French Open draw: Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev to face qualifiers, Novak Djokovic takes on Aleksandar Kovacevic

ByEurosport

Updated 25/05/2023 at 14:33 GMT

Carlos Alcaraz will begin his quest for a maiden French Open title with a first-round match against a qualifier. The second seed and two-time French Open winner Novak Djokovic has been handed a tie against Aleksandar Kovacevic. Alcaraz and Djokovic are the two favourites to win the tournament after the withdrawal of 14-time winner Rafael Nadal. The French Open begins on May 28.

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Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face a qualifier in the first round of the French Open.

Alcaraz is among the favourites to win at Roland-Garros, alongside Novak Djokovic, after 14-time champion Rafael Nadal announced he would not defend his title owing to injury.

Djokovic is seeded third and will begin his quest for a third title at Roland-Garros with a match against Aleksandar Kovacevic

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Daniil Medvedev is on the opposite side of the draw to Alcaraz and Djokovic. The Russian has shown improvement on his least favoured surface, winning the Rome Masters last week, and he will start second seed with an encounter – like Alcaraz – against a qualifier.

Holger Rune is seeded sixth, with Christopher Eubanks awaiting him in the first round.

Britain’s Cameron Norrie starts with a match against Benoit Paire, Dan Evans faces Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jack Draper begins against Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

Qualifying concludes on Friday.

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]

How does the French Open draw work?

There are 128 players in the men’s and women’s singles draws.

There are 32 seeded players in each draw, which are determined by the ATP and WTA rankings the week before the tournament starts.

Those seeds will be drawn apart and cannot face each other for the first few rounds of the tournament. The top seed and the second seed can only meet in the final, and the top four seeds can only meet in the semi-finals. If the seeds hold, then the top eight seeds would all reach the quarter-finals.

French Open seeds - top 16

Men's seeds

1 - Carlos Alcaraz
2 - Daniil Medvedev
3 - Novak Djokovic
4 - Casper Ruud
5 - Stefanos Tsitsipas
6 - Holger Rune
7 - Andrey Rublev
8 - Jannik Sinner
9 - Taylor Fritz
10 - Felix Auger-Aliassime
11 - Karen Khachanov
12 - Frances Tiafoe
13 - Hubert Hurkacz
14 - Cameron Norrie
15 - Borna Coric
16 - Tommy Paul

Women's seeds

1 - Iga Swiatek
2 - Aryna Sabalenka
3 - Jessica Pegula
4 - Elena Rybakina
5 - Caroline Garcia
6 - Coco Gauff
7 - Ons Jabeur
8 - Maria Sakkari
9 - Daria Kasatkina
10 - Petra Kvitova
11 - Veronika Kudermetova
12 - Belinda Bencic
13 - Barbora Krejcikova
14 - Beatriz Haddad Maia
15 - Liudmila Samsonova
16 - Karolina Pliskova

What’s the French Open schedule?

All times are UK time

Men’s and women’s first round - May 28, 29, 30 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.30pm on May 29 and 30)
Men’s and women’s second round - May 31, June 1 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.30pm)
Men’s and women’s third round - June 2, 3 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.30pm)
Men’s and women’s fourth round - June 4, 5 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.30pm)
Men's and women’s quarter-finals - June 6, 7 (play starts 10am, night session scheduled to start at 7.30pm)
Women’s semi-finals - June 8 (play starts 2pm)
Men's semi-finals - June 9 (play starts 1.45pm)
Women's final - June 10 (2pm)
Men's final - June 11 (2pm)

You can view the full schedule here.

Will Rafael Nadal be fit for the French Open?

Rafael Nadal will not be defending his title at the French Open.

Nadal originally said he would miss up to eight weeks after suffering a grade two iliopsoas tear at the Australian Open in January.

However, he has not played any matches since and he has confirmed he will not play in Paris.

As the defending champion at the French Open, Nadal has 2,000 ranking points to defend, so he will drop out of the top 100 in the world rankings following the tournament.

Nadal’s exit leaves Djokovic and Alcaraz as the leading contenders for the Grand Slam.

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