Who will enter the main draw of the French Open?
The second Grand Slam of the year is approaching sooner than ever – the 2025 Roland Garros Championships will take place between Sunday, 25 May and Sunday, 8 June. Ahead of the highly anticipated clay court major, there will be a qualifying event for the main draw of the French Open. Several top stars, including former Grand Slam champions, will compete to fill the vacancies in the respective draws.
Roland Garros is organised annually by the French Tennis Federation in Paris. It is played on outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros. While the current singles champions from 2024 are Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, Rafael Nadal and Chris Evert are the most illustrious players historically. Normally played from late May onwards, the French Open is considered one of the most challenging and physically demanding events across the year.
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Here’s all you need to know about the 2025 Roland Garros Qualifying event:
The 2025 Roland Garros Qualifiers will take place for five days across the second half of May. The tournament will begin on Monday, 19 May and culminate on Friday, 23 May. Meanwhile, the curtain raiser will be followed by the exciting main draw – from Sunday, 25 May.
| Date | Event | Time |
| 19 May, 2025 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying | From 10 AM Onwards |
| 20 May, 2025 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying | From 10 AM Onwards |
| 21 May, 2025 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying | From 10 AM Onwards |
| 22 May, 2025 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying | From 11 AM Onwards |
| 23 May, 2025 | Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying | From 11 AM Onwards |
The 2025 edition of the Roland Garros Qualifiers will be a blockbuster event – with some renowned ATP and WTA stars competing for main draw spots. Former Top-15 powerhouse Borna Coric headlines the ATP qualifying, and 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic will be closely monitoring him.
Cilic is competing at the Parisian event for the first time since 2022 – when he reached the final four. He has a 31-16 record at Roland Garros, and faces Wu Yibing in Round-1 of qualifying. On the other hand, Coric has reached the third round of the main draw here on five separate occasions. The 28-year-old Croatian opens his account against home favourite Titouan Droguet.
Some of the other big names include Alexander Shevchenko, Nishesh Basavareddy and Fabio Fognini.
Coming to the women’s side, Bianca Andreescu will have to go through qualifying in order to ensure a main draw appearance in 2025. She begins her campaign by battling Yao Xinxin of China, and is likely to lock horns with No. 12 seed Ella Seidel en route to a potential main draw entrance.
Ukrainian star Yuliia Starodubtseva is the top seed in the women’s singles qualifiers. Additionally 2012 Roland Garros runner-up Sara Errani, No. 6 seed Taylor Townsend, former Top-15 star Petra Martic, and 2021 French Open semifinalist Tamara Zidansek will fight it out in the qualifiers from Monday.
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There will be 128 men and 128 women competing for 16 main draw spots in both categories. There are 16 sub-draws within the qualifying draw, with one player from each sub-draw conforming their spot in the main tournament. Similar to the main draw, there are 32 seeds who have been split into the different sections of the draw.
The remaining 16 men and 16 women will enter the main draw, where they will be added to the main draw. Typically, players must win three matches in qualifying in order to book their slot in the showpiece event – Roland Garros.
