2024 French Open (real tennis)

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.

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
← 2023 · Open de France du Jeu de Paume · 2025 →

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.

Points Allocation

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Points were available for the IRTPA World Rankings and the IRTPA World Race, the latter forming the qualifying path for the 2025 Real Tennis World Championships. Ranking points are only available for the men's draws. The points available are shown in the table below.

Draw Winner Runner Up Semi Final Quarter Final First Round
Men's Singles 6612 4408 2645 1322 440
Men's Doubles 1580 1053 632 316 -

Draw and results

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Amateur players are marked as (A)

Men's Singles Qualifying

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Top 2 players qualify for the main draw

  Hurstel   Jacquin-Turrettini   Huynh-Lenhardt W-L Set W-L Game W-L Standings
  CA Hurstel (A) 3/6 5/6 6/4 5/6 5/6 0–2 1–4 (0%) 24–28 (46%) 3
  B Jacquin-Turrettini (A) 6/3 6/5 6/1 3/6 6/4 2–0 4–1 (100%) 27–19 (59%) 1
  B Huynh-Lenhardt 4/6 6/5 6/5 1/6 6/3 4/6 1–1 3–3 (67%) 27–31 (47%) 2

Men's Singles

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1   C Riviere 6 6 6
Q   B Huynh-Lenhardt (A) 1 1 0 1   C Riviere 6 6 6
6   M Sarlangue (A) 6 6 6 6   M Sarlangue (A) 0 0 3
Q   B Jacquin-Turrettini (A) 2 0 4 1   C Riviere 6 6 6
7   L Williams 6 4 3 6 6 4   L Smart 0 3 2
  H Henman (A) 1 6 6 4 5 7   L Williams 2 6 5 3
  L Gordon 2 1 1 4   L Smart 6 3 6 6
4   L Smart 6 6 6 1   C Riviere 6 6 6
3   S Virgona 6 6 6 2   N Howell 0 1 3
    B Vallat (A) 2 5 3 3   S Virgona 2 6 6 6
5   R Shenkman (A) 6 6 6 5   R Shenkman 6 1 5 2
  J Woods-Casey 5 4 2 3   S Virgona 2 6 1 6 4
8   L Gale 6 6 6 2   N Howell 6 4 6 3 6
    V Hamilton 2 3 3 8   L Gale 6 3 6 3 1
    N Victoir (A) 3 0 1 2   N Howell 3 6 3 6 6
2   N Howell 6 6 6

Men's Doubles

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1   C Riviere
  N Howell
6 6 6
  R Shenkman (A)
  L Gordon
6 6 6   R Shenkman (A)
  L Gordon
2 4 4
  N Victoir (A)
  B Vallat (A)
0 3 1 1   C Riviere
  N Howell
6 6 6
  J Woods-Casey
  V Hamilton
6 6 6 2   S Virgona
  L Smart
2 1 1
  L Gale
  L Williams
4 5 4   J Woods-Casey
  V Hamilton
2 0 4
2 '  S Virgona
  L Smart
6 6 6

Women's Singles

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Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1   C Fahey 6 6
    S Bollerman 6 6   S Bollerman 2 1
  J Garside 4 1 1   C Fahey 6 6
  K Carney 6 6 2   L van der Zwalmen 1 2
    G Ingham 0 4   K Carney 0 0
2   L van der Zwalmen 6 6

Women's Doubles

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Note: all players are amateurs except Claire Fahey

Semifinal Final
1   C Fahey
  S Bollerman
3 6 6
  K Carney
  G Ingham
0 0 2   L van der Zwalmen
  J Garside
6 1 2
  L van der Zwalmen
  J Garside
6 6

Seeds and Rankings

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World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA.[6] World Race points are taken from the IRTPA World Race and form the qualification pathway to the 2025 Real Tennis World Championship.[7] World Rankings are taken from the IRTPA World Rankings for the top 25 ranked players. Subsequent rankings are taken from the RealTennisOnline rankings. Where a player is ranked by handicap, their handicap is shown in brackets. For doubles pairs, seeding is taken as the numeric sum of the ranking points for each player. Subsequent rankings are taken from the pair's doubles handicaps using the IRTPA doubles handicap calculator. Rankings correct at 2 October 2024.

Men's Singles

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Seed Rank Player Ranking Points before Race Points before Points won Points after Race Points after Status
1 1   Camden Riviere 105269 72142 6612 103987 78755 Champion, defeated   Nick Howell (2)
2 3   Nick Howell 51706 40371 4408 52660 44779 Runner-up, lost to   Camden Riviere (1)
3 6   Steve Virgona 29699 31467 2645 32344 34112 Semi Final lost to   Nick Howell (2)
4 8   Leon Smart 20634 18500 2645 23279 21145 Semi Final lost to   Camden Riviere (1)
5 10   Robert Shenkman 12249 13022 1322 13572 14345 Quarter final lost to   Steve Virgona (3)
6 11   Matthieu Sarlangue 10051 9941 1322 11374 11264 Quarter Final lost to   Camden Riviere (1)
7 12   Lewis Williams 9222 9211 1322 10200 10534 Quarter Final lost to   Leon Smart (4)
8 15   Levi Gale 5452 3796 1322 6450 5119 Quarter Final lost to   Nick Howell (2)
- 19   John Woods-Casey 2894 1926 440 3010 2367 First round lost to   Robert Shenkman (5)
- 30   Louis Gordon 1495 - 440 1936 - First round lost to   Leon Smart (4)
- 34   Vaughan Hamilton 921 921 440 1361 1361 First round lost to   Levi Gale (8)
- 56   Bertie Vallat 790 790 440 1230 1230 First round lost to   Steve Virgona (3)
- 73   Henry Henman 0 0 440 440 440 First round lost to   Lewis Williams (7)
- 77   Nicolas Victoir 531 531 440 - 971 First round lost to   Nick Howell (2)
- 121   Benjamin Jacquin-Turrettini 0 0 440 440 440 First round lost to   Matthieu Sarlangue (6)
- 129   Baudoin Huynh-Lenhardt 0 0 440 440 440 First round lost to   Camden Riviere (1)

Men's Doubles

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Seed Rank Player Points Before Points After Rank Player Points Before Points After Status
1 1   Camden Riviere 94428 92564 3   Nick Howell 51824 55882 Champion, defeated   Steve Virgona and   Leon Smart
2 7   Steve Virgona 37042 40107 10   Leon Smart 18454 20713 Runner-up, lost to   Camden Riviere and   Nick Howell
- 11   Robert Shenkman 12066 13534 24   Louis Gordon 3268 4278 Semi Final lost to   Camden Riviere and   Nick Howell
- 13   Lewis Williams 8662 9425 16   Levi Gale 6281 6961 Quarter Final lost to   John Woods-Casey and   Vaughan Hamilton
- 19   John Woods-Casey 5302 6150 56   Vaughan Hamilton (9.1) (8.6) Semi Final lost to   Steve Virgona and   Leon Smart
- 51   Nicolas Victoir (8.8) (10.3) 102   Bertie Vallat (13.3) (10.4) Quarter Final lost to   Robert Shenkman and   Louis Gordon

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "French Open 2024". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ^ "French Open 2024". Paume France. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  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.
  6. ^ "IRTPA World Rankings". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  7. ^ "IRPTA World Race". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2024.