The French Open – the second major of the year begins on Sunday, May 28 as Carlos Alcaraz commences his quest for a first French Open title with a first-round match against a qualifier. The second seeded Danil Medvedev who is on the opposite side of the draw awaits his opponent between a qualifier and a lucky loser. Former world number one and two-time French Open winner – Novak Djokovic, seeded third for this competition has been handed a tie against Aleksandar Kovacevic in the first round.
In the women’s category, Number 1 seed, Iga Swiatek will begin her tournament with a tie against Cristina Bucsa, a Spaniard ranked 67th. The draw put her in a potential quarterfinal matchup against No. 6 Coco Gauff in what would be a rematch of last year’s French Open final.
Some other interesting first-round matches include Sabalenka against Marta Kostyuk, Jessica Pegula against 2022 Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins, and Victoria Azarenka against Bianca Andreescu – a tie between two former Grand Slam winners.
MEN’S FRENCH OPEN DRAW IN FULL
ALCARAZ Carlos ESP [1] v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
O’CONNELL Christopher AUS v DANIEL Taro JPN
ARNALDI Matteo ITAv GALAN Daniel Elahi COL
NAKASHIMA Brandon USA v SHAPOVALOV Denis CAN [26]
MUSETTI Lorenzo ITA [17] v YMER Mikael SWE
SHEVCHENKO Alexander v OTTE Oscar GER
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
PAIRE Benoit FRA (W) v NORRIE Cameron GBR [14]
AUGER-ALIASSIME Felix CAN [10] v FOGNINI Fabio ITA
KUBLER Jason AUS v Lucky Loser (Q)
Lucky Loser (Q) v CRESSY Maxime USA
MCDONALD Mackenzie USA v KORDA Sebastian USA [24]
ZAPATA MIRALLES Bernabe ESP [32] v SCHWARTZMAN Diego ARG
ISNER John USA v BORGES Nuno POR
CARBALLES BAENA Roberto ESP v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
VESELY Jiri CZE v TSITSIPAS Stefanos GRE [5]
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DJOKOVIC Novak SRB [3] v KOVACEVIC Aleksandar USA
FUCSOVICS Marton HUN v GRENIER Hugo FRA (W)
VAN ASSCHE Luca FRA v CECCHINATO Marco ITA
FILS Arthur FRA (W) v DAVIDOVICH FOKINA Alejandro ESP [29]
BAUTISTA AGUT Roberto ESP [19] v WU Yibing CHN
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v VARILLAS Juan Pablo PER
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v GRIEKSPOOR Tallon NED
GOFFIN David BEL v HURKACZ Hubert POL [13]
KHACHANOV Karen [11] v LESTIENNE Constant FRA
KYPSON Patrick USA (W) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
WAWRINKA Stan SUI v RAMOS-VINOLAS Albert ESP
KOKKINAKIS Thanasi AUS (W) v EVANS Daniel GBR [20]
SHELTON Ben USA [30] v SONEGO Lorenzo ITA
MANNARINO Adrian FRA v HUMBERT Ugo FRA
CAZAUX Arthur FRA (W) v MOUTET Corentin FRA
DJERE Laslo SRB v RUBLEV Andrey [7]
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RUNE Holger DEN [6] v EUBANKS Christopher USA
MONFILS Gael FRA v BAEZ Sebastian ARG
MPETSHI PERRICARD Giovanni FRA (W) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v KECMANOVIC Miomir SRB [31]
CERUNDOLO Francisco ARG [23] v MUNAR Jaume ESP
MONTEIRO Thiago BRA v BONZI Benjamin FRA
GASQUET Richard FRA v RINDERKNECH Arthur FRA
MMOH Michael USA v FRITZ Taylor USA [9]
PAUL Tommy USA [16] v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
JARRY Nicolas CHI v DELLIEN Hugo BOL
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v GIRON Marcos USA
LEHECKA Jiri CZE v STRUFF Jan-Lennard GER [21]
VAN DE ZANDSCHULP Botic NED [25] v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
ZHANG Zhizhen CHN v LAJOVIC Dusan SRB
BUBLIK Alexander KAZ v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v RUUD Casper NOR [4]
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SINNER Jannik ITA [8] v MULLER Alexandre FRA
ALTMAIER Daniel GER v HUESLER Marc-Andrea SUI
RUUSUVUORI Emil FIN v BARRERE Gregoire FRA
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v DIMITROV Grigor BUL [28]
ZVEREV Alexander GER [22] v HARRIS Lloyd RSA
GASTON Hugo FRA (W) v MOLCAN Alex SVK
POPYRIN Alexei AUS v Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q)
KRAJINOVIC Filip SRB v TIAFOE Frances USA [12]
CORIC Borna CRO [15 v CORIA Federico ARG
THIEM Dominic AUT v CACHIN Pedro ARG
DRAPER Jack GBR v ETCHEVERRY Tomas Martin ARG
IVASHKA Ilya v DE MINAUR Alex AUS [18]
NISHIOKA Yoshihito JPN [27] v WOLF J.J. USA
PURCELL Max AUS v THOMPSON Jordan AUS
HALYS Quentin FRA v PELLA Guido ARG
Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) v MEDVEDEV Daniil [2]
Check the pictures below for the Women’s singles French open Full Draw.
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