18 Fabio Fognini, 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7(4), 6-3
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro def. No. 9 John Isner, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 11 Diego Schwartzman def. No. 6 Kevin Anderson, 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(0), 6-2
Day 10, Tuesday, June 5
No. 7 Dominic Thiem def. No. 2 Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
Marco Cecchinato def. No. 20 Novak Djokovic, 6-3, 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-6(11)
Day 11, Wednesday, June 6
Rain delays prevented men’s quarterfinals from being completed.
Day 12, Thursday, June 7
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. No. 11 Diego Schwartzman, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro def. No. 3 Marin Cilic, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
Day 13, Friday, June 8
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
No. 7 Dominic Thiem def. Marco Cecchinato, 7-5, 7-6(10), 6-1
Day 14, Saturday, June 9
Women’s final
Day 15, Sunday, June 10
No. 1 Rafael Nadal def. No. 7 Dominic Thiem, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2