Will Novak Djokovic be top seed for French Open? Where will Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz be seeded for draw?

It’s been 18 years since the top seed at a Grand Slam wasn’t Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Andy Murray. That streak – dating back to Andy Roddick being seeded No. 1 at the 2004 Australian Open, where he lost in the quarter-finals – could be broken at the French Open.

Ad/> Djokovic is currently No. 1 in the world but may head to Paris as the second seed, depending how he fares at the Italian Open this week. WTA RomeOsaka’s revolutionary move, Nadal's work ethic and Italian 'derby' wows fans — Rome diary14 HOURS AGO What does Djokovic need to do to stay as No.

1? Having made the final in Rome last year, Djokovic has 600 points to defend on his ranking this week. He currently holds a 270-point lead over world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, who is not playing in Rome as he recovers from injury, but only has 10 points dropping from his ranking after losing his first match last year.

To stay as world No. 1 and be top seed for the French Open, Djokovic will have to at least reach the semi-finals this week. That would guarantee him enough ranking points to stay ahead of Medvedev.

If Djokovic loses before the semi-finals then Medvedev, who had a brief stint as world No. 1 earlier this year, will return to the top. Medvedev is set to return to action next week at the Geneva Open and will likely then play the French Open.

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