The lads’s and ladies’s attracts for the 2026 French Open have been accomplished.
Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic are among the many males’s title favourites in Paris (Picture: Getty)
Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner are in reverse halves of the French Open draw and will meet within the closing subsequent month – however the Serbian has nonetheless been given a really troublesome path to the championship match. Djokovic has been given a blockbuster first-round conflict in opposition to big-hitting French big Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard whereas world No.1 Sinner, who’s on an excellent run of kind, takes on French wildcard Clement Tabur in his opener.
With defending males’s champion Carlos Alcaraz absent via damage, Sinner and Djokovic are among the many fundamental title favourites. And to satisfy the Italian within the closing, 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic may first run into highly-rated younger Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca in spherical three. If he wins that, the 38-year-old may face two-time runner-up at this Slam, Casper Ruud, in spherical 4. Alexander Zverev is a attainable semi-final opponent.
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Sinner’s path to the ultimate means he stands to face the winner of Britain’s Jacob Fearnley vs Manuel Cerundolo in spherical two. He may face Ben Shelton or Alexander Bublik within the quarter-finals earlier than a possible semi-final showdown with Daniil Medvedev.
After Fearnley, the 2 different British males within the draw are twentieth seed Cameron Norrie, who performs Paraguayan Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, and qualifier Toby Samuel. For the reason that begin of 2025, Samuel has risen by 1,708 locations to 159th within the present rankings. His opponent has but to be confirmed.
Veteran Gael Monfils, in his closing French Open look, takes on fellow Frenchman Hugo Gaston in a battle of the wildcards. Whereas Stan Wawrinka, 41, will go head-to-head with the in-form residence hope Arthur Fils in an exciting first-round match because the Swiss legend additionally says farewell to the match.
Alcaraz will miss this 12 months’s match attributable to a wrist damage on his proper hand. The Spaniard defined final week that he may also miss Wimbledon due to the difficulty.
British No.2 Jack Draper and world No.11 Lorenzo Musetti are among the many different notable absentees. The whole draw could be discovered under.
The highest half of the 2026 males’s French Open draw (Picture: French Open)
The underside half of the 2026 males’s French Open draw (Picture: French Open)
Within the ladies’s draw, all three British gamers have prevented taking part in seeds within the first spherical. Emma Raducanu will tackle Argentina’s Sierra Solana, ranked sixty fourth on the earth, with Katie Boulter paired in opposition to wildcard Akasha Urhobo.
Francesca Jones takes on Beatriz Haddad Maia, although, who reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros again in 2023. The ladies’s prime seed, world No.1, Aryna Sabalenka will begin her title bid in opposition to the 51st-ranked Jessica Bouzas.
Defending champion Coco Gauff takes on fellow American Taylor Townsend whereas Iga Swiatek performs Australian 17-year-old Emerson Jones. Elina Svitolina takes on Anna Bondar, who she beat within the first spherical final 12 months.
Svitolina additionally defeated the Hungarian No.1 in spherical two at Wimbledon in 2025 however then misplaced within the opening spherical of the US Open to the identical opponent two months later. The pair met on the current Madrid Open the place Bondar once more gained. The total draw could be discovered under.
Projected males’s quarter-finals (based mostly on seeding):
(1) Sinner vs Shelton (5)
(4) Auger-Aliassime vs Medvedev (6)
(3) Djokovic vs de Minaur (8)
(2) Zverev vs Fritz (7)
Projected Ladies’s quarter-finals (based mostly on seeding):
(1) Sabalenka vs Pegula (5)
(4) Gauff vs Anisimova (6)
(3) Swiatek vs Svitolina (7)
(2) Rybakina vs Andreeva (8)
The highest half of the 2026 ladies’s French Open draw (Picture: French Open)
The underside half of the 2026 ladies’s French Open draw (Picture: French Open)
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