How to follow the French Open finals across the weekend on the BBC

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How to follow the French Open finals across the weekend on the BBC

The second Grand Slam of the year is coming to an end, and this weekend the French Open finals will be held in Paris.

In Saturday’s women’s showpiece, Poland’s Maja Chwalinska will bid to become only the second to lift a Grand Slam title when she takes on Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva – also a first-time finalist.

On Sunday, men’s second seed Alexander Zverev will aim for a much-anticipated first Grand Slam title against Italy’s Flavio Cobolli.

There’s full coverage from across the BBC – here’s everything you need to know.

How to follow the French Open finals on the BBC

There will be text commentary for the men’s and women’s singles finals on the BBC Sport website and app, while there will be a daily podcast recapping the big news on BBC Sounds.

5 Live Sport has daily coverage and live commentary from Philippe-Chatrier Court across Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.

Tennis reporter Russell Fuller will be joined by Katie Smith, Abigail Johnson, David Law and Gigi Salmon, with commentary from Annabel Croft, Pat Cash, Daniela Hantuchova, Naomi Broady, Ryan Harrison and Leon Smith.

Coverage of the women’s singles final will begin at 13:00 BST on Saturday, with commentary for the men’s final from 16:00 on Sunday.

When is the French Open 2026?

The clay court Grand Slam started on Sunday, 24 May at Roland Garros and ends on Sunday, 7 June.

The women’s singles final will be held on Saturday, June 6, while the men’s final will conclude the tournament a day later.

The qualifiers, where players must win three matches to reach the main draw, began on Monday, May 18.

Who won the French Open in 2025?

Coco Gauff comes from a layup to win the 2025 French Open title [Getty Images]

Carlos Alcaraz won his second French Open title last year after coming from two sets down – and saved three tournament points – to beat Sinner in the final of the singles final.

Gauff, meanwhile, battled past Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s singles final to win her first French Open title and second major singles title.

Is Carlos Alcaraz playing?

Carlos Alcaraz with the men's Coupe des Mousquetaires trophy in 2025 — Carlos Alcaraz has won the past two men’s French Open titles [Getty Images]

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz will not defend his French Open title this year due to a wrist injury he suffered at the Barcelona Open.

Alcaraz will also miss Wimbledon next month.

The Spaniard, who recently lost his world number one spot to Sinner, completed a career Grand Slam when he won the Australian Open in January.

Who are the in-form players going to Roland Garros?

In Alcaraz’s absence, top seed Sinner aimed to defend his career Grand Slam – winning major tournaments at least once – with the French Open the only one missing from his collection.

The Italian has been in top form, having won the past six ATP Masters 1000 titles – including three consecutive clay court events in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.

In doing so, he became just the second man, after Novak Djokovic, to complete a complete set of nine Masters titles – known as the ‘career Golden Masters’.

However, his 30 game winning streak ended in surprising circumstances in the second round.

Djokovic has won three French Open titles but the 39-year-old has not played many matches this year and made an early exit at the Italian Open, his only appearance on clay this season before starting his unsuccessful campaign at Roland Garros.

In women’s singles, Gauff reached the final of the Italian Open, where she lost to Elina Svitolina.

Elena Rybakina had a chance to replace Sabalenka at the top of the world if she performed well in Paris, but the number two lost in the second round to Yuliia Starodubtseva.

No British players reached the third round of singles

There are no English representatives in the third round of singles in Paris, with Katie Boulter the last British player to exit the tournament. She lost in three sets to Potapova.

Emma Raducanu was knocked out in the first round on Sunday but Francesca Jones advanced to the second round.

Jones was beaten by Czech 27th seed Marie Bouzkova in straight sets.

Sonay Kartal missed out due to injury.

There were first round defeats for all three British men’s majors.

Cameron Norrie, the only Briton to lose at Roland Garros, retired injured in his match against Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, while 122nd-ranked Jacob Fearnley, also a straight entry, lost in straight sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Jack Draper, the only British man in the world’s top 100, withdrew before the tournament due to an ongoing knee injury.

Toby Samuel won the qualifier but lost in straight sets to eighth seed Alex de Minaur.

What is the prize money?

The total prize money for the French Open is 61.7m euros (£53.7m), with the men’s and women’s singles champions taking home 2.8m euros (£2.4m) each.

There is ongoing competition for tennis awards, with the top men’s and women’s players vying for a higher percentage of the money earned by the big four.