{"id":29730,"date":"2016-04-16T11:51:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T09:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=29730"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:36:53","slug":"french-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/french-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Open 2016 in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>After the long break over a three month winter stretch, tennis is back on the world stage.\u00a0The 2016 French Open in Paris is promising to be an epic tournament that enchant the crowds around the courts like no other Grand Slam at Roland-Garros every year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tennis year started with an amazing finish by Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open in January\u00a0at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. It seems that the momentum from each player is building up right now leading towards the french classic at Roland-Garros. The 2016 French Open are set from May 16th\u00a0to the 5th of June in Paris and this is just a quick sneak peak into the men\u00b4s entry list: <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Novak Djokovic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Andy Murray<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Roger Federer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stan Wawrinka<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rafael Nadal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kei Nishikori<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tomas Berdych<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Juan Martin del Potro (protected ranking)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">David Ferrer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jo-Wilfried Tsonga<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h4>The women\u00b4s field is impressive<\/h4>\n<p> Not just the men show an amazing range of spectacular talent, but especially the women\u00b4s acceptance list is impressive. The German superstar Angelique Kerber, who defeated all-time leader Serena Williams in quite a dramatic fashion at the Australian Open this January, is carrying big load expectation-wise on her shoulders. Here is the top ten of the entrance list: <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Serena Williams<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Agnieszka Radwanska<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Angelique Kerber<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Victoria Azarenka<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Simona Halep<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Petra Kvitova<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Roberta Vinci<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Belinda Bencic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Carla Suarez Navarro<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p> There is only one last thing to do right now: <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.rolandgarros.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Get your tickets!\u00a0<\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/de\/tennisplatz-tennis-stadion-publikum-407017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source: Pixabay.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/action-sports\/\">IBS Publishing Team<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally! Let the tennis summer begin!<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the long break over a three month winter stretch, tennis is back on the world stage. The 2016 French Open in Paris is promising to be an epic&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"french open","_yoast_wpseo_title":"The 2016 French Open in Paris - InspiredBySports","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"After the long break over a three month winter stretch, tennis is back on the world stage. 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