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Open de France du Je de Paume
Current event 2024 French Open
Tournament information
Founded1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Editions42 (2024)
LocationParis, XVIth arrondissement
France
VenueJeu de Paume de Paris (since 1990)
Jeu de Paume Bordeaux (1981-1989)
Prize money$27,919 (2024)
Websitehttps://paumefrance.com/
Current champions
Men's singlesAustralia Nick Howell
Women's singlesUnited Kingdom Claire Fahey
Men's doublesAustralia Steve Virgona
United Kingdom Ben Taylor-Matthews
Women's doublesUnited Kingdom Claire Fahey
United Kingdom Tara Lumley

The French Open (French: Open de France du Jeu de Paume), is a real tennis French: jeu de paume tournament organized by the Comité Français de Courte-Paume annually at the Jeu de Paume de Paris in Paris, France. It is chronologically the third of the four National Open events every year, held after the US Open and the Australian Open and before British Open. The tournament usually runs in the last week of September. It forms part of the qualification pathway to the biennial Real Tennis World Championships.

History

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Prize money and rankings points

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For 2024, the prize money pool was announced to be 53.478 million, an increase of 7.82% compared to the prize pool for 2023 edition.[1][2]

2024 Event Winner Finalist Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles €2,400,000 €1,200,000 €650,000 €415,000 €250,000 €158,000 €110,000 €73,000 €41,000 €28,000 €20,000
Doubles1 €590,000 €295,000 €148,000 €80,000 €43,500 €27,500 €17,500
Mixed doubles1 €122,000 €61,000 €31,000 €17,500 €10,000 €5,000
Wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000 €8,500
Wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000 €5,000
Quad wheelchair singles €62,000 €31,000 €20,000 €12,000
Quad wheelchair doubles1 €21,000 €11,000 €8,000
  • 1 Prize money for doubles is per team.

Rankings points

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Men and women often receive point values based on the rules of their respective tours.

Senior points

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's singles 2000 1300 800 400 200 100 50 10 25 16 8 0
Men's doubles 0
Women's singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10

Past finals

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Men's singles

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Year[3] Champions Runners-up Score
1981 United Kingdom Chris Ronaldson (1/5)
1982 United Kingdom Chris Ronaldson (2/5)
1983 United Kingdom Chris Ronaldson (3/5)
1984 United Kingdom Chris Ronaldson (4/5)
1985 Australia Wayne Davies (1/3)
1986 United Kingdom Chris Ronaldson (5/5)
1987 Australia Wayne Davies (2/3)
1988 Australia Wayne Davies (3/3)
1989 Australia Lauchlan Deuchar (1/3)
1990 Australia Lauchlan Deuchar (2/3) Australia Robert Fahey
1991 Australia Lauchlan Deuchar (3/3) Australia Robert Fahey
1992 United Kingdom Julian Snow (1/2) Australia Robert Fahey
1993 Australia Robert Fahey (1/1) Australia Frank Fillippelli
1994 United Kingdom Chris Bray (1/2) Australia Wayne Davies
1995 United Kingdom Mike Gooding (1/2) Australia Robert Fahey
1996 United Kingdom Mike Gooding (2/2) Australia Wayne Davies
1997 United Kingdom Chris Bray (2/2) Australia Frank Fillippelli
1998 Australia Robert Fahey (2/14) Australia Wayne Davies
1999 Australia Robert Fahey (3/14) United Kingdom Chris Bray
2000 Australia Robert Fahey (4/14) United States Tim Chisholm
2001 Australia Robert Fahey (5/14) United Kingdom Mike Gooding
2002 Not held
2003 [a] United States Tim Chisholm (1/1) United Kingdom Ivan Snell 6/3 6/0 6/1
2004 [b] Australia Robert Fahey (6/14) United Kingdom Chris Bray 6/1 6/0 6/1
2005 [a] Australia Robert Fahey (7/14) Australia Steve Virgona 6/3 4/6 6/1 6/1
2006 Australia Robert Fahey (8/14) United Kingdom Ruaraidh Gunn 6/1 6/3 6/2
2007 [b] Australia Robert Fahey (9/14) United States Camden Riviere 6/4 6/2 2/6 6/3
2008 [a] Australia Robert Fahey (10/14) United States Camden Riviere 6/3 6/0 6/2
2009 [a] Australia Robert Fahey (11/14) United States Camden Riviere 6/3 3/6 6/5 6/2
2010 [a] Australia Robert Fahey (12/14) Australia Steve Virgona 6/4 2/6 3/6 6/2 6/0
2011 Australia Robert Fahey (13/14) Australia Steve Virgona 6/2 6/4 3/6 6/5
2012 [a] United States Camden Riviere (1/7) United States Tim Chisholm 6/5 6/4 6/2
2013 United States Camden Riviere (2/7) Australia Steve Virgona 6/0 6/4 6/0
2014 United States Camden Riviere (3/7) Australia Steve Virgona 6/2 6/3 6/1
2015 Australia Robert Fahey (14/14) Australia Steve Virgona 6/1 6/0 3/6 6/4
2016 United States Camden Riviere (4/7) Australia Robert Fahey 6/2 6/0 6/0
2017 United States Camden Riviere (5/7) Australia Robert Fahey 6/2 6/2 6/0
2018 Australia Chris Chapman (1/1) United Kingdom Ben Taylor-Matthews 6/0 6/4 6/1
2019 United States Camden Riviere (6/7) Australia Robert Fahey 6/2 6/5 6/1
2020–2021 Tournament suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 United States Camden Riviere (7/7) Australia Chris Chapman 6/2 6/2 6/2
2023 Australia Nick Howell (1/1) Australia Steve Virgona 6/5 6/5 6/1
  1. ^ a b c d e f Held in Bordeaux
  2. ^ a b Held at the Palace of Fontainebleau

