With the second main of the 12 months on the horizon, Britain’s tennis stars are gearing up for an additional shot at glory.
Roland Garros’ clay courts haven’t historically been a contented searching floor for Brits, notably for its male gamers — if Jack Draper can win his first main he would grow to be solely the third man to win the French Open in historical past.
On the ladies’s aspect of the draw, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter might be maintaining a tally of one another’s outcomes because the battle for the British No. 1 spot heats up in “The Metropolis of Mild.”
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Males’s singles
Jack Draper
World rating: No. 5 (British No. 1)
Type: Draper has lengthy been touted as Andy Murray’s successor, however a serious triumph has to date eluded him. Nevertheless, there are indicators that might quickly change. From profitable the primary ATP tour title of his profession on the Stuttgart Open in June final 12 months to an Indian Wells success in March — and a US Open semifinal in between — his eye-catching rise over the past 12 months now sees him thought of as one of many main contenders to raise La Coupe des Mousquetaires in Paris.
The 23-year-old rubberstamped his credentials by reaching the primary clay-court last of his profession in Madrid earlier this month, and in doing so grew to become the primary Brit since Murray to interrupt into the highest 5 of the world rankings. Draper has had his battles with accidents throughout his nascent profession, but when he can hit his greatest stage in Roland Garros then he could make the leap to superstardom.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: First spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2023, 2024, 2025)
Jacob Fearnley
World rating: No. 57 (British No. 2)
Type: Jacob Fearnley might be making an attempt to proceed his personal rise when he heads to Paris.
The Worcester-born 23-year-old solely entered the highest 200 in August 2024, however has already obtained the vanquishing of a former Wimbledon finalist on his CV. He reached the third spherical on the Australian Open in January after defeating dwelling favorite Nick Kyrgois on his long-awaited comeback.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: Fearnley has not competed in the principle draw of the French Open earlier than.
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2025)
Cameron Norrie
World rating: No. 91 (British No. 3)
Type: After a troublesome 12 months on the tour, Cameron Norrie is seeking to rekindle the shape that noticed him rise to No. 8 on the planet in September 2022. He did not make a lot of an impression in Melbourne the place he fell quick towards Italy’s Matteo Berrettini within the first spherical.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: First spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: Third spherical (2021, 2022, 2023)
Billy Harris
World rating: No. 103 (British No. 4)
Outcome: Misplaced 7-5, 6-3 vs. Dan Evans in qualifying first spherical
Finest efficiency at Roland Garros: Qualifying third spherical (2024)
Jan Choinski
World rating: No. 187 (British No. 5)
Outcome: Misplaced 6-4, 7-6(5) to Guillo Zeppieri in qualifying first spherical
Finest efficiency at Roland Garros: Qualifying second spherical (2018, 2023)
Dan Evans
World rating: No. 215 (British No. 6)
Outcome: Misplaced 6-1, 6-3 to Clement Tabur in qualifying second spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: Second spherical (2022)
Girls’s singles
Katie Boulter
World rating: No. 38 (British No. 1)
Type: Katie Boulter has spent the previous few months trying over her shoulder. For the final two years she has been the undisputed No. 1-ranked British girl, however Raducanu’s latest progress meant that if she had obtained previous Coco Gauff in Rome on Might 12, the previous US Open winner would have reclaimed prime spot.
Boulter managed only one win between Madrid and Rome — towards world No. 64 Katerina Siniakova. Nevertheless, she raised hopes that she is adapting to clay when she gained the lower-ranked WTA 125k Paris occasion final week.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: First spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2024, 2025)
Emma Raducanu
World rating: No. 43 (British No. 2)
Type: Emma Raducanu’s rise and fall has been effectively documented, however the former US Open winner might effectively be set for a well-known comeback.
She seems to be thriving below the “casual” teaching association she has struck up with Mark Petchey. She might have been soundly overwhelmed by world No. 2 Iga Swiatek in Australia, however has since made a run to the quarterfinals of the Miami Open and Italian Open spherical of 16.
There have been recent health considerations on Wednesday, although, as Raducanu suffered an damage scare simply 4 days earlier than the French Open in a three-set defeat to Danielle Collins.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: Withdrew from French Open qualifying
Finest end result at Roland Garros: Second spherical (2022)
Sonay Kartal
World rating: No. 53 (British No. 3)
Type: Sonay Kartal moved three locations up the rankings to No. 53 on Monday and is making her first most important draw look at Roland Garros this 12 months.
She is thought to be a definite outsider within the French capital, however Kartal has expertise of upsetting the chances. She raised eyebrows by reaching the third spherical at Wimbledon final 12 months. Nevertheless, she has historically discovered victories on clay barely more durable to return by.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: Kartal has not competed in the principle draw of the French Open earlier than.
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2025)
Francesca Jones
World rating: No. 113 (British No. 4)
Outcome: Misplaced 6-0, 0-6, 6-2 to Anastasiya Soboleva in qualifying third spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: Qualifying third spherical (2025)
Harriet Dart
World rating: No. 64 (British No. 5)
Outcome: Misplaced 6-1, 6-2 to Anastasiya Soboleva in qualifying first spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2022, 2024)
Heather Watson
World rating: No. 166 (British No. 6)
Outcome: Misplaced 7-6(2), 6-2 to Daria Saville in qualifying first spherical
Finest end result at Roland Garros: Second spherical (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Jodie Burrage
World rating: No. 169 (British No. 7)
Type: This 12 months’s occasion marks Jodie Burrage’s first in the principle draw. She has by no means beforehand made it previous the primary qualifying spherical within the French capital.
Burrage has earned a spot in the principle draw 4 months after reaching the second spherical of the Australian Open at the beginning of the 12 months. However her last tune-up earlier than making the journey to Roland Garros ended with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 defear to prime seed McCartney Kessler on the Strasbourg Open on Saturday.
Final 12 months’s efficiency: Burrage has not competed in the principle draw of the French Open earlier than.
Finest end result at Roland Garros: First spherical (2025)
