Roland Garros chiefs said Wednesday that the delayed French Open will get underway on September 27 as the ruling bodies of world tennis revealed a new-look calendar for a sport placed on ice since mid-March due to the coronavirus. The French Open was switched from its traditional May-June slot because of the pandemic with September 20 pencilled in as a start date. Now, the Paris main draw of the season's final Grand Slam event will begin a week later and finish on October 11.

With the US Open already confirmed to start on August 31, the ATP and WTA tours announced their restart dates.

The ATP Tour will resume in Washington from August 14 while the WTA starts in Palermo, Italy, on August 3.

Unlike the US Open in New York, Roland Garros will maintain its qualifying event in the week before the main draw.

"In the current, difficult climate, we are well aware that it is a privilege to be able to hold Roland Garros in its usual format," said Bernard Giudicelli, the president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)