Andy Murray will play former champion Stan Wawrinka in the first round of the French Open, which starts on Sunday, and 14-time winner Rafael Nadal has been handed his own challenging tie against Alexander Zverev.
In what is likely to be the final appearances at Roland Garros for both players, having each indicated they are set to retire later this year, Murray will have to find a way past Wawrinka, the 2015 champion, in his first appearance in Paris for four years while Nadal faces a blockbuster opener against world No 4 Zverev, who won last week’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia on clay in Rome.
Nadal’s match against Zverev is a rematch of their 2022 semi-final that ended when the German tore ligaments in his right ankle.
Nadal, who like Murray is unseeded, is returning to the tournament he has dominated for the first time since winning his record-extending 14th title two years ago. The Spaniard has been troubled by injuries since the start of 2023 and missed the French Open last year after undergoing hip surgery.
Murray, a finalist in 2016, had looked set to miss out on the year’s second Grand Slam after he injured his ankle in March but returned to action with appearances in Bordeaux and Geneva earlier this month.
World No 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic has been drawn against wildcard Pierre-Hugues Herbert as he chases a record 25th Grand Slam title following a difficult start to 2024.
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Highlights from Novak Djokovic’s win against Yannick Hanfmann on the Serbian’s 37th birthday.
Two-time Grand Slam champion and last year’s losing semi-finalist Carlos Alcaraz begins against a qualifier, while recently-crowned Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner faces American Christopher Eubanks.
British No 1 Cameron Norrie has been drawn against Pavel Kotov, while Dan Evans faces a challenge against Holger Rune, the 13th seed. British No 2 Jack Draper will face a qualifier, meanwhile.
Norrie would meet Murray in the second round were both Britons to advance.
In the women’s draw, reigning champion Iga Swiatek will face a qualifier or a lucky loser and, should she progress, could face the unseeded Naomi Osaka in the second round. Osaka, who is continuing her return to tennis since the birth of her daughter, will first have to overcome Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti.
Second seed Aryna Sabalenka will play Erika Andreeva, while third seed Coco Gauff also faces a qualifier or lucky loser.
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Britain’s No 1 Katie Boulter, who is seeded for the first time in a Grand Slam, will play Spain’s Paula Badosa, who is a former World No 2 but currently ranked 140th.
Harriet Dart, the British No 2, will play 27th seed Linda Noskova.
Men’s Singles Draw – First Round (seedings in brackets)
Novak Djokovic celebrates his fourth French Open title, and his then-record 23rd overall, at the 2023 tournament
Top half
Novak Djokovic (Ser) (1) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra)
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Constant Lestienne (Fra)
Gael Monfils (Fra) v Thiago Seyboth Wild (Bra)
Daniel Elahi Galan (Col) v Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) (30)
Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) (23) v Yannick Hanfmann (Ger)
Qualifier v Christopher O’Connell (Aus)
Fabio Fognini (Ita) v Botic Van de Zandschulp (Ned)
Pedro Cachin (Arg) v Tommy Paul (USA) (14)
Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) (12) v Federico Coria (Arg)
Dusan Lajovic (Ser) v Roman Safiullin (Rus)
Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus)
Qualifier v Adrian Mannarino (Fra) (22)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) (28) v Arthur Cazaux (Fra)
Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) v Adam Walton (Aus)
Qualifier v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa)
Jakub Mensik (Cze) v Casper Ruud (Nor) (7)
Alexander Zverev (Ger) (4) v Rafael Nadal (Spa)
David Goffin (Bel) v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (Fra)
Rinky Hijikata (Aus) v Luciano Darderi (Ita)
MacKenzie McDonald (USA) v Tallon Griekspoor (Ned) (26)
Karen Khachanov (Rus) (18) v Sumit Nagal (Ind)
Qualifier v Marcos Giron (USA)
Flavio Cobolli (Ita) v Qualifier
Daniel Evans (Gbr) v Holger Rune (Den) (13)
Alex De Minaur (Aus) (10) v Alex Michelsen (USA)
Jaume Munar (Spa) v Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
Qualifier v Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Qualifier v Alexander Bublik (Kaz) (19)
Mariano Navone (Arg) (31) v Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa)
Nuno Borges (Por) v Tomas Machac (Cze)
Qualifier v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)
Dominik Koepfer (Ger) v Daniil Medvedev (Rus) (5)
Bottom half
Andrey Rublev (Rus) (6) v Taro Daniel (Jpn)
Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa) v Thiago Agustin Tirante (Arg)
Luca Nardi (Ita) v Alexandre Muller (Fra)
Matteo Arnaldi (Ita) v Arthur Fils (Fra) (29)
Ugo Humbert (Fra) (17) v Lorenzo Sonego (Ita)
Zhizhen Zhang (Chn) v Aleksandar Vukic (Aus)
Laslo Djere (Ser) v Daniel Altmaier (Ger)
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) (9)
Ben Shelton (USA) (15) v Hugo Gaston (Fra)
Kei Nishikori (Jpn) v Qualifier
Max Purcell (Aus) v Qualifier
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) v Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) (21)
Sebastian Korda (USA) (27) v Harold Mayot (Fra)
Emil Ruusuvuori (Fin) v Soon Woo Kwon (Kor)
Jack Draper (Gbr) v Qualifier
Qualifier v Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) (3)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) (8) v Qualifier
