French Open 2026: How to Watch Roland Garros on UK TV

The Short Answer

The 2026 French Open runs from Sunday 24 May to Sunday 7 June. In the UK, every match is shown live on TNT Sports and streamed on discovery+, the same arrangement that has covered Roland Garros since the Eurosport rebrand. There is no free-to-air coverage, no BBC highlights deal, and no Amazon or Sky alternative. If you want to watch a single point of clay-court tennis live in the UK, you need a TNT Sports subscription or a discovery+ pass.

For daily order of play with channels and start times, our tennis fixtures page lists every televised match each day of the tournament.

Key Dates: The 2026 Roland Garros Schedule

The tournament follows the same two-week shape it has used for years, with the qualifying rounds played the week before the main draw begins.

Round	Date	Notes
Qualifying	Mon 18 May to Fri 22 May	Three rounds, played at the same site. Selected coverage on discovery+.
First round	Sun 24 May to Tue 26 May	128 men and 128 women in the singles draws.
Second round	Wed 27 May to Thu 28 May
Third round	Fri 29 May to Sat 30 May
Round of 16	Sun 31 May to Mon 1 June
Quarter-finals	Tue 2 June to Wed 3 June
Women's semi-finals	Thu 4 June
Men's semi-finals	Fri 5 June
Women's singles final	Sat 6 June	Court Philippe-Chatrier, afternoon UK time.
Men's singles final	Sun 7 June	Court Philippe-Chatrier, afternoon UK time.

Detailed daily order of play is published the evening before by the tournament. The official Roland Garros site ↗ is the authoritative source for draw, schedule and on-site information.

Where to Watch in the UK

The UK rights sit with Warner Bros. Discovery, which means coverage runs across TNT Sports ↗ on TV and discovery+ for streaming. The two services share the same library of feeds, so you are picking the format rather than the content.

TNT Sports (TV)

TNT Sports tends to dedicate one or two of its channels to Roland Garros for the duration of the fortnight, with the showcourt match on TNT Sports 1 and outer-court coverage rotating across the rest of the line-up. Coverage usually starts around 10:00 UK time when the early matches get under way at 11:00 in Paris, and runs until the last ball of the night session. TNT Sports is available on Sky, Virgin Media and BT TV as a paid add-on.

discovery+ (Streaming)

discovery+ is the streaming home of every Roland Garros court. During Grand Slam fortnights it carries up to a dozen simultaneous live streams, one per court, in addition to the main broadcast. That depth is the single biggest reason to pick discovery+ over TNT Sports if you are following a specific player rather than the showcourt match. A discovery+ Premium pass is required for the live tennis tier.

What About BBC, ITV, Sky Sports or Amazon?

None of the UK free-to-air or other pay broadcasters carry French Open coverage. The BBC's tennis output is built around Wimbledon and the Queen's events. ITV does not carry tennis. Sky Sports has historically not bid for the clay-court Slam. Amazon Prime Video carries the US Open in the UK, not Roland Garros. If you want to follow this Slam from the UK, TNT Sports or discovery+ is the only legitimate route.

Streaming and Devices

Both TNT Sports and discovery+ stream on a wide range of devices, with the live tennis tier requiring an active subscription on each.

Service	Live Coverage	Devices	Multi-Court Streams
TNT Sports app	TNT Sports 1 to 4 channels, plus highlights	iOS, Android, Fire TV, Apple TV, smart TVs, web	Limited to channel feeds
discovery+ Premium	Every court live, plus the main broadcast	iOS, Android, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, smart TVs, consoles, web	Yes, up to a dozen simultaneous court feeds

For the dedicated tennis viewer, discovery+ Premium is the better fit because it unlocks every court. For someone who wants Roland Garros plus the rest of the TNT Sports schedule (Premier League, Champions League, MotoGP, Premiership Rugby), the TNT Sports route makes more sense.

UK Start Times: When Are Matches On?

Paris is one hour ahead of UK time. Day-session matches typically start at 11:00 local (10:00 UK time), with the showcourt order of play running through the afternoon and into early evening. The night session on Court Philippe-Chatrier starts at 20:15 Paris time (19:15 UK), and is usually one match featuring a high-profile player. The night-session experiment, introduced when the roof on Chatrier opened, has become a fixture of the schedule.

Quarter-final and semi-final days follow a tighter schedule with two matches per session, but the same broad start times apply. Both finals begin in the afternoon, UK time, with build-up coverage on TNT Sports usually starting around 13:00 to 14:00.

