French Open draw LIVE: Latest updates as Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz learn fate
Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu have all withdrawn due to injury
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Your support makes all the difference.Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz could meet in the French Open semi-finals after they were drawn in the same half of the tournament, while defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek was handed a tough route to the final.
British No 1 Cameron Norrie could face Alcaraz in the fourth round, with Stefanos Tsitsipas a potential quarter-final opponent for the 20-year-old Spaniard. Djokovic, who will attempt to win a record 23rd grand slam title in Paris, was drawn in the same quarter as Andrey Rublev.
In the women’s draw, defending champion Swiatek and Barbora Krejcikova - the winners of the last three women’s singles titles at Roland Garros - could meet in the fourth round, with Victoria Azarenka also a potential opponent at that stage.
Swiatek is also projected to play Coco Gauff in the quarter-finals - in what would be a rematch of last year’s final - while the Pole also landed in the same half of the draw as Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina - who has won all three of their meetings this season.
Follow all the updates from the French Open draw:
French Open 2023 draw live
The opening statement mentions the men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal and how he isn’t able to take part this year to defend his title.
The 14-time champion has never missed the French Open, holding an astonishing 112-3 record but he has not appeared on the match court since picking up an intractable hip problem during January’s Australian Open.
French Open 2023 draw live
Here we go. The draw for the 2023 French Open is about to get started and can be watched live on the Roland Garros YouTube channel.
We’ll have all the updates here too for you to follow along with.
Ten stars to watch at Roland Garros including Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and more
The French Open starts this weekend and takes place without Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004.
The Spaniard’s withdrawal through injury opens the door for the rest of the men’s field, while two-time champion Iga Swiatek will look to cement her dominance of the women’s event.
Here, we pick out 10 players to watch at Roland Garros:
Ten stars to watch at Roland Garros including Alcaraz and Sabalenka
The likely contenders at the French Open with serial winner Rafael Nadal not taking part
Rafael Nadal sights set on 2024 farewell tour after pulling out of French Open
Rafael Nadal admitted he is staring at the end of his tennis career after announcing he will miss the French Open and the majority of the season ahead of what he expects to be a farewell tour in 2024.
The 22-time grand-slam champion has not played since his second-round exit at the Australian Open in January.
Nadal struggled with a hip injury during the straight-sets defeat to Mackenzie McDonald and the ongoing issue has failed to recover sufficiently in order for the 36-year-old to chase a 15th title at Roland Garros.
It means the Spaniard, who has only lost three matches on the Parisian clay, will miss the tournament for the first time since 2004 but he admitted during a press conference at his academy in Manacor that it feels the only option.
Rafael Nadal sights set on 2024 farewell tour after pulling out of French Open
The 22-time grand slam champion has been sidelined since January with a hip injury.
Can Swiatek defend her title?
Iga Swiatek is the favourite to regain her French Open title and lift the trophy for a third time. She was the dominant force in the tournament last year but can she repeat that performance this time around?
What is the French Open schedule?
The French Open will run for 15 days and see plenty of tennis action on the famous clay courts of Roland Garros. Here’s the upcoming schedule for the second grand slam of the year:
- First round: May 28-30
- Second round: May 31-June 1
- Third round: June 2-3
- Fourth round: June 4-5
- Quarter-finals: June 6-7
- Women’s semi-finals: June 8
- Men’s semi-finals: June 9
- Women’s final: June 10
- Men’s final: June 11
How does the French Open draw work?
There are 128 players in the men’s and women’s singles draws. 32 seeded players are in the 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 whilst the top four seeds can only meet in the semi-finals. If the seeds make it through each round then the top eight seeds would all reach the quarter-finals.
No British women in French Open singles draw as hopefuls beaten in qualifying
Katie Boulter produced a gutsy display against Ashlyn Krueger but failed to serve out for the match as she was beaten in the second qualifying round for the French Open.
On a difficult day for Britons attempting to progress into the Roland Garros main draw, Boulter joined Harriet Dart, Fran Jones, Liam Broady, Ryan Peniston and Jan Choinski in losing in Paris.
It means only Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund and Jack Draper will fly the flag for Britain in the second major of 2023, following Andy Murray’s withdrawal and Emma Raducanu’s recent fitness woes.
Boutler had been seeded 24th for qualifying but lost out 2-6 6-2 6-7 (6) to Krueger after a lengthy battle.
No British women in French Open singles draw as hopefuls beaten in qualifying
Six British hopefuls saw their qualifying dreams end at Roland Garros on Wednesday
The women’s seeds
There are 16 seeded players in the French Open draw for both the men’s and the women’s competitions.
They are determined by the ATP and WTA rankings the week before the tournament starts and in theory are the best 16 players in the tournament. Should each of the seeds make it to the quarter-finals they would then start to face each other.
Here are all the seeded players for the women’s draw:
- Iga Swiatek
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina
- Caroline Garcia
- Coco Gauff
- Ons Jabeur
- Maria Sakkari
- Daria Kasatkina
- Petra Kvitova
- Veronika Kudermetova
- Belinda Bencic
- Barbora Krejcikova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Karolina Pliskova
The men’s seeds
There are 16 seeded players in the French Open draw for both the men’s and the women’s competitions.
They are determined by the ATP and WTA rankings the week before the tournament starts and in theory are the best 16 players in the tournament. Should each of the seeds make it to the quarter-finals they would then start to face each other.
Here are all the seeded players for the men’s draw:
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Novak Djokovic
- Casper Ruud
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Holger Rune
- Andrey Rublev
- Jannik Sinner
- Taylor Fritz
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Karen Khachanov
- Frances Tiafoe
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Cameron Norrie
- Borna Coric
- Tommy Paul
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