The 2024 French Open Has Started, Here Are The Female Players With A Great Head Start

May 28, 2024,

When a Grand Slam begins, the entire tennis world is watching. These majestic events only happen four times a year, but when they do, don’t watch out, watch in.

And often.

In fact, every day. You only get one chance a year and here we are. Life is about now.

Welcome to the 2024 French Open.

The French Open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year.

The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros.

The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface.

Mercifully.

The clay can be slow and brutal. That is part of the challenge.

Time for some insight.

At their home rolandgarros.com, the French tournament leadership shares, “World No.1 Iga Swiatek opened her title defense with a trademark performance, thriving as the frontrunner to dismiss French qualifier Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 6-2 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. That’s 15 consecutive wins in a row in Paris, improving Swiatek’s first round record at Roland-Garros to 6-0.”

Impressive.

We appreciate the insight.

There are great expectations.

Let’s continue by taking a look at the current top five female players in the world.

Iga Natalia Świątek is a Polish professional tennis currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women’s singles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 105 weeks.

Ms. Świątek is a four-time major singles champion, having won the French Open in 2020, 2022, and 2023 and the US Open in 2022.

She is the first player representing Poland to win a major singles title. She has won a total of 21 singles titles, including the 2023 WTA Finals and ten WTA 1000 titles. Widely regarded as one of the best tennis competitors of her generation.

At the 2024 French Open, she is the heavy favorite.

Iga will be competing to become the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007, to win the tournament three years in a row.

Keep watching.

Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

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Ms. Sabalenka has won two major singles titles, at the 2023 and 2024 Australian Opens, and two major doubles titles at the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open, both partnering Elise Mertens. She has won 20 career titles in total, 14 in singles and six in doubles.

Incredible resume yet all hard court accomplishments. How far can she go this year on the clay?

It doesn’t look good. Recent headlines speak to her off court romances in questionable and tragic situations.

Coco Gauff is an American professional tennis player who has won seven WTA Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2023 US Open, and eight doubles titles.

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Ms. Gauff has career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and of world No. 1 in doubles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).

She is currently the top ranked American and one of the hottest players on the tour, especially at the Majors.

Elena Rybakina is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player who has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 3 by the WTA, making her the first Kazakhstani to be ranked in the world’s top 10 and the current No. 1 Kazakhstani player.

Ms. Rybakina is the first player from Kazakhstan to win a title at a major tournament, claiming the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.

She has also won eight titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000 titles at the 2023 Indian Wells Open and the 2023 Italian Open.

She may appear to be flying under the radar, but as you can see, she is absolutely flying high.

The informative and insightful team at rolandgarros.com adds, “Fourth-seeded Rybakina, back in Paris after being forced to withdraw prior to her third-round match in 2023, has reason to be confident against anyone she faces.”

High praise indeed.

Jessica Pegula is an American professional tennis player who has earned a career-high WTA rankings of world No. 3 in singles, achieved on October 24, 2022, and world No. 1 in doubles, achieved on September 11, 2023.

Ms. Pegula has won four singles titles and seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including two WTA 1000 titles in each discipline.

The American super star is a six-time major quarterfinalist in singles, having reached this stage at all four Grand Slam tournaments; thrice at the Australian Open (2021–2023), and once at the French Open (2022), US Open (2022), and Wimbledon (2023).

There’s more.

She has also reached the singles final at the 2023 WTA Finals. In doubles, Jessica reached the final of the 2022 French Open, partnering with Coco Gauff, and the mixed doubles final of the 2023 US Open with Austin Krajicek.

We do have an update.

Jessica has pulled out of this year’s French Open due to injury.

The inside tennis source lobandsmash.com posted, “Pegula recently made the not surprising announcement that she would not play at Roland Garros. With no clay court matches under her belt and finally get back to full strength, Pegula is playing it safe and preserving her body for the grass court season which is more conducive to her game.”

We wish her a speedy recovery.

The women’s field is still packed with some extremely exciting players and if you decide to venture, Paris is exciting year round.

As the world travelers at Lonely Planet educates, “Paris’ monument-lined boulevards, museums, classical bistros and boutiques are enhanced by a new wave of multimedia galleries, creative wine bars, design shops and tech start-ups.”

So much to do, so much to see.

Given all that Paris has to offer, in the Spring of 2024, arguably the best she has to offer, is the 2024 French Open.

All tennis eyes will be watching.