The French Open, to be played on the famous clay courts of Roland Garros on Monday, May 20, is just five weeks away. Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are the defending champions, but there are many contenders for the second Grand Slam in 2024.

Continue reading to learn how to watch the French Open live stream from anywhere using a VPN.

Last year, Djokovic made the most of Rafa Nadal's absence in Paris, winning his third French Open title with a dominant victory over clay court specialist Kasper Rood. However, the Serb has struggled to find his best form this year and may find it difficult to defend his crown.

Janik Sinar is the form player of 2024 and will be confident of reaching the quarterfinals for the first time in his career. Then there is Carlos Alcaraz, who won Indian Wells, Ruud, who reached the final at the French Open twice, and of course the great Rafa Nadal.

As for the women's draw, Swiatek is the heavy favorite, having won three times in the past four years. Swiatek, the world number one, plays well on clay and would love to add four Grand Slam titles to her tally.

But there are plenty of challengers, including Elena Rybakina, who defeated Swiatek in the semifinals and won in Stuttgart. Coco Gauf was a finalist in Paris two years ago and is currently competing in the slam tournament. Meanwhile, Alina Sabalenka hopes to rediscover the form that won her the Australian Open earlier this year.

For more information on how to watch the 2024 French Open from anywhere, check out the telecast and streaming details below.

If you live in Australia, you can watch the 2024 French Open live stream from Roland Garros for free. That's because free-to-air Channel 9 and its streaming service 9Now have the broadcast rights in Australia.

But what if you normally live in Australia and won't be home for the French Open live stream? Maybe you are on vacation and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country when you can usually watch it for free at home.

Don't worry - you can watch via VPN instead. Here's how to do it.

It's natural to want to watch the 2024 French Open live stream from your home country, but what if you're not there when the live stream is being broadcast?

You can watch the French Open live using a VPN (Virtual Private Network), which is software that allows your device to appear to be in your country, no matter where you are in the world. It's ideal for sports fans who are away on vacation or business trips. Our favorite is NordVPN. Best on the market:

VPN is amazingly easy to use.

1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we have mentioned, NordVPN is our favorite.

2. select the location you want to connect to with the VPN app. For example, if you are in the US and want to see Australian service, select Australia from the list.

3. sit back and enjoy the action. watch tennis on 9Now or another website.

If you are in the US, there are plenty of options to watch the 2024 French Open live stream from Roland Garros. Viewers can watch all the tennis action on NBC and the Tennis Channel as well as Peacock.

NBC can be accessed with one of the best TV antennas, and the Tennis Channel is available on several cable packages.

If you don't have cable to cut the cord, you can watch the French Open via NBC's own Peacock, plus several live TV services including Sling TV and Fubo.

Of these options, we recommend Peacock. The standard ad-supported option costs $5.99 per month, and the ad-free option costs $11.99 per month.

You can also watch all French Open matches on the Tennis Channel, which is available on most cable TV channels, or on alternative cable TV channels such as Sling TV, Fubo, and DirecTV Stream. Of these options, we recommend Sling and Fubo.

Tennis enthusiasts in the UK can watch a live stream of the 2024 French Open from Roland Garros on Discovery Plus and Eurosport.

You need to sign up for Discovery Plus' £30.99/month premium plan to watch live streams of TNT Sports - this includes not only the French Open, but also cycling's Grand Tour, Premier League, and later this year the Olympics will also be included.

All of these are great. But if you're not in the UK, you can still follow the live stream of the 2024 French Open with the best VPN services like NordVPN.

Canadian tennis fans can watch French Open action on TSN (English) or RSN (French) as part of their cable TV package.

If you cut cable TV, you can sign up for a TSN or RDS streaming account for $7.99 (Canadian dollars) per day or $19.99 per month.

Now that you're not home, use NordVPN or another VPN service to make your device think you're in Canada.

Australians can watch the 2024 French Open live stream again for free on Channel Nine.

The big matches will be broadcast on the free 9Gem and 9Go channels, as well as the on-demand service 9Now, but a subscription to Stan Sport is required to watch all matches ad-free and in up to 4K.

Stan can be accessed from a variety of devices, including many smart TVs, iOS and Android phones, Chromecast, and Apple TV. Therefore, it is recommended to stream via Stan only if you are already a subscriber.

Currently not available in Australia; with a VPN such as NordVPN, you can use your Stan account to watch all the action as if you were at home.

The 2024 French Open will be held from Monday, May 20 through Sunday, June 9.

A tentative schedule has been shared, but this is subject to change up to and during the event. Here is the tentative order of play:

Monday, May 20 - Saturday, May 25: Qualifying and Practice Rounds

Sunday, May 26 Men's and Women's Singles 1st Rounds

Monday, May 27 Men's and Women's Singles 1st Rounds

Tuesday, May 28 Men's/Women's Singles, Men's/Women's Doubles 1st Round

Wednesday, May 29 Men's/Women's Singles 2nd Round, Men's/Women's/Mixed Doubles 1st Round

Thursday, May 30 Men's/Women's Singles, Men's Doubles 2nd Round, Women's/Mixed Doubles 1st Round

Friday, May 31 Men's and Women's Singles 3 rounds, Men's and Women's Doubles 2 rounds, Mixed Doubles 1 round

Saturday, June 1 Men's and Women's Singles, Men's Doubles 3 Rounds, Women's and Mixed Doubles 2 Rounds

June 2 (Sun.): Men's and Women's Singles 4-round matches, Men's and Women's Mixed Doubles 3-round matches, Junior Singles 1-round matches

Monday, June 3: Men's and Women's Singles 4-round matches, Men's Doubles Quarterfinals, Women's and Mixed Doubles 3-round matches, Junior Singles 1 & 2 matches, Junior Doubles 1-round matches

June 4 (Tue): Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles 3rd Round, Junior Singles 2nd Round, Junior Doubles 1st and 2nd Round, Wheelchair 1st Round

Wednesday, June 5: Men's Singles, Women's Doubles Quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles Semifinals, Junior Singles 3rd Round, Junior Doubles 2nd Round, Wheelchair 1st & 2nd Round

Thursday, June 6 Women's Singles, Men's Doubles Semifinals, Mixed Doubles Final, Junior Singles & Doubles Quarterfinals, Wheelchair 2nd & Semifinals

Friday, June 7 Men's Singles, Women's Doubles, Wheelchair, Junior Singles & Junior Doubles Semifinals

Saturday, June 8 Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Wheelchair, Junior Singles & Junior Doubles Finals

Sunday, June 9: Men's Singles & Women's Doubles Finals

Since the 2024 French Open qualifying rounds have not yet taken place, it is impossible to say for sure who will compete, but the best players are expected to gather in Paris.

The current top 10 men's and women's rankings are as follows.

Men's Ranking

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. yannik shinner (ITA) 3. carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 4. danil medvedev (srb) 5. Alexander Zverev (GER) 6. Casper Ruud (Norway) 7. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GREECE) 8. 8. andrei rublev 9. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 10. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)

Women's Ranking

1. Iga Swatek (POL) 2. alina SABALENKA (POLAND) 3. Coco Gauff (USA) 4. elena Rybakina (KAZ) 5. jessica pegula (USA) 6. Maria Sakkari (GREECE) 7. marqueta BONDORZOVA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 8. zheng qinwen (china) 9. ons Jabour (TUN) 10. Yevhena Ostapenko (LAT)