2023 French Open

The 2023 French Open (officially called Roland Garros by the tournament organizers) runs from May 28 to June 11 in Paris. NBC holds the U.S. TV rights in its 41st year of association with the clay-court Grand Slam, but sublicenses most of the coverage to Tennis Channel, which in turn puts many matches on Tennis Channel Plus.

Tennis Channel also produces linear coverage on its corporate siblings, the Bally Sports regional networks, which I do not track, and on its T2 channel on Samsung smart devices, which I do not have.

The tournament is held over 16 courts at Stade Roland-Garros; this includes the main stadium, Court Philippe-Chatrier; the other two show courts, Suzanne-Lenglen and Simonne-Mathieu; and 13 courts numbered 2-14. (Simonne-Mathieu replaced the old Court 1.) Chatrier and Mathieu have roofs. Several courts, but not all of them, have lights, which facilitates a night session on Chatrier beginning at 9 p.m. local time (3 p.m. EDT).

Broadcast schedule

2023 French Open broadcast schedule — all times EDT
Date	Singles round	NBC linear	Tennis Channel	Bally Sports RSNs	Peacock exclusive	T2
Sunday, May 28	First		5 a.m.-4 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon	Noon-3 p.m.	5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Monday, May 29	First	11 a.m.-3 p.m.	5 a.m.-3 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon	3-5:30 p.m.	5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Tuesday, May 30	First		5 a.m.-5 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon		5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Wednesday, May 31	Second		5 a.m.-5 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon		5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Thursday, June 1	Second		5 a.m.-5 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon		5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Friday, June 2	Third		5 a.m.-5 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon		5 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, June 3	Third	Noon-3 p.m.	5 a.m.-1 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon	3-5:30 p.m.	5 a.m.-noon
Sunday, June 4	Octofinals	Noon-3 p.m.	5 a.m.-1 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon	3-5:30 p.m.	5 a.m.-noon
Monday, June 5	Octofinals		5 a.m.-5 p.m.	8 a.m.-noon		5 a.m.-noon
Tuesday, June 6	Quarterfinals		5 a.m.-noon, 2-5 p.m.			5 a.m.-1 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7	Quarterfinals		5 a.m.-noon, 2-5 p.m.			5 a.m.-1 p.m.
Thursday, June 8	Women's semifinals	11 a.m.-2 p.m.	6 a.m.-2 p.m.			6-10 a.m.
Friday, June 9	Men's semifinals	11 a.m.-3 p.m.	8 a.m.-4 p.m.			8:30 a.m-12:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 10	Women's final	9 a.m.-2 p.m.	5-9 a.m.
Sunday, June 11	Men's final	9 a.m.-2 p.m.	5:30-9 a.m.

Commentators

NBC features Dan Hicks on play-by-play with Mary Carillo and John McEnroe as analysts, except on the opening weekend when Carillo does play-by-play due to Hicks handling Champions Tour golf.

Tennis Channel match-callers include Ted Robinson, Jason Goodall, Pam Shriver, Leif Shiras and Brett Haber. The analyst stable consists of Paul Annacone, Jim Courier, Lindsay Davenport, Mark Knowles, Martina Navratilova and Caroline Wozniacki, as well as Chanda Rubin, who usually works in the studio. Steve Weissman hosts Tennis Channel Live along with Rubin; Jon Wertheim, who does a unique mix of analysis, essays, reports, and his Sports Illustrated column; and former player Prakash Amritraj.

The Tennis Channel release also includes play-by-play voices Brian Webber and Gill Gross and analysts Jan-Michael Gambill, Jill Craybas, Jimmy Arias, CiCi Bellis and Nicolas Pereira; since this group is all crammed into its own paragraph at the bottom of the commentary section, I suspect they are handling the T2 and Bally Sports coverage rather than featuring on Tennis Channel proper.

Conventions

The color-coded schedule graphics below are based on an average set length of 40 minutes; a best-of-three match is blocked at an hour and 40 minutes while a best-of-five match is 2:45, based on the likelihood of multiple sets if each set is a coin flip. Suspended matches are prorated based on the score when they are stopped.

Each match's position on the draw is indicated by a number in double square brackets. Each pair of matches with the same number meets in the next round; these numbers start with 1 at the top of the draw and proceed down the list. For example, there are 32 second-round matches, so the last pair of first-round matches is marked with a 32.

In the text listing of commentators, each match is numbered sequentially when it first appears. Brief updates on other matches are indented. Angle brackets indicate split-screen coverage.

The Draw

The draw ceremony happened on Thursday, May 25, at 8 a.m. EDT (2 p.m. local). Thirty-two players are seeded in each singles draw, so two seeds cannot meet until the third round. Half of each draw will play Sunday-Wednesday-Friday-Sunday-Tuesday; the other half plays Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday-Monday-Wednesday and the opening Monday has some matches from both sides.

Novak Djokovic will be the lone member of the fabled Big Four men's stars to compete; Roger Federer has retired, defending champion Rafael Nadal is out with injury and Andy Murray has withdrawn in the run-up to Wimbledon (beginning July 3).

