Media giant Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) will continue to provide live coverage of the Roland-Garros French Open grand slam tennis tournament across Europe until at least 2030, after extending its rights contract.
The extension, signed with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) governing body, will see WBD air the tournament on its Eurosport and TNT Sports linear channels across all European territories except France, with TNT Sport remaining the exclusive broadcaster in the UK and Ireland.
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Coverage of every court will also be available to watch live via WBD’s streaming platform, HBO Max, from the 2026 edition.
WBD currently holds a range of rights in Europe covering all four Grand Slam tournaments. Last year, it extended its rights to show the Wimbledon grass court grand slam until 2027, while its Australian Open rights contract runs through the 2031 edition.
FFT president Gilles Moretton has said: “The excellent audience figures for Roland-Garros in Europe are a testament to the FFT’s ability to organize an increasingly appealing tournament, and the ability of WBD to promote our tournament to our many European fans.
“This renewed partnership is a perfect illustration of our growing ambitions on the international stage.”
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By GlobalDataThe deal comes after WBD said its coverage of the tournament on Eurosport and TNT Sports, which served up content in 19 languages across Europe, amassed more than 620 million video views and close to 30 million social media engagements for this year’s edition.
The media giant said its coverage for the first 12 days of this year's competition saw double-digit increases in unique video viewers in Italy (36%) and the Netherlands (46%), with increases also registered in the UK (7%) and Germany (8%).
Warner Bros. Discovery also provides coverage to the tournament in the US via its linear TNT, TBS, and truTV networks as part of a separate 10-year deal worth a reported $650 million that started with this year’s edition.
TNT’s US coverage for the first week averaged 292,000 viewers – a 23% increase on last year’s coverage of the same week by the Tennis Channel, the specialist US cable channel.
Domestic rights to the tournament, meanwhile, are currently held by public service network France Televisions and streaming heavyweight Amazon Prime Video in a deal running through 2027.
The men’s singles final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz last night (June 8) drew a strong audience for France Televisions, with an average of 5.5 million viewers tuning into the France 2 and France 3 channels to watch Alcaraz beat Sinner in an epic five-set tie.
The figure is the broadcaster’s biggest audience for the French Open men’s final since 2011.
The women’s single match on Saturday that saw Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka, meanwhile, drew 3.15 million viewers on France 2 – the broadcaster's highest audience for a women’s French Open final in 20 years.
