by ti-amie Tournament: Roland Garros
Dates: 25 May - 8 June, 2025
Location: Paris, France
Level: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay

Entries
Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Jannik Sinner 1 1
2 Carlos Alcaraz 2 2
3 Alexander Zverev 3 3
4 Taylor Fritz 4 4
5 Novak Djokovic 5 5
6 Jack Draper 6 6
7 Alex de Minaur 7 7
8 Andrey Rublev 8 8
9 Daniil Medvedev 9 9
10 Casper Ruud 10 10
11 Lorenzo Musetti 11 11
12 Tommy Paul 12 12
13 Holger Rune 13 13
14 Arthur Fils 14 14
15 Ben Shelton 15 15
16 Stefanos Tsitsipas 16 16
17 Grigor Dimitrov 17 17
18 Frances Tiafoe 18 18
19 Felix Auger-Aliassime 19 19
20 Tomas Machac 20 20
21 Ugo Humbert 21 21
22 Francisco Cerundolo 22 22
23 Jakub Mensik 23 23
24 Sebastian Korda 24 24
25 Alexei Popyrin 25 25
26 Jiri Lehecka 26 26
27 Karen Khachanov 27 27
28 Hubert Hurkacz 28 28
29 Denis Shapovalov 29 29
30 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 30 30
31 Alejandro Tabilo 31 31
32 Brandon Nakashima 32 32
Matteo Berrettini 33 33
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 34 34
Sebastian Baez 35 35
Flavio Cobolli 36 36
Tallon Griekspoor 37 37
Alex Michelsen 38 38
Jordan Thompson 39 39
Alexandre Muller 40 40
Nuno Borges 41 41
Matteo Arnaldi 42 42
Gael Monfils 43 43
Lorenzo Sonego 44 44
Marcos Giron 45 45
Tomas Martin Etcheverry 46 46
Luciano Darderi 47 47
Miomir Kecmanovic 48 48
Pedro Martinez 49 49
Zizou Bergs 50 50
Jan-Lennard Struff 51 51
David Goffin 52 52
Roberto Bautista Agut 53 53
Quentin Halys 54 54
Roberto Carballes Baena 55 55
Zhizhen Zhang 56 56
Jaume Munar 57 57
Nicolas Jarry 58 58
Joao Fonseca 59 59
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 60 60
Francisco Comesana 62 62
Benjamin Bonzi 63 63
Yunchaokete Bu 64 64
Damir Dzumhur 65 65
Kei Nishikori 66 66
Mattia Bellucci 67 67
Daniel Altmaier 68 68
Learner Tien 69 69
Mariano Navone 70 70
Yoshihito Nishioka 71 71
Hamad Medjedovic 72 72
Roman Safiullin 73 73
Jacob Fearnley 74 74
Arthur Rinderknech 75 75
Corentin Moutet 76 76
Fabian Marozsan 77 77
Alexander Bublik 78 78
Aleksandar Kovacevic 79 79
Laslo Djere 80 80
Gabriel Diallo 81 81
Hugo Gaston 82 82
Raphael Collignon 83 83
Aleksandar Vukic 84 84
Rinky Hijikata 85 85
Adam Walton 86 86
Christopher O'Connell 87 87
Cameron Norrie 88 88
Botic van de Zandschulp 89 89
Marton Fucsovics 90 90
Kamil Majchrzak 91 91
James Duckworth 92 92
Thiago Monteiro 93 93
Jesper de Jong 94 94
Vit Kopriva 95 95
Jaime Faria 96 96
Dusan Lajovic 97 97
Francesco Passaro 98 98
Pablo Carreno Busta 99 99
Mackenzie McDonald 100 100
Hugo Dellien 101 101
Reilly Opelka 105 33 (PR)
Sebastian Ofner 143 74 (PR)
Jenson Brooksby 168 52 (PR)
Emil Ruusuvuori 227 83 (PR)
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Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Luca Nardi 102 102
2 Chun-Hsin Tseng 103 103
3 Alexander Shevchenko 104 104
4 Reilly Opelka 105 105
5 Billy Harris 106 106
6 Thanasi Kokkinakis 107 107
7 Nishesh Basavareddy 108 108
8 Lloyd Harris 146 108 (PR)
9 Borna Coric 109 109
10 Christopher Eubanks 110 110
11 Marin Cilic 111 111
12 Thiago Seyboth Wild 112 112
13 Lucas Pouille 113 113
14 Fabio Fognini 114 114
15 Valentin Royer 115 115
16 Brandon Holt 116 116
17 Daniel Elahi Galan 117 117
18 Arthur Cazaux 118 118
19 Felipe Meligeni Alves 119 119
20 Tristan Schoolkate 120 120

Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

Juncheng Shang 61 61

by ti-amie Tournament: Roland Garros
Location: PARIS, FRANCE
Dates: May 25 - Jun 8, 2025
Level: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay

