Roland-Garros 2025: New features for an eagerly awaited edition

A tournament that pays tribute

Roland-Garros 2025 will be an opportunity to honour three individuals who made an indelible impression on the Parisian clay: Rafael Nadal, Mary Pierce and Richard Gasquet. First up will be a celebration on Sunday 25 May on Philippe-Chatrier court of the man who lifted the Coupe des Mousquetaires 14 times. To mark Rafa’s first season post-retirement, a ceremony will take place following the conclusion of the day session's three fixtures. An immersive and entertaining exhibition dedicated to the legendary Spaniard will also run for the duration of the tournament at the Roland-Garros Tenniseum.

On 5 June, between the two women's semi-finals, Centre Court will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Mary Pierce's twin titles, before inducting her into the International Tennis Hall of Fame with the presentation of the famous ring.

A richly deserved tribute will also be paid to Richard Gasquet on the conclusion of his last game at Roland-Garros. The celebration, which will look back at the Frenchman’s immense career, will hopefully take place as late as possible in what will be his 22nd and final Roland-Garros!

The "Concorde Tribune"

For the latter stages of Roland-Garros 2025, there will be a free fan zone on Place de la Concorde, one of the capital’s most iconic locations. This outstanding new feature will be open from Wednesday 4 to Monday 9 June, showing matches from the quarter-finals onwards. The fan zone, organized with the support of the City of Paris, will have capacity for 5,000 spectators in an area of 5,000 m2. Attendees will be able to follow matches on two giant screens set up especiall for the occasion and enjoy the kind of pulsating atmosphere and unique experience that only Roland-Garros can provide. This relaxed and entertaining setting, which will be enlivened throughout the day by a DJ, will also have food-trucks, a bar and a Roland-Garros boutique.

On-court changes

One of the main changes to this year’s match schedule involves the second men's semi-final, scheduled for Friday 6 June on Philippe-Chatrier court. This will not start before 19:00 (compared to 17:30 last year), while the timing of the first semi-final remains unchanged, with a start scheduled for 14:30.

Additionally, the start of the women's doubles final has been brought forward by half an hour and is now scheduled for 11:00 on Sunday 8 June. And, in another change, the women's doubles competition will start this year on Tuesday 27 May, the same day as the men's event.

Finally, the schedule for the wheelchair tennis events has also been modified so that players are not required to compete in singles and doubles events on the same day.

Opening Week, more successful by the year

The growing popularity of Roland-Garros is clearly demonstrated by the success of the tournament’s first week, which is becoming more spectacular every year. After a record attendance of 75,000 in 2024, this year the capacity will be 90,000. This opening week is now an integral part of the Roland-Garros tournament, which lasts three weeks and delights fans throughout.

Other notable new features during this week will be Suzanne-Lenglen court hosting one of the biggest games each day and fans being able to watch their idols practice on Centre Court.

"Yannick Noah Day"

The tournament's traditional charity day, which will be one of the flagship events again this year, will take place on 25 May. Among the features planned for the day are exhibition matches between microphone-wearing French nationals and French-speaking foreign players, guaranteeing plenty of laughs and a great atmosphere!

The unmissable "Play on the clay at Roland-Garros" (Jouer sur la terre de Roland-Garros) event sponsored by ENGIE will also be part of the day’s programme on court n°2, as will the "Rackets Giveaway" scheme, which consists of the donation of 1,500 rackets to two associations championing solidarity and social responsibility to promote access to tennis for the young. In addition, there will be a brass band, acrobats, jugglers and many other surprises by way of entertainment on the day.

Inclusivity – a cherished value of Roland-Garros

In partnership with Adecco, the FFT will once again this year be staging "Everyone in a Wheelchair" (Tous en fauteuil). The event, which will run from 10:00 to 19:00 on court n°9 on Friday 6 June, aims to inform the general public about wheelchair tennis and put the sport in the spotlight.

In order to promote this "inclusive tennis weekend", there will be other new offerings scheduled, such as tennis for the deaf and hard of hearing, blind tennis and adapted sport tennis. Urban tennis, beach tennis and pickleball will also be back.

Roland-Garros on the international stage

With outstanding TV coverage in France and globally thanks to its broadcast by more than 170 TV channels and digital platforms across 220 territories, the tournament has huge international reach.

This year, the coverage will be even better thanks to Warner Bros. Discovery, the tournament’s new USA broadcaster for the next 10 editions.

➡️ To discover all the new features, read the full press release for the 2025 edition of Roland-Garros HERE