Warner Bros Discovery has unveiled its 2024 coverage for the annual Roland-Garros tennis tournament, live from Paris.
- Discovery+, Sky, Virgin Media and EE TV users will have access to comprehensive coverage of Roland-Garros.
- 4K UHD coverage available through Discovery+, Sky Q, Sky Stream/Glass and Virgin Media.
From now until 9th June, all 886 Roland-Garros French Open matches will be available through Discovery+ in the UK. Every point for the men’s and women’s singles, doubles, juniors, wheelchair and legends matches will be available to stream.
Full coverage is available to Discovery+ users with either Standard or Premium subscriptions. Standard costs £6.99 a month, while Premium – which also includes TNT Sports – is £30.99 a month.
Meanwhile wall-to-wall traditional television coverage will be available on Eurosport 1 and 2 with a live show commencing 30 minutes before play each day, starting from Sunday 26th May 2024.
Eurosport 1 and 2 are available on Sky, Virgin Media and EE TV. Contact your provider to upgrade if Eurosport 1 and 2 aren’t already included in your package.
There is no free-to-air coverage on UK TV following the ending of ITV’s deal to screen the tournament in 2021.
Watch in 4K (UHD)
Eurosport 4K is also back in the UK, but availability varies between providers. The best place to watch all available 4K UHD games is through Discovery+.
Virgin Media UK will shortly activate Eurosport 4K channel 523. 4K coverage will also be available to Eurosport viewers via the red button on Sky Q, Sky Glass and Stream during the later stages of the tournament.
Who’s on Eurosport’s coverage?
For 2024, Eurosport’s international tennis line-up presenting coverage on-site features Grand Slam champions and finalists including Chris Evert, John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Alex Corretja, Mischa Zverev, Alize Lim and Laura Robson with Barbara Schett and Tim Henman leading its Cube studio coverage before heading over to Paris from the semi-final stage for a full on-site production.
Roland-Garros 2024 key dates:
- Monday 20 May – qualifiers begin
- Sunday 26 May – main draw begins
- From Tuesday 4 June – singles quarter-finals
- Thursday 6 June – mixed doubles final
- Thursday 6 June – women’s singles semi-finals
- Friday 7 June – men’s singles semi-finals
- Saturday 8 June – women’s singles; men’s doubles; wheelchair; junior singles and doubles finals
- Sunday 9 June – men’s singles; women’s doubles finals
Corporate comment
Commenting on this year’s Roland-Garros coverage on WBD’s channels and streaming services across Europe, Scott Young, Group SVP Content, Production and Business Operations, at WBD Sports Europe, said:
“Roland-Garros is the pinnacle of the clay court season and the jewel in the crown of our summer of tennis across Europe. The tournament this year looks set to be one of the most open in years and we’re looking forward to covering every point from every court, from the first round of qualifying to the finals at Court Philippe Chatrier, while calling on the expertise of some of the sport’s greatest ever champions both on-site and in our local studios to take viewers closer to the action.
“We’re particularly excited to bring Grand Slam tennis to Max for the first time with streaming also available across discovery+ and curated television coverage on Eurosport for viewers across Europe to enjoy. And with the Olympics soon returning to Europe and the world’s best players back at Roland-Garros in their quest for medals in just two months, there is no greater live sports proposition to be found anywhere this summer.”
By: Marc Thornham | Image: WBD publicity