2024 French Open (real tennis)
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2024 Open de France du Jeu de Paume | |
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Date | 22-29 September |
Edition | 42nd |
Category | IRTPA (men) None (women) |
Draw | 16S / 8D (men) 6S / 3D (women) |
Location | Paris, France |
Venue | Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume & de Racquets |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
TBC | |
Women's singles | |
TBC | |
Men's doubles | |
TBC | |
Women's doubles | |
TBC |
The 2024 French Open also known as the 2024 Open de France du Jeu de Paume will be the 42nd edition of the real tennis French Open. The event will be held at the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume & de Racquets in Paris between September 22 and 29, 2024, and is being organised by the Comité Français de Courte-Paume, forming part of the qualifying series for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship.[1][2][3][4] The men's draw will be the third grand slam event of the year.
2023 champion Nick Howell will return to defend his title. Previous champion and current World Champion Camden Riviere will also participate. Defending champion Claire Fahey will attempt to complete her seventh calendar year grand slam.
The event will feature the debuts of Henry Henman and Vaughan Hamilton in an Open main draws, as well as the debut of Bertie Vallat at the French Open.
Points Allocation
[edit]Points are available for the IRTPA World Rankings and the IRTPA World Race, the latter forming the qualifying path for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championships. Ranking points are only available for the men's draws. The points available are shown in the table below.
Draw | Winner | Runner Up | Semi Final | Quarter Final | First Round |
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Men's Singles | 6612 | 4408 | 2645 | 1322 | 440 |
Men's Doubles | 1580 | 1053 | 632 | 316 | - |
Draw and results
[edit]Amateur players are marked as (A)
Men's Singles
[edit]First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Riviere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M Sarlangue (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Q | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | L Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H Henman (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L Gordon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Smart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | S Virgona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B Vallat (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | R Shenkman (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J Woods-Casey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | L Gale (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
V Hamilton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N Victoir (A) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | N Howell |
Men's Doubles
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Riviere N Howell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Shenkman (A) L Gordon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
N Victoir (A) B Vallat (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J Woods-Casey V Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L Gale L Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | S Virgona L Smart |
Women's Singles
[edit]Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | C Fahey | |||||||||||||||||||
S Bollerman | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Garside | ||||||||||||||||||||
K Carney | ||||||||||||||||||||
G Ingham | ||||||||||||||||||||
L van der Zwalmen |
Women's Doubles
[edit]Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey
Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | C Fahey S Bollerman | ||||||||||||
K Carney G Ingham | |||||||||||||
L van der Zwalmen J Garside |
Seeds and Rankings
[edit]World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA.[5] World Race points are taken from the IRTPA World Race and form the qualification pathway to the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship.[6] World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA World Rankings for the top 15 ranked players. Subsequent rankings are taken from the RealTennisOnline rankings. Where a player is ranked by handicap, their handicap is shown in brackets. For doubles pairs, seeding is taken as the numeric sum of the ranking points for each player. Subsequent rankings are taken from the pair's doubles handicaps using the IRTPA doubles handicap calculator. Rankings correct at 5 September 2024.
Men's Singles
[edit]Seed | Rank | Player | Ranking Points before | Race Points before | Points won | Points after | Race Points after | Handicap Before | Handicap After | Status |
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1 | 1 | Camden Riviere | 105269 | 72142 | 0 | +17.5 | ||||
2 | 3 | Nick Howell | 51706 | 40371 | 0 | +7.3 | ||||
3 | 6 | Steve Virgona | 29699 | 31467 | 0 | +6.2 | ||||
4 | 8 | Leon Smart | 20634 | 18500 | 0 | 0.3 | ||||
5 | 10 | Robert Shenkman | 12249 | 13022 | 0 | +4.0 | ||||
6 | 11 | Matthieu Sarlangue | 10051 | 9941 | 0 | 2.1 | ||||
7 | 12 | Lewis Williams | 9222 | 9211 | 0 | 4.5 | ||||
8 | 15 | Levi Gale | 5452 | 3796 | 0 | 2.4 | ||||
- | 23 | John Woods-Casey | 2894 | 1926 | 0 | 4.4 | ||||
- | 30 | Louis Gordon | - | - | 0 | 6.0 | ||||
- | 34 | Vaughan Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | ||||
- | 56 | Bertie Vallat | - | - | 0 | 10.0 | ||||
- | 73 | Henry Henman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | ||||
- | 77 | Nicolas Victoir | - | - | 0 | 12.3 |
Men's Doubles
[edit]Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points After | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points After | Status |
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1 | 1 | Camden Riviere | 94428 | 3 | Nick Howell | 51824 | |||
2 | 7 | Steve Virgona | 37042 | 10 | Leon Smart | 18454 | |||
- | 11 | Robert Shenkman | 12066 | 49 | Louis Gordon | 3268 | |||
- | 13 | Lewis Williams | 8662 | 34 | Levi Gale | 6281 | |||
- | 42 | John Woods-Casey | 5302 | 56 | Vaughan Hamilton | (9.1) | |||
- | 51 | Nicolas Victoir | (8.8) | 102 | Bertie Vallat | (13.3) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "French Open 2024". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "French Open 2024". Paume France. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "French Open 2024". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "OPEN DE FRANCE de Jeu de Paume 2024". Comite Francais de Courte Paume. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "IRTPA World Rankings". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "IRPTA World Race". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2024.