French Open - schedule, draw and how to follow

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

Coverage: Live power commentaries crossed 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, positive unrecorded matter commentaries connected nan BBC Sport website and app

The 2nd Grand Slam of nan twelvemonth originates connected Sunday, pinch players heading to Paris for nan French Open.

There will beryllium nary Rafael Nadal aft nan grounds 14-time champion retired successful 2024.

However, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner are among nan prima names looking to adhd different awesome title to their collection.

There will beryllium broad sum of nan tourney crossed nan BBC - present are each nan cardinal details.

The clay-court Grand Slam starts connected Sunday, 25 May astatine Roland Garros and finishes connected Sunday, 8 June.

The women's singles last takes spot connected Saturday, 7 June, pinch nan men's last concluding nan tourney a time later.

Qualifying, wherever players must triumph 3 matches to scope nan main draw, began connected Monday, 19 May.

There will beryllium regular unrecorded matter commentaries of nan cardinal matches from nan French Open connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

5 Live Sport has regular sum and commentary unrecorded from Court Philippe-Chatrier crossed 5 Live Sport, BBC Sounds and nan BBC Sport website.

Tennis analogous Russell Fuller will beryllium joined by Katie Smith, Abigail Johnson and David Law, pinch study from Annabel Croft, Greg Rusedski, Naomi Broady, Ryan Harrison, Daniela Hantuchova and others.

Commentary of nan time sessions will return spot from 13:00 BST and 19:30 for nan nighttime sessions.

Carlos Alcaraz won his first French Open title past year, coming backmost from 2 sets to 1 down to spot disconnected Alexander Zverev successful nan men's singles.

Spain's Alcaraz is simply a four-time awesome champion, having gone connected to take sides his Wimbledon title conscionable 5 weeks later.

Iga Swiatek is nan three-time defending champion successful nan women's singles, beating Jasmine Paolini successful past year's final.

Swiatek has won 4 of nan past 5 Roland Garros women's singles titles.

The full prize money for nan French Open is is 56.352m euros (£47.5m) - an summation connected past twelvemonth of 5.21%.

The men's and women's singles champions will triumph 2.55m euros, pinch nan runner-up taking location a cheque for 1.275m euros.

World number 1 Jannik Sinner and second-ranked Alcaraz are nan favourites connected nan men's side.

The two, who cannot meet until nan last because of their seedings, precocious contested nan Italian Open final, with Alcaraz triumphing.

Novak Djokovic, a three-time champion successful Paris, will proceed his bid for a grounds 25th Grand Slam singles title, but nan Serb has struggled for shape this year.

Last year's runner-up Zverev and two-time finalist Casper Ruud should besides beryllium successful contention.

In nan women's draw, Swiatek has been nan dense favourite, but arrives this twelvemonth connected nan backmost of a mixed clay-court swing.

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka and world number 2 Coco Gauff person some had bully clay seasons. Sabalenka hit Gauff to clinch nan Madrid Open title, but Gauff went connected to make nan Italian Open last 2 weeks later.

Rome champion Paolini, runner-up past year, and teen Mirra Andreeva will besides expect to beryllium successful nan mix.

Jack Draper is nan highest British seed successful either singles tie aft nan world number 5 put together an awesome clay-court swing.

Draper reached nan last of nan Madrid Open, losing successful 3 adjacent sets to Ruud, and was beaten by eventual champion Alcaraz successful nan Rome quarter-finals.

He is joined successful nan men's singles main tie by nan fast-rising Jacob Fearnley and Cameron Norrie.

Katie Boulter is nan highest-ranked British female successful nan singles draw, having won a WTA 125 title successful Paris successful nan build-up to nan major.

She is joined by Emma Raducanu, who put together immoderate awesome wins connected nan clay, Sonay Kartal and Jodie Burrage.

The French Open singles tie took spot connected Thursday, 22 May.

There are 128 players successful each singles tie and nan apical 32 are seeded according to their ranking.

25-27 May: Men's and women's singles first round

27 May: Men's doubles begins

28-29 May: Men's and women's singles 2nd round

28 May: Women's and mixed doubles begins

30-31 May: Men's and women's singles 3rd round

1-2 June: Men's and women's singles 4th round

3-4 June: Men's and women's singles quarter-finals

3 June: Wheelchair tourney begins

5 June: Women's singles semi-finals

6 June: Men's singles semi-finals

7 June: Women's singles final

8 June: Men's singles final