Tennis Channel’s Live 2020 French Open Coverage
Date Time (ET) Event Sunday, Sept. 27 5 a.m.-3 p.m. First Round Monday, Sept. 28 5 a.m.-3 p.m. First Round Tuesday, Sept. 29 5 a.m.-3 p.m. First Round Wednesday, Sept. 30 5 a.m.-3 p.m. Second Round Thursday, Oct. 1 5 a.m.-3 p.m. Second Round Friday, Oct. 2 5 a.m.-3 p.m. Third Round Saturday, Oct. 3 5 a.m.-Noon Third Round Sunday, Oct. 4 5 a.m.-Noon Round of 16 Monday, Oct. 5 5 a.m.-3 p.m. Round of 16 Tuesday, Oct. 6 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Wednesday, Oct. 7 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Quarterfinals Thursday, Oct 8. 5 a.m. – 2 p.m. Women’s Singles Semifinals Men’s Doubles Semifinals Friday, Oct. 9 5 a.m.-4 p.m. Men’s Singles Semifinals, Women’s Doubles Semifinals Saturday, Oct. 10 5 a.m.-9 a.m. Girls’ Singles and Doubles Finals Sunday, Oct. 11 5:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Women’s Doubles Final
Same-day encores of the men’s and women’s singles and doubles finals will run on Tennis Channel during finals weekend (all times ET):
Saturday, Oct. 10 – 1 p.m.: women’s singles final, men’s doubles final (and again at 6 p.m.) Sunday, Oct. 11 – 2 p.m.: men’s singles final; 6 p.m.: men’s singles final, women’s doubles final
Subscription streaming service Tennis Channel Plus will again provide viewers with even more French Open coverage, offering 14 courts during much of the event. Subscribers can choose which matches they want to watch live, or watch any of them later on demand. There will be approximately 540 main draw matches available on the service this year, roughly 1,350 hours of live coverage on Tennis Channel Plus.
This week, leading up to the main draw, Tennis Channel Plus is also offering live and on-demand coverage of the French Open qualifiers. Matches take place through Saturday, Sept. 26, and will be shown on television on delay following live coverage of other competition. All 168 qualifying matches across 12 courts will be shown live and on demand on the network’s streaming service, approximately 336 hours of tennis during a third week of Roland Garros action.
Digital Coverage Anyone in the United States can subscribe to Tennis Channel Plus (www.tennischanneleverywhere.com/subscribe) and access all of the qualifiers and more than 540 main-draw matches. The action can be viewed on mobile devices, laptops and most connected-TV systems, and a television subscription to Tennis Channel is not required
Beyond Tennis Channel Plus, the network’s app is free to anyone anywhere and offers additional tennis content. Tennis Channel’s digital team will also engage with viewers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the 2020 French Open. |