News, photos and live updates from Roland-Garros 2025 on Day 4 of Opening Week
©Julien Crosnier / FFTThat's a wrap at the end of what's been Day 4 of Opening Week. We'll be back at 11am on Friday for the final day of qualifying. Thanks for joining us and see you then...
21:12In the build-up to his 22nd and final Roland-Garros, French favourite Richard Gasquet talks about his love for the tournament and how he feels about his career coming to a close.
©Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 20:54Chris Oddo takes his pick of some eye-catching first-round matchups that promise to light a spark on the first three days of Roland-Garros.
©️Corinne Dubreuil / FFT 20:48A host of stars were putting the finishing touches on their preparations around the grounds on Thursday.
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©André Ferreira / FFT 20:01Sunday’s order of play is yet to be published but we do know that the following players will be in action on the opening day of main draw tennis.
In the women’s draw top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Leylah Fernandez, Petra Kvitova, Zheng Qinwen and No.4 seed Jasmine Paolini will be on Sunday’s schedule.
Lorenzo Musetti, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton are among some of the big names in the men's draw who will play on Day 1.
©Cédric Lecocq / FFT 19:54After today’s singles draws, tournament referee Remy Azemar has revealed which sections of the draw will play on Sunday - the first day of main draw action.
The top half of the women's draw and the bottom half of the men's draw will be scheduled on Sunday and Monday.
The bottom half of the women's draw and the top half of the men's draw will be scheduled across Monday and Tuesday.
19:12The main draw ceremony served up plenty of enticing encounters ahead of action getting under way on Sunday. Alex Sharp has picked five standout matches to help get your RG2025 under way. Find out which ones he's chosen... 🍿🍿🍿
©️Cédric Lecocq / FFT 18:55Twenty-two third round qualifying matches feature on Friday's Order of Play with the ultimate prize of a Roland-Garros main draw spot up for grabs for those 44 players in action.
Alix Ramsay selects the pick of the bunch from Day 5 of Opening Week - the tennis gets under way at 11am.
18:07As Victoria Mboko closes to within reach of a Grand Slam main draw debut, Dan Imhoff talks to the Canadian teenager about her progress, still feeling unknown, and some pretty cool comments from the world No.2.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT 17:52 17:41Another handful of players have successfully negotiated the third and final qualifying round. Congrats go to Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch, Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet, Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic, Italian Matteo Gigante and American Ethan Quinn who survived a deciding tiebreak with Thiago Agustin Tirante 10-5. See you all in the main draw 🥳
16:55Chris Oddo casts his eye over the 128-player field following today's draw ceremony, and picks out the talking points ahead of the first day of main draw tennis on Sunday.
©Nicolas Gouhier / FFT 16:34Four-time Roland-Garros champion Iga Swiatek has a tough task ahead of her if she is to lift the trophy again this year. Dan Imhoff takes a look at the opponents she could face as she makes her way through the draw at RG2025.
©️Julien Crosnier / FFT 16:12Two players have earned main draw spots from women’s qualifying - Japan’s Nao Hibino and Oksana Selekhmeteva.
Hibino - who saved a match point to beat Bianca Andreescu on Wednesday - took out German 11th seed Ella Seidel 2-6 7-5 6-4.
Selekhmeteva outlasted Serbia’s Lola Radivojevic 6-4 2-6 6-4 to book a place in the 128-player women’s draw.
15:29While the singles draw ceremony was taking place, we’ve had a our first qualifier of the week as third round results start to come in.
Playing his last ever Roland-Garros, Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas has guaranteed himself one last main draw appearance by beating Argentina’s Andrea Collarini 6-2 6-1.
Earlier this week Chris Oddo met the former world No.17 - and 2016 RG quarterfinalist - to talk about his career.
©Cédric Lecocq / FFT 15:16And what of the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz? If he survives his opening round blockbuster with Kei Nishikori, it could be the dangerous Fabian Marozsan in round two (the Hungarian beat him on clay in Rome in 2023). A fourth round opponent will most likely come from a trio that includes Ben Shelton, Lorenzo Sonego or former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas. It could be Casper Ruud or Tommy Paul in the last eight and the Spaniard is in the same half as No.4 seed Taylor Fritz.
15:10Many were wondering where sixth seed Novak Djokovic would find himself in the men’s draw. He opens against American Mackenzie Mcdonald, while the first seed he would meet - in theory - is Denis Shapovalov in the third round. He could have a fourth round match against Daniil Medvedev and the Serb is in the same quarter as No.3 seed Alexander Zverev. If he makes the semis it’ll probably be Jannik Sinner waiting for him.
