French Open draw: Jannik Sinner primed for career Grand Slam as Aryna Sabalenka seeks first Paris title
French Open round one draw: See below for who Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Cameron Norrie, Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter, Coco Gauff will face; Watch ATP and WTA Tours live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app
Thursday 21 May 2026 17:46, UK
Jannik Sinner will face French wild card Clement Tabur in the first round of the French Open, which starts on Sunday May 24, seeking to clinch a career Grand Slam.
Sinner was runner-up in last year's final, losing an epic contest to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz - the longest French Open final on record.
The Italian won Australian and US Open titles in 2024 and Wimbledon in 2025, adding a second Australian title in 2025 too, leaving Roland Garros as his final Grand Slam to conquer.
Defending champion Alcaraz - 2024 and 2025 champion - has confirmed he will miss this year's tournament at Roland Garros due to a wrist injury, and will also miss Wimbledon in July.
- Injured Carlos Alcaraz ruled out of Wimbledon
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Elsewhere, 2023 French Open champion Novak Djokovic starts by facing Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in Paris - and is crucially drawn onto the opposite side to Sinner - while 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar will play American Aleksandar Kovacevic.
British No 1 Cameron Norrie will begin his campaign against Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguay.
Jacob Fearnley, the only British unseeded player, will begin his campaign against Juan Manuel Cerundolo, and could then face Sinner in the second round.
Meanwhile, Winchester's Toby Samuel came through qualifying to reach his first Grand Slam main draw
The 23-year-old had the biggest ranking leap of any male player last year and has jumped 1,708 places to 159 since the start of 2025.
Raducanu steers clear of favourites
On the women's side of the draw, Britain's Emma Raducanu faces Argentina's Sierra Solana, while compatriots Katie Boulter and Fran Jones face American wild card Akasha Urhobo and Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia respectively.
The British No 1 was unseeded after slipping to 37 in the rankings and arrives at Roland Garros with a single clay-court match under her belt after losing in the first round at Strasbourg to Diane Parry.
Raducanu will be hoping for a return to form on the big stage and her prospects are boosted by a first-time meeting with the 21-year-old Argentinian, who fell at the first hurdle last year in her maiden appearance in the main draw.
A potential meeting with 13th seed Jasmine Paolini awaits in the second round, should the Italian see off Dayana Yastremska.
Defending champion Coco Gauff starts by facing fellow American Taylor Townsend.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, runner-up at Roland Garros in 2025 after defeat to Gauff, is still in search of her first French Open triumph, and faces Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the first round.
Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek plays Australian wildcard Emerson Jones and second seed Elena Rybakina faces Veronika Erjavec
Men's singles draw - first round in full (seedings in brackets)
Jannik Sinner (1) vs Corentin Tabur
Jacob Fearnley vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo
Martin Landaluce vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Vit Kopriva vs Corentin Moutet (30)
Arthur Rinderknech (22) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Marton Fucsovics vs Matteo Berrettini
Ethan Quinn vs Francisco Comesana
Sebastian Ofner vs Luciano Darderi (14)
Alexander Bublik (9) vs Jan-Lennard Struff
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Denis Shapovalov
Jaume Munar vs Hubert Hurkacz
Eliot Spizzirri vs Frances Tiafoe (19)
Tallon Griekspoor (29) vs Matteo Arnaldi
Alexandre Muller vs Stefanos Tsitsipas
Raphael Collignon vs Aleksandar Vukic
Daniel Merida vs Ben Shelton (5)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (4) vs Daniel Altmaier
Sebastian Baez vs Roman Andres Burruchaga
Luca Van Assche vs Patrick Kypson
Roberto Bautista Agut vs Brandon Nakashima (31)
Cameron Norrie (20) vs Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
Marin Cilic vs Moise Kouame
Alejandro Tabilo vs Kamil Majchrzak
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Valentin Vacherot (16)
Flavio Cobolli (10) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Yibing Wu vs Marcos Giron
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Zhizhen Zhang
Cristian Garin vs Learner Tien (18)
Francisco Cerundolo (25) vs Botic van de Zandschulp
Hugo Gaston vs Gael Monfils
Alexei Popyrin vs Zachary Svajda
Adam Walton vs Daniil Medvedev (6)