Pos Player Name Nat Rank Pref

1 F ARYNA SABALENKA 1 1
2 F IGA SWIATEK POL 2 1
3 F JESSICA PEGULA USA 3 1
4 F COCO GAUFF USA 4 1
5 F MADISON KEYS USA 5 1
6 F JASMINE PAOLINI ITA 6 1
7 F MIRRA ANDREEVA 7 1
8 F QINWEN ZHENG CHN 8 1
9 F PAULA BADOSA ESP 9 1
10 F ELENA RYBAKINA KAZ 10 1
11 F EMMA NAVARRO USA 11 1
12 F KAROLINA MUCHOVA CZE 12 1
13 F DIANA SHNAIDER 13 1
14 F DARIA KASATKINA AUS 14 1
15 F PETRA KVITOVA CZE 14 SR 1
16 F BARBORA KREJCIKOVA CZE 15 1
17 F AMANDA ANISIMOVA USA 16 1
18 F BEATRIZ HADDAD MAIA BRA 17 1
19 F ELINA SVITOLINA UKR 18 1
20 F LIUDMILA SAMSONOVA 19 1
21 F DONNA VEKIC CRO 20 1
22 F CLARA TAUSON DEN 21 1
23 F EKATERINA ALEXANDROVA 22 1
24 F YULIA PUTINTSEVA KAZ 23 1
25 F JELENA OSTAPENKO LAT 24 1
26 F MARTA KOSTYUK UKR 25 1
27 F LEYLAH FERNANDEZ CAN 26 1
28 F ONS JABEUR TUN 27 1
29 F MAGDALENA FRECH POL 28 1
30 F ELISE MERTENS BEL 29 1
31 F MAGDA LINETTE POL 30 1
32 F ANNA KALINSKAYA 31 1
33 F DANIELLE COLLINS USA 32 1
34 F LINDA NOSKOVA CZE 33 1
35 F SOFIA KENIN USA 34 1
36 F ASHLYN KRUEGER USA 35 1
37 F ELINA AVANESYAN ARM 36 1
38 F REBECCA SRAMKOVA SVK 37 1
39 F SORANA CIRSTEA ROU 37 SR 1
40 F ANASTASIA POTAPOVA 38 1
41 F OLGA DANILOVIC SRB 39 1
42 F KATIE BOULTER GBR 40 1
43 F XINYU WANG CHN 41 1
44 F BELINDA BENCIC SUI 42 1
45 F MCCARTNEY KESSLER USA 43 1
46 F PEYTON STEARNS USA 44 1
47 F LULU SUN NZL 45 1
48 F DAYANA YASTREMSKA UKR 46 1
49 F EMMA RADUCANU GBR 47 1
50 F MARKETA VONDROUSOVA CZE 48 1
51 F ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 49 1
52 F VICTORIA AZARENKA 50 1
53 F VERONIKA KUDERMETOVA 51 1
54 F CAMILA OSORIO COL 52 1
55 F ALYCIA PARKS USA 53 1
56 F POLINA KUDERMETOVA 54 1
57 F NAOMI OSAKA JPN 55 1
58 F KATERINA SINIAKOVA CZE 56 1
59 F MARIE BOUZKOVA CZE 57 1
60 F LUCIA BRONZETTI ITA 58 1
61 A SONAY KARTAL GBR 59 1
62 F MOYUKA UCHIJIMA JPN 60 1
63 F MAYAR SHERIF EGY 61 1
64 F KIMBERLY BIRRELL AUS 62 1
65 F ANN LI USA 63 1
66 F VIKTORIYA TOMOVA BUL 64 1
67 F ANHELINA KALININA UKR 65 1
68 F JAQUELINE CRISTIAN ROU 66 1
69 F VARVARA GRACHEVA FRA 67 1
70 F EVA LYS GER 68 1
71 F SUZAN LAMENS NED 69 1
72 F RENATA ZARAZUA MEX 70 1
73 F CAROLINE DOLEHIDE USA 71 1
74 A ALEXANDRA EALA PHI 72 1
75 F JESSICA BOUZAS MANEIRO ESP 73 1
76 F IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU ROU 74 1
77 F ANNA BLINKOVA 75 1
78 F BERNARDA PERA USA 76 1
79 F ZEYNEP SONMEZ TUR 77 1
80 F MAYA JOINT AUS 78 1
81 F AJLA TOMLJANOVIC AUS 79 1
82 F KATIE VOLYNETS USA 80 1
83 F TATJANA MARIA GER 81 1
84 F MARIA SAKKARI GRE 82 1
85 F KAMILLA RAKHIMOVA 83 1
86 F EMILIANA ARANGO COL 84 1
87 F SARA SORRIBES TORMO ESP 85 1
88 F JODIE BURRAGE GBR 85 SR 1
89 F HAILEY BAPTISTE USA 86 1
90 F ARANTXA RUS NED 87 1
91 F ANCA TODONI ROU 88 1
92 F ELISABETTA COCCIARETTO ITA 89 1
93 F ELENA-GABRIELA RUSE ROU 90 1
94 F GREET MINNEN BEL 91 1
95 F YANINA WICKMAYER BEL 91 SR 1
96 F OLIVIA GADECKI AUS 92 1
97 F VIKTORIJA GOLUBIC SUI 93 1
98 F CRISTINA BUCSA ESP 94 1
99 F LAURA SIEGEMUND GER 95 1
100 F JIL TEICHMANN SUI 96 1
101 F ERIKA ANDREEVA 97 1
102 F ANNA BONDAR HUN 98 1
103 F CAROLINE GARCIA FRA 99 1
104 F ROBIN MONTGOMERY USA 100 1

Main Draw Alternates

1 F YUE YUAN CHN 101 1
2 F TAYLOR TOWNSEND USA 102 1
3 F YULIIA STARODUBTSEVA UKR 103 1
4 A AOI ITO JPN 104 1
5 F YAFAN WANG CHN 105 1
6 F KAJA JUVAN SLO 105 SR 1
7 F REBECCA MARINO CAN 106 1
8 F ANASTASIA ZAKHAROVA 107 1
9 F LEOLIA JEANJEAN FRA 108 1
10 A SOLANA SIERRA ARG 109 1
11 F HARRIET DART GBR 110 1
12 F ALIAKSANDRA SASNOVICH 111 1
13 F MANANCHAYA SAWANGKAEW THA 112 1
14 F NURIA PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP 113 1
15 F PETRA MARTIC CRO 114 1
16 F STORM HUNTER AUS 114 SR 1
17 F DIANE PARRY FRA 115 1
18 A ANTONIA RUZIC CRO 116 1
19 F DARIA SAVILLE AUS 117 1
20 F MARIA LOURDES CARLE ARG 118 1
21 F CLAIRE LIU USA 119 SR 1
22 F VARVARA LEPCHENKO USA 120 1
23 F JULE NIEMEIER GER 121 1
24 A MAJA CHWALINSKA POL 122 1
25 F CHLOE PAQUET FRA 123 1
26 F ELLA SEIDEL GER 124 1
27 F XIYU WANG CHN 125 1
28 A LEYRE ROMERO GORMAZ ESP 126 1
29 F MARINA STAKUSIC CAN 127 1
30 A VICTORIA JIMENEZ KASINTSEVA
31 F SIJIA WEI CHN 129 1
32 A ALINA KORNEEVA 129 SR 1
33 F BIANCA ANDREESCU CAN 130 1
34 F DARJA SEMENISTAJA LAT 131 1
35 A MADDISON INGLIS AUS 132 1
36 A FRANCESCA JONES GBR 134 1
37 F ENA SHIBAHARA JPN 135 1
38 F TALIA GIBSON AUS 136 1
39 F PANNA UDVARDY HUN 137 1
40 F JULIA RIERA ARG 138 1
41 F DARIA SNIGUR UKR 139 1
42 A IVA JOVIC USA 141 1
43 A PRISCILLA HON AUS 142 1
44 F ELSA JACQUEMOT FRA 143 1
45 A VERONIKA ERJAVEC SLO 144 1
46 F SARA BEJLEK CZE 145 1
47 F JESSIKA PONCHET FRA 146 1
48 A XINYU GAO CHN 147 1
49 F MARTINA TREVISAN ITA 148 1
50 F DALMA GALFI HUN 149 1

by Fastbackss Opelka is four withdrawals from not having to use his PR.

I didn't realize Townsend had nearly made it back to the top 100. She's only two withdrawals from getting in

by ashkor87 given that Badosa is almost certain to not play....so also Krejcikova..

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by ponchi101 They are going to have one person per court?

by ti-amie The French Open main draw will be conducted on Thursday 22 May, commencing at 1pm BST. Men's and women's singles qualifying will commence on Monday 19 May, concluding on Friday 23 May. The qualifying draw will be made on Sunday 18 May.

by ashkor87 I have always believed clay should be Sabalenka's best surface.. she is increasingly looking like the favorite for RG.. Andreeva is another who is getting better every day, may get there too.
Sabalenka is so powerful, she can hit through the slow clay.. the clay is also forgiving of the fact that she is not the best mover out there..

by ponchi101 I say clay takes away from power. The great clay courters have all been retrievers and counter punchers.
If you don't have the consistency to hit 10 shot in a row, clay is not for you.

by ashkor87

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 1:24 pm I say clay takes away from power. The great clay courters have all been retrievers and counter punchers.
If you don't have the consistency to hit 10 shot in a row, clay is not for you.

