Jannik Sinner discovers route to French Open final and possible collision with Novak Djokovic

Jannik Sinner will begin his pursuit of a first French Open title, and a career grand slam, against French wildcard Clement Tabur in the first round of the men’s competition at Roland Garros. Sinner is being heavily backed to win the tournament following his recent triumph at the Italian Open and the withdrawal of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz , who defeated Sinner in the 2025 final but withdrew from this year’s tournament with a wrist injury. Should Sinner make it into the second round he could face Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley though the 24-year-old has a difficult opening match against Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo who sits 68 places above him in the world rankings.

Jannik Sinner will be the No. 1 seed for the men's French Open tournament (Reuters) No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev will also take on French opposition in the opening round as he was drawn out agains Benjamin Bonzi.

The German faces a trickier task to reach the final with French hopeful Arthur Fils also on his side of the draw. More pressingly, so is 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic who will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round. Djokovic is in the hunt for a record 25th major title but his campaign will begin is tricky fashion against the six foot seven 22-year-old Frenchman who has a powerful serve and the home fans advantage to back it up.

For Britain, Cameron Norrie enters the tournament as the 20th seed and the best chance of progressing through the rounds. He reached the fourth round last year before losing to Djokovic and will be hoping to get further this time around. Norrie hasn’t been in the best of form and will take on Paraguay’s Adolfo Daniel Vallejo first up.