Tennis’ elite will battle it out on the Paris clay over the next few weeks at the French Open – the sport’s second major of the year.
In the absence of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, top seed Jannik Sinner is the clear favourite in the men’s singles after a dominant start to 2026.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who is aiming to complete the Grand Slam with a win at Roland-Garros, leads the women’s draw but faces plenty of competition, including 2025 winner Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek.
Jack Draper is out due to injury and Emma Raducanu has fallen down the rankings, leaving Cam Norrie as the only Brit among the seeded players in the French capital.
Want to know more about which players were seeded going into the tournament and who is still in the draw? Radio Times brings you the full lists of seeded men’s and women’s players.
As the tournament progresses, we will update the seeded lists detailing when each player is eliminated so you can track their progress.
French Open 2026 seeded players (men)
- Jannik Sinner (ITA)
- Alexander Zverev (GER)
- Novak Djokovic (SRB)
- Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
- Ben Shelton (USA)
- Daniil Medvedev
- Taylor Fritz (USA)
- Alex de Minaur (AUS)
- Alexander Bublik (KAZ)
- Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
- Andrey Rublev
- Jiří Lehečka (CZE)
- Karen Khachanov
- Luciano Darderi (ITA)
- Casper Ruud (NOR)
- Valentin Vacherot (MON)
- Arthur Fils (FRA)
- Learner Tien (USA)
- Frances Tiafoe (USA)
- Cameron Norrie (GBR)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
- Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
- Tomás Martín Etcheverry (ARG)
- Tommy Paul (USA)
- Francisco Cerúndolo (ARG)
- Jakub Menšík (CZE)
- Rafael Jódar (ESP)
- João Fonseca (BRA)
- Tallon Griekspoor (NED)
- Corentin Moutet (FRA)
- Brandon Nakashima (USA)
- Ugo Humbert (FRA)
French Open 2026 seeded players (women)
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
- Iga Świątek (POL)
- Coco Gauff (USA)
- Jessica Pegula (USA)
- Amanda Anisimova (USA)
- Elina Svitolina (UKR)
- Mirra Andreeva
- Victoria Mboko (CAN)
- Karolína Muchová (CZE)
- Belinda Bencic (SUI)
- Linda Nosková (CZE)
- Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
- Naomi Osaka (JPN)
- Iva Jovic (USA)
- Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)
- Madison Keys (USA)
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Clara Tauson (DEN)
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Elise Mertens (BEL)
- Leylah Fernandez (CAN)
- Diana Shnaider
- Hailey Baptiste (USA)
- Marie Bouzková (CZE)
- Anastasia Potapova
- Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)
- Ann Li (USA)
- Cristina Bucșa (ESP)
- Wang Xinyu (CHN)
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