That was the model 10 years ago..not any more. If you keep returning, your opponent will hit a winner sooner or later, and everyone can hit 100 balls in a row these days without missing..

by ashkor87 Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

by ponchi101

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 2:54 pm Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

As opposed to doing that exactly on any other surface? Because if you can do that on a hard court, I believe your success will be pretty good too.

by ti-amie UPDATED ATP MD to show WC's to Wawrinka and Gasquet

Seed* Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Jannik Sinner 1 1
2 Alexander Zverev 2 3
3 Carlos Alcaraz 3 2
4 Taylor Fritz 4 4
5 Jack Draper 5 6
6 Novak Djokovic 6 5
7 Casper Ruud 7 10
8 Alex de Minaur 8 7
9 Lorenzo Musetti 9 11
10 Holger Rune 10 13
11 Daniil Medvedev 11 9
12 Tommy Paul 12 12
13 Ben Shelton 13 15
14 Arthur Fils 14 14
15 Grigor Dimitrov 15 17
16 Frances Tiafoe 16 18
17 Andrey Rublev 17 8
18 Francisco Cerundolo 18 22
19 Stefanos Tsitsipas 19 16
20 Tomas Machac 20 20
21 Jakub Mensik 21 23
22 Ugo Humbert 22 21
23 Sebastian Korda 23 24
24 Karen Khachanov 24 27
25 Alexei Popyrin 25 25
26 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 26 30
27 Felix Auger-Aliassime 27 19
28 Denis Shapovalov 28 29
29 Brandon Nakashima 29 32
30 Matteo Berrettini 30 33
31 Hubert Hurkacz 31 28
32 Alex Michelsen 32 38
Sebastian Baez 33 35
Flavio Cobolli 34 36
Tallon Griekspoor 35 37
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 36 34
Matteo Arnaldi 37 42
Jiri Lehecka 38 26
Alexandre Muller 39 40
Nuno Borges 40 41
Jordan Thompson 41 39
Alejandro Tabilo 42 31
Gael Monfils 43 43
Lorenzo Sonego 44 44
Marcos Giron 45 45
Luciano Darderi 46 47
Miomir Kecmanovic 47 48
David Goffin 48 52
Pedro Martinez 49 49
Zizou Bergs 50 50
Tomas Martin Etcheverry 51 46
Quentin Halys 52 54
Nicolas Jarry 53 58
Gabriel Diallo 54 81
Zhizhen Zhang 55 56
Roberto Bautista Agut 56 53
Jacob Fearnley 57 74
Benjamin Bonzi 58 63
Roberto Carballes Baena 59 55
Camilo Ugo Carabelli 60 60
Fabian Marozsan 61 77
Kei Nishikori 62 66
Francisco Comesana 63 62
Laslo Djere 64 80
Joao Fonseca 65 59
Jaume Munar 66 57
Mattia Bellucci 68 67
Damir Dzumhur 69 65
Learner Tien 70 69
Daniel Altmaier 71 68
Hamad Medjedovic 72 72
Yunchaokete Bu 73 64
Yoshihito Nishioka 74 71
Arthur Rinderknech 75 75
Alexander Bublik 76 78
Roman Safiullin 77 73
Hugo Gaston 78 82
Aleksandar Vukic 79 84
Aleksandar Kovacevic 80 79
Christopher O'Connell 81 87
Rinky Hijikata 82 85
Corentin Moutet 83 76
Botic van de Zandschulp 85 89
Raphael Collignon 86 83
Jan-Lennard Struff 87 51
Adam Walton 88 86
Kamil Majchrzak 89 91
James Duckworth 90 92
Cameron Norrie 91 88
Vit Kopriva 92 95
Jesper de Jong 93 94
Reilly Opelka 94 33 (PR)
Mackenzie McDonald 96 100
Pablo Carreno Busta 98 99
Mariano Navone 99 70
Francesco Passaro 101 98
Hugo Dellien 103 101
Thiago Monteiro 106 93
Jaime Faria 108 96
(WC) Arthur Cazaux 116
(WC) Valentin Royer 117
(WC) Terence Atmane 119
(WC) Tristan Schoolkate 129
Dusan Lajovic 131 97
(WC) Stan Wawrinka 132
Marton Fucsovics 134 90
(WC) Emilio Nava 137
Sebastian Ofner 143 74 (PR)
(WC) Pierre-Hugues Herbert 148
(WC) Richard Gasquet 160
Jenson Brooksby 166 52 (PR)
Emil Ruusuvuori 235 83 (PR)
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Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Luca Nardi 95 102
2 Chun-Hsin Tseng 102 103
3 Alexander Shevchenko 97 104
4 Reilly Opelka 94 105
5 Billy Harris 105 106
6 Nishesh Basavareddy 100 108
7 Lloyd Harris 224 108 (PR)
8 Borna Coric 84 109
9 Christopher Eubanks 110 110
10 Marin Cilic 109 111
11 Thiago Seyboth Wild 120 112
12 Lucas Pouille 113 113
13 Fabio Fognini 107 114
15 Brandon Holt 104 116
16 Daniel Elahi Galan 124 117
18 Felipe Meligeni Alves 123 119
20 Pavel Kotov 136 121

Withdrawals
Name Current Ranking Entry Ranking

Juncheng Shang 67 61

by ti-amie UPDATED ATP QUALIFYING ENTRY LISTS

Seed Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Borna Coric 84 104
2 Luca Nardi 95 100
3 Alexander Shevchenko 97 92
4 Nishesh Basavareddy 100 107
5 Chun-Hsin Tseng 102 98
6 Brandon Holt 104 110
7 Billy Harris 105 102
8 Fabio Fognini 107 112
9 Marin Cilic 109 109
10 Christopher Eubanks 110 108
11 Elmer Moller 111 114
12 Ethan Quinn 114 119
13 Juan Manuel Cerundolo 115 126
14 Tomas Barrios Vera 118 128
15 Thiago Seyboth Wild 120 113
16 Eliot Spizzirri 121 125
17 Tristan Boyer 122 120
18 Felipe Meligeni Alves 123 117
19 Daniel Elahi Galan 124 115
20 Yannick Hanfmann 125 123
21 Adrian Mannarino 126 124
22 Jerome Kym 127 133
23 Dalibor Svrcina 128 127
24 Otto Virtanen 130 129
25 Thiago Agustin Tirante 133 134
26 Roman Andres Burruchaga 135 142
27 Pavel Kotov 136 121
28 Taro Daniel 138 131
29 Carlos Taberner 139 140
30 Federico Agustin Gomez 140 137
31 Federico Coria 141 139
32 Liam Draxl 142 156
Harold Mayot 144 160
Alexander Blockx 145 151
Martin Landaluce 147 148
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 149 144
Kyrian Jacquet 150 152
Mitchell Krueger 151 150
Juan Pablo Ficovich 152 145
Cristian Garin 153 214
Vilius Gaubas 154 149
Shintaro Mochizuki 155 146
Marc-Andrea Huesler 156 154
Nikoloz Basilashvili 157 157
Alexander Ritschard 158 135
Hady Habib 159 174
Alibek Kachmazov 161 185
Colton Smith 162 161
Dmitry Popko 163 155
Matteo Gigante 164 195
Mikhail Kukushkin 165 162
Li Tu 168 164
Sumit Nagal 169 165
James Trotter 170 170
Ignacio Buse 171 210
Hugo Grenier 172 175
Jozef Kovalik 173 168
Coleman Wong 174 169
Duje Ajdukovic 175 167
Calvin Hemery 176 171
James McCabe 177 176
Chris Rodesch 178 177
Lukas Neumayer 179 191
Filip Misolic 180 184
Timofey Skatov 181 172
Gustavo Heide 182 178
Marco Trungelliti 183 189
Constant Lestienne 184 180
Sho Shimabukuro 185 188
Ugo Blanchet 186 182
Jan Choinski 187 183
August Holmgren 188 186
Daniel Evans 190 197
Aslan Karatsev 191 187
Gauthier Onclin 192 207
Yuta Shimizu 193 181
Federico Arnaboldi 194 200
Henrique Rocha 195 198
Alejandro Moro Canas 197 159
Aziz Dougaz 198 196
Arthur Bouquier 200 192
Facundo Diaz Acosta 201 194
Alexis Galarneau 202 201
Pol Martin Tiffon 203 202
Yasutaka Uchiyama 205 209
Titouan Droguet 206 203
Andrea Collarini 207 215
Murphy Cassone 208 204
Omar Jasika 209 211
Lukas Klein 210 173
Luca Van Assche 211 179
Daniel Rincon 212 217
Edas Butvilas 213 212
Murkel Dellien 214 222
Maximilian Marterer 215 216
Alvaro Guillen Meza 216 205
Mark Lajal 217 199
Antoine Escoffier 218 218
Gijs Brouwer 219 206
Beibit Zhukayev 220 208
Facundo Mena 221 190
Gregoire Barrere 222 220
Khumoyun Sultanov 223 224
Lloyd Harris 224 166
Zachary Svajda 229 221
Jason Kubler 232 140 (PR)
Alex Bolt 236 226
(WC) Luka Pavlovic 238
Benjamin Hassan 239 219
(WC) Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 251
Henri Squire 261 225
Valentin Vacherot 262 223
(WC) Matteo Martineau 267
(WC) Geoffrey Blancaneaux 272
Kimmer Coppejans 275 196 (PR)
(WC) Robin Bertrand 295
(WC) Clement Tabur 301
Michael Mmoh 340 117 (PR)
Giulio Zeppieri 344 171 (PR)
Leandro Riedi 373 132 (PR)
Stefano Napolitano 440 160 (PR)
Yibing Wu 448 108 (PR)
(WC) Mae Malige 563
Facundo Bagnis 658 135 (PR)
(WC) Moise Kouame 839
Pablo Llamas Ruiz 887 196 (PR)
Tim van Rijthoven - 148 (PR)
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Alternates
Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking

