The 2014 French Open tennis tournament continues to unravel as world class tennis players compete for the title. This year's tournmanet is held at the 'Clay' arena Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France, and it started on Sunday, May 25, 2014 and will end on June 8th. Information on how to watch the French Open 2014 live stream free can be found below.
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams are the defending champions at the Roland Garros. It was Nadal's eight French championship and Williams' second on the clay court. There are 127 players on both the men and women's side vying for the trophies this year.
The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros (officially: Les internationaux de France de Tennis, Roland Garros; also called Tournoi de Roland-Garros) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Named after the French aviator Roland Garros, it is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments; the other three being the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam event held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.
It is one of the largest events in tennis and by far the largest clay-court tournament. Because of the slow-playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world
The current men's top ten rankings are as follows: 1) Rafael Nadal (ESP); 2)Novak Djokovic (Serbia); 3) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI); 4) David Ferrer (ESP); 5) Roger Federer (SUI); 6) Andy Murray (Great Britain); 7) Tomas Berdych; 8) Juan Martin Del Potro; 9) Richard Gasquet; 10) John Isner (USA).
Live results and live scores can be found on the Roland Garros/French Open 2014 official website.
The French Open is scheduled from May 25 through Sunday, June 8, 2014. It will be televised on ESPN, NBC and Tennis Channel, and online live stream free can be watched at ESPN 3 and NBC Sports Live Extra.
Draw order for the men's singles at the 2014 French Open which starts at Roland Garros, Paris, on Sunday:- (x- denotes seed)
Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) - Robby Ginepri (USA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) - Dominic Thiem (AUT)
James Duckworth (AUS) - Leonardo Mayer (ARG)
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) - Vasek Pospisil (CAN x30)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x 21) - Jack Sock (USA)
Steve Johnson (USA) - Laurent Lokoli (FRA)
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) - Federico Delbonis (ARG)
Jurgen Zopp (EST) - Tommy Haas (GER x16)
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x11) - Ivo Karlovic (CRO)
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) - Daniel Brands (GER)
Axel Michon (FRA) - Bradley Klahn (USA)
Stiphane Robert (FRA) - Kevin Anderson (RSA x19)
Andreas Seppi (ITA x32) - Santiago Giraldo (COL)
Juan Monaco (ARG) - Lucas Pouille (FRA)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) - Andrea Arnaboldi (ITA)
Igor Sijsling (NED) - David Ferrer (ESP x5)
Stan Wawrinka (SUI x3) - Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) - Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE)
Donald Young (USA) - Dudi Sela (ISR)
Damir Dzumhur (BIH) - Feliciano Lopez (ESP x26)
Gakl Monfils (FRA x23) - Victor Hanescu (ROM)
Albano Olivetti (FRA) - Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Benjamin Becker (GER) - Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)
Andreas Beck (GER) - Fabio Fognini (ITA x14)
Richard Gasquet (FRA x12) - Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) - Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Matthew Ebden (AUS) - Pablo Cuevas (URU)
Michakl Llodra (FRA) - Fernando Verdasco (ESP x24)
Philipp Kohlshreiber (GER x28) - Pere RIBA (ESP)
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) - Denis Istomin (UZB)
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) - Dustin Brown (GER)
Andrey Golubev (KAZ) - Andy Murray (GBR x7)
Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) - Peter Polansky (CAN)
Somdev Devvarman (IND) - Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ)
Alejandro Falla (COL) - Benont Paire (FRA)
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) - Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x27)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) - James Ward (GBR)
Albert Montanes (ESP) - Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA) - Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) - John Isner (USA x10)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x15) - Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
Radek Stepanek (CZE) - Facundo Arguello (ARG)
Facundo Bagnis (ARG) - Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Lukasz Kubot (POL) - Ernests Gulbis (LAT x18)
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x31) - Potito Starace (ITA)
Filippo Volandri (ITA) - Sam Querrey (USA)
Gastoa Elias (POR) - Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (ARG)
Lukas Lacko (SVK) - Roger Federer (SUI x4)
Milos Raonic (CAN x8) - Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
