Buying Tickets for Roland Garros 2025
Learn how to buy tickets, which seats are best, and how to maximize your odds
Dear Reader,
Attending Roland Garros, also known as the French Open, is a dream for tennis fans around the world (and us!). However, securing tickets to this prestigious event can be tricky given its popularity.
Lucky for us, we were able to secure multiple tickets recently (Philippe-Chatrier included!)
If you’re curious to learn how to buy tickets, which seats are best, and how to prepare to maximize your odds for a seat, keep reading 👉
How the Public Draw works
Buying tickets for Roland Garros used to be a mad dash of “who can get in first” with digital queue lines easily exceeding 500,000 people and several hours. But in 2025, in response to increasing demand, Roland Garros began a public draw system for general public ticket sales (similar to Wimbledon, but not quite).
We entered the draw in late January this year, and we were lucky enough to get chosen for the first draw, which happened on March 19th 10am CET.
What are the odds of getting drawn?
We’re not sure, but we think they’re better than Wimbledon (at least this year). We had two entries– one for myself, and another for my boyfriend– and one of us got chosen.
What happens if you get drawn
If you're selected, you'll receive an email about a week before ticket sales open, notifying you of your opportunity to purchase tickets (for us it was 6 days before to be exact):
It’s important to know that you have not been chosen for any specific ticket. Being selected for a draw just means you were selected to access the sales, and does not guarantee any tickets (but stress not, you’re likely to get tickets– more on that later).
This just means you have to login to the Roland Garros site when sales open, which this year happened on March 19th (Wed), 10am CET.
For us, that was 5am EST (🥲).
Will you be notified if you don’t get drawn?
Officially, if you don’t get drawn you are also supposed to receive an email but my boyfriend did not get that email– we assume there might be a second draw? But unconfirmed.
If you haven’t been drawn, there are still some options available to you (scroll to the bottom to see more).
Preparing to buy tickets
Before the ticket sales open you’ll have the chance to browse the website to see their ticket offerings.
Ticket Pricing
Roland Garros is good in that ticket prices are controlled (no scalping like in the US Open!) and are generally priced by tiers:
Gold category
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
For example, it doesn’t matter if you are Row 1 or Row 10 in a Gold category section, the tickets will be priced the same:
You’ll be able to see all prices beforehand on their website. Gold was the most expensive and prices decreased from there, but even the most expensive Gold seats would usually range ~€250. Definitely not cheap, but compared to the US Open these prices felt like a steal.
To note there was also a Management fee of €4 to process ordering your tickets, but compared to the ticket fees in the US, this seemed very reasonable. We love Europe.
Day vs. Night Sessions
Like other tennis tournaments, tickets are also separated into Day and Night sessions. Day session tickets at Roland Garros will get you 3 matches, while Night session will only get you 1 match, so in general the Day session tickets are considered better value.
The Courts
There are 3 main courts at Roland Garros:
Philippe-Chatrier. This is the main stadium. This ticket also lets you attend matches on the high stands of court Simonne-Mathieu and on the outside courts in open seating. Note that you will not get access to Suzanne-Lenglen.
Suzanne-Lenglen. This is the second-most popular stadium. This ticket also lets you attend matches on the high stands of court Simonne-Mathieu and on the outside courts in open seating.
Simonne-Mathieu. This is the smallest of the main stadiums. With a ticket, you’ll get a better seat than without one. This ticket also lets you attend matches on the outside courts in open seating.
Outside courts are a series of courts with open seating, first-come first-serve. If you get a grounds pass, you’ll be able to access these courts as well as the high stands of Simonne-Mathieu!
The biggest and most popular players will be playing on Philippe-Chatrier (usually ranked Top 10). On Suzanne-Lenglen you’ll probably see players ranked around the ~Top 20, and so on.
Keep in mind though even if you’re not seeing a Top 10 player, all of these matches are professional and really competitive matches. Even if you get a main court ticket, I recommend you make a stop for the outside courts! You’ll get to see the up-and-comers – who knows, one of them might end up winning it all 👀
So which ticket should I buy?
It depends on your own preference, but here’s how we thought about it:
Day session > Night session. Although night session tickets are cheaper by ~€20, day session tickets would get us 3 matches, while night session is only 1 match.
Philippe-Chatrier or Suzanne-Lenglen (or both!). Either of these tickets would get us access to the third main court, as well as outside courts, which seemed like great value. Suzanne-Lenglen was actually a bigger pull for us than Philippe-Chatrier, as Gold category seats there could potentially get us courtside. On Philippe-Chatrier, even the Gold category seats would be at least 10 rows back (still very good seats though). These stadiums also have retractable roofs, so even in poor weather we would be guaranteed some tennis.
