French Open Tennis Championship 2009

The 2009 French Open Tennis Championship, gets underway on Sunday 24th May and will run through until Sunday 7th June. The French Open in recent years has been won by Nadal who is almost unbeatable on this surface.

The French Open is the second ‘Grand Slam’ event of the year and is one of four Grand Slams played. The first one of the year is the Australian Open, which is played in Melbourne in January. The French Open comes next and 3 weeks later it is the turn of Wimbledon and finally at the end of August it is the turn of the US Open.

French Open Betting Information

The red clay courts of Roland Gaross are famed for producing a slower brand of tennis but with long absorbing and exciting rallies and is a surface that quite naturally suits a base line player.

The tournament has been running since 1891, but the Roland Gaross stadium did not start hosting the tournament until 1928. It is a superb French Open Venue and combined with its rich French Open Tennis History, the tournament has become one of the most viewed sporting events in the world today. Tickets for the French Open are much sought after and it pays to book early.

Rafael Nadal is the current mens champion and he will return this year and once again will be the French tennis Championship 2009 tip to win once more. This year he will attempt to overtake the record that he shares with the legendary Bjorn Borg of four consecutive wins. The Ladies Champion is Ana Ivanovic

Tennis betting has become a very big business and Nadal will be favourite to win. His odds can be checked in the French Open Mens Singles Odds. Favourite for the womens event is the defending champion, Ana Ivanovic, but her task to defend her crown seems to be a much tougher ask than that of Nadal’s. The types of betting markets can looked over on the French Open Betting Guide. This year we have a new facility running with Paddy Power, one of the leading Irish bookmakers who will giving away French Open Free bets before and during the tournament.

French Open Top Seeds

The seedings reflect the past form of the players and their positions in the world rankings. The French Open Mens Seedings will be headed by Nadal and the French Open Womens Seedings by Ivanovic.