PARIS, May 12, 2016

Roland Garros tournament direction has published the list of wild cards (invitations) awarded for the men’s and women’s singles (22 May – 5 June).

The eight wild cards for the men’s singles (alphabetical order)

– Grégoire BARRERE (FRA)
– Julien BENNETEAU (FRA)
– Mathias BOURGUE (FRA)
– Bjorn FRATANGELO (USA)*
– Quentin HALYS (FRA)
– Constant LESTIENNE (FRA)
– Stéphane ROBERT (FRA)
– Jordan THOMPSON (AUS)*

The eight wild cards for the women’s singles (alphabetical order)

– Tessah ANDRIANJAFITRIMO (FRA)
– Océane DODIN (FRA)
– Myrtille GEORGES (FRA)
– Amandine HESSE (FRA)
– Alizé LIM (FRA)
– Virginie RAZZANO (FRA)
– Taylor TOWNSEND (USA)*
– The eighth wild card will be awarded at a later date to an Australian player*

*An agreement with the Australian and US Tennis Federations sees a wild card awarded in both draws (men’s and women’s) to a player from these two countries.

Tournament direction has also issued the list of wild cards (invitations) awarded for the qualifying tournament, which will take place on the Roland-Garros courts between Monday 16 and Friday 20 May.

The nine wild cards for men’s singles qualifying (alphabetical order)

– Matthew BARTON (AUS)*
– Geoffrey BLANCANEAUX (FRA)
– Corentin DENOLLY (FRA)
– Jonathan EYSSERIC (FRA)
– Maxime HAMOU (FRA)
– Yannick JANKOVITS (FRA)
– Maxime JANVIER (FRA)
– Laurent LOKOLI (FRA)
– Gleb SAKHAROV (FRA)

The eight wild cards for women’s singles qualifying (alphabetical order)

– Manon ARCANGIOLI (FRA)
– Lou BROULEAU (FRA)
– Fiona FERRO (FRA)
– Stéphanie FORETZ (FRA)
– Chloé PAQUET (FRA)
– Shérazad REIX (FRA)
– Margot YEROLYMOS (FRA)
– The eighth wild card will be awarded at a later date to an Australian player*

*An agreement with the Australian and US Tennis Federations sees a wild card awarded in both draws (men’s and women’s) to a player from these two countries.