Overview
- On Monday Henri Leconte said he will press the French tennis president to expand Philippe Chatrier’s one-match night session to two matches so women play in prime time more often.
- Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo defended current scheduling choices and said French viewing patterns and match-length uncertainty shape who is picked for the night slot.
- Mauresmo confirmed Roland Garros has discussed staging night matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen but said the venue cannot be expanded immediately because adding sessions would require space and facilities for an extra 5,000–10,000 spectators.
- The debate follows this year’s Naomi Osaka–Aryna Sabalenka night match, the first women’s singles fixture in the prime-time slot in three years, and comes after organisers have staged only five women’s night singles matches since 2021.
- Changing to two night matches or adding Lenglen sessions would demand ticketing, staffing, lighting and broadcaster coordination and could ease the visibility pressure on players while creating notable operational costs and crowd-management challenges.