1 Guy Den Ouden 225 227
2 Filip Cristian Jianu 226 229
3 Jurij Rodionov 228 230
4 Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 230 231
5 Bernard Tomic 231 232
6 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 259 233
8 Yu Hsiou Hsu 237 235
9 Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 234 236
10 Andrea Pellegrino 167 237
11 Paul Jubb 265 238
12 Juan Pablo Varillas 241 239
13 Matias Soto 242 240
14 Maks Kasnikowski 244 241
15 Max Hans Rehberg 245 242
16 Viktor Durasovic 246 243
17 Yan Bai 248 244
18 Marek Gengel 243 245
19 Gabriel Debru 253 246

Withdrawals

Name Seeding Ranking Entry Ranking
Arthur Cazaux 116 116
Valentin Royer 117 118
Terence Atmane 119 136
Tristan Schoolkate 129 122
Stan Wawrinka 132 158
Emilio Nava 137 132
Pierre-Hugues Herbert 148 147
Yosuke Watanuki 189 213

by ti-amie Roland-Garros 2025: wildcards announced
The wildcards for the Roland-Garros 2025 women’s and men’s qualifying competitions and final draw competitions have been finalised.

Tuesday 13 May 2025

High Performance Director, Ivan Ljubicic, the President of the FFT, Gilles Moretton, and Tournament Director Amélie Mauresmo are delighted to announce the wildcards allocated for the Qualifying tournament (19th to 23th May) and for the main draw of the women’s and men’s singles tournaments (25th May to 8th June) at Roland-Garros 2025.

It should be noted that some wildcards are allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and the Australian and American tennis federations (Tennis Australia and USTA).

Women's singles (main draw)
Destanee AIAVA (AUS) – Age 25 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.157 – Wildcard allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and Tennis Australia

Loïs BOISSON (FRA) – Age 21 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.513

Elsa JACQUEMOT (FRA) – Age 22 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.140

Léolia JEANJEAN (FRA) – Age 29 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.104

Iva JOVIC (USA) – Age 17 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.120 – Wildcard allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and the USTA

Chloé PAQUET (FRA) – Age 30 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.138

Diane PARRY (FRA) – Age 22 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.102

Tiantsoa Sarah RAKOTOMANGA RAJAONAH (FRA) – Age 19 – WTA Ranking (5th May): No.239


Men's singles (main draw)

Terence ATMANE (FRA) – Age 23 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.119

Arthur CAZAUX (FRA) – Age 22 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.116

Richard GASQUET (FRA) – Age 38 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.160

Pierre-Hugues HERBERT (FRA) – Age 34 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.148

Emilio NAVA (USA) – Age 23 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.137 – Wildcard allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and the USTA

Valentin ROYER (FRA) – Age 23 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.117

Tristan SCHOOLKATE (AUS) – Age 24 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.129 – Wildcard allocated within the framework of the agreement between the FFT and Tennis Australia

Stan WAWRINKA (SUI) – Age 40 – ATP ranking (5th May): No.132


Women's singles (Qualifying rounds)

Yaroslava BARTASHEVICH (Age 20 / No.483)

Julie BELGRAVER (Age 22 / No.365)

Ksenia EFREMOVA (Age 16 / No.629)

Eleejah INISAN (Age 16 / No.976)

Cindy LANGLAIS (Age 15 / no WTA ranking)

Jenny LIM (Age 20 / No.498)

Carole MONNET (Age 23 / No.278)

Daphnée MPETSHI PERRICARD (Age 16 / No.1158)

Margaux ROUVROY (Age 24 / No.249)

Men's singles (Qualifying rounds)

Robin BERTRAND (Age 22 / No.295)

Geoffrey BLANCANEAUX (Age 26 / No.272)

Sascha GUEYMARD WAYENBURG (Age 21 / No.251)

Moïse KOUAMÉ (Age 16 / No.839)

Maé MALIGE (Age 19 / No.563)

Mattéo MARTINEAU (Age 26 / No.267)

Luka PAVLOVIC (Age 25 / No.238)

Clément TABUR (Age 25 / No.301)

Please note that the 9th wildcard for the men's qualifying draw will be announced later.

by ti-amie WTA Qualifying Entry List

https://fft-rg-commun-news.cdn.prismic. ... 025-V4.pdf

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 9:08 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 2:54 pm Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

As opposed to doing that exactly on any other surface? Because if you can do that on a hard court, I believe your success will be pretty good too.

On a fast surface, anyone can hit a winner..so defence is more rewarding...ability to use/redirect your opponent's power, you don't need to generate it yourself ...see Bencic, Stephens..

by Fastbackss Daphne Perricard , eh?

by ashkor87 Surely Andreescu deserves a wild card?! But under the corrupt system of trades with other grand slam nations, she won't get one..why are players from non grand slam nations like Canada, Czechia, Italy, less deserving?!

by ptmcmahon Wild cards aren't about "deserving." They are to make tournaments money and to help promote locals

by ponchi101 I am sure that Bianca would have gotten a WC if she had not become so irrelevant in the WTA.

by ashkor87

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 3:51 pm I am sure that Bianca would have gotten a WC if she had not become so irrelevant in the WTA.

I am sure she has plenty of fans..like me

by ptmcmahon What matters is what fans it will actually bring to the tournament.

by ashkor87

ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Mon May 19, 2025 2:51 pm Wild cards aren't about "deserving." They are to make tournaments money and to help promote locals

how does it do any of that to give a wc to someone from, say, Australia just because Australia has a Grand Slam event?

by ptmcmahon Because then in theory Australia will return the favor and do it for someone from France.

by ashkor87

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 9:08 pm

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 2:54 pm Clay also seems to reward people who can work the angles, create openings and then volley into the gaps ..

As opposed to doing that exactly on any other surface? Because if you can do that on a hard court, I believe your success will be pretty good too.