Early in the tournament. As the tournament goes on, there are less and less matches– by the second week, there usually aren’t many matches on the outside courts and the day may end a bit earlier. If you want to maximize watching tennis, go early!
Short side of the court. If you’ve watched tennis, it can sometimes be a bit annoying to move your head left-right-left for a match. There’s a reason why the camera for tennis matches is on the short side. But this is personal preference!
If you’re feeling stumped or overwhelmed, we created a document that helped us organize and plan which tickets to buy so you can plan before the big day:
Day of Public Sales!
The day sales opened was exciting, but also anxiety-inducing to say the least (“What if I woke up at 5am only to miss out on all tickets?”).
But after doing it once, I realize that it actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. Deep breaths!
If you’re lucky enough to get drawn, here’s what happens.
The Queue
We first opened the Roland Garros ticket site (it’s a special page on the website, make sure you’re on that one), where there was a countdown to 10am CET.
Staying on that page automatically put us in a queue, where we were then redirected to login. It doesn’t matter if you’re on the page 6 hours before or 2 minutes before, everyone on that page will be randomly assigned a number. But make sure you’re on the page at the start time! Otherwise, you’ll be at the back of the queue.
We were worried we had to be logged in beforehand, but turns out anybody can get in the queue and log into their account, but only individuals selected for the Public Draw will be able to book tickets once logged in.
Our randomly assigned queue number was 68181, which seemed like a very high number at the time. All in all, we waited about 90 minutes in the queue (suddenly I was glad I was up at 5am, so I could take my time waiting instead of worrying about work).
You’re in! Now what?
Once you’re on the website, you have 30 minutes to buy tickets. This time includes browsing, choosing tickets, and paying for them, which is why we recommend you prepare beforehand so you know exactly which tickets you want.
Choosing your seats
When you’re ready to select your seats, you actually can’t choose the exact seat themselves but only the section. Instead, you’ll be randomly allocated seats within your chosen section.
The weird thing about this was that a section may say that 5 seats are available, but if I selected 2 seats I could get a warning that said: “Warning: Assigned seats are not adjacent!”
I did want to sit next to Teddy, so I selected a different section with more available seats, and got 2 adjacent seats. So if you’re looking to buy multiple tickets and want to sit next to each other, it may be worthwhile prioritizing the sections with more available seats (you’ll be able to see this with a mouse hover).
Payment
It would suck to miss out on competitive tickets because of a failed payment method. Make sure you have a valid credit card!
We were a bit worried about this, as Teddy and I don’t have European credit cards, but luckily it didn’t matter. The site itself said they accepted Mastercard, Visa, and American Express. We paid with an Amex with no issue, but in case you’re afraid a charge might accidentally be blocked, try sending a note to your bank so they don’t stop the purchase.
Other tips for the day
If you’re buying for a group, even if only 1 person in your group got selected, open on multiple browsers to see if you can get a higher queue number. Login to the website using the device with the highest queue to get as close to the start as possible!
This isn’t vital, seats are still available late in the day – I checked later that evening around 5pm and I still saw available seats – but you may not get your first choice ticket.
Congratulations!
Using our approach, Teddy and I ended up getting 4 tickets to the main courts through the draw (the max number allowed):
Two Gold category tickets at Suzanne-Lenglen for a day session (Row 7!)
Two Category 1 tickets at Philippe-Chatrier for a night session
We’re so excited to go!!! 🎉🤩🎾
I didn’t get selected for the Public Draw - what can I do?
You still have options if you didn’t get a chance at the Public Draw! Based on your tolerance for risk and available budget, here are a few options:
Option 1: Hospitality/Premium Offers
If you want 100% guaranteed tickets and you have the budget, I recommend you book through their Hospitality/Premium Offers. They are expensive, but we found their premium pricing to be more reasonable than that compared to the US Open or Wimbledon.
For example, you could book a Day session at Philippe-Chatrier in the first week for €480 a ticket. This ticket would include a Category 1 ticket, food and drink, a lounge, cloak room, and a free branded gift.
More information around this option in a future post 😊
Option 2: Official resale
Roland Garros will also be offering a resale for those who missed out on the first draw. Tickets will be available for purchase from the end of April (as of time of writing, exact date not confirmed yet) and are available until the end of the tournament.
In the past, these tickets have gone very quickly! So make sure you’re signed up for their newsletter and keep an eye out for a notification on when the resale opens. You should be able to buy these at their original price!
Avoid unofficial ticket vendors
Roland Garros has posted warnings about unofficial ticket vendors, and have cautioned against using them. For a full list, visit their website’s FAQ page.
We hope this information was helpful, and we hope to see you at Roland Garros!
Best,
Aki
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