The world’s most famous clay tournament in its 124th edition will take place at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France from this Sunday.
Originally scheduled for May/June, Roland-Garros 2020 is now the year’s second major tournament for the year directly following the 2020 US Open.
The ‘king of clay’ and record twelve time champion Rafael Nadal will return as the favourite to defend his title, facing a strong field of competitors including Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev.
Australia’s heroin Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion in the women’s event but has chosen not to defend her title due to COVID-19, leaving a new champion to be crowned this year with the likes of Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin and past Roland-Garros champions Serena Williams and Simona Halep vying for the title.
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Carrying the local hopes for the men’s draw is Australia’s young gun Alex De Minaur who achieved a career record in the US Open this month qualifying for his first grand slam quarter-final. Alongside De Minaur will be John Millman and Jordan Thompson, with Ajla Tomljanovic flying the flag for the women.
The French Open will be live, free and in HD on SBS, and streamed live on SBS On Demand and sbs.com.au/sport nightly from Sunday, 27 September to Sunday, 11 October.
To ensure Australian audiences don’t miss out on all the action from the matches overnight, SBS will air an hour-long highlights show from 4.30pm AEST each day from Monday, 28 September. For all the latest news on the French Open, visit sbs.com.au/sport.
SBS Broadcast Schedule – Week one
FOX SPORTS will deliver tennis fans the most comprehensive coverage of the year’s second grand slam, when Roland-Garros swings into action from the opening day through to the men’s and women’s singles finals, across two channels with a dedicated channel on FOX SPORTS 505.
FOX SPORTS’ daily coverage begins Sunday, September 27 at 6.50pm AEST on FOX SPORTS 505 and FOX SPORTS 503.
Foxtel subscribers can also stream FOX SPORTS’ coverage of Roland-Garros 2020 where and when they want using Foxtel Go or via Foxtel’s streaming service Foxtel NOW
Fox Sports Broadcast Schedule