The Story Lines for 2026

The dominant narrative on the men's side remains generational. Roland Garros has been Rafael Nadal's tournament for two decades, with 14 titles, and his retirement after the 2024 edition leaves the title genuinely open in a way it has not been since the early 2000s. Carlos Alcaraz's two recent titles, Jannik Sinner's all-court rise and Novak Djokovic's continued presence at the top of the game make the men's draw the most competitive it has been in years.

On the women's side, Iga Swiatek has built a Roland Garros record that is starting to look Nadal-esque on the same court, with her authority on clay rarely matched in a single fortnight. The challenge from Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and the in-form players from the spring clay swing through Madrid and Rome will set the seedings and the likely path to the final.

Live rankings and seedings are published by the WTA Tour ↗ for the women's draw, and on the ATP's official site for the men's draw. The seedings for Roland Garros are confirmed in the week before the main draw begins.

British Players to Watch

Roland Garros is rarely a happy hunting ground for British players because of the surface, but the depth of the current British tour cohort means there is usually someone progressing into the second week. Jack Draper's clay form has improved year on year, Cameron Norrie remains comfortable on the surface, and the women's tour has Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu and the rising junior cohort to track. The LTA's news section ↗ publishes British player updates through the qualifying and main-draw periods.

How Roland Garros Compares to the Other Slams

It is worth understanding why the French Open looks and feels different from the other three Grand Slams.

Slam	Surface	UK Broadcaster	Free to Air?
Australian Open	Hard court	Eurosport / discovery+	No
French Open (Roland Garros)	Clay	TNT Sports / discovery+	No
Wimbledon	Grass	BBC	Yes
US Open	Hard court	Sky Sports / Amazon Prime	No

For a wider look at how the four Slams sit in the UK broadcasting landscape, see our tennis Grand Slam TV guide. Wimbledon is the only one that sits entirely on free-to-air television.

Common Viewing Questions

Is the French Open on free-to-air TV in the UK?

No. There is no BBC, ITV or Channel 4 deal for Roland Garros. Every match is on TNT Sports or discovery+ behind a subscription. The BBC does cover Wimbledon free-to-air, but only Wimbledon.

What is the cheapest way to watch the French Open in the UK?

A monthly discovery+ Premium pass covers the full fortnight without committing to a year of TNT Sports. Cancel after the men's final on 7 June and you have paid for one month of access to every court.

What time is the men's final on UK TV?

The men's singles final on Sunday 7 June 2026 is scheduled to start at 15:00 Paris time, which is 14:00 UK time. TNT Sports build-up usually begins an hour earlier. Live and full-replay coverage is on discovery+.

Can I watch French Open highlights for free?

The official Roland Garros site and the tournament's social channels publish daily highlight reels. Eurosport and TNT Sports also publish short-form clips on YouTube. There is no full-match free-to-air highlights programme on UK TV.

Where can I watch the qualifying rounds?

discovery+ carries selected qualifying matches in the week before the main draw, with court coverage rotating depending on the schedule. Qualifying is a useful entry point for spotting unseeded players who may make a deep run in the main draw.

Will Wimbledon overlap with Roland Garros?

No. Wimbledon's main draw begins on 29 June 2026, three weeks after the Roland Garros final on 7 June. The grass-court swing that links the two Slams runs through Stuttgart, 's-Hertogenbosch, Queen's, Eastbourne and Berlin during June.

Planning Your Fortnight of Tennis

Roland Garros sits in a busy patch of the sporting calendar. The Champions League final, the Premier League's final week and the Heineken Champions Cup final all fall in late May, with the start of the men's cricket Test summer arriving in the same window. Our spring sports on TV 2026 guide lays out the full picture, and our sports streaming services comparison shows how TNT Sports and discovery+ slot in alongside Sky and Now.

For a single fortnight of dedicated tennis viewing, a discovery+ Premium pass is hard to beat. You get every court, every match, on every device, with on-demand replays through the night for matches that finished after midnight UK time.

Check Today's Schedule

This guide is the structural picture for the fortnight. For today's exact order of play, court allocations and TV channels, our tennis fixtures page lists every televised match. The tournament's official site ↗ publishes the next day's order of play each evening, usually around 19:00 UK time. For wider tennis news and analysis during the tournament, the BBC Sport tennis section ↗ runs daily reports despite not holding rights to the tournament itself.