French Open 2023: Results, seeds, schedule, notable matchups, how to watch the action from Roland Garros

The French Open will have a different feel this year with Rafael Nadal missing the tournament for the first time since 2005. However, there will still be plenty of action and interesting storylines.

In the men’s drad, Carlos Alcaraz enters the year’s French Open as the No. 1 seed — his first time as a No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam tournament. He recently replaced Novak Djokovic as the No. 1 player in the world, and they both find themselves on the same side of the bracket and could potential meet in the semi-final round. The last time they faced each other was when Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in the Madrid Open semifinals on May 7, 2022.

Djokovic and Nadal are currently tied for the most men’s Grand Slam titles with 22 each. The Serbian star has a chance to earn his 23rd trophy in Paris. 

Nadal has won the French Open a record 14 times, including last year. Earlier this month, the veteran announced he was pulling out of the tournament due to a lingering hip injury. In that announcement, he also said he expects to retire after the 2024 season. Nick Kyrgios will also skip this year’s French Open due to the same knee injury that kept him out of the Australian Open in January.

On the women’s side, defending champion and World No. 1 Iga Swiatek comes in as the top seed. She suffered a leg injury less than two weeks ago during the third set of her quarterfinal match against Elena Rybakina in Rome. However, she took a few days off to recover and booked her ticket to Paris. 

Last year was a breakout year for her as she won the US Open and the French Open. Before that, her only Grand Slam trophy had been in 2020 at Roland Garros. In 2022, she also found herself in a 37-match win streak.

Other top contenders for this year’s tournament include Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion. American Jessica Pegula earned the No. 3 seed, and will be on the hunt for her first ever Grand Slam title.

A notable absence on the women’s side will be Paula Badosa, who suffered a stress fracture in her spine at the Italian Open last week.

Here is everything you need to know about this year’s competition at Roland Garros:

How to watch the 2023 French Open

Date: May 28-June 11
Location: Roland Garros, Paris, France
TV: NBC, Tennis Channel | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)

Men’s notable first-round matchups

• No. 1 Carolos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli
• No. 2 Daniil Medvedev vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
• No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
• No. 4 Casper Ruud vs. Elias Ymer
• No. 5. Stefano Tsitsipas vs. Jiri Vesely
• No. 6 Holger Rune vs. Christopher Eubanks
• No. 7 Andrey Rublev vs. Laslo Djere
• No. 8 Jannik Sinner vs. Alexandre Muller
• No. 9 Taylor Fritz vs. Michael Mmoh
• No. 10 Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Fabio Fognini
• No 12. Francis Tiafoe vs. Filip Krajinovic

Women’s notable first-round matchups

• No. 1 Iga Swiatek vs. Cristina Bucsa
• No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Marta Kostyuk
• No. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. Danielle Collins
• No. 4 Elena Rybakina vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• No. 5 Caroline Garcia vs. Xiyu Wang
• No. 6 Coco Gauff vs. Rebeka Masarova
• No. 7 Ons Jabeur vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• No. 8 Maria Sakkara vs. Karolina Muchova
• No. 9 Daria Kasatkina vs. Jule Niemeier
• No. 10 Petra Kvitova vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• No. 18 Victoria Azarenka vs. Bianca Andreescu

Men’s seeds

1. Carlos Alcaraz
2. Daniil Medvedev
3. Novak Djokovic
4. Casper Ruud
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas
6. Holger Rune
7. Andrey Rublev
8. Jannik Sinner
9. Taylor Fritz
10. Felix Auger-Aliassime
11. Karen Khachanov
12. Frances Tiafoe
13. Hubert Hurkacz
14. Cameron Norrie
15. Borna Coric
16. Tommy Paul
17. Lorenzo Musetti
18. Alex de Minaur
19. Roberto Bautista Agut
20. Daniel Evans
21. Jan-Lennard Struff
22. Alexander Zverev
23. Francisco Cerundolo
24. Sebastian Korda
25. Botic van de Zandschulp
26. Denis Shapovalov
27. Yoshihito Nishioka
28. Grigor Dimitrov
29. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
30. Ben Shelton
31. Miomir Kecmanovic
32. Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Women’s Seeds

1. Iga Swiatek
2. Aryna Sabalenka
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Caroline Garcia
6. Coco Gauff
7. Ons Jabeur
8. Maria Sakkara
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Petra Kvitova
11. Veronika Kudermetova
12. Belinda Bencic
13. Barbora Krejcikova
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia
15. Liudmila Samsonova
16. Karolina Pliskova
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Victoria Azarenka
19. Zheng Qinwen
20. Madison Keys
21. Donna Vekic
22. Magda Linette
23. Ekaterina Alexandrova
24. Anastasia Potapova
25. Angelina Kalinina
26. Martina Trevisan
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Elise Mertens
29. Paula Badosa
30. Zhang Shuai
31. Sorana Cirstea
32. Marie Bouzkova