Roland Garros Publishes List Of French Open Wild Cards

Quentin Halys

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.