French Open draw LIVE: Latest updates as Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz learn fate

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 draw

• Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament through injury

• Carlos Alcaraz (1) and Daniil Medvedev (2) will play qualifiers in the first round of the men’s tournament

• Novak Djokovic is drawn in Alcaraz’s side of the bracket and faces Aleksandar Kovacevic

• Iga Swiatek (1) plays Cristina Bucsa in the first round, Aryna Sabalenka (2) takes on Marta Kostyuk

• British No. 1 Cameron Norrie will play France’s Benoit Paire

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz learn path to French Open meeting

14:01 , Mike Jones

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz could meet in the French Open semi-finals after they were drawn in the same half of the men’s tournament, while defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek was handed a tough route to the final.

Djokovic and Alcaraz have met just once since the Spaniard burst onto the scene on his way to becoming world No 1 last season - with the 19-year-old winning in three sets at the Madrid Open last April.

Alcaraz was absent for Djokovic’s Australian Open victory in January due to injury, while the 36-year-old Djokovic missed Alcaraz’s US Open win last season because of his Covid vaccine status.

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz learn path to French Open meeting

French Open full draws

14:06 , Mike Jones

For the full draws of the men’s and women’s singles tournament follow the links from the Roland Garros Twitter page below:

A sexism ‘fiasco’ hangs over the French Open — its response will be telling

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Tennis has a new big three.

Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina arrive at the French Open as the winners of the previous three grand slams in the women’s singles, and with a clear gap having opened up over the rest of the field.

In the past six months, they have met in the latter stages of the biggest tournaments, with the variety of their individual match-ups delivering contests of the highest calibre, resetting the power rankings. A year on from Swiatek storming to a second French Open title and looking a level above the rest, it no longer appears to be a conversation of one.

The sport needed this.

With so much change coming at the top of the game over the past two years, women’s tennis had reached the point where it needed a rivalry.

It now has three in one, its own triumvirate, which will be enhanced should Swiatek, Sabalenka and Rybakina continue to compete against each other for the grand slams, beginning with Roland Garros over the next fortnight. But the reason why this year’s French Open is important is not to do with rivalries.

The tournament will be under a scrutinous eye as it looks to respond to controversy, stemming from last year’s French Open to the events of recent weeks.

A sexism ‘fiasco’ hangs over the French Open — its response will be telling

French Open 2023 draw live

13:56 , Mike Jones

And in the men’s draw, this is how the quarter-finals could line-up:

Alcaraz vs. Tsitsipas

Djokovic vs. Rublev

Rune vs. Ruud

Sinner vs. Medvedev

French Open 2023 draw live

13:52 , Mike Jones

Take a look at these potential quarter-final match ups in the women’s draw:

Swiatek vs. Gauff

Rybakina vs. Jabeur

Sakkari vs. Pegula

Garcia vs. Sabalenka

French Open 2023 draw live

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The British players have their opponents too.

Cameron Norrie takes on France’s Benoit Paire in the first half of the draw.

Dan Evans has a difficult first round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis, also in the same side of the draw as Norrie, Djokovic and Alcaraz.

Jack Draper meanwhile plays Tomas Martin Etcheverry from Argentina in the second half of the draw.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Holger Rune (6) is put in the second half of the draw and faces Christopher Eubanks from the USA.

On the same side of the draw Jannik Sinner (8) plays Alexandre Muller.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) plays Jiri Vesely.

Andre Rublev (7) faces Laslo Djere.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Novak Djokovic (3) is the first name out of the pot, he is placed in the first half of the draw with Carlos Alcaraz and will face Aleksandar Kovacevic in the opening round.

Casper Ruud (4) takes on a qualifier too.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Antoine Dupont is back up on the podium to draw the next lot of names.

First though Carlos Alcaraz (1) and Daniil Medvedev (2) is drawn against an unknown qualifiers.

French Open 2023 draw live

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After a quick pause to make sure the women’s draw was legitimate, it was, we’re now onto the men’s bracket.

As before the non-seeded players are drawn first at random.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Some of the other big draws are as follows:

Victoria Azarenka (18) vs Bianca Andreescu

Veronika Kudermetova (11) vs Anna Karolina Schmeidlova

Petra Kvitova (10) vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Daria Kasatkina (9) vs Jule Niemeier

French Open 2023 draw live

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The eighth seed Maria Sakkari takes on Karolina Muchova with fifth seed Caroline Garcia facing Xiyu Wang from China.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Coco Gauff is drawn on the same side of the draw as Iga Swiatek and will take on Rebeka Masarova.

Ons Jabeur meanwhile is drawn against Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Jessica Pegula, the No. 3 seed, will play the USA’s Danielle Collins in the opening round and is on the same side of the draw as Sabalenka.

Elena Rybakina is drawn against one of the 20 qualifiers.

French Open 2023 draw live

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Iga Switek is placed on the first line and will take on Cristina Bucsa in the first round.

Aryna Sabalenka is drawn against Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine.

French Open 2023 draw live

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It seems as though French international rugby star Antoine Dupont will be helping to draw the remaining players.

French Open 2023 draw live

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The non-seeded players will be drawn first at random.

There’s a lot of them so we’ll focus on who the big names in the women’s game get drawn against.

The seeded players will be added into the bracket in a specific order with the No. 1 seed, Iga Swiatek placed in the first line and the No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka placed on the 128th.

French Open 2023 draw live

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The bracket for the women’s singles tournament will be drawn first.

French Open 2023 draw live

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After the welcome from the president there’s a highlights package of last years’s tournament which saw Rafa Nadal lift the trophy for a 14th time while Iga Swiatek won her second French Open title.