Note 'volley' - not many do

by ponchi101 I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

by ashkor87

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 2:30 am I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

but how many can? most players have been to the antarctic more often than they have been to the net

by ponchi101

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 12:51 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue May 20, 2025 2:30 am I did. My point being: if you can create angles, create openings and volley into the gaps, you will be rewarded on ANY surface.
Heck, you will win on quicksand if you can do that.

but how many can? most players have been to the antarctic more often than they have been to the net

And you are telling this to the guy here that has been constantly whining about the death of S&V tennis?
That is different. I am saying that your formula will win anywhere. That few can do it is a different thing, and we would agree. And yes, when people like Ruud or Rublev go to the net, the stakes are high that something not totally planned will happen.

by ashkor87 Probabilities of winning the title:
Alcaraz 70%
Sinner 25%
Field 5%

Andreeva 25%
Sabalenka 25%
paolini 15%
Gauff 10%
Ostapenko 5%
Field 20% includes Zheng, Osaka, alexandrova, muchova, anisimova et al
I don't give Pegula, Keys more than 1% each

by ponchi101 Alcaraz 60
Sinner 30
Zverev 4
Rune 4 (he took one set off Alcaraz at Barcelona, before Alcaraz was injured)
Field 2

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Sabalenka 20
Swiatek 10
Gauff 15
Paolini 15
Field: 40

I know that Swiatek is playing terrible tennis at the moment (for her standards). But I cannot rule out a 4 time champion that is only 24 yo.

by ashkor87 Yes, you are right about Swiatek
Revised Prob:
Andreeva and Sabalenka 20% each
Paolini 15
Gauff, Swiatek, Zheng 10 each
Field 15

by dave g I'm going to modify ponchi101's prediction slightly

Alcaras 60
Sinner 30
Rune 4
Field 6
Zverev 0

Sabalenka 30
Gauff 20
Paolini 20
Swiatek 20 15
Field 20 15

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dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 2:45 am I'm going to modify ponchi101's prediction slightly

Alcaras 60
Sinner 30
Rune 4
Field 6
Zverev 0

Sabalenka 30
Gauff 20
Paolini 20
Swiatek 20
Field 20

doesnt add up to 100

by ashkor87 evidently folks think Andreeva has no chance, at least, less worthy of mention than Gauff and Paolini.. isnt that strange? Andreeva is young, improving every day - beat Sabalenka at IW and is clearly omfortable on clay.

by ashkor87 havent found a printable draw yet.. we desperately need one!
ok, the RG website has it now.

by ponchi101

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 7:18 am evidently folks think Andreeva has no chance, at least, less worthy of mention than Gauff and Paolini.. isnt that strange? Andreeva is young, improving every day - beat Sabalenka at IW and is clearly omfortable on clay.

Exactly that. I don't see her separating herself from a lot of "the field". Not yet.
If she makes me eat my words three Saturdays from now, I will be delighted. But right now, there is something about her game on clay that has not gelled yet.

by ti-amie Andreeva hasn't developed the proper patience to be really effective on this surface. That can of course come as she matures.

Gauff is going to be on a mission along with Sabalenka and Swiatek. If Qinwen decides to join them it could get interesting.

by ptmcmahon

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 7:15 am

dave g wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 2:45 am I'm going to modify ponchi101's prediction slightly

Sabalenka 30
Gauff 20
Paolini 20
Swiatek 20
Field 20

doesnt add up to 100

10% double winner!

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by Owendonovan Happy TT got in on as a lucky loser.

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Naomi's kit is wonderful

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by ti-amie Meanwhile they sent Alcaraz out looking like this - minus the pants.

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ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon May 26, 2025 10:12 pm Meanwhile they sent Alcaraz out looking like this - minus the pants.

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by ponchi101

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 11:31 pm

Night session needs a star. So, what are you going to do? Put 2024 Iga on the night session for a 45 minutes drubbing?
It's a business, and it is a SHOW business. The men can at least guarantee three sets, which means 90 minutes.

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 1:32 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 11:31 pm

Night session needs a star. So, what are you going to do? Put 2024 Iga on the night session for a 45 minutes drubbing?
It's a business, and it is a SHOW business. The men can at least guarantee three sets, which means 90 minutes.

This discussion happens every Slam and for every Slam the answer Ponchi is giving is correct. Who is going to pay top dollar for a 45m match, or a replay of that Qinwen/Cori s**t show in Italy?

by Owendonovan You'd kind of need Serena, Venus, Martina, Chrissy, Steffi, Monica, Justine, Martina, Kim, Mary Jo, Tracy, Gabriella all around the same age playing well to get priority.

by ti-amie There was more b**ching and moaning among tennis folks today on Bluesky because of Rune playing a man ranked #128 in the world if I remember correctly. I asked given the choices of women's matches to be played today which one had enough juice to be the night match. So far no answer. Owen is correct. The current crop just doesn't have the star power of their predecessors.

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by ashkor87 Coco has been playing really poorly.. at this rate, the first good player she meets (Alexandrova?) will beat her.. disappointing.

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 1:32 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue May 27, 2025 11:31 pm

Night session needs a star. So, what are you going to do? Put 2024 Iga on the night session for a 45 minutes drubbing?
It's a business, and it is a SHOW business. The men can at least guarantee three sets, which means 90 minutes.

Then start the night session earlier to fit 2 matches.

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ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:25 am There was more b**ching and moaning among tennis folks today on Bluesky because of Rune playing a man ranked #128 in the world if I remember correctly. I asked given the choices of women's matches to be played today which one had enough juice to be the night match. So far no answer. Owen is correct. The current crop just doesn't have the star power of their predecessors.

I do think it's a the chicken or the egg problem. I'd have about as little interest in the Rune match. If they don't promote women, no one knows who they are.

by ponchi101

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:44 pm ...

Then start the night session earlier to fit 2 matches.

And then you will go the US Open way, with women playing the second match sometimes in an empty stadium because the men's match went 5 sets and people left.
These scheduling problems will never go away because the sport's nature is like that. It is not a timed sport; we don't know if it will be a great match that last three hours, or a dud that last 75 minutes.
How about is you star ALL matches later and play several night matches? It would also be easier for the players (I have never been able to understand how a professional athlete has to start the day at 0600, because she has a match at 1100.

by mick1303

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:45 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:25 am There was more b**ching and moaning among tennis folks today on Bluesky because of Rune playing a man ranked #128 in the world if I remember correctly. I asked given the choices of women's matches to be played today which one had enough juice to be the night match. So far no answer. Owen is correct. The current crop just doesn't have the star power of their predecessors.

I do think it's a the chicken or the egg problem. I'd have about as little interest in the Rune match. If they don't promote women, no one knows who they are.

I find it hard to believe that scheduling on the certain show courts plays any role in determining if tennis fans know (or don't know) players. TV/Internet audience exceeds live audience by the order of two or even more. And with streaming from almost all the courts now it does not matter whether the players plays day or night match - the TV/Internet audience will be the same. Add the fact that in this particular conversation we are talking top male players vs top female players. They are all already known. Scheduling them for the night match does not change anything here.

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 2:33 pm

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:44 pm ...

Then start the night session earlier to fit 2 matches.

And then you will go the US Open way, with women playing the second match sometimes in an empty stadium because the men's match went 5 sets and people left.
These scheduling problems will never go away because the sport's nature is like that. It is not a timed sport; we don't know if it will be a great match that last three hours, or a dud that last 75 minutes.
How about is you star ALL matches later and play several night matches? It would also be easier for the players (I have never been able to understand how a professional athlete has to start the day at 0600, because she has a match at 1100.

