When is the French Open draw? Seeds, wildcards and confirmed entry list

The French Open gets underway on Sunday with the clay-court season coming to a climax on the red dirt of Roland-Garros.

In the men’s draw, Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to win his first French Open title and to claim the career Grand Slam in the process, continuing a hugely successful season in which he has already made history as only the second man, and the youngest, to win all nine Masters 1000 titles.

In the absence of arch-rival and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who is absent with a wrist injury, there appear few players who can stop the Italian – although the veteran Novak Djokovic has offered the stiffest competition in recent months and will arrive in Paris with renewed motivation to win an outright record 25th major.

The women’s draw meanwhile is full of potential winners, with defending champion Coco Gauff having had a mixed clay-court season thus far but arriving with a point to prove after a tough defeat in the Italian Open final.

The American returns to action alongside Australian Open champion and last year’s runner-up Aryna Sabalenka, four-time Roland-Garros winner Iga Swiatek, and a rejuvenated Elina Svitolina, who recently won her biggest title in eight years on the clay in Rome to put herself among the contenders.

Here’s everything you need to know:

The French Open draw will take place on Thursday 21 May at 2pm local time, which is 1pm UK time.

Remaining draw

The women’s draw features a stacked field, with all the top 32 in the WTA rankings set to compete in Paris. Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, who has been charged with refusing a doping control test and revealed she had experienced an acute stress reaction during the incident, is not playing. Britain’s Sonay Kartal is out of the remainder of the clay season due to a back injury.

Seeds

Remaining draw

The big name missing is reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz, who has missed out on the second half of the clay season – pulling out of Barcelona and Madrid – and will also skip the grass season.

Lorenzo Musetti has withdrawn, with former champion Stan Wawrinka receiving his place in the main draw rather than a wildcard, as he had previously been allocated. Fellow young stars Holger Rune and Jack Draper are also absent as they continue to recover from injuries.