Men's top quarter: #1 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain); #14 Cameron Norrie (Great Britain); #10 Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada); #5 Stefanos Tsitsipas; Americans include #24 Sebastian Korda, Maxime Cressy, Brandon Nakashima, Mackenzie McDonald, John Isner, Emilio Nava

Men's second quarter: #3 Novak Djokovic (Serbia); #13 Hubert Hurkacz (Poland); #11 Karen Khachanov; #7 Andrey Rublev; Americans include #30 Ben Shelton, Aleksandar Kovacevic and Patrick Kypson

Men's third quarter: #6 Holger Rune (Denmark); #9 Taylor Fritz (USA); #16 Tommy Paul (USA); #4 Casper Ruud (Norway); other Americans include Christopher Eubanks, Marcos Giron and Michael Mmoh

Men's bottom quarter: #8 Jannik Sinner (Italy); #12 Frances Tiafoe (USA); #15 Borna Coric (Croatia); #2 Daniil Medvedev; other Americans include J.J. Wolf

Women's top quarter: #1 Iga Swiatek (Poland); #13 Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic); #11 Veronika Kudermetova; #6 Coco Gauff (USA); other Americans include #20 Madison Keys, Lauren Davis, Emma Navarro, Alison Riske-Amritraj, Claire Liu, Kayla Day

Women's second quarter: #4 Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan); #14 Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil); #10 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic); #7 Ons Jabeur (Tunisia); Americans include #32 Shelby Rogers, Bernarda Pera, Elizabeth Mandlik

Women's third quarter: #8 Maria Sakkari (Greece); #12 Belinda Bencic (Switzerland); #15 Liudmilla Samsonova; #3 Jessica Pegula (USA); other Americans include Danielle Collins, Caty McNally, Katie Volynets, Madison Brengle, Taylor Townsend

Women's bottom quarter: #5 Caroline Garcia (France); #9 Daria Kasatkina; #16 Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic); #2 Aryna Sabalenka; Americans include Sloane Stephens, Alycia Parks and Peyton Stearns

The players who reach the final round of qualifying and lose become the pool from which lucky losers are drawn as replacements for people who withdraw at the last minute. The Americans in that group are Nicolas Moreno de Alboran and Ashlyn Krueger.

Day 1 - Sunday, May 28

On Court: 40 matches, 100.5 hours

20 men's singles first-round matches (8 seeds, 7 Americans)
20 women's singles first-round matches (11 seeds, 5 Americans)

Forecast: Mostly sunny and remaining warm; breezy in the afternoon. High 76F.

TV Schedule: Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.-4 p.m. EDT; Bally Sports regionals, 8 a.m.-noon; Peacock, noon-3 p.m.

T2 Schedule: 5 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT

Tennis Channel coverage
EDT	Match	Opponents	Court	Commentators	Other
5:01 AM		Tease
5:03		Open
5:04		Desk segment		Steve Weissman, Chanda Rubin, Prakash Amritraj, Jon Wertheim
5:07	1	Sabalenka/Kostyuk	PC	Brett Haber, Martina Navratilova	first ball 5:10, end #1 at 6:21
6:02	UPD	Zheng/Frech
6:27		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj
6:34		Interview with Aryna Sabalenka		Wertheim
6:41	2	Tsitsipas/Vesely	PC	Haber, Jim Courier	first ball 6:46
6:55	3	Ofner/Cressy	6	Haber, Courier
7:01	4	Khachanov/Lestienne	SL	Ted Robinson, Paul Annacone
7:03		Tsitsipas/Vesely
7:38	UPD	Ofner/Cressy
7:57	UPD	Khachanov/Lestienne
8:06	UPD	Hurkacz/Goffin
8:15	UPD	Khachanov/Lestienne
8:15	5	Korda/McDonald	6	Haber, Annacone
8:32		Khachanov/Lestienne
8:32		Korda/McDonald
8:36		Khachanov/Lestienne			end #2 at 8:54
8:45	UPD	Evans/Kokkinakis
9:00		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj
9:07		Tsitsipas/Vesely			end #3 at 10:00
9:39	UPD	Korda/McDonald
10:06		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj
10:13		Korda/McDonald			end #4 at 10:25
10:30		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj
10:35	6	Sakkari/Muchova	SL	Robinson, Rubin
11:03		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj with Stefanos Tsitsipas
11:09		Sakkari/Muchova			end #5 at 11:24
11:27	UPD	Linette/Fernandez		Jason Goodall
11:28	7	Isner/Borges	13	Goodall, Courier	end #6 at 11:41
11:47		Desk segment		Weissman, Amritraj with Sebastian Korda
11:53		Report from the grounds		Wertheim
11:54	8	Shelton/Sonego	13	Goodall, Lindsay Davenport
12:39 PM		Desk segment		Weissman, Rubin, Amritraj
12:47		Shelton/Sonego
12:56	UPD	Potapova/Townsend
1:21	UPD	Jeanjean/Birrell
1:22		Desk segment		Weissman, Rubin with Leylah Fernandez
1:29		Shelton/Sonego
2:11	9	Rublev/Djere	SL	Goodall, Courier	end #7 at 2:17
2:22		Desk segment		Weissman, Rubin, Amritraj, Wertheim
2:33	10	Pegula/Collins	SL	Goodall, Davenport, Caroline Wozniacki	first ball 2:39
2:56	UPD	Shelton/Sonego
3:13	UPD	Humbert/Mannarino
3:25	UPD	Cazaux/Moutet
3:25	UPD	Samsonova/Volynets
3:29	11	Pouille/Rodionov	14	Goodall	end #8 at 3:30
3:36		Pegula/Collins			end #9 at 4:02
4:07		Monday billboard		Goodall
4:08		Sign off

Play continued until about 5:05 EDT with the end of Kasatkina/Niemeier.

Peacock was on from noon to 4:05 p.m., airing primarily Shelton/Sonego and Pegula/Collins with Mary Carrillo and John McEnroe on the call. (Scrubbing Peacock exclusive streams minute-by-minute is difficult because of their ad break structure.)