French Open Tennis

French Open Tennis Championship 2012 - Rafa Nadal Favourite For 7th French Title

Rafael Nadal Tennis Odds

Six-time French Open Champion Rafa Nadal is gunning to add another Roland Garros title to his vast collection next month as he goes in search of his eleventh Grand Slam. The Spaniard will face still competition from World Number 1 Novak Djokovic who has won four of the last Slams. Also in the mix is the 2009 French Open winner Roger Federer and Britain's Andy Murray.

In 2011 history was made in the Womens tournament as Li Na became the first Chinese player ever to win a Grand Slam after she defeated 2010 Champion Francesca Schiavone in straight sets. The women's draw is competitive as ever this year, with the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams all in contention.

The French Open Tennis 2012

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. The French Open Odds are as always looking exciting with all the top players in with a shout as well as those clay court specialists who love heading to Paris in May.

Roland Garros is one of the more popular venues on the Tennis calendar despite the fact that it is the smallest of the four Grand Slam venues at the moment. The centre court is the excellent Phillipe Chatrier which can hold a maximum of 14,840 tennis fans.

French Open Betting

The red clay courts of Roland Garros 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.

Rafa Nadal is the current men's champion and he will return this year and once again aiming for yet another win at Roland Garros. He will not have it all his own way though with a number of players hoping he slips up, with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray are waiting to pounce.

Tennis betting has become a very big business and Nadal will be favourite to win based on his past form at Roland Gaross. His odds can be checked in the French Open Mens Singles Odds. Favourite for the womens event include the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams. 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 Tennis Seeds

The seedings reflect the past form of the players and their positions in the world rankings. The French Open Mens Seedings is headed by Nadal and the French Open Womens Seedings by the 2012 Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. The 22-year-old is currently World Number 1 and clearly has the talent and desire to win back-to-back Slams.

French Open Winners

A list of the recent male and female winners of the French Open:

Men

Women