Roland Garros TV Schedule

Written by: Staff on 26th May 2012

Roland Garros TV Schedule

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The 2012 French Open, Roland Garros is the second tennis major of the season. The tournament, played entirely on red clay, showcases the best players in the world as a Grand Slam event. The 2012 French Open start time is 5:00 am EST Sunday and it will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The TV schedule for the 2012 French Open starts at 5 a.m. on ESPN2 and runs until 10 a.m. It will also be broadcast live on ESPN3.com

Sunday’s 2012 French Open TV Schedule

5 a.m. to 10 a.m. LIVE coverage on ESPN2

10 a.m. LIVE coverage on the Tennis Channel

Noon to 3 p.m. LIVE first round coverage on NBC

3:30 p.m. First round coverage on the Tennis Channel

**all above times are EST

Currently, the first scheduled match to be televised will be sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur taking on Elena Baltacha. Stosur is a heavy favorite in that contest as a -2500 moneyline (Risk $2,500 to win $100). The odds for Stosur mean she has a 96.15 percent chance to win the match and advance to the second round. In addition to Stosur, other notable players that will take to the courts on Sunday include Andy Roddick, Juan Martin Del Potro, Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic.

The French Open is often referred to as Roland Garros and is named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros, The event will take place over two weeks overall between Sunday and the second week of June in Paris, France. The French Open is played at the stde Roland Garros and is considered by most tennis fans, broadcasters and players as the premier clay court event in the world. It’s still currently the only of the four major tournaments that is played on clay.

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Baltacha – Stosur the first match on Chatrier on Sunday, followed by Del Potro – Montanes.
Former champions Kuznetsova and Ivanovic both in action on Lenglen on Sunday.
Nadal-Bolelli, Federer-Kamke and Djokovic-Starace among the first-round matches…

Event Info / TV Schedule

A tournament broadcast throughout the world

Roland-Garros – the French Open – can boast exceptional international coverage. In 2011, no fewer than 137 channels in 178 countries broadcast 11 615 hours of dedicated coverage, of which over 69% was live. In 2012, France Televisions, the historic broadcast partner of Roland-Garros, will maintain extensive coverage on its three channels (France 2, France 3 and France 4) from 11am until end of play every day, to which will be added regular magazine programmes throughout the fortnight.

The greatest broadcasters in the world will be covering the tournament:

In Europe

- Albanian Screen
- ORF Eins
- ORF 2
- ORF Sport Plus
- Canvas
- Eén
- La Deux
- BHT1
- HTV2
- CYBC RIK 2
- CYBC RIK HD
- CT4
- ETV
- ETV 2
- ET1
- RAS 1
- Setanta Ireland
- RAI Sport 1
- RTL2
- TVM 2
- Fox TV
- NL 1
- NL 2
- Fox TV
- Canal + Deportes
- Cuatro
- Energy
- RSI 2
- SF2
- TSR 2
- NTV
- NTV Sport +
- ITV 1
- ITV 3
- ITV 4
- Eurosport (20 languages)
- Eurosport 2 (18 languages)

In the United StatesIn CanadaIn Latin America

ESPN 2
ESPN 3
NBC
Tennis Channel
TV5 Monde

RDS
RDS 2
TSN
TSN2

ESPN Latin North
ESPN South Andina
ESPN Latin America/ Brazil
ESPN HD Brazil
ESPN Caribbean
ESPN Dos
ESPN +

In Asia Pacific

- Fox Sports 1
- Fox Sports 2
- Fox Sports 3
- CCTV 1
- CCTV 5
- CCTV Golf & Tennis
- Now Sports 6
- Now Sports HD
- Neo Sports
- Vision 1
- Vision 1 Extra
- WOWOW Live
- WOWOW Prime
- TDM Sport
- TDM HD
- Astro Supersport 2
- Astro SuperSport HD
- SkyNet Sports
- SkySport 1
- SkySport 2
- SkySport 3
- PTV
- Balls Channel
- SBS ESPN
- Racquet Channel
- Videoland Sports Channel
- BBTV Channel 7
- True Sport
- SCTV 15
- SCTV Sport HD
- VCTV 3

In Africa & Middle East

- Al Jazeera Sport Channel 2
- Al Jazeera Sport Channel + 8
- Al Jazeera Sport HD2
- CSN
- HD 2
- SuperSport 2
- SuperSport 2A
- SuperSport 5
- SuperSport 5A
- Supersport 5N
- Supersport 6
- Supersport 6 A