The US Open I think now switch each day between men's/women's match being first. I've seen (and left) a lot of emptying Ashe night sessions for men's third sets as well.

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mick1303 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 2:34 pm

mmmm8 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 1:45 pm

ti-amie wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 12:25 am There was more b**ching and moaning among tennis folks today on Bluesky because of Rune playing a man ranked #128 in the world if I remember correctly. I asked given the choices of women's matches to be played today which one had enough juice to be the night match. So far no answer. Owen is correct. The current crop just doesn't have the star power of their predecessors.

I do think it's a the chicken or the egg problem. I'd have about as little interest in the Rune match. If they don't promote women, no one knows who they are.

I find it hard to believe that scheduling on the certain show courts plays any role in determining if tennis fans know (or don't know) players. TV/Internet audience exceeds live audience by the order of two or even more. And with streaming from almost all the courts now it does not matter whether the players plays day or night match - the TV/Internet audience will be the same. Add the fact that in this particular conversation we are talking top male players vs top female players. They are all already known. Scheduling them for the night match does not change anything here.

I do think prime time in the home country still matters: 1) People prefer to watch matches on TV live; 2) People in the home country/region who are casual fans tend to watch the home slam even if mostly not watching tennis the rest of the year.

I also don't think the non-hardcore fans know that many the players ranked 7+ unless they're a former multi-slam winner. Like, i don't think even a serious casual fan could pick a Paolini or a de Minauer out of a lineup, but if you show them de Minauer 5 times and Paolini zero times, eventually, more people will know who de Minauer is.

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by ponchi101 With an open heart, I read it. A fine piece.
Let me now digest it.

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Very good "mother" move.

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by ashkor87 Djokovic doing a good impersonation of Djokovic

by mick1303 If Djokovic struggles for motivation and in search of a proper goals, I can give him quite a juicy target. Currently there are only two players in history, who achieved triple digits in matches won at particular slam. Rafa has 112 win at RG, Roger has 102 at Oz and 105 at Wimby. Novak so far has none, but it is realistic for him to reach this in 3 slams. With a win against Norrie he will have 100 wins at RG. He also 1 win shy at Australian Open (currently 99) and 3 wins shy at Wimbledon. Only US Open (90 wins) looks somewhat out of reach.

by JTContinental According to my unofficial research, there hasn't been an American man in the French Open QFs since Andre Agassi in 2003, and the last time there were two was 1996 (Sampras and Courier).

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JTContinental wrote: ↑Sun Jun 01, 2025 7:29 pm According to my unofficial research, there hasn't been an American man in the French Open QFs since Andre Agassi in 2003, and the last time there were two was 1996 (Sampras and Courier).

Meanwhile, Coco Gauff in her fifth straight RG quarterfinal.

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Lois Boisson

The top pic is Harriet Dart of England who asked the chair to tell Boisson she should wear deodorant during their match in Rouen that Dart went on to lose.

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ti-amie wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:56 pm

Lois Boisson

The top pic is Harriet Dart of England who asked the chair to tell Boisson she should wear deodorant during their match in Rouen that Dart went on to lose.

How brainless one shall be to make such remarks? They are playing an intensive sport where people are supposed to sweat a lot.

by ponchi101 Brainless enough to try some gamesmanship. That's what that was.

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ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:37 pm Brainless enough to try some gamesmanship. That's what that was.

Be merciful. Her parents named her Harriet for pete's sake...

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dryrunguy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 9:31 pm

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:37 pm Brainless enough to try some gamesmanship. That's what that was.

Be merciful. Her parents named her Harriet for pete's sake...

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Great pic of Carlos.

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by ti-amie This has become a thing

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by ashkor87 Putting on my theorist hat, Sabalenka should be able to beat Gauff on a slow clay court.. (my) theory says more powerful players will do better than great defenders on a slow court, on a fast court, the opposite.
we shall see how well the theory stands up to reality.
Saba is still my favorite, for W, and even more so (no Swiatek to worry about on grass) because Wimbledon has slowed down so much lately it is not much faster than clay..only Coco can beat her on grass, and maybe, Andreeva.

by mick1303 It is not that simple with slow court and the balance between offence and defense. With offense - we shall make a distinction between offensive mindset and offensive capabilities. Actually the same applies to defense vs court conditions. Slow court helps defenders - this is unconditional. But offensive players with a highest power/racket speed (Alcaraz/Sinner/Sabalenka) will still be capable to produce enough offense. But great defenders against good (but not great) offensive players are also rewarded on this slow court. It also awards variety, because rallies are longer. Therefore it is not entirely bad for Gauff. The only thing that is unconditionally bad for her - she is more reliant on high-jumping balls with great spin - and cold/dump weather takes it away.
This is why I say that Federer was unlucky that in 2005-2007 he never had this kind of weather at RG against Nadal. That would've helped him to do something similar to Hamburg 2007. Later it did not matter because his wheels, while still very fast - were slower than Nadal's. But in 2005-2007, while he was still at the very top of his physical prime, such conditions could potentially carry him to the victory over Nadal. His bh would've been less vulnerable.
Grass on the other hand rewards players with offensive mindset. It allows the players who are quite modest in the power department still get successful with offense (Hewitt, Henman)

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mick1303 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:08 am Slow court helps defenders

on a slow court, everyone can defend well.

by ashkor87 Alcaraz looking a bit low on energy in first set..

by ponchi101 I say that Coco-Saba will rely completely on Coco's 2nd serve. If she serves well, it will be a close match and she can win, because she is faster and nimbler that Aryna.
If Coco-Loco shows up with 10 double faults, it will be tough.

by ashkor87 If Alcaraz plays like this, Sinner will beat him .his chances just went up, in my estimate

by ashkor87 Now Alcaraz is at another level..set 3..

by ashkor87 Musetti limping a bit

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Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Niels McDonald defeats Max Schoenhaus in three sets Saturday to win the Roland Garros boys' singles title.
By ATP Staff

McDonald became the first German boys’ singles champion at Roland Garros since Daniel Elsner in 1997 and the first German boy to win a major singles title since Alexander Zverev at the 2014 Australian Open.

“It’s an absolute honour and pleasure to win this tournament,” McDonald said. “And I'm more than happy to raise the trophy here.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/roland- ... boys-final

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Carlos Alcaraz retained his title after the longest ever French Open final. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Tumaini Carayol at Roland Garros
Sun 8 Jun 2025 15.30 EDT

As he faced up to the excruciating reality of trailing three championship points against the best player in the world, Carlos Alcaraz started his service preparation from the Court Philippe-Chatrier baseline with a deep, long breath. For most other players in the history of tennis, there was no reason to believe in any outcome other than defeat.

In his short time competing in the biggest matches of his sport, however, Alcaraz has made it clear that he is different to anyone who has ever come before him, both in the way he approaches his tennis and the unwavering belief that underpins his success. From the depths of hell, Alcaraz recovered and pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the sport in an otherworldly confrontation, spectacularly toppling the world No 1 Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) after five hours and 29 minutes to defend his French Open title in Paris.

Even before this moment, the greatest in his career so far, Alcaraz has built a reputation for maintaining his self-belief even when facing desperate deficits. He had already saved a significant match point against Sinner, pulling off an unforgettable recovery at 3am in their 2022 US Open quarter-final match en route to his first major title. His five-set escape against Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon final was an instant classic. None of that compares to the madness that unfolded here in the final match of the tournament.

