French Open Schedule

The French Open (Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is considered to be the most prestigious event on the annual tennis tournament calendar.

Held between mid-May and early June at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, it is the second event in the Grand Slam tennis series and the world’s premier clay court tournament.

The French Open is the most popular and widely viewed tennis game in the world. Because it is played on clay, which results in a slow playing surface, and also because the men’s singles matches go to five sets with no tiebreak in the final set, the French Open tournament is considered to be the most physically demanding.

The annual Tennis Grand Slam consists of four tournaments:

? The Australian Open

? The French Open

? Wimbledon

? The US Open

The French Open Tournament

The Roland Garros Stadium, where the French Open is contested, is aptly named. Roland Garros was a French World War I fighter pilot who gave his life for his beloved homeland. His bravery, dedication and loyalty are commemorated on the challenging red clay courts every year.

The difficulty of playing tennis on the clay courts of Roland Garros has tested many of the finest tennis players in the world and denied them the prestigious distinction of achieving a Grand Slam.

Roger Federer has found the clay courts of the French Open to almost be his undoing, losing to Rafael Nadal in 2006, 2007 and 2008. But Federer finally broke his losing streak in 2009 with a win against Nadal.

World class tennis players like Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, Maria Sharapova and Martina Hingis are just a few of the tennis legends who have found the clay courts unsuitable for their style of tennis.

At the same time, other supreme tennis players have adapted to the demands of playing on the red clay and used the Paris courts to their advantage. These legends of tennis include Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Borg, Chriisie Evert and Steffi Graf, and more recently, Carlos Moya, Justine Henin and Rafael Nadal.

The French Open single’s winners, male and female, each pocket 1,030,000 Euros prize money.

As one of the sports spectacles of the year, it’s worth taking a look at the French Open schedule to see who will be challenging for one of the grand prizes in the annual Grand Prix of tennis.

The French Open Schedule

Turn your passion for professional tennis into profit by checking out the French Open schedule, then selecting the players you think a worth a punt.

The schedule is updated regularly during the French Open tournament as match winners progress from rounds 1 and 2 through to the semi’s and on to the finals.

Most of the names are going to be familiar to you, but you can refine your betting choices by checking out their recent form and previous wins.

If you’ve never indulged in the excitement of betting online on the French Open, don’t despair. It’s about as easy as it gets!

All you need to do is log on to your computer and register your details. Once your application has been processed (which usually only takes a matter of minutes), select the player or players that you believe have the potential to smash their opponent off the courts, choose how much you are willing to wager and click on the "BET" button.

By following the French Open schedule online, you can watch your selections progress through the ranks and hopefully see their names appear on the final day’s play – the tennis tournament to end all tennis tournaments – the French Open Finals!