Women's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1986 United Kingdom Katrina Allen (1/2)
1987 France Danielle Barrabé (1/1)
1988 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (1/10)
1989 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (2/10)
1990 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (3/10)
1991 Magda Groszeck (1/1)
1992 United Kingdom Katrina Allen (2/2)
1993 United Kingdom Sally Jones (1/1)
1994 United Kingdom Alex Garside (1/7)
1995 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (4/10)
1996 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (5/10)
1997 United Kingdom Sue Haswell (2/2)
1998 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (6/10)
1999 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (7/10)
2000 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (8/10)
2002 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (2/7) United Kingdom Penny Lumley 6/4 6/2
2003 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (9/10) United Kingdom Jo Iddles 6/1 6/0
2004 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (3/7) United Kingdom Jo Iddles 6/1 6/0
2005 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (4/7) United Kingdom Jo Iddles 4/6 6/2 6/5
2006 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (5/7) United Kingdom Jo Iddles 5/6 6/2 6/2
2007 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (6/7) United Kingdom Sarah Vigrass 6/1 6/0
2008 United Kingdom Charlotte Cornwallis (7/7) United Kingdom Karen Hird 5/6 6/2 6/2
2009 United Kingdom Karen Hird (1/1) United Kingdom Claire Fahey 6/5 2/6 6/4
2010 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (1/11) United States Frederika Adam 6/2 6/2
2011 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (2/11) United Kingdom Sarah Vigrass 2-0
2012 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (3/11) United Kingdom Karen Hird 6/2 6/2
2013 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (4/11) United Kingdom Penny Lumley 6/0 6/2
2014 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (5/11) United Kingdom Tara Lumley 6/1 6/1
2015 United Kingdom Penny Lumley (10/10) Latvia Irina Dulbish 2/6 6/5 6/4
2016 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (6/11) United Kingdom Penny Lumley 6/1 6/1
2017 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (7/11) Netherlands Saskia Bollerman 6/1 6/2
2018 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (8/11) France Lea van der Zwalmen 6/1 6/3
2019 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (9/11) United Kingdom Tara Lumley 6/1 6/0
2020–2021 Tournament suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (10/11) France Lea van der Zwalmen 6/1 6/0
2023 United Kingdom Claire Fahey (11/11) France Lea van der Zwalmen 6/5 6/1

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023 Australia Steve Virgona
United Kingdom Ben Taylor-Matthews
Australia Nick Howell
United Kingdom Leon Smart
6/3 6/5 6/2

Women's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023 United Kingdom Claire Fahey
United Kingdom Tara Lumley
France Lea van der Zwalmen
Netherlands Saskia Bollerman
6/5 6/2

Category:Real Tennis Competitions Category:Annual sporting events in France Category:16th arrondissement of Paris Category:Tennis in Paris Category:Tennis tournaments in France

  1. ^ "French Open 2024 Prize Money". Perfect Tennis. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "French Open Prize money 2024". 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  3. ^ Demory & Kressmann (2020). History of the Jeu de Paume Club in Paris. Editions Saxo. p. 71. ISBN 9782919260119.