Tennis-French Open In Numbers

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Following are facts and records ahead of the 124th edition of the French Open, which begins on Sunday.

PRIZE MONEY

Men's/women's singles winner: 1.6 million euros ($1.86 million)

Men's/women's singles runner-up: 850,500 euros

Total prize pot: tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn 38 million euros

SHOWCOURTS

*The claycourt major will be able to welcome only 1,000 people per day due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Court Philippe-Chatrier

Capacity: 15,225

The court, named after the French Tennis Federation's long-time president Philippe Chatrier, is the French Open's principal venue.

A retractable roof has been installed on the court to be used for the first time at the 2020 championships.

It takes around 15 minutes to close and covers a surface area of 1 hectare.

Court Suzanne-Lenglen

Capacity: kynghidongduong.vn 10,068

The court is named after France's Suzanne Lenglen, tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn who won six women's singles titles at Wimbledon, two French Championships and two Olympic gold medals.

Court Simonne-Mathieu

Capacity: 5,000

The court was built in 2019 on the grounds of the famed botanical garden Jardin des Serres, surrounded by four greenhouses.

TOP SEEDS

Men's singles

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

2-Rafa Nadal (Spain)

3-Dominic Thiem (Austria)

4-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

5-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

Women's singles

1-Simona Halep (Romania)

2-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

3-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

4-Sofia Kenin (U.S.)

5-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)

MOST CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

Men's singles

12 - Rafa Nadal (Spain)

Women's singles

7 - Chris Evert (U.S.) ($1 = 0.8586 euros) (Compiled by Manasi Pathak in Chennai Editing by Toby Davis)