If you’re interested in attending the French Open in 2026, then heads up: the ticket lottery is back and will open in December.

Prior to 2025, the French Open had a public onsale for tickets to the tournament, including for their show courts. But last year, Roland Garros changed their strategy and implemented a ticket ballot. With attendance growing and demand for tickets increasing, it seemed to be a good move to help democratize and better organize the process for fans to get tickets.

Based on how that went last year, Roland Garros has announced that the lottery will return for 2026, albeit with a few changes.

How the French Open ticket lottery works

• First, fans need to register for the lottery. Registration will open on December 3, and will close on December 17. No credit card or up front payment is required to register – just your basic contact info. We will post a link to the registration page when it is made available.

• Winners will be announced by the end of February, and the ticket purchase window will be from March 12-17. That is slightly earlier than the timeline from 2025, when winners were announced into mid-March. But the earlier announcement will give fans even more time to book travel plans for Paris.

• There will be ticket limits imposed for the entire tournament as follows:
  • Main Courts: there will be a four-ticket limit imposed for the show courts, which includes Court Philippe-Chatrier (center court), Court Suzanne-Lenglen (#1 court), and Court Simonne-Mathieu (#2 court). That limit is for the entire tournament, so you could pull four tickets to one match, or a pair of tickets to two matches, a single ticket to four matches, etc.
  • Grounds passes, May 19-23 (practice/qualifying rounds): 15-ticket limit per person.
  • Grounds passes, May 24-31 (1st through 3rd rounds):  4-ticket limit per person.
  • Grounds passes, June 1-7 (4th round through championship): 15-ticket limit per person

• Winners will be notified by email, and will be assigned a two-day time window to purchase their tickets. (In 2025, we were given six days advance notice of our purchase window: notice came on March 13, and our purchase window started on March 19).

• For fans registering in North America, you should note: the ticket purchase window for your selected day will open at 10am Paris time. Which means 4am ET, 3am CT, 2am MT, and 1am PT. So if you win, you’re going to have a very late night or early morning on your selection day.

• Winning the lottery does not guarantee that you will get the tickets you want. You could find tickets to the men’s finals, or you could have nothing but grounds passes available to you. It all depends on your time slot and the remaining availability. 

• There will be a separate, non-lottery public onsale for grounds passes for the opening week (May 18-23) and the final week (June 1-7) at the end of March, after the lottery process has concluded. There will not be grounds passes available for the second week of the tournament (May 24-31).

How much will French Open tickets cost?

Prices for the 2026 French Open have already been announced. On the chart below, N/A means that the show court on that day is unticketed / open to all ticket holders, and an asterisk means that on those day there are separate day and night sessions, each of which require a separate ticket.

As you can see, prices for the French Open are incredibly reasonable. Grounds passes are never more than $40, and they will get you access to the entire venue, except for the show courts. But on those days where a show court isn’t ticketed, you’ll have access to that as well.

The range for tickets on Philippe-Chatrier Court is about $60-485, with the higher end of that range being for the men’s finals.

Doubleheader Digest

So … you want to know what else is happening around the same time as the French Open? Well, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix will take place from June 4-7, and it’s only a 90-minute flight from Paris to Monaco.

And for soccer fans, the UEFA Champions League Final will take place in Budapest, Hungary on May 30. Paris and Budapest are 2.5 hours from each other by air.

Next Steps

If you think you might want to catch the French Open next year, the first thing to do is to set a reminder on your calendar to register for the lottery. We will post an update and reminder before the lottery closes.

And it would also be a good time to start looking at refundable hotel options in Paris. The city is extremely expensive in summer, and better deals may be available if you book early. Just make sure that your reservations can be canceled in the event that you’re not able to secure tickets.