Still just 22, Alcaraz is the third-youngest man in history to win five grand slam titles, following in the footsteps of Björn Borg and Rafael Nadal. As the eighth man in the open era to successfully defend a Roland Garros title, he completes an incredible clay-court season where he has compiled a 19-0 record at big tournaments, winning Masters 1000 titles in Monte Carlo, Rome before this phenomenal victory in Paris. It only took the longest French Open final in the open era for him to achieve this.

After years of hype and expectation surrounding the rivalry between Alcaraz and Sinner, this occasion signified their long-awaited first grand slam final as they have established themselves as the two leading players in the sport. At the beginning of a new era in men’s tennis, they have set the bar in the stratosphere.


Jannik Sinner is consoled by Andre Agassi, who won the French Open in 1999, after his painful defeat by Carlos Alcaraz. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Before the final, Sinner had been the best performer in the draw, rolling through all opponents to reach the semi-finals before overcoming the 24-time grand slam winner Novak Djokovic in three bruising sets. He was 47-2 against players since August, but Alcaraz was responsible for those two defeats.

Despite how hard Alcaraz tried, he could not halt Sinner’s momentum as the Italian established a two-set lead. Still, he kept on going. Throughout the third set, he repeatedly called on the crowd to carry him through. He retrieved the break and rolled to a 5-2 lead, his level rising and his mind clearing. As he closed out the set with a break for 6-4 to keep his hopes alive, Alcaraz cupped his ears to the crowd and let their adoration wash over him.

Sinner quickly reestablished control in the fourth set, marching to a 5-3 lead and reaching triple championship point on Alcaraz’s serve. One point from the end of his reign at Roland Garros, with seemingly the entire audience urging him on, the moment drew the Spaniard’s unwavering focus. He played every single shot with discipline and care, methodically eradicating the match points before slamming the door shut with a searing forehand winner. Then he met the moment with a supreme return game as Sinner’s first serve and legs faltered. In the blink of an eye, Alcaraz had swung the match from 3-5, 0-40, to 6-5. As Alcaraz walked back to his chair at the change of ends, he pumped his fists to the sky.

Despite Sinner pulling himself together to force a tie-break, Alcaraz refused to allow his opponent to regain any momentum. His strong serving set the tone early and he unleashed his forehand whenever the opportunity presented it. As the tie-break endured and the frenzied crowd spurred Alcaraz on, Sinner gradually lost both his head and his legs as Alcaraz forced a fifth set.

In just his second tournament back after his three month-doping ban, Sinner’s physical condition was always uncertain. By the start of the final set, he had faded physically and he immediately lost his serve. But he kept on going. Sinner made Alcaraz work for every service game and as Alcaraz stepped up to serve for the match himself, Sinner spectacularly broke back for 5-5.

With everything on the line after well over five hours on court, both men spent the final stages swinging as freely as they could, leaving nothing to doubt. Up 6-5 in the fifth, Sinner placed Alcaraz under relentless pressure in a lengthy deuce game, again moving to within two points of victory. But Alcaraz weathered the storm yet again, finding a backhand passing-shot winner to hold serve before marching through the championship tie-break to an astounding victory that further bolsters his status as one of the most special young talents this sport has ever seen.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/ ... MP=bsky_gu

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Jannik Sinner on his loss to Carlos Alcaraz in Roland Garros final:

‘I’m happy to be part of this. But the final result hurts’

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Alcaraz says his Roland Garros final against Sinner is the best Grand Slam match of his career

Courier: “Where does this rank amongst all the matches you’ve played at the majors?”

Carlos: “I’m gonna put it first. I think it’s the best grand slam match I’ve played in my career.“

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ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 7:57 pm
Despite Sinner pulling himself together to force a tie-break...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/ ... MP=bsky_gu

And I hope that game isn't forgotten. Triple championship point had disappeared. Sinner then got broke serving for the match. At 5-6 down in the 4th, he still managed to hold to force the tiebreak. I never would have had the fortitude to pull off that hold after what transpired before it. For so many players, it would have been over right then and there. I respect that a lot.

by ponchi101 Agree. Most other players would have crumbled. And not only that. He got broken to start the set, and then was able to break back when Carlos was serving for the match.
Which, BTW. I wonder if there has been any other grand slam final in which both men served for the match, and both were broken. I believe that at least, one of the finals between Graf and Seles featured that. But I can't recall in the men's.

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Carlos Alcaraz locker room photoshoot with his Roland Garros trophy.



(via Roland Garros)

by Owendonovan I can't imagine how tired, physically and emotionally, I'd be after that, and you have to go party......

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What a time to be alive!
Andrea Petkovic
Jun 09, 2025

What’s done is done! Philippe Chatrier has been swept in concentric circles for good. The thighs have held up (except for Musetti’s), the lungs have not burst. The last piece of white bread with Bonne Maman strawberry jam has been eaten, the last drop of café au lait drunk. We made it through a fortnight of clay court tennis and we’re the better for it. I will admit that à cause de not being a professional tennis player anymore I have swapped the café au laits for tiny little glasses of Sancerre. That stopped, though, when I had to play some invitational doubles myself. Not for performance reasons, friends, no, you’re making me laugh, I stopped drinking Sancerre when I started to play because nowadays the tennis playing is accompanied by Advil and I don’t mix my drugs of choice.

Half Advil, half woman, I played, yes, but mostly I watched. And I marvelled at the best tennis players this planet has to offer right now. So many firsts were had:

Coco Gauff is the French Open 2025 champion!

Jannik Sinner threw a racquet for the first time in his life!

Carlos Alcaraz has added consistency to his repertoire!

Juan Carlos Ferrero yelled and was on his feet!

The longest Roland Garros final of all time was played!

I woke up this morning feeling hungover despite the fact that the only drink I had last night was hibiscus tea. Flashes of Jannik’s green shirt and Carlos’ rapidly growing black hair (I feel like it grew by several inches in that final alone) in front of my inner eye, seeing Jannik hustle for drop shots, replaying the most perfect tie break that was ever played in a fifth set by Carlos. Even the strongest of us warriors can be overwhelmed by 5 and half hours of tennis at the highest level. My brain was still processing it all hence the hangover feelings the morning thereafter.


80s hair from the morning after, a symbolic image of a tennis hangover

But let’s take it from the top.

On Saturday, Coco Gauff crowned herself champion at a Grand Slam tournament I thought she would win first in her career and one she will be a threat at for years and years to come. I’m glad I showed enough foresight to analyse her game a week ago already and you can find all of that here.

Two differing game styles collided in the women’s final with Aryna Sabalenka’s willingness to produce winners and Coco Gauff’s defensive skills and tennis IQ. To understand the difference between the players, one needs to understand the difference in mentality. Players with an aggressive mindset (like Aryna) value winners hit more than unforced errors gained. It’s almost as if a clean winner counts double the points in terms of how it feels to the player. Whereas an extracted unforced error from the opponent is brushed over like it never happened. For Coco and players of Coco’s mindset, on the other hand, an unforced error from the other side is just as much confirmation for doing things right as a down-the-line shot nobody can reach. If you think of the quarterfinal match between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev, for example, every mistake Zverev made was a confirmation of the strategy applied by Djokovic.

When I was young and lanky, not a great mover but already quite strong for a junior, I hit a lot more winners than my peers due to being ahead in my physical development. I had Aryna’s mindset and only winners felt like I did something right. When everyone else caught up to my strength and abilities to hit winners, I needed to shift my mindset and accept that applying a strategy that will force the opponent to miss was as good as hitting somebody off the court. It took years for me to understand that.

