Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

TechRadar

Aatif Sulleyman

French Open 2024 — live stream tennis from Roland Garros, schedule, seeds

French Open Novak Djokovic Tennis Roland Garros Iga Swiatek Danielle Collins Tennis Channel fuboTV NBC

Novak Djokovic plays a backhand at the French Open.

From Novak Djokovic's travails to the unlikely dawn of the era of Danielle Collins in her final season on tour, 2024 has served up a sensational series of curveballs in tennis. Will the theme continue at Roland Garros, or will what tends to be the most coherent of tennis' slams restore a sense of normality? Here's where to watch French Open live streams online for FREE – from anywhere.

None of the likeliest names in the men's draw are inspiring a great deal of confidence. Djokovic is so out of sorts that he's parted ways with Goran Ivanisevic and is yet to win a title in 2024, Carlos Alcaraz's clay season has been disrupted by an arm injury, and 14-time champion Rafael Nadal has barely played in two years.

Lucky for us, the players ready to fill the void are superb. Jannik Sinner won his first slam in January, Casper Ruud has made two French Open finals, and Daniil Medvedev is now a consistent force in the majors. Even Stefanos Tsitsipas picked up a title on clay at the Monte Carlo Masters.

Having won three of the past four French Opens, Iga Swiatek on clay is the closest thing to a foregone conclusion in tennis right now. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have shown promise on the dust, but not consistently so, while injuries have again curtailed Karolina Muchova's progress. The women's draw is ripe for an underdog tale in the vein of Barbora Krejcikova or Emma Raducanu, and what a story it would be if Collins delivered it.

Follow our guide to get a 2024 French Open live stream from all over the world – including any FREE streams. We’ve also listed the French Open schedule further down the page.

French Open news

Medvedev (groin) and Sinner (hip) have suffered injury scares ahead of the tournament, with both players withdrawing from the Madrid Open at the quarter-final stage. Italian No.1 Sinner has also had to pull out of the Italian Open.

In late April, Nadal returned to action for the first time in three months, and the 37-year-old is in astonishingly good shape considering how little he's played in recent years. He beat world No.11 Alex de Minaur in straight sets in Madrid, before being knocked out by Jiri Lehecka. He's set to play in Rome this week.

Alize Cornet has confirmed she'll hang up her racket after the 2024 championship. The 34-year-old has never made the quarter-finals at Roland Garros in 20 previous attempts, but her travails have only served to imbue her with near-limitless pathos. Emma Raducanu, meanwhile, has announced her intention to play.

The tournament's organizers have announced that there will be 11 night sessions, starting on the first Sunday, May 26. They'll each begin at 8.30pm CEST (local time).

How to watch French Open 2024 for free

Unblock any stream with a VPN

If you're keen to watch French Open tennis but you're away from home and your preferred coverage is geo-blocked, you could always use a VPN to access it (assuming you're not breaching any broadcaster T&Cs, of course). You may be surprised by how simple it is to do.

Use a VPN to live stream French Open from anywhere

Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...

1. Download and install a VPN – as we say, our top choice is NordVPN

2. Connect to the appropriate server location – open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location

3. Go to the broadcaster's live stream – so, in this case, just head to 9Now.

How to watch French Open in the US

OTT streaming service Sling TV includes NBC in its Sling Blue package in most major markets. The usual cost is $45 a month, but if you're new to the service you can get your first month half-price. Tennis Channel is available via an $11 per month add-on.

Another over-the-top streaming service that carries NBC and Tennis Channel is FuboTV. It's a more extensive cable replacement, and includes more than 100 channels including Fox, CBS and ESPN.

Prices start at $79.99 a month after a FREE FuboTV trial, though you'll need the sports add-on or a pricier plan to get Tennis Channel.

Alternatively, a subscription to the Tennis Channel Plus streaming service costs $109.99 per year.

If you subscribe to Peacock, Fubo or any other US streaming service and find yourself unable to access coverage because you're out of the country, consider using a VPN as outlined above – of the many options, we rate NordVPN as the best of the best.