By Richard Pagliaro | Tuesday, Might 19, 2026
Picture credit score: TNT
Roland Garros rose to stratospheric heights final June.
Moments earlier than the 2025 French Open ultimate between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz started, TNT analyst and former world No. 1 Andre Agassi famously described the match as “one of the best pure ball striker versus the flying saucer.”
Reigning champion Alcaraz saved three championship factors out-dueling world No. 1 Sinner in a 5 hour, 29-minute epic—the longest-ever Roland Garros ultimate and second-longest main ultimate—because the champions mixed to hold clay-court tennis to dizzying heights.
In its maiden 12 months of a 10-year, $650 million TV pact with the French Tennis Federation, TNT Sports activities elevated Roland Garros protection to a wholly new degree.
Coco Gauff rallying previous world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka within the Roland Garros ladies’s ultimate generated 1.5 million viewers throughout TNT and tru TV—a 94 p.c enhance from Iga Swiatek’s sweep of Jasmine Paolini within the 2024 ultimate. It was the most-highly considered Roland Garros ladies’s singles ultimate since 2016. Viewership rose 105 p.c amongst viewers within the 24-54 age group in comparison with 2024.
Alcaraz’s beautiful conquest of Sinner that noticed him save three championship factors and prevail within the longest French Open ultimate in historical past peaked at 2.6 million viewers at 2:30 p.m. Japanese time on ultimate Sunday. The lads’s ultimate common 1.8 viewers for the complete telecast, a rise of 8 p.c from Alcaraz’s five-set win over Alexander Zverev within the 2024 ultimate.
The 2025 French Open males’s ultimate was probably the most highly-viewed Roland Garros males’s singles ultimate since 2012.
“IT’S OVER! CARLOS ALCARAZ REIGNS AT ROLAND-GARROS!”
🎙️Brian Anderson calls a legendary ultimate on the French Open for TNT! pic.twitter.com/PinpdEZbqF
— Terrible Asserting (@awfulannouncing) June 8, 2025
Now, TNT is again for its second 12 months of Roland Garros protection.
The query is: Can the community nonetheless interact tennis followers and normal sports activities followers given Alcaraz is out of Paris and Wimbledon and younger stars, together with 2025 semifinalist Lorenzo Musetti and 2025 Indian Wells champion Jack Draper, each withdrew?
For the second consecutive 12 months, TNT Sports activities will current complete reside protection of each day of the event, with primary draw matches starting on Sunday, Might 24.
TNT Sports activities will ship greater than 300 hours of televised world-class match protection, signature studio programming and dynamic, all-day whiparound motion, in addition to 1000’s extra hours throughout the 900+ matches out there reside and on demandon HBO Max, from the long-lasting clay courts of Paris. HBO Max can even have protection of qualifying matches throughout Opening Week at Roland-Garros, beginning Monday, Might 18.
Right here’s an excerpt from TNT’s information launch on its 2026 Roland Garros protection plans:
TNT will showcase marquee matches and featured home windows, together with Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs pre- and post-match studio protection.
truTV will function a whiparound hub for daytime protection, with Rally at Roland-Garros introduced by Raymond James providing reside look-ins, highlights and evaluation all through the day’s play.
First and Second Spherical matches will probably be introduced by AT&T Enterprise, whereas Quarterfinals and Finals matched will probably be introduced by Raymond James.
HBO Max returns because the unique streaming vacation spot for all Roland‑Garros protection. Subscribers on supported plans will be capable of make the most of options,together with:
- Multiview, permitting followers to look at as much as 4 matches concurrently all on one display screen and will probably be up to date all through the day to allow them to watch the most compelling matches and gamers
- Key Moments that make it simple to leap to pivotal factors in a match as they occur reside
- Participant Alerts to obtain real-time notifications of when their favourite gamers are competing, guaranteeing they by no means miss a second of the motion.
Viewers on HBO Max may also expertise the event in vivid element with 1080p Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Dolby Atmos on choose courts.
2026 Roland-Garros Day by day Schedule on TNT Sports activities
All instances are Japanese
Monday, Might 18 by Friday, Might 22 (Qualifying)
- From 4 a.m. — Males’s and Girls’s Singles Qualifiers (HBO Max)
Sunday, Might 24 by Monday, June 1 (Rounds 1-4)
- 5 a.m. — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT)
- 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. — The Rally at Roland-Garros (truTV)
- 6 a.m. — Males’s & Girls’s Singles (TNT)
- 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. — The Mac Zone (B/R YouTube, truTV) (Might 24-29 solely)
- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — The Rally at Roland-Garros (truTV)
- 2 p.m. — Featured Match (TNT)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT)
Tuesday, June 2 by Wednesday, June 3
- 5 a.m. to five p.m. — Males’s & Girls’s Singles Quarterfinals (TNT, truTV)
- 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Doubles protection (truTV)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT, truTV)
Thursday, June 4
- 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. — Males’s Doubles Semifinals (truTV)
- 6 a.m. — Blended Doubles Ultimate (TNT)
- 9 a.m. — Girls’s Singles Semifinals (TNT, truTV)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT, truTV)
Friday, June 5
- 5 a.m. to eight:30 am — Girls’s Doubles Semifinals (truTV)
- 7:30 a.m. — Reside at Roland-Garros (TNT)
- 8:30 a.m. — Males’s Singles Semifinals (TNT, truTV)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT, truTV)
Saturday, June 6
- 5 a.m. — Males’s Doubles Ultimate (TNT, truTV)
- 9 a.m. — Girls’s Singles Ultimate (TNT, truTV)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT, truTV)
Sunday, June 7
- 5 a.m. — Girls’s Doubles Ultimate (TNT, truTV)
- 9 a.m. — Males’s Singles Ultimate (TNT, truTV)
- Submit-match — Reside at Roland-Garros introduced by Vanda Prescribed drugs (TNT, truTV)
Tennis Now lead author Chris Oddo is in Paris protecting Roland Garros day by day for each Tennis Now and the official Roland Garros web site. You may observe Chris Oddo’s day by day RG Reviews on Tennis Now.com and thru our social media channels.
