The French Open will become the third of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments to offer night sessions beginning in 2021. All 10 new night sessions will broadcast in France exclusively on Amazon Prime Video .
For the first 10 evenings of next year’s French Open, beginning with the first Monday through the quarterfinals on the second Wednesday, one featured match will be held nightly on Court Philippe-Chatrier at 9 p.m. local time. Wimbledon is now the sole Grand Slam without nighttime play.
The broadcast deal for Amazon to carry the nightly French Open matches is a three-year agreement spanning 2021 through 2023. Amazon already owns significant rights for tennis in European markets as the exclusive rights holder for the U.S. Open, ATP and WTA tours in the U.K. and Ireland.
Also beginning in 2021, the Tennis Channel has struck a multiyear U.S. rights deal with ATP Media, the broadcast component of the men’s tour, to be the exclusive TV and digital home for all nine ATP Masters 1000 events. Such tournaments include the prominent Miami Open and BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
