Jannik Sinner will begin his pursuit of a first French Open title, and a career grand slam, against French wildcard Clement Tabur in the first round of the men’s competition at Roland Garros.
Sinner is being heavily backed to win the tournament following his recent triumph at the Italian Open and the withdrawal of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated Sinner in the 2025 final but withdrew from this year’s tournament with a wrist injury.
Should Sinner make it into the second round he could face Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley though the 24-year-old has a difficult opening match against Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo who sits 68 places above him in the world rankings.
open image in galleryNo. 2 seed Alexander Zverev will also take on French opposition in the opening round as he was drawn out agains Benjamin Bonzi. The German faces a trickier task to reach the final with French hopeful Arthur Fils also on his side of the draw.
More pressingly, so is 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic who will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round. Djokovic is in the hunt for a record 25th major title but his campaign will begin is tricky fashion against the six foot seven 22-year-old Frenchman who has a powerful serve and the home fans advantage to back it up.
For Britain, Cameron Norrie enters the tournament as the 20th seed and the best chance of progressing through the rounds. He reached the fourth round last year before losing to Djokovic and will be hoping to get further this time around. Norrie hasn’t been in the best of form and will take on Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo first up.
open image in galleryIn the women’s draw, defending champion Coco Gauff will face American compatriot Taylor Townsend in the first round as she looks to regain her title and banish the memories of losing the Italian Open to Elina Svitolina last weekend.
Gauff attended the draw at Roland Garros and was asked for her thoughts on last year’s victory and if she was ready to take to the famous clay courts once again.
“My mind definitely went blank,” she said recollecting her win. “Since I was little I always said that if I win at Roland Garros I wouldn’t fall on the ground as I didn’t want to get clay in my hair but I was so relieved that the match was over, because it was like three hours, so I just fell on the ground. It was disbelief.
“Yeah [I’m ready]. If I wasn’t ready I wouldn’t be here. I’m as ready as you can be, I feel like I had a good tournament in Rome and I’ve had similar preparation to last year, this year so I feel really ready.”
open image in galleryElsewhere in the women’s draw No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka will face Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, while No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina takes on Veronika Erjavec of Slovenia. Other ties of note are four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek facing Australian wildcard Emerson Jones and Italian Open champion Svitolina taking on Hungary’s Anna Bondar.
For Britain, Francesa Jones has the unenviable task of facing Beatriz Maia Haddad while Katie Boutler has drawn American teenage wildcard Akasha Urhobo.
Emma Raducanu, meanwhile, will face Argentina’s Solana Sierra who she was supposed to play at the Italian Open before withdrawing with a post-viral illness.