Overview

• This year’s first five Night Sessions at Roland Garros have all paired male competitors with no women’s matches scheduled after dark.
• Only four of the 45 evening matches since the Night Session debut in 2022 have involved women, highlighting the persistent imbalance.
• Ons Jabeur and Eva Lys have publicly demanded additional prime-time slots, with Jabeur questioning the decision-makers’ fairness and Lys calling for gender equity.
• French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton defended the current practice as driven by spectator interest and logistical considerations.
• Roland Garros assigns only one match per evening session—unlike the Australian Open and US Open—and organizers fear women’s best-of-three matches could finish too quickly for ticketed spectators.