The season’s second grand slam event — the French Open — is here, with 128 players in each of the men’s and women’s singles draws looking to lift the title at Roland Garros. Here’s everything you need to know.
Today’s schedule
Men’s singles bracket | Women’s singles bracket
Tuesday’s entire slate of singles matches, from 10am BST.
MEN’S
Lorenzo Musetti (8) vs. Frances Tiafoe (15)
Tommy Paul (12) vs. Carlos Alcaraz (2)
WOMEN’S
Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs. Zheng Qinwen (8)
Elina Svitolina (13) vs Iga Swiatek (5)
Key details and how to watch
Dates: May 25 to June 8
Venue: Roland Garros, Paris
How to watch: The French Open will be broadcast live on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK. You can also follow live updates on ESPN.
How have British players fared?
British tennis entered the French Open with a little more optimisim than usual, with stars Jack Draper, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter all enjoying some success on clay this season.
Draper reached the final of the Madrid Open before losing to Norway’s Casper Ruud in three sets. He then made it to the Italian Open quarterfinals in Rome, only to be stopped by eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.
The 23-year-old had failed to make it past the first round in “The City of Light” after losing his opening matches in the past two years. He enjoyed the best Roland Garros run of his career after wins against Mattia Bellucci, Gael Monfils and Joao Fonseca, but was beaten by Alexander Bublik in the fourth round.
In the women’s draw, Raducanu seemed to have put aside her aversions to clay and managed to earn some success — the highlight of which came at the Italian Open where she won three matches in a row on the surface for the first time in her career before she was stopped in her tracks in Rome by American Coco Gauff.
Raducanu suffered an injury scare just four days before the French Open in a three-set defeat to Danielle Collins in Strasbourg, but battled through to the second round at Roland Garros via a gutsy win over Xinyu Wang. But Raducanu was no match for world No. 5 Iga Swiatek in the second round where she was beaten in straight sets.
Elsewhere, Katie Boulter managed just one win between Madrid and Rome — against world No. 64 Katerina Siniakova. However, she entered the lower-ranked WTA 125k Paris event last week and emerged as the champion, raising hopes that she has finally tuned her game for the surface.
But Boulter’s French Open run ended with a second-round defeat to world No. 8 Madison Keys.
Fellow Brits Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie faced off on Saturday, with Norrie winning inside three sets. He made it into the second week at Roland Garros for the first time.
Jodie Burrage lost to Danielle Collins in the first round, while Sonay Kartal was eliminated in the second.
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British players’ results
MEN’S SINGLES
Jack Draper
First round — beat Mattia Bellucci 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Second round — beat Gael Monfils 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Third round — beat Joao Fonseca 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Fourth round — defeated by Alexander Bublik 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Jacob Fearnley
First round — beat Stan Wawrinka 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2
Second round — beat Ugo Humbert 9-3, 4-4 walkover
Third round — defeated by Cameron Norrie 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-2
Cameron Norrie
First round — beat Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 1-6, 7-5
Second round — beat Federico Agustin Gomez 7-6 (9), 6-2, 6-1
Third round — beat Jacob Fearnley 6-3, 7-6(1), 6-2
Fourth round — defeated by Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Katie Boulter
First round — beat Carole Monnet 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-1
Second round — defeated by Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3
Emma Raducanu
First round — beat Xinyu Wang 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Second round — defeated by Iga Swiatek 6-1, 6-2
Sonay Kartal
First round — beat Erika Andreeva 6-0, 6-2
Second round — defeated by Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 6-4
Jodie Burrage
First round — defeated by Danielle Collins 7-6 (1), 6-4
Who are the favourites?
For the men’s draw, it is hard to look past Italian Open finalists Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz as the clear favourites for the title. It was Alcaraz who took the title in Rome, winning the final in two sets. He is also the reigning champion at Roland Garros.
Don’t look past Sinner, though. Rome marked the world No. 1’s return to tennis after a three-month ban over two positive doping tests in March 2024.
In the women’s draw, the bracket is a little more open.
Iga Swiatek is seeking her fourth straight title at Roland Garros and her fifth in the past six years. However, she has been a level below her imperious best in recent weeks, notably suffering a shock third-round Italian Open defeat to American Danielle Collins.
The contenders to unseat Switaek are numerous. There’s American Coco Gauff, who reached the final in both Madrid and Rome in recent weeks, although she lost each time to Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini, respectively. All three will be eyeing up the title.
There is also 18-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who made the semifinals last year but is embarking on a breakout season that has already seen her win two WTA 1000 events this season.
Prize money
Prize money for the men’s and women’s singles champions is equal at the French Open, with each due to take home £2.1 million out of a combined £47m pot.
The runners-up will earn just over £1m, while prizes decrease for each round thereafter.
Winner: £2,166,912
Runner-up: £1,083,456
Semifinal: £586,341
Quarterfinal: £373,898
Round 4: £225,189
Round 3: £142,761
Round 2: £99,423
Round 1: £66,282
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