Alex de Minaur (8) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Alexander Blockx vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Mariano Navone vs Jenson Brooksby
Titouan Droguet vs Jakub Mensik (26)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (23) vs Nuno Borges
Miomir Kecmanovic vs Fabian Marozsan
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli
Ignacio Buse vs Andrey Rublev (11)
Casper Ruud (15) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Hamad Medjedovic vs Yannick Hanfmann
Lorenzo Sonego vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Rinky Hijikata vs Tommy Paul (24)
Joao Fonseca (28) vs Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Dino Prizmic
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Valentin Royer
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs Novak Djokovic (3)
Taylor Fritz (7) vs Nishesh Basavareddy
Alexander Shevchenko vs Alex Michelsen
James Duckworth vs Gabriel Diallo
Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Rafael Jodar (27)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (21) vs Damir Dzumhur
Lucky Loser vs Thaigo Agustin Tirante
Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Terence Atmane
Pablo Carreno Busta vs Jiri Lekecha (12)
Karen Khachanov (13) vs Arthur Gea
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Marco Trungelliti
Qualifier/Lucky Loser vs Reilly Opelka
Stan Wawrinka vs Arthur Fils (17)
Ugo Humbert (32) vs Adrian Mannarino
Quentin Halys vs Mattia Bellucci
Tomas Machac vs Zizou Bergs
Benjamin Bonzi vs Alexander Zverev (2)
Women's singles draw - first round in full
Aryna Sabalenka (1) vs Qualifier
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs Elsa Jacquemot
Daria Kasatkina vs Zeynep Sonmez
Qualifier vs Cristina Bucsa (31)
Iva Jovic vs Alexandra Eala
Emma Navarro vs Talia Gibson
Donna Vekic vs Aubane Tubello
Laura Siegemund vs Naomi Osaka (16)
Victoria Mboko vs Nikola Bartunkova
Simona Waltert vs Katerina Siniakova
Antonia Ruzic vs Qualifier
Hanne Vandewinkel vs Madison Keys (19)
Diana Shnaider (25) vs Renata Zarazua
Qualifier vs McCartney Kessler
Qualifier vs Oleksandra Oliynykova
Kimberly Birrell vs Jessica Pegula (5)
Coco Gauff (4) vs Taylor Townsend
Dalma Galfi vs Qualifier
Wildcard vs Katie Boulter
Maya Joint vs Anastasia Potapova (28)
Anna Kalinskaya (22) vs Lois Boisson
Qualifier vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Talia Gibson vs Yulia Putintseva
Camila Osorio vs Ekaterina Alexandrova (14)
Linda Noskova (12) vs Maria Sakkari
Qualifier vs Moyuka Uchijima
Qualifier vs Qinwen Zheng
Tatjana Maria vs Elise Mertens (23)
Ann Li (30) vs Shuai Zhang
Anhelina Kalinina vs Diane Parry
Julia Grabher vs Qualifier
Wildcard vs Amanda Anisimova (6)
Elina Svitolina (7) vs Anna Bondar
Qualifier vs Wildcard
Sara Sorribes Tormo vs Tamara Korpatsch
Lilli Tagger vs Xinyu Wang (32)
Clara Tauson (21) vs Daria Snigur
Sofia Kenin vs Peyton Stearns
Ajla Tomljanovic vs Caty McNally
Qualifier vs Belinda Bencic (11)
Marta Kostyuk (15) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva
Katie Volynets vs Clara Burel
Wildcard vs Panna Udvardy
Viktorija Golubic vs Alycia Parks
Leylah Fernandez (24) vs Jelena Ostapenko
Ella Seidel vs Tereza Valentova
Magda Linette vs Sara Bejlek
Qualifier vs Iga Swiatek (3)
Mirra Andreeva (8) vs Fiona Ferro
Qualifier vs Emiliana Arango
Fran Jones vs Beatriz Haddad Maia
Qualifier vs Marie Bouzkova (27)
Liudmila Samsonova (20) vs Jil Teichmann
Magdalena Frech vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Kamilla Rakhimova vs Jaqueline Cristian
Anastasia Zakharova vs Karolina Muchova (10)
Jasmine Paolini (13) vs Dayana Yastremska
Emma Raducanu vs Solana Sierra
Petra Marcinko vs Eva Lys
Wildcard vs Sorana Cirstea (18)
Hailey Baptiste (26) vs Barbora Krejcikova
Danka Kovinic vs Wildcard
Anna Blinkova vs Yuliia Starodubtseva
Veronika Erjavec vs Elena Rybakina (2)
French Open 2026 schedule
The tournament begins on Sunday May 24 and will wrap up with the men's singles final on Sunday June 7.
- First round: May 24 - 26
- Second round: May 27- 28
- Third round: May 29 - 30
- Fourth round: May 31 - June 1
- Quarter-finals: June 2 - June 3
- Semi-finals (Women): June 4
- Semi-finals (Men): June 5
- Final (Women): June 6
- Final (Men): June 7
What is the prize money?
Top players have expressed "their deep disappointment" at the French Open prize money.
Open organisers announced an overall prize money increase by about 10 per cent for an overall pot of 61.7 million euros (£53.7 million).
The total amount is up 5.3 million euros from last year. But the players said their share of Roland Garros revenue has declined from 15.5 per cent in 2024 to 14.9 per cent projected in 2026.
The Australian Open this year increased the players' pay by 16 per cent, and the US Open last year went up by 20 per cent.
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