Tennis lovers will have two weeks of enjoyment since the second Grand Slam of the season is a reality. The 2024 Roland Garros will take place in Paris, where the best exponents of this sport are ready to seek the championship on clay.
It is the 123rd edition of the French Open, and the Stade Roland Garros will distribute important points for the ATP ranking. For example, the champion will get 2,000.
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2024 Roland Garros Top Contenders
Although he is number three in the world, 21-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is the big favorite because he usually shows his best side on clay. However, Roland Garros is a pending debt for the Spaniard since the farthest he has reached is the semifinals. In addition, this year, he has had several injuries that have not allowed him to get into the expected rhythm.
On clay, he has already won the Madrid Masters 1000 twice, and he has also won the Umag, Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires ATPs on this surface.
After Alcaraz, we have to talk about the usual candidate, world number 1: the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who at the age of 37, is looking for his fourth title at Roland Garros.
Nole’ is the current French Open champion, beating Alcaraz in the semifinals and Casper Ruud in the final. This year, the Serb reached the semifinals in Australia, so this is the opportunity to win his first Grand Slam of the year and the 25th of his career, confirming himself as the winning tennis player in ATP major tournaments.
Jannik Sinner is the other great face of Roland Garros. The Italian is living the best moment of his career so far, being the current champion of the Australian Open, the only major of his career. In addition, this year Sinner has been champion in Rotterdam and Miami, both hard surface competitions.
The situation for the Italian racquet is that clay is difficult for him. For example, the farthest he has reached is the quarterfinals, while in 2023, he surprisingly fell in the second round.
2024 Roland Garros Outside picks
There are three favorites, but then there are other players who are looking for the epic on clay, such as Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, and Casper Ruud. There are high expectations for the Norwegian, as in the last two years, he was able to reach the final of the Grand Slam. In 2022, he failed against Rafael Nadal and, last year, versus Djokovic.
A separate chapter deserves one of the most important tennis players in history, Rafael Nadal, champion two years ago and who has tried to get ready to achieve a new feat in his favorite tournament.
Last year, Nadal could not defend the title he had won against Ruud, and this year, he was able to be in the first Grand Slam of the year but was dismissed in the second round. There has been talk that this may be his last year, considering he has suffered many injuries, but lately, there has been speculation that he could play one more season.
The Spaniard has won 14 times Roland Garros. No other player has won so many times the same tennis Grand Slam.
2024 Roland Garros Podium Betting Picks
1. Novak Djokovic
2. Carlos Alcaraz
3. Casper Ruud
Prize bag
The total prize money of the French Open is 53,478,000 euros. The champion will win 2.4 million euros, while the runner-up will win 1.2 million euros.
2024 Roland Garros Betting Odds
Carlos Alcaraz 3.00
Novak Djokovic 4.00
Jannik Sinner 6.00
Stefanos Tsitsipas 8.00
Alexander Zverev 8.00
Casper Ruud 9.00
Rafael Nadal 13.00
Andrey Rublev 21.00
Holger Rune 21.00
Daniil Medvedev 29.00
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