French Open draw opens Roland Garros May 24

Roland Garros opened the 2026 French Open on Sunday, May 24, in Paris, with first-round singles play beginning and the full men’s and women’s draws posted on the tournament’s official site. Coco Gauff arrived as the defending women’s champion, while Jannik Sinner entered as the top men’s seed and the player many preview stories centered on before the start of play. Carlos Alcaraz was not in the men’s field, according to the official draw and multiple tournament previews. The tournament runs through June 7 at Stade Roland-Garros. ### Which names define the women’s draw on opening day? Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka were placed in the same half of the women’s singles draw, setting up the possibility of a semifinal between two of the tournament’s biggest names. The official WTA draw page for Roland Garros lists Sabalenka as the No. 1 seed, and opening-day coverage identified Gauff as the defending champion after her 2025 title run. (rolandgarros.com) The women’s bracket matters because it keeps a potential Gauff-Sabalenka meeting out of the final. Preview coverage from Sunday framed Gauff’s return to Paris around a repeat bid, while official tournament pages showed the event moving immediately into Day 1 singles action. (wtatennis.com) ### Why is Jannik Sinner the central figure in the men’s bracket? Jannik Sinner entered Roland Garros as the No. 1 seed in the men’s draw and opened against French wildcard Clément Tabur, according to the official bracket. CBS Sports and Yahoo’s tournament preview both said Sinner was chasing a career Grand Slam in Paris. (nytimes.com) Carlos Alcaraz was absent from the men’s draw, a change that reshaped pre-tournament discussion around Sinner’s path. The official draw does not list Alcaraz in the field, and preview coverage said his absence removed one of Sinner’s biggest expected obstacles in Paris. ### What exactly opened on May 24? May 24 was the first day of main-draw singles play at Roland Garros, with the tournament’s order-of-play page listing opening-round matches across the grounds in Paris. (rolandgarros.com) The official schedule says the 2026 edition began with first-round matches on Sunday and will conclude with the women’s final on June 6 and the men’s final on June 7. Roland Garros also published its full results portal, where men’s singles, women’s singles and other event draws can be tracked through the tournament. That gives viewers a single official reference point for brackets, matchups and results as the event progresses. ### Where can readers follow the bracket from here? (rolandgarros.com) The Roland Garros results page now carries the full men’s and women’s singles draws, while the order-of-play page shows the daily match schedule and live results. The WTA also maintains a dedicated tournament draw page for the women’s event. June 6 and June 7 are the next key dates on the official schedule, with the women’s singles final set for Saturday and the men’s singles final scheduled for Sunday in Paris. (rolandgarros.com 1) (rolandgarros.com 2)