French Open 2023 draw live

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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

13:02 , Mike Jones

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

12:56 , Mike Jones

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

Rafael Nadal sights set on 2024 farewell tour after pulling out of French Open

12:52 , Mike Jones

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

Can Swiatek defend her title?

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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?

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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?

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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

12:36 , Mike Jones

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

The women’s seeds

12:32 , Mike Jones

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:

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

The men’s seeds

12:28 , Mike Jones

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:

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

Who are the top seeds at the French Open?

12:24 , Mike Jones

Carlos Alcaraz is the top men’s seed despite an early exit at the Italian Open, as he overtook Novak Djokovic as world No. 1 after the tournament.

Daniil Medvedev moved up to world No. 2 following his victory in Italy and will be the second seed with Djokovic third ahead of last year’s French Open runner-up Casper Ruud.

The top two women’s seeds are Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka.

Swiatek is the defending champion and is aiming for a third French Open title, while world No. 2 Sabalenka will be looking to make it past the third round for the first time.

Jessica Pegula is the third seed ahead of Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

Why a reset for Emma Raducanu can be a step in the right direction

12:20 , Mike Jones

As Emma Raducanu sat down in Madrid last month, the British No 1 was determined to give away as little as possible. The former US Open champion was asked 16 questions, ranging from her fitness ahead of the clay court tournament to her friendship with fellow British player Jodie Burrage, and Raducanu replied with a total of 58 words.

After a series of short, sharp returns down the line, the press conference was cut short. A few hours later, Raducanu withdrew from Madrid due to a right hand injury. Raducanu posted an update from a hospital bed, her right hand wrapped in a cast.

The news that the 20-year-old will miss the “next few months”, including Wimbledon, as she undergoes surgeries on both hands and her ankle belatedly provided some answers. Raducanu had been dealing with a recurring injury on a bone on the top of both hands, and had been playing through pain for the past 10 months.

In Madrid, her frustration could no longer be downplayed.

Why a reset for Emma Raducanu can be a step in the right direction

The British hopefuls

12:16 , Mike Jones

With both Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu withdrawing from the French Open, Britain will have four players competing to win the title. Here’s a look at how they should fare:

4. Kyle Edmund

The road back from a long-term knee injury that required three operations has been slow for Edmund, who is ranked down at 445.

A protected ranking of 48 has allowed him to enter the French Open for the first time since 2019 and he will hope for a more favourable draw than in recent major tournaments.

The former world number 14 is yet to win a tour level match this year but he has had some success at lower levels and, at 28, still has time on his side if his knee allows.

The British hopefuls

12:12 , Mike Jones

With both Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu withdrawing from the French Open, Britain will have four players competing to win the title. Here’s a look at how they should fare:

3. Jack Draper

There have been more glimpses this season of what a phenomenal player the 21-year-old left-hander could be, including victories over Murray and Evans in Indian Wells.

But frustratingly he has again been restricted by physical problems, the latest an abdominal injury that dogged him for two months.

Like his good friend Raducanu, the most important priority for Draper, who will be making his Roland Garros debut, is ensuring his body is not his most difficult opponent.

The British hopefuls

12:08 , Mike Jones

With both Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu withdrawing from the French Open, Britain will have four players competing to win the title. Here’s a look at how they should fare:

2. Dan Evans

A committed ‘clayphobe’ for most of his career, Evans has found his feet on the red stuff over the last couple of seasons and finally won his first match at Roland Garros last year.

After a difficult spell post Australian Open when he lost five straight matches, clay has seen the 33-year-old hit form, with runs to the semi-finals of ATP events in Marrakech and Barcelona keeping him in the top 25.

The British hopefuls

12:04 , Mike Jones

With both Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu withdrawing from the French Open, Britain will have four players competing to win the title. Here’s a look at how they should fare:

1. Cameron Norrie

The British number one’s form has tailed off after a spectacular start to the season, which included victories over Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz - the latter bringing him his second biggest title at the ATP Tour event in Rio.

Norrie’s heavy, spinning forehand and athletic prowess make him well suited to clay and his position in the top 16 keeps him away from the big guns through the early rounds.

A place in the second week will be his target.

Andy Murray withdraws from French Open to prioritise Wimbledon buildup

12:00 , Mike Jones

Andy Murray has withdrawn from this year’s French Open, it is understood.

The second grand slam of the year begins next week, but after struggling to find his best form on clay in recent weeks, the Scot will prioritise a busy grass-court schedule in the build-up to Wimbledon.

Murray was beaten in the first round of the Italian Open and earlier this week made another early exit on clay after losing to Stan Wawrinka at an ATP Challenger event in Bordeaux.

The 36-year-old is understood to still be considering which tournaments to target and they may include Surbiton from June 4-11 and then Queen’s from June 19-25. Wimbledon is scheduled to start on July 3.

Andy Murray withdraws from French Open to prioritise Wimbledon buildup

French Open draw live

11:26 , Mike Jones

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of the French Open draw that will decide the brackets for the second grand slam of the year.

The draw will take place around 1pm BST and will determine the opponents for the first round as well as the routes the favourites will need to navigate in order to reach the final.

The defending men’s champion, Rafael Nadal, has withdrawn from the tournament and will not feature at Roland Garros for the first time since 2005 meaning that Carlos Alcaraz, the world No. 1, is the favourite to win. He is seeded first in the men’s draw with Italian Open champion Daniil Medvedev second and Novak Djokovic third.

Britain’s Cameron Norrie is the 14th seed and will fly the flag for the UK after both Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu pulled out of the grand slam.

In the women’s event Iga Swiatek will attempt to defend her title and win the French Open for a third time. She’s the No. 1 seed but will face strong competition from the likes of orld No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.

The tournament starts on May 28th and runs until June 11th.