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (USA) v Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Luca Van Assche (Fra) v Denis Shapovalov (Can)
Qualifier v Frances Tiafoe (USA) (25)
Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) (24) v Qualifier
Jordan Thompson (Aus) v Maximilian Marterer (Ger)
Fabian Marozsan (Hun) v Qualifier
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) (10)
Nicolas Jarry (Chi) (16) v Corentin Moutet (Fra)
Alexander Shevchenko (Rus) v Aslan Karatsev (Rus)
Terence Atmane (Fra) v Sebastian Ofner (Aut)
Qualifier v Sebastian Baez (Arg) (20)
Cameron Norrie (Gbr) (32) v Pavel Kotov (Rus)
Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Andy Murray (Gbr)
Richard Gasquet (Fra) v Borna Coric (Cro)
Christopher Eubanks (USA) v Jannik Sinner (Ita) (2)
Women’s Singles Draw – First round
Poland’s Iga Swiatek is a three-time French Open champion
Top half
Iga Swiatek (Pol) (1) v Qualifier
Lucia Bronzetti (Ita) v Naomi Osaka (Jpn)
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spa) v Qualifier
Marie Bouzkova (Cze) v Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) (29)
Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) (24) v Viktorija Golubic (Swi)
Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus)
Xin Yu Wang (Chn) v Taylor Townsend (USA)
Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) v Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) (16)
Danielle Collins (USA) (11) v Caroline Dolehide (USA)
Qualifier v Martina Trevisan (Ita)
Donna Vekic (Cro) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr)
Qualifier v Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) (18)
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) (32) v Qualifier
Chloe Paquet (Fra) v Diana Shnaider (Rus)
Qualifier v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser)
Rebeka Masarova (Spa) v Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) (5)
Coco Gauff (USA) (3) v Qualifier
Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) v Qualifier
Yafan Wang (Chn) v Maria Timofeeva (Rus)
Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) (30)
Laura Samsonova (Cze) (7) v Magda Linette (Pol)
Qualifier vs Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Qualifier v Cristina Bucsa (Spa)
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Ita) v Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) (13)
Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) (9) v Jaqueline Adina Cristian (Rom)
Tatjana Maria (Ger) v Clara Tauson (Den)
Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Sofia Kenin (USA)
Qualifier v Caroline Garcia (Fra) (21)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Can) (31) v Jessika Ponchet (Fra)
Xiyu Wang (Chn) v Zhuoxuan Bai (Chi)
Anhelina Kalinina (Ukr) v Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Col)
Sachia Vickery (USA) v Ons Jabeur (Tun) (8)
Bottom half
Qinwen Zheng (Chn) (7) v Alize Cornet (Fra)
Ashlyn Krueger (USA) v Tamara Korpatsch (Ger)
Lin Zhu (Chn) v Elina Avanesyan (Rus)
Anna Blinkova (Rus) v Sorana Cirstea (Rom) (28)
Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) (23) v Clara Burel (Fra)
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa)
Oceane Dodin (Fra) v Kayla Day (USA)
Daria Saville (Aus) v Jasmine Paolini (Ita) (12)
Elina Svitolina (Ukr) (15) v Karolina Pliskova (Cze)
Fiona Ferro (Fra) v Diane Parry (Fra)
Elsa Jacquemot (Fra) v Ana Bogdan (Rom)
Qualifier v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) (20)
Elise Mertens (Bel) (25) v Maria Lourdes Carle (Arg)
Petra Martic (Cro) v Kristina Mladenovic (Fra)
Arantxa Rus (Ned) v Angelique Kerber (Ger)
Greet Minnen (Bel) v Elena Rybakina (Kaz) (4)
Maria Sakkari (Gre) (6) v Varvara Gracheva (Fra)
Bernarda Pera (USA) v Nao Hibino (Jpn)
Qualifier v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom)
Harriet Dart (Gbr) v Linda Noskova (Cze) (27)
Victoria Azarenka (Blr) (19) v Nadia Podoroska (Arg)
Mirra Andreeva (Rus) v Emina Bektas (USA)
Qualifier v Peyton Stearns (USA)
Magdalena Frech (Pol) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) (10)
Madison Keys (USA) (14) v Renata Zarazua (Mex)
Yue Yuan (Chn) v Mayar Sherif (Egy)
Qualifier v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk)
Qualifier v Emma Navarro (USA) (22)
Katie Boulter (Gbr) (26) v Paula Badosa (Spa)
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v Sloane Stephens (USA)
Qualifier v Qualifier
Erika Andreeva (Rus) v Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) (2)
What is the schedule?
Main Draw: Sunday, May 26 – Sunday, June 9. Matches on Court Philippe-Chatrier will start at 10am or 11am depending on the day
10am start on all other courts. Night session (one singles match): Sunday, May 26 not before 6pm. Monday, May 27-Thursday, June 6 not before 7.15pm
Women’s Singles Final: Saturday, June 8, starting followed by the men’s doubles final, wheelchair finals
Men’s Singles Final: Sunday, June 9, not before 2pm followed by the women’s doubles final
Sunday, May 25: Men’s and women’s singles first round
Monday, May 26: Men’s and women’s singles first round
Tuesday, May 27: Men’s and women’s singles first round
Wednesday, May 28: Men’s and women’s singles second round
Thursday, May 29: Men’s and women’s singles second round
Friday, May 30: Men’s and women’s singles third round
Saturday, June 1: Men’s and women’s singles third round
Sunday, June 2: Men’s and women’s singles fourth round
Monday, June 3: Men’s and women’s singles fourth round
Tuesday, June 4: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals
Wednesday, June 5: Men’s and women’s singles quarter-finals
Thursday, June 6: Women’s singles semi-finals
Friday, June 7: Men’s singles semi-finals
Saturday, June 8: Women’s singles final, men’s doubles final
Sunday, June 9: Men’s singles final, women’s doubles final
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