First round singles action continues on Monday in Paris.
Iga Swiatek is the four-time and defending champion of this tournament. However, she has not won a title since lifting the Musketeers’ Cup a year ago, and is not favored to defend her title. Swiatek starts her 2025 Roland Garros campaign on Monday, against Rebecca Sramkova.
The men’s singles defending champion, Carlos Alcaraz, also plays his opening round match on Monday, as does top-seeded Jannik Sinner, as well as two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud. Plus, two retiring French favorites play what may be the last matches of their long careers: Richard Gasquet and Caroline Garcia.
But the day’s most competitive matches may be other contests where seeded players have drawn unseeded threats in the first round. 10th-seeded Paula Badosa has drawn four-time Major champion Naomi Osaka, while 10th-seeded Holger Rune has drawn Spanish veteran Roberta Bautista Agut. And French No.1 Arthur Fils takes on last year’s Rome runner-up, Nicolas Jarry.
Through the tournament, this preview will analyze the day’s most prominent matches, while highlighting the other notable matches on the schedule. Monday’s play gets underway at 11:00am local time.
Rebecca Sramkova vs. Iga Swiatek (5) – 12:00pm on Court Philippe-Chatrier
It is quite odd to see the No.5 next to Swiatek’s name, but she’s dropped to the fifth seed here, the lowest she’s been seeded at a Major since the 2022 Australian Open. Iga is 27-9 on the year, though she hasn’t reached a WTA final in a full year now. She normally arrives in Paris with multiple clay court titles to her name, yet she’s an extremely modest 6-3 during 2025 on this surface. However, Swiatek carries a 21-match winning streak at this tournament into this first round match, despite losing in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics on these same grounds just 10 months ago.
Sramkova is a 28-year-old who is just 10-14 this season, and 2-3 on clay. She recently peaked at a career-high of No.36, thanks to a great record last fall on hard courts. However, Rebecca only owns one main draw victory at a Major, which came this past January in Melbourne.
In the very next round of that same Major, Swiatek thumped Sramkova by a score of 6-0, 6-2, in their only previous meeting. On this surface, despite Iga’s recent woes, the defending champion remains a huge favorite to advance, though I’m curious to see if she displays any first round nerves considering her recent form.
Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Holger Rune (10) – Second on Court 7
It’s been an odd season for Rune. He’s just 17-11, and has been forced to retire from three different matches, as he’s battled an apparently-misdiagnosed viral illness for the last several months. But Holger’s season has also included a few big moments: reaching the final of Indian Wells, and winning the title in Barcelona. The 22-year-old is 10-3 at Roland Garros, and has advanced to the second week of this event in all three of his appearances.
37-year-old Bautista Agut is 18-11 lifetime at this tournament, though he hasn’t reached the second week here since 2017. The former World No.9 is now ranked outside the top 50, and is only 7-13 this year. However, he has earned some solid wins in recent weeks on clay, with four victories over top 50 opposition.
Rune has taken both of their prior encounters, which were both on hard courts, and both were tight. Assuming Holger has finally recovered from his illness, he should be able to make it 3-0 against Roberto.
Naomi Osaka vs. Paula Badosa (10) – Second on Court Philippe-Chatrier
A year ago, Naomi Osakawas just one point away from upsetting Swiatekin the second round. In 2025, a still-unseeded Osaka receives another tough early-round draw in the 10th seed. However, Badosa has withdrawn or retired from almost every tournament she’s entered the last three months, as unfortunately a back injury that almost ended her career a few years ago has returned.
Prior to the injury, Paula was playing some great tennis, including a run to the semifinals of the last Major. And she was a quarterfinalist here back in 2021. Badosa will certainly try her hardest to play this Major, but I would not be surprised if she withdraws before this match even begins, or is forced to retire mid-match.
Osaka made a strong commitment to playing on European clay this season. After losing in the first round of Madrid, she played an ITF-level event in France, and she won it. Naomi went on to win three matches in Rome, so she arrives in Paris with some clay court confidence. And being the far-healthier player, Osaka is the favorite to prevail on Monday, in her first match against Badosa.