I don’t think it excuses Sabalenka’s statement after the final, when she said, she thought Gauff didn’t play that well that rather she just missed too much. But it helps explain the attitude a little bit.

For the longest time, I looked down on “pushers” until I understood, after some tough losses and sleepless nights, that the “pushers” I looked down on have understood the game I claim to love so much better, and it was time for me to learn.

Don’t be mistaken, though, Coco is everything BUT a pusher. Yes, she runs a lot of balls down, but the difference between a classic “pusher” and the champion (2-time champion!!) Coco Gauff is a stark one.

I lost to Coco in the semifinals of Linz when she won her first title. SHE WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD. Did I feel embarrassed? Not really. After all, this was very clearly a generational talent.


a generational talent

What casual tennis fans (and sometimes world number ones) don’t realise about Coco Gauff’s game is that it’s not only her court coverage that makes her so hard to play. It’s something entirely different and I would know because I lost to her when SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD. LOL!

Her biggest strength is the fact that she recognises short balls quicker than anybody else and is up onto them within a fraction of a second. Even if she doesn’t hit a winner right off the bat, she takes time away from you, and over the course of a match puts the subliminal notion in your mind that you’re not allowed to drop anything short. You increase your baseline level pace, the risk goes up, the percentage of shot making goes down, and now the court has not only shrunk on the sides but also from front to back and you find yourself aiming at tiniest of margins with every single groundstroke you hit.

Look at it this way: The unforced errors hit by Coco’s opponents when she’s playing well are actually forced. Except, they are not forced by Coco’s previous shot (which is what usually goes into the forced error statistics) but they are forced by the entirety of her game and presence on the other side of the net and by choices she has made 20 minutes prior to the point of you netting a forehand.

The panic on Sabalenka’s face was caused by stress and stress is the body’s response to a challenging situation your system is not sure it can overcome. The smaller the court on the other side got, the higher the stress levels felt for Aryna. The match point was a summary of the match. Aryna missed a backhand wide, aiming for the ultimate precision in tennis: The line. The moment you start aiming for lines, time has already been up 10 minutes ago. And that’s how Coco wins matches and titles and trophies. First she steals your space, then she steals your time.

Congratulations to 2-time major champion Coco Gauff!

P.S. Loved the leather jacket!


major champion and fashion icon

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And then Sunday came and two young men from the often maligned Gen Z solved the problem of short attention span for the greater good of mankind. If only it were so easy!

What a match that was, what a time to be alive. 5 and half hours of pure shot making, of mental strength and perseverance, of belief and physical abilities and if I use one more sports platitude to describe this final I will fire myself from my own blog. Let’s leave the clichés behind and get into the depth of things.

When I asked Carlos’ coach and 2003 Roland Garros champion Juan Carlos Ferrero at the beginning of the year what they had worked on in the off-season, Juan Carlos - who smells amazing and should drop his perfume of choice ASAP - told me they were trying to make Carlos more consistent. An easy thing to see and say, and one of the hardest things to pull off.

How does one make a player that lives off his creativity more consistent without losing the edge of originality? That was the task team Alcaraz was faced with and what can I say, they managed to accomplish it. While people were asking themselves whether Carlos and his inconsistencies can defend their French Open title, I was sitting there asking myself: Where in the seven hells are they making out inconsistencies?

Yes, Carlos loses a set here and there (I still think he just gets bored and likes the friction) but if we think back of the last 4 weeks of his tennis playing, we have to accept an astonishing truth: Some of the most important matches of the last 4 weeks have been won by Carlos because he was the more consistent player.

Semifinal in Rome against Lorenzo Musetti: Alcaraz handles the wind better, wins the match.

Final in Rome against Jannik Sinner: Alcaraz saves set point, doesn’t miss a ball in the tie break, wins in two.

Last 16 Roland Garros against Ben Shelton: Carlos wins the first set tie break despite Ben being the more aggressive player. BUT Carlos made fewer unforced errors.

He has started to win matches because he remains calm and doesn’t miss. Clear pattern in mind, he reigns. Serve out wide, into the open corner. Drop shots only when inside the baseline. Net attacks when it serves the score. And some added magic too, of course.

One thing has become abundantly clear: Carlos Alcaraz needs Jannik Sinner. Without him, Carlos’ beautifully original mind becomes a butterfly that wants to see a million flowers. With Jannik there, he laser-focuses on how to beat him. In the last two tie breaks, Carlos was the more consistent player. Actually, let’s take the final tie break out of it. That was tennis from a different planet. All stars aligned, the consistent and the creative ones, and transported tennis from a game to an art form. I apologise for more platitudes.

Jannik, on the other hand, has put to rest the notion that he can’t last longer than four hours. He might’ve lost the match but whoever sprints to a drop shot at 4:5 and 15:30 in the fifth set after five hours and 15 minutes the way Jannik did yesterday and then breaks to go 5:5 does not deserve that reputation any longer.

When Pep Guardiola revolutionised football with his high pressing strategy, he probably did not have a tennis player in mind to perfect it. Every time I see Jannik Sinner play, I think of a football team coached by Pep Guardiola. While Pep didn’t invent that game style, he certainly modernised it and made it what it is today. In effect, a high pressing team “defends” so high up in the field that it virtually feels like they are still attacking while technically they are defending. Over the course of a football game, the team being pressed on will start to make mistakes and miss passes due to the fact that the team pressing is so high up in your side that it feels like it’s choking you. You can’t think when you can’t breathe.

Jannik Sinner has adapted this strategy to tennis and has casually perfected it. I don’t follow the Premier League in detail but from what I hear Pep could use some Jannik in his squad. Guess what makes the high pressing game plan infinitely harder to pull off?

→ CHAOS!

Call it creativity, call it originality, call it chaos. Carlos Carlitos Chaos is all these things and more because lately, in the sweet red curls of his adversary Janni Sinner, he has found consistency.

5-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz! Congratulations!


VAMOS!

Things that make me happy:

A few things have made me happy this week. The tradition for the winner to celebrate with the ball kids makes me happy every single time I see footage of it. The fact that Jannik Sinner is so humble but strangely vain about his hair when he takes his hat off makes me very happy. Carlos’ and Juan Carlos’ relationship makes me happy. I mentioned Coco Gauff’s leather jacket already. The moment of joy shared with her parents makes me happy. Leaving Advil behind makes me happy and swapping it back for Sancerre makes me the happiest. I also found this from my Australian Open post earlier this year (read the full version here) and it makes me happy:



Things that make me unhappy:

I stayed in a hotel in St.-Germain-des-Près this year. It was a smallish boutique hotel in a beautiful neighbourhood with a lovely bar. The kind where the clientele are elderly, well-dressed couples who go to the opera at night. One morning, however, an influencer inexplicably made their way to our oasis for breakfast and started taking photos of the buffet. They proceeded to block out everyone who tried to eat for the next 15 minutes. Congratulations, you now have photo of a baguette on your phone!

Another long post not even remotely capturing the magic of the last few days but at least we tried. As the week after a Slam can be an emotional letdown, my next newsletter will be a mailbag episode. Send me all the questions you ever wanted to ask and I will try to answer them all. Infinite Jest indeed. May your curls be extra bouncy (and red) this week!

Yours truly, Andrea

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by ti-amie

Date 25 May – 8 June 2025
Edition 124th / 95th Grand Slam
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
Location Paris (XVIe), France
Venue Roland Garros Stadium