14:58 14:51So as the dust settles on the draw ceremony what have we learned? Iga Swiatek has what on paper looks like a difficult draw if she is to make it four successive women’s titles in Paris. She could play Emma Raducanu in the second round, then either Elena Rybakina, Belinda Bencic or her nemesis Jelena Ostapenko in the last 16 (the Latvian leads their head to head 6-0). The Pole is in the same quarter as in-form Italian and Rome champion Jasmine Paolini and she’s in the same half as top seed Aryna Sabalenka.
14:43Here are the projected men's quarter-finals by seedings:
[1] Sinner v [5] Draper
[3] Zverev v [6] Djokovic
[4] Fritz v [8] Musetti
[2] Alcaraz v [7] Ruud
14:39Early news from the men’s draw and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will open against Japanese star Kei Nishikori.
Top seed Jannik Sinner will play Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in his first match.
Playing his final Roland-Garros, Richard Gasquet faces fellow Frenchman Terence Atmane. Gasquet could play Sinner in the second round.
Young Brazilian Joao Fonseca draws Polish seed Hubert Hurkacz.
14:27Big women’s first round matches include:
Belinda Bencic v Elena Rybakina
Paula Badosa v Naomi Osaka
Zheng Qinwen v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Looking further ahead, defending champion Iga Swiatek could meet British former US Open champion Emma Raducanu in the second round.
14:21It was all eyes on where four-time champion Iga Swiatek would fall in the draw as the fifth seed and she’s been placed in the same half as top seed Aryna Sabalenka. They could meet in the semifinals if they make it that far.
Projected women’s quarterfinals
[1] Sabalenka v Zheng [8]
[4] Paolini v Swiatek [5]
[6] Andreeva v [3] Pegula
[7] Keys v [2] Gauff
13:45What are the blockbuster matchups going to be at Roland-Garros 2025?
The draws for the singles championships are about to start...
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13:14World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka is all smiles in the Paris sunshine ahead of her eighth Roland-Garros appearance
12:36A few more second round qualifying matches have finished as the time ticks towards lunch on site in Paris. Women’s top seed Yuliia Starodubtseva won her held-over match against Tamara Zidansek 3-6 6-2 6-3, while American sixth seed Taylor Townsend fought past Hanna Chang 7-5 in the third. And 18-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko is into the final round after outplaying Kathinka Von Deichmann in straight sets.
South African former top 40 player Lloyd Harris beat Finland’s Otto Virtanen 6-4 7-5 to set up a third round match against Marin Cilic.
12:00Jannik Sinner has arrived on site to begin his RG25 preparations. The Italian will be men's top seed when the singles draws are made in around 90 minutes' time. Remember you can follow the draw from 2pm Paris time on the official Roland-Garros YouTube channel.
11:57Carlos Alcaraz sat down with Roland-Garros Magazine to share his thoughts on his first Parisian title, watching tennis here as a kid and support from his idol, the recently retired Rafael Nadal. Read the full interview.
©Pauline Ballet / FFT 10:24If you missed Wednesday’s events, there’s some great content to enjoy to get up to speed.
Alex Sharp met Ethan Quinn’s coach, Brian Garber, to chat about the youngster’s development.
Dan Imhoff sat down with Danish 21-year-old Elmer Moller after he moved into the third round. The world No.108 was less than complimentary about his ability as a young tennis player!
Chris Oddo was courtside for all the big practice sessions on Day 3 of Opening Week.
And every evening Alix Ramsay analyses the order of play and selects the significant matches of the day. Read her picks for Thursday.
10:19Fresh off his win in Rome on Sunday, the defending champ Carlos Alcaraz is back ready to start rolling on the Paris clay...
10:00The warmest of welcomes to Roland-Garros and the first day of EIGHTEEN live blogs that we’ll be bringing you from the second major of the year.
It’s the perfect time to kick things off as Thursday features 48 second and third round qualifying matches as well as the men’s and women’s singles draw ceremony today at 2pm Paris time.
You can follow the draw live on the official Roland-Garros YouTube channel from 2 o’clock.
We’ll bring you the headlines from the Orangery buildings when the names start appearing in those draw sheets - Chris Oddo sets the scene ahead of 2pm and flags a few names we should all look out for.
We’ll keep you across the major stories from the fourth day of qualifying too, which kicks off at 10am sharp.
ROLAND-GARROS
18 May - 7 June 2026
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