Nicolas Jarry vs. Arthur Fils (14) – Last on Court Suzanne-Lenglen
20-year-old Fils debuted in the top 20 at the end of 2024, mostly thanks to a pair of 500-level titles. In 2025, he’s made progress at 1000-level, making his first three Masters quarterfinal appearances in succession between Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo. Now he looks to make a stronger impression at the Majors, as he’s only once reached the second week at this level. And he’s 0-2 at his home Slam, though it’s worth noting he’s faced rather challenging first round draws in the last two years here, losing to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Matteo Arnaldi.
Jarry is another tough first round draw, as he possesses a lot of power, as well as strong results on clay. All seven ATP finals the 29-year-old Chliean has achieved have come on this surface, including one at Masters 1000 level just over a year ago in Rome. However, Nico has played rather terribly since that run in Rome, with a record of 8-23 at tour level across the past 52 weeks, which has seen his ranking drop to 150th in the world. But as we often see, perhaps that surprising Rome final dropping from his ranking will free up his play, and his French opponent will certainly be feeling some pressure on Monday.
In the first career meeting between two of the ATP’s biggest hitters, I still favor Fils. He’s been the far better player of late, and the vociferous French crowd late in the day on Lenglen should provide him with plenty of energy and inspiration.
Other Notable Matches on Monday:
Casper Ruud (7) vs. Albert Ramos Vinolas (Q) – Ruud has advanced to the semis or better in all of the last three years, and he’s coming off the biggest title of his career earlier this month in Madrid. Ramos Vinolas is a former quarterfinalist here, but is now ranked 248th in the world. They have split eight previous meetings at all levels, though the last four all went to Casper.
Giulio Zeppieri (Q) vs. Carlos Alcaraz (2) – Alcaraz is 27-2 on clay since the start of this tournament a year ago. Zeppieri is a 23-year-old Italian qualifier ranked outside the world’s top 300, yet when he played Alcaraz three years ago in Umag, he pushed Carlitos to a third set in an extended battle.
Daniel Altmaier vs. Taylor Fritz (4) – This is the only Major where Fritz is yet to reach the quarterfinals, and he’s only 3-3 this season on clay. Altmaier reached the fourth round here in 2020, but is just 9-13 this year at tour level.
Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera – Shortly before this fortnight began, Garcia announced she will retire after this event. She was a quarterfinalist here back in 2017, and won the women’s doubles title here twice. Caro has not played much this past year, with a record of 5-10. And she’s 1-3 against Pera, but she did defeat the American just a few months ago at Indian Wells.
Jacob Fearnley vs. Stan Wawrinka (WC) – It’s now been a full decade since Wawrinka stunned Novak Djokovic in the Roland Garros final to win this title. Stan is just 1-7 this year at tour level, though he did advance to a Challenger final on clay just a few weeks ago. 23-year-old Fearnley is 9-8 this year at tour level, with most of his ranking of No.54 coming from five Challenger titles he won last season.
Terance Atmane (WC) vs. Richard Gasquet (WC) – Gasquet’s best result at his home Slam was a quarterfinal appearance in 2016, but he’s only 5-10 across the past 52 weeks at tour level. Atmane is a 23-year-old Frenchman who has never won a main draw match at a Major.
Madison Keys (7) vs. Daria Saville (Q) – This will be Keys’ first match at a Slam since her title run this past January in Melbourne. She’s now 24-6 on the year, and she’s 1-1 against Saville, with both matches taking place on this surface.
Jannik Sinner (1) vs. Arthur Rinderknech – This is only Sinner’s third tournament of 2025, after serving a three-month suspension for his failed drug tests from a year ago. He is 2-1 against Rinderknech, but he did lose their only clay court meeting, though that was four years ago before Sinner rose to the top of the sport.
Monday’s full Order of Play is here.
