2024 French Open (real tennis)

2024 Open de France du Jeu de Paume
Date22-29 September
Edition42nd
CategoryIRTPA (men)
None (women)
Draw16S / 8D (men)
6S / 3D (women)
LocationParis, France
VenueSociété Sportive du Jeu de Paume & de Racquets
Champions
Men's singles
United States Camden Riviere
Women's singles
United Kingdom Claire Fahey
Men's doubles
United States Camden Riviere / Australia Nick Howell
Women's doubles
United Kingdom Claire Fahey / Netherlands Saskia Bollerman
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The 2024 French Open also known as the 2024 Open de France du Jeu de Paume was the 42nd edition of the real tennis French Open. The event was held at the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume & de Racquets in Paris between September 22 and 29, 2024, and was 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 was the third grand slam event of the year. It was the first French Open to be played without the pass rule.

2023 champion Nick Howell returned to defend his title, but he lost in the final to World Champion Camden Riviere. Riviere and Howell won the doubles against Steve Virgona and Leon Smart. Defending champion Claire Fahey won the women's singles event, winning her seventh calendar year grand slam.[5] Fahey and Saskia Bollerman won the doubles, their first win at the event as a pair since 2017.

The event featured 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.

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  3. ^ "French Open 2024". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "OPEN DE FRANCE de Jeu de Paume 2024". Comite Francais de Courte Paume. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "C'est parti pour l'Open de France de Jeu de Paume 2024". Federation Francaise Tennis. Retrieved 24 September 2024.