Don’t know about you, but we can’t quite remember being more excited about a tennis Grand Slam finals weekend than we are about the 2020 French Open for a while. The belated tournament hasn’t disappointed and the best is yet to come at the Stade Roland Garros. You can watch every serve with a French Open live stream no matter where in the world you are – read on for all the details and how you can watch the tennis absolutely FREE.
Rafael Nadal is looking to defend his men’s singles title and, despite his reservations, has looked his usual dominant self on the Paris clay. He’s seeking out his 13th (yes, 13th!) French Open victory on Sunday.
2020 French Open live stream
The 2020 French Open takes place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, running for two weeks until Sunday, October 11. Coverage will start at 11am CEST every day, which is 10am BST/5am ET/2am PT/7pm AEST. Full French Open tennis live streaming and TV channel details are below – including some brilliant free coverage options – and you can watch your preferred coverage from anywhere with this 100% risk-free ExpressVPN trial.
Standing in his way is, who else, world number 1 Novak Djokovic. You’ll recall that he was thrown out of Flushing Meadows after accidentally hitting a ball at a line judge in a fit of rage, and hasn’t won the French Open since 2016. The Serb would love to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires as the pantomime villain of the tennis world.
The women’s side of the competition was already blown wide open by the withdrawal of reigning champion Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka, and then Serena walking away before her 2nd round encounter. 2018 champ Simona Halep was the #1 seed, but crashed out to hot prospect Iga Świątek. She now faces American Sofia Kenin – who won the Australian Open earlier in the year – in Saturday’s Women’s final.
It’s the last Grand Slam of the year, and here’s how you can live stream all the French Open 2020 tennis action from wherever you are in the world.
How to watch a French Open live stream from outside your country
For broadcast and streaming details in tennis-mad countries like the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, just scroll down the page – everything you need to know is there, including details of who is showing it for free.
But if you try to watch your domestic coverage from somewhere outside your home country, you’ll soon find a problem – geo-blocking. That’s where the broadcaster prevents you from watching your usual feed from abroad. It’s a common problem for sports fans all over the world.
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Who has a free French Open tennis live stream in 2020?
Unlike with some tournaments (US Open, we’re looking at you!), tennis fans in some regions get lucky when it comes to Roland Garros. It’s free-to-air in some countries around the world.
On UK TV, you can get a free French Open live stream courtesy of ITV4 and, more specifically, its ITV Hub streaming service – available either right through your web browser or as an app for mobiles, tablets, set-top boxes, select smart TVs, consoles and more. It can be used by anyone in the UK 100% free – registration takes seconds and you only need a working email address and full UK postcode (such as SW1A 1AA for Buckingham Palace) to get streaming.
If you prefer your coverage local, then French TV has you covered, too – specifically France TV Sport. In this case, the only prerequisite is being in France – you don’t even have to register or anything!
There’s even a free way to watch the French Open in Australia – details below.
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How to watch a free French Open live stream in the UK
The 2020 French Open is being shown live in the UK on free-to-air channel ITV4 – so anyone can stream it using the channel’s ITV Hub platform.
For added on-the-go viewing convenience, it has an excellent app that’s available on nearly anything that plugs in these days – just give it a search on your device of choice.
ITV4’s French Open TV coverage starts on Sunday, September 27, and the channel is promising coverage from around 10am-8pm BST for each day of the 15-day event, which concludes on Sunday, October 11.
If you’re from the UK but not at home right now, you can get your French Open fix by grabbing a VPN.
How to live stream French Open tennis for FREE in Australia
Aussie tennis fans are spoilt for choice when it comes to tuning in to the 2020 French Open.
For starters, free-to-air SBS and SBS Viceland have got in on the action, and will be showing the tennis from 10pm-5am Aussie time each night, and that includes the final, semi-finals and quarter-finals. This means viewers can make use of the free SBS On Demand streaming service to tune in.
Kayo Sports subscribers will also be able to stream all the action live as it happens each day. A costs $25 per month and allows users to stream across two devices simultaneously, while a provides three concurrent streams for $35 per month.
Needless to say, this makes it super-affordable if you share with friends, family or fellow tennis fans – plus so you can watch some of the event for free.
If you’re away from Australia at the moment, you’ll need to go down the VPN route as set out above.
How to watch the French Open: live stream Roland Garros 2020 tennis in the US
In the US, both NBC Sports and the Tennis Channel are airing the French Open action. If you have NBC Sports on cable already, you’re all set and can watch the tennis from Roland Garros via the network’s website – just log-in with details of your TV provider.
Cord-cutters can watch NBCSN on Sling TV, where it’s available as part of the over-the-top service’s Blue bundle. You can even try a FREE Sling trial that will let you watch this week’s race without paying a penny, if you play your cards right.
If you’re outside the US right now you can always use a VPN to get access to your home coverage.
How to live stream the French Open and watch tennis online in Canada
In Canada, you can watch the French Open on English-language TSN or French-language RDS – but they’re premium channels that typically come with a pay TV package.
If you get them as part of your cable deal, then you’ll just be able to log in with the details of your provider and get access to a French Open live stream.
If you don’t have cable, then you can subscribe to TSN or RDS on a streaming-only basis from just CA$4.99 a day or (much better value) $19.99 a month.
And if you decide to subscribe or already have, remember you can take your favorite sports streaming service with you wherever you go – just try the No. 1 VPN around 100% risk-free for 30-days and follow the instructions above.
French Open live stream 2020: how to watch the tennis online in New Zealand
The official broadcaster for the French Open in New Zealand is Sky Sport, which costs $31.99 per month and includes channels dedicated to football, rugby, cricket and golf.
For mobile streaming, you can tune in via the Sky Go app, and if you’re away from New Zealand right now you can use a VPN to catch your home TV coverage.
French Open 2020 finals – order of play
Women’s final – Saturday, October 10
Iga Świątek vs Sofia Kenin – 3pm local time, 2pm BST, 9am ET
Men’s semi-finals – Sunday, October 11
Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic – 3pm local time, 2pm BST, 9am ET
What to expect from the 2020 French Open
A weather-beating retractable roof has just gone up on the Court Philippe Chatrier, the French Open’s biggest stage, and unlike the recent US Open, some fans will be allowed in to watch the Grand Slam action unfold in the flesh.
The decision to allow fans to attend the tournament is huge, and will surely give everyone involved an enormous lift. Up to 5,000 spectators will be allowed on site each day, down from the 11,500 figure that was previously planned because of rising coronavirus cases in France.
They’ll be getting up close (not too close) and personal with a who’s who of racket-wielding superstars, including Novak Djokovic, Simona Halep, Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Dominic Thiem, who won his first ever Slam this month, and wildcards Andy Murray and Eugenie Bouchard. The highest-profile absentees are Naomi Osaka and Roger Federer, both of whom are nursing injuries.
Azarenka has rewound the clock on her career and has been playing like it’s 2012, but can she do it again after a brilliant but energy-sapping late summer schedule, involving a Western & Southern Open win and a US Open final defeat? Halep, Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin and Elina Svitolina will be circling.