2021 French Open

{{see also|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports|COVID-19 pandemic in France}}The beginning of the tournament returned to its traditional late-May schedule after the previous edition being delayed to September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 8 April, the originally-announced dates were postponed by one week by the French Tennis Federation due to a third national lockdown and curfew in France enacted the week prior, with the first day of qualifiers pushed back to 24 May, and first day of the tournament proper pushed back to 30 May. The postponement was made in the hope that restrictions would be eased in time for the tournament, including potentially allowing spectators.{{Cite web|author=Aleks Klosok|title=2021 French Open postponed by a week due to Covid-19 pandemic|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/08/tennis/tennis-french-open-postponed-due-to-covid-spt-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=CNN|date=8 April 2021 }}

At the start of the tournament, the main courts were capped at 1,000 spectators, and spectators were prohibited after 21:00 nightly due to the nationwide curfew. This caused night session matches to be held behind closed doors. Beginning 9 June, the curfew was moved to 23:00, and centre court was permitted to expand to 5,000 spectators.{{Cite web|title=Fans kicked out of French Open in farcical mid-match scenes|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/french-open-2021-fans-leave-stadiums-amid-paris-covid-curfew-043321137.html|access-date=2021-06-02|website=au.sports.yahoo.com|date=31 May 2021 }} During the 11 June semi-final match between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, Prime Minister Jean Castex personally phoned the organizers after a 93-minute third-set tiebreak set to issue an exemption, allowing the match to be played to its conclusion with spectators.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-11|title=Novak Djokovic reaches French Open final with epic win over Rafael Nadal|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/11/novak-djokovic-rafael-nadal-french-open-mens-semi-final-roland-garros|access-date=2021-06-14|website=the Guardian}}

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;Women's singles

{{See also|2021 French Open – Day-by-day summaries}}

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• {{flagicon|SRB}} Novak Djokovic def. {{flagicon|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–7^(6–8), 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

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• {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–1, 2–6, 6–4

{{main|2021 French Open – Men's doubles}}

• {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-Hugues Herbert / {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Mahut def. {{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexander Bublik / {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Golubev 4–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4

{{main|2021 French Open – Women's doubles}}

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková / {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková def. {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|POL}} Iga Świątek 6–4, 6–2

{{main|2021 French Open – Mixed doubles}}

• {{flagicon|USA}} Desirae Krawczyk / {{flagicon|GBR}} Joe Salisbury def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina / {{flagicon|RUS}} Aslan Karatsev, 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]

{{main|2021 French Open – Wheelchair men's singles}}

• {{flagicon|GBR}} Alfie Hewett def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Kunieda, 6–3, 6–4

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• {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji, 6–4, 6–3

{{main|2021 French Open – Wheelchair quad singles}}

• {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott def. {{flagicon|NED}} Sam Schröder, 6–4, 6–2

{{main|2021 French Open – Wheelchair men's doubles}}

• {{flagicon|GBR}} Alfie Hewett / {{flagicon|GBR}} Gordon Reid def. {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Houdet / {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Peifer, 6–3, 6–0

{{main|2021 French Open – Wheelchair women's doubles}}

• {{flagicon|NED}} Diede de Groot / {{flagicon|NED}} Aniek van Koot def. {{flagicon|JPN}} Yui Kamiji / {{flagicon|GBR}} Jordanne Whiley, 6–3, 6–4

{{main|2021 French Open – Wheelchair quad doubles}}

• {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Lapthorne / {{flagicon|USA}} David Wagner def. {{flagicon|AUS}} Dylan Alcott / {{flagicon|NED}} Sam Schröder, 7–6^(7–1), 4–6, [10–7]

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• {{flagicon|FRA}} Luca Van Assche def. {{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Fils, 6–4, 6–2

{{main|2021 French Open – Girls' singles}}

• {{flagicon|CZE}} Linda Nosková def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Erika Andreeva, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

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• {{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Fils / {{flagicon|FRA}} Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard def. {{flagicon|BEL}} Martin Katz / {{flagicon|UKR}} German Samofalov, 7–5, 6–2

{{main|2021 French Open – Girls' doubles}}

• {{flagicon|PHI}} Alex Eala / {{flagicon|RUS}} Oksana Selekhmeteva def. {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Bondarenko / {{flagicon|HUN}} Amarissa Kiara Tóth, 6–0, 7–5

As a Grand Slam tournament, the points for the French Open are the highest of all ATP and WTA tournaments.{{cite web |last=Chase |first=Chris |title=Why tennis rankings change so frequently but still get it right |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/08/atp-wta-tennis-rankings-how-do-they-work-faq-federer-serena-nadal |website=For The Win |access-date=15 September 2020 |date=6 August 2018}} These points determine the world ATP and WTA rankings for men's and women's competition, respectively. In both singles and doubles, women received slightly higher point totals compared to their male counterparts at each round of the tournament, except for the first and last.{{cite web |title=US Open 2020 Prize Money & Points breakdown with $39.000.000 on offer |url=https://tennisuptodate.com/wta/us-open-2020-prize-money-points-distribution |website=Tennis Up-to-Date |access-date=3 April 2021 | date = 13 September 2020}} Points and rankings for the wheelchair events fall under the jurisdiction of the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, which also places Grand Slams as the highest classification.{{cite web |title=UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour Rankings |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/rankings/uniqlo-wheelchair-tennis-tour-rankings/ |website=ITF Tennis |access-date=15 September 2020}}

The ATP and WTA rankings were both altered in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=WTA Announces Ranking System Adjustments |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2077588/wta-announces-ranking-system-adjustments |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=28 March 2021 |date=25 March 2021 }} Both rankings were frozen on 16 March 2020 upon the suspension of both tours, and as a result the traditional 52-week ranking system was extended to cover the period from March 2019 to March 2021 with a player's best 18 results in that time period factoring into their point totals.

For the ATP, In March 2021, the ATP extended the "best of" logic to their rankings through to the week of 9 August 2021.

• Players who have played the same Tour-level event more than once, adopt a "best of" and can count their highest points total from the same tournament,
• Results from the rescheduled 2020 event will also be included for an additional 52 weeks at 50%.{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/fedex-atp-rankings-adjustments-faq|title= FedEx ATP Rankings COVID-19 Adjustments FAQ|website=ATP|date=3 March 2021|access-date=18 May 2021}}

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

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About a month before the tournament began, the prize money pool was announced to be €34,367,215, a reduction of 10.53% compared to the prize pool for 2020 edition.{{cite web |title=French Open 2021 Prize Money |url=https://www.perfect-tennis.com/prize-money/french-open/ |website=Perfect Tennis |access-date=22 May 2021|date=20 May 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=French Open 2021 - Prize Money Breakdown (All Categories)|url=https://tennispredict.com/french-open-prize-money/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=TennisPredict.com}}

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