Lukas Rosol (CZE) - Jiri Vesely (CZE)
Michael Russell (USA) - Alejandro Gonzalez (COL)
Ante Pavic (CRO) - Gilles Simon (FRA x29)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR x20) - Albert Ramos (ESP)
Ivan Dodig (CRO) - Marcel Granollers (ESP)
Robin Haase (NED) - Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)
Martin Klizan (SVK) - Kei Nishikori (JPN x9)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x13) - Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)
David Goffin (BEL) - Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) - Michal Przysiezny (POL)
Victor Estrella (DOM) - Jerzy Janowicz (POL x22)
Marin Cilic (CRO x25) - Pablo Andujar (ESP)
Miloslav Mecir (SVK) - Tobias Kamke (GER)
Jirimy Chardy (FRA) - Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP)
Joao Sousa (POR) - Novak Djokovic (SRB x2)
The draw for the women's singles at the French Open which starts at Roland Garros, Paris, on Sunday (x- denotes seed):
Serena Williams (USA x1) - Alize Lim (FRA)
Grace Min (USA) - Garbine Muguruza (ESP)
Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) - Zheng Jie (CHN)
Belinda Bencic (SUI) - Venus Williams (USA x29)
Roberta Vinci (ITA x17) - Pauline Parmentier (FRA)
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) - Lauren Davis (USA)
Karin Knapp (ITA) - Mona Barthel (GER)
Fiona Ferro (FRA) - Sabine Lisicki (GER x16)
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x9) - Virginie Razzano (FRA)
Tamira Paszek (AUT) - Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)
Amandine Hesse (FRA) - Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)
Monica PUIG (PUR) - Samantha Stosur (AUS x19)
Kaia Kanepi (EST x25) - Monica Niculescu (ROM)
Romina Oprandi (SUI) - Paula Ormaechea (ARG)
Annika Beck (GER) - Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL)
Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) - Maria Sharapova (RUS x7)
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) - Zhang Shuai (CHN)
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) - Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) - Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Christina McHale (USA) - Elena Vesnina (RUS x32)
Alize Cornet (FRA x20) - Ashleigh BARTY (AUS)
Taylor Townsend (USA) - Vania King (USA)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) - Maryna Zanevska (UKR)
Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) - Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x14)
Flavia Pennetta (ITA x12) - Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) - Johanna Larsson (SWE)
Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) - Julia Goerges (GER)
Shahar Peer (ISR) - Euginie Bouchard (CAN x18)
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x31) - Jovana Jaksic (SRB)
Claire Feuerstein (FRA) - Olga Govortsova (BLR)
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) - Varvara Lepchenko (USA)
Katarzyna Piter (POL) - Angelique Kerber (GER x8)
Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) - Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
Marina Erakovic (NZL) - Nadiya Kichenok (UKR)
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) - Camila Giorgi (ITA)
Sofia Shapatava (GEO) - Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x27)
Lucie Safarova (CZE x23) - Mandy Minella (LUX)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) - Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Elina Svitolina (UKR) - Petra Martic (CRO)
Caroline Garcia (FRA) - Ana Ivanovic (SRB x11)
Sloane Stephens (USA x15) - Peng Shuai (CHN)
Polona Hercog (SLO) - Jana Cepelova (SVK)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) - Coco Vandeweghe (USA)
Shelby Rogers (USA) - Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
Klara Zakopalova (CZE) - Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (ESP)
Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) - Urszula Radwanska (POL)
Heather Watson (GBR) - Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE)
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) - Simona Halep (ROM x4)
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x6) - Sharon Fichman (CAN)
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) - Kurumi Nara (JPN)
Teliana Pereira (BRA) - Luksika Kumkhum (THA)
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) - Sorana Cirstea (ROM x26)
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x21) - Danka Kovinic (MNE)
Donna Vekic (CRO) - Julia Glushko (ISR)
Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) - Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER)
Madison Keys (USA) - Sara Errani (ITA x10)
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x13) - Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) - Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) - Kiki Bertens (NED)
Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x24)
Andrea Petkovic (GER x28) - Misaki Doi (JPN)
Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) - Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Alison Riske (USA) - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) - Li Na (CHN x2)
