Women’s seedsAryna Sabalenka Elena Rybakina KAZ Iga Swiatek POL Coco Gauff USA Jessica Pegula USA Amanda Anisimova USA Elina Svitolina UKR Mirra Andreeva Victoria Mboko CAN Karolina Muchova CZE Belinda Bencic SUI Linda Noskova CZE Jasmine Paolini ITA Ekaterina Alexandrova Marta Kostyuk UKR Naomi Osaka JPN Iva Jovic USA Sorana Cirstea ROU Madison Keys USA Liudmila Samsonova Clara Tauson DEN Anna Kalinskaya Elise Mertens BEL Leylah Fernandez CAN Diana Shnaider Hailey Baptiste USA Marie Bouzkova CZE Anastasia Potapova AUT Jelena Ostapenko LAT Ann Li USA Cristina Bucsa ESP Xinyu Wang CHN Mike Jones21 May 2026 12:06When is the French Open draw?The French Open draw will take place on Thursday 21 May at 2pm local time, which is 1pm UK time.Mike Jones21 May 2026 12:00Good afternoon!Welcome to The Independent’s coverage of today’s French Open draw. Both the men’s and women’s draws will be made this afternoon and the big names will discover who their first round opponents will be. Jannik Sinner is the favourite to win the men’s title after Carlos Alcaraz’s withdrawal with Coco Gauff looking to defend her victory from 2025 in the women’s tournament. We’ll have all the updates throughout the afternoon so stick around. Mike Jones21 May 2026 11:48