Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), inc ...
defeated
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
in the final, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the
2024 French Open. It was his first
French Open
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title and third
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title overall. At old, Alcaraz was the youngest man to win major titles on three different surfaces, having won the
2022 US Open on
hardcourt
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s and
2023 Wimbledon Championships
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Tournament
The tournament was played on grass courts, wi ...
on
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. He was the first French Open champion outside of
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
or
Novak Djokovic
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since
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP T ...
in
2015
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. Zverev was the first German to contest the final since
Michael Stich
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in
1996
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* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
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* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
.
Djokovic was the defending champion, but withdrew from his quarterfinal match due to a knee injury. His third-round match against
Lorenzo Musetti
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marked the latest finish in tournament history, ending at 3:07 a.m. local time.
Jannik Sinner
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attained the
world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time following the tournament, becoming the first Italian to claim a top singles spot.
This marked the last major appearance of 14-time French Open champion and 22-time major champion Nadal; he lost to Zverev in the first round, ending
his storied career at the French Open with a 112–4 win-loss record. This tournament also marked the final major singles appearance of former world No. 1, two-time Olympic gold medalist,
2016
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finalist and three-time major champion
Andy Murray
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; he lost to
Stan Wawrinka
Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP T ...
in the first round.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 20 May 2024. Rankings and points before are as of 27 May 2024.
† The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. He is defending points from an
ATP Challenger Tour
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event instead.
Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
†
The player will drop 45 points from the 2023 French Open and a net of 10 points from the 2023 Prostějov Challenger (drop of 20 points replaced by his next best result of 10 points)
Other entry information
Wildcards
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Source:
Withdrawals
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
@ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began
§ – withdrew from main draw
References
External links
Draw
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Men's Singles
French Open – Men's Singles
2024
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