By Victor Bowman.
Wettfreunde.net has collected all of the records that could be broken at this year’s 123rd French Open, Following Rafael Nadal (Spain) loss to German Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could increase his record as the player with the most men’s singles Grand Slam titles won and Djokovic could also break his tie with Margaret Court and become the player with the most singles Grand Slam titles won, regardless of era and gender. . Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek (Poland) could become only the 4th player of the Open Era to win four or more French Open women’s singles titles and only the third player of the Open Era to win the women’s singles at French Open for three consecutive years in a row.
To see the full detailed list of 20+ records that could be broken at the 2024 French Open, have a look below:
Men’s Singles *(This was before Nadal first round loss to Zverev)
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could increase his record as the player with the most men’s singles Grand Slam titles won – he has won 24 times, so this could be his 25th victory (Rafael Nadal is in second place with 22 titles)
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) already holds the sole record for the most singles titles won in the Open Era, but Djokovic could also break his tie with Margaret Court and become the player with the most singles Grand Slam titles won, regardless of an era – both Djokovic and Court have won 24 times, so this could be Djokovic’s 25th victory
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could also increase his record as the player with the most appearances in the men’s singles Grand Slam finals (36 appearances), semi-finals (48 appearances) and he could break his tie with Roger Federer (Switzerland) and become the sole holder of the record for the most appearances in quarter-finals – currently they are tied at 58 appearances in QF
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could break his tie with Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil), Mats Wilander (Sweden) and Ivan Lendl (Czech Republic) and he could become the sole holder of the third place ranking for the most French Open championships won – he has won three times, this could be his 4th French Open trophy; secondly, if Djokovic wins, he will become the second player in more than 20 years (other than Rafael Nadal) to win French Open men’s singles in consecutive years (Nadal has managed to do this many times, but apart from him, the last time this happened was in 2000 and 2001 when Gustavo Kuerten won consecutively)
- Depending on how far he progresses in the French Open, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could break Roger Federer’s record for the most men’s singles match wins at Grand Slam events in the Open Era – Federer won 369 matches while Djokovic has won 366
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) could increase his record for the most men’s singles Grand Slam match wins in the 2020s decade – thus far he has won 86 times
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) could extend his record for the most French Open men’s singles titles – he has won 14 times out of 14 finals appearances, so a win in 2024 could be his 15th French Open victory; in case of a victory, Nadal would also tie Serena Williams as the player with the 2nd most singles Grand Slam titles won in the Open Era – thus far, he has won 22 and Williams 23, Djokovic is in first place with 24 titles
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) could become the player with the most Roland Garros titles, regardless of category, gender and era if he wins his 15th trophy – a 15th victory would tie Suzanne Lenglen (France) who won 15 trophies at French Championships in the early 20th century (*Lenglen won 6 singles titles, 2 women’s doubles titles and 7 mixed doubles titles, however, French Championships were open only to French players at that time) – having said that, Nadal is already the #1 French Open winner amongst men across all categories and eras and he is also the #1 winner in the Open Era across all categories and genders
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) could increase his record for the most finals appearances at French Open in the Open Era – he has appeared 14 times, so if he manages to progress to the finals, it will be his 15th appearance
- Rafael Nadal (Spain) will increase his record for the most appearances at French Open in the Open Era and he could also increase his record for the most matches won – he has appeared in 115 matches and he has won 112, which also makes him the player with the highest win percentage rate – 97.4%; Nadal could also increase his record for the most men’s singles matches won at one Grand Slam event
- Rafel Nadal (Spain), Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland), Gaël Monfils (France), Fabio Fognini (Italy) or Richard Gasquet (France) could break Djokovic’s record from last year for the oldest player to win French Open men’s singles – Djokovic was 36 at the time of his win last year, so Djokovic this year, Monfils, Fognini or Gasquet would be 37, Nadal 38 and Wawrinka 39; both Nadal and Djokovic could also become the first player to win 2 French Open men’s singles titles after the age 35
- Richard Gasquet (France) tied Feliciano Lopez, and they now jointly hold the record for the most Open Era appearances in the main draw of the men’s singles at French Open – this is Gasquet’s 21st appearance; Novak Djokovic’s 20th appearance will also make him one of only 4 players to appear 20+ times (with the others being already mentioned Gasquet, Lopez & Fabrice Santoro)
- A few players have a chance to become only the 7th player to ever win French Open before turning 21: Arthur Fils (France, 19), Luca van Assche (France, 20), Giovanni Perricard (France, 19), Hamad Medjedovic (Serbia, 20), Alex Michelsen (USA, 20); the other 6 who achieved it in the past are: Bjorn Borg, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Rafael Nadal & Mats Wilander – Chang is the youngest winner ever since he was 17 years old at the time of his win in 1989)
- 2024 could mark the first occasion of either a wildcard or qualifier going further than the semifinals in the men’s singles at the French Open since this has never happened before in the Open Era
- 2024 could be the first occasion in nearly 20 years that at least one player from the Big Three (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal) fails to reach the finals of the men’s singles French Open – one of them has appeared in the final every year since 2005; if this happens, it would also be the first time since 2003 that one of the Big Three fails to appear in the finals of a men’s singles Grand Slam in two consecutive Grand Slam events since none of them appeared in the finals of Australian Open
Women’s Singles
- Iga Swiatek (Poland) could become only the 4th player of the Open Era to win four or more French Open women’s singles titles (Chris Evert, USA, 7 titles; Steffi Graf, Germany, 6 titles; Justine Henin, Belgium, 4 titles)
- Iga Swiatek (Poland) could become only the third player of the Open Era to win the women’s singles at French Open for three consecutive years in a row, joining Monica Seles (1990-92) and Justine Henin (2005-07); Swiatek could also become the first woman in 10 years to win a single Grand Slam event for three straight years in a row since Serena Williams (Williams won US Open between 2012-14)
- Sorana Cirstea (Romania), Alizé Cornet (France), Sara Errani (Italy), Angelique Kerber (Germany) or Victoria Azarenka could break Serena Williams’ record for the oldest winner of the women’s singles French Open – Williams won when she was 33, both Cirstea and Azarenka are 34, Kerber 36 and Errani is 37
- Linda Nosková (19, Czech Republic), Erika Andreeva (19) or Mira Andreeva (17) could become only the third player of this century to win women’s singles French Open as a teenager, joining Iga Swiatek and Jelena Ostapenko
- 2024 could mark the first occasion of either a wildcard or qualifier reaching the finals in the women’s singles at the French Open since this has never happened before in the Open Era
- Five players have a chance to become only the fourth player this century to reach the French Open finals before turning 21: Coco Gauff (USA), Ashlyn Krueger (USA), Lucija Bagarić (Croatia), Linda Nosková (Czech Republic), Erika Andreeva or Mira Andreeva.