Top seed Jannik Sinner and three-time champion Novak Djokovic have fallen into opposite halves of the Roland Garros draw, the tournament confirmed at Thursday afternoon’s ceremony inside the Stade Roland Garros, setting up a potential blockbuster final between the world No. 1 and the 24-time major champion on June 7.
Sinner, riding a 29-match winning streak and chasing the seventh leg of a Career Grand Slam, will open his campaign against French wild card Clement Tabur on Sunday or Monday. Djokovic, seeded third and pursuing a record-extending 25th major title, has been handed a brutal opening assignment against towering Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, whose serve has caused trouble for the Serbian on previous occasions.
Sinner’s path. The Italian’s quarter looks the cleanest on paper, though it is not without traps. A potential second-round meeting with Britain’s Jacob Fearnley looms, with Jiri Lehecka, Corentin Moutet and Matteo Berrettini all lurking in the same eighth. Sinner is projected to meet a seeded clay specialist — likely Greek veteran Stefanos Tsitsipas or Spanish wild card Jaume Munar — in the fourth round, with fourth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime the highest-ranked obstacle in the second quarter.
Djokovic’s bottom-half gauntlet. The Serbian’s path is markedly tougher. After Mpetshi Perricard, Djokovic could face NextGen star Joao Fonseca — or Dino Prizmic, who beat him in Rome — in the third round. A fourth-round meeting with two-time finalist Casper Ruud is the projected hurdle, followed by a possible quarter-final against either Andrey Rublev or Alex de Minaur. Djokovic shares his half with second seed and 2024 finalist Alexander Zverev, who opens against Benjamin Bonzi, setting up a possible Djokovic-Zverev semi-final.
Home and farewell stories. Arthur Fils, the 17 seed and France’s brightest hope, has drawn three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka in a first-round farewell match for the Swiss, who is making his final Roland Garros appearance. Gael Monfils, also in his swan-song edition, faces Hugo Gaston in an all-French opener. Seventeen-year-old French wild card Moise Kouame, the youngest player in the men’s draw, has been handed a daunting debut against 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic.
What’s at stake. Sinner is one point removed from completing the Career Grand Slam after losing the 2025 final to Carlos Alcaraz, who is absent this year with a right wrist injury. A title in Paris would make Sinner just the seventh man in the Open Era to win all four majors. For Djokovic, victory would push him clear of Margaret Court for the most singles majors in tennis history and deliver a fourth Coupe des Mousquetaires at the age of 39.
Play begins Sunday, May 24, with the men’s final scheduled for Sunday, June 7.
