French Open 2023: When is the draw? Who will be the top seeds? Will Novak Djokovic be drawn with Carlos Alcaraz?

The French Open is drawing ever closer. The second Grand Slam of the season starts on May 28 with Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz set to be the leading contenders for the men’s title, and Iga Swiatek heading the field in the women’s draw. Ad When is the draw for the tournament and who will be the top seeds? We run through everything you need to know ahead of the 2023 French Open...

Roland-Garros‘One match can change everything’ — Resurgent Ruud eyes Roland-Garros redemption19/05/2023 AT 19:30 When is the draw for the 2023 French Open? The draw for the French Open will take place on Thursday, May 25 at 1pm UK time. The Grand Slam gets started on Sunday, May 28. How does the French Open draw work? There are 128 players in the men’s and women’s singles draws.

There are 32 seeded players in each draw, which are determined by the ATP and WTA rankings the week before the tournament starts. Those seeds will be drawn apart and cannot face each other for the first few rounds of the tournament. The top seed and the second seed can only meet in the final, and the top four seeds can only meet in the semi-finals.

If the seeds hold, then the top eight seeds would all reach the quarter-finals. Who will be the top seeds at the French Open? Carlos Alcaraz will be the top men’s seed, despite his early exit at the Italian Open as he has overtaken Novak Djokovic as world No. 1 after the tournament.

Djokovic will be the third seed, behind Daniil Medvedev, who moved up to world No. 2 following his victory at the Italian Open. That means Djokovic and Alcaraz could be drawn on the same half of the draw, in which case they would be set to meet in the semi-finals.