The second Grand Slam of 2022, the French Open, gets underway in Paris on May 22.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 13-time winner Rafael Nadal, who won a record 21st major singles title in Australia in January, will be the headline acts in the men’s draw — although rising star Carlos Alcaraz could be the real one to watch.
The draw means Djokovic and Nadal could meet one another at the quarterfinal stage if the results go to plan for each.
Barbora Krejcikova will seek to defend her titles in the women’s singles and doubles, having last year become the first woman to win both at the same championships since Mary Pierce in 2000. Still, it’s hard to look beyond Iga Swiatek — the world number one and 2020 champion at Roland-Garros is on an astonishing 28-match winning streak and lifted the title in Rome this month.
The tournament will see 128 men and 128 women placed in the singles draws. Both singles draw at the French Open consist of 104 direct entries, 16 qualifiers, and eight wild cards.
In 2021, the draw tossed up a number of epic matches and many more should be expected this year.
Like every other major tennis tournament, the French Open draw is heavily determined by seedings.
A total of 32 players in the singles events are seeded with the subsequent draw done in a way to ensure the best players avoid playing one another until deep into a tournament. For example, the top two seeds are placed in opposite sections of the draw meaning they will only play each other if they both progress to the final.
These seedings mean higher seeds are often handed kinder draws with Djokovic in 2021 not facing a seeded opponent until the quarter-finals.
Below is the full draw for the 2022 French Open and the possible matchups in the latter stages of the tournament.
2022 French Open men’s first-round draw
Each match in the men’s draw is a best of five sets. The final set will be decided by a tie-break if the scores are level at 6-6, with the first to reach 10 points with a two-point lead declared the winner.
Match Number | Match | Result |
1 | Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Yoshihito Nishioka | — |
2 | Alex Molcan vs. Federico Coria | — |
3 | Aljaz Bedene vs. Christopher O’Connell | — |
4 | Pablo Cuevas vs. Jenson Brooksby (31) | — |
5 | Grigor Dimitrov (18) vs. Marcos Giron | — |
6 | Borna Coric vs. Carlos Taberner | — |
7 | Daniel Altmaier vs. Jaume Munar | — |
8 | Qualifier vs. Diego Schwartzman (15) | — |
9 | Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) vs. Qualifier | — |
10 | Qualifier vs. Aslan Karatsev | — |
11 | Alejandro Tabilo vs. Qualifier | — |
12 | Filip Krajinovic vs. Reilly Opelka (17) | — |
13 | Botic van der Zandschulp (26) vs. Qualifier | — |
14 | Fabio Fognini vs. Alexei Popyrin | — |
15 | Stan Wawrinka vs. Corentin Moutet | — |
16 | Jordan Thompson vs. Rafael Nadal (5) | — |
17 | Casper Ruud (8) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | — |
18 | Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Ugo Humbert | — |
19 | Joao Sousa vs. Qualifier | — |
20 | Peter Gojowczyk vs. Lorenzo Sonego (32) | — |
21 | Frances Tiafoe (24) vs. Benjamin Bonzi | — |
22 | Jiri Lehecka vs. David Goffin | — |
23 | Marco Cecchinato vs. Pablo Andujar | — |
24 | Qualifier vs. Hubert Hurkacz (12) | — |
25 | Denis Shapovalov (14) vs. Holger Rune | — |
26 | Pedro Martinez vs. Henri Laaksonen | — |
27 | Qualifier vs. Qualifier | — |
28 | Hugo Gaston vs. Alex De Minaur (19) | — |
29 | Dan Evans (29) vs. Francisco Cerundolo | — |
30 | Mikael Ymer vs. James Duckworth | — |
31 | Lucas Pouille vs. Qualifier | — |
32 | Lorenzo Musetti vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) | — |
33 | Alexander Zverev (3) vs. Qualifier | — |
34 | Dusan Lajovic vs. Sebastian Baez | — |
35 | Brandon Nakashima vs. Kamil Majchrzak | — |
36 | Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) | — |
37 | John Isner (23) vs. Quentin Halys | — |
38 | Taro Daniel vs. Gregoire Barrere | — |
39 | Michael Mmoh vs. Qualifier | — |
40 | Qualifier vs. Taylor Fritz (13) | — |
41 | Cameron Norrie (10) vs. Manuel Guinard | — |
42 | Qualifier vs. Denis Kudla | — |
43 | Hugo Dellien vs. Dominic Thiem | — |
44 | Qualifier vs. Karen Khachanov (21) | — |
45 | Sebastian Korda (27) vs. John Millman | — |
46 | Lloyd Harris vs. Richard Gasquet | — |
47 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis | — |
48 | Qualifier vs. Carlos Alcaraz (6) | — |
49 | Andrey Rublev (7) vs. Soonwoo Kwon | — |
50 | Adrian Mannarino vs. Federico Delbonis | — |
51 | Benoit Paire vs. Ilya Ivashka | — |
52 | Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul (31) | — |
53 | Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) vs. Maxime Cressy | — |
54 | Mackenzie McDonald vs. Qualifier | — |
55 | Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Oscar Otte | — |
56 | Qualifier vs. Jannik Sinner (11) | — |
57 | Pablo Carreno Busta (16) vs. Gilles Simon | — |
58 | Jiri Vesely vs. Steve Johnson | — |
59 | Marton Fucsovics vs. Qualifier | — |
60 | Attila Balazs vs. Marin Cilic (20) | — |
61 | Miomir Kecmanovic (28) vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry | — |
62 | Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexander Bublik | — |
63 | Ricardas Berankis vs. Laslo Djere | — |
64 | Facundo Bagnis vs. Daniil Medvedev (2) | — |
(No.): Seeded player
2022 French Open men’s second-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
65 | Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 | — |
66 | Winner 3 vs. Winner 4 | — |
67 | Winner 5 vs. Winner 6 | — |
68 | Winner 7 vs. Winner 8 | — |
69 | Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 | — |
70 | Winner 11 vs. Winner 12 | — |
71 | Winner 13 vs. Winner 14 | — |
72 | Winner 15 vs. Winner 16 | — |
73 | Winner 17 vs. Winner 18 | — |
74 | Winner 19 vs. Winner 20 | — |
75 | Winner 21 vs. Winner 22 | — |
76 | Winner 23 vs. Winner 24 | — |
77 | Winner 25 vs. Winner 26 | — |
78 | Winner 27 vs. Winner 28 | — |
79 | Winner 29 vs. Winner 30 | — |
80 | Winner 31 vs. Winner 32 | — |
81 | Winner 33 vs. Winner 34 | — |
82 | Winner 35 vs. Winner 36 | — |
83 | Winner 37 vs. Winner 38 | — |
84 | Winner 39 vs. Winner 40 | — |
85 | Winner 41 vs. Winner 42 | — |
86 | Winner 43 vs. Winner 44 | — |
87 | Winner 45 vs. Winner 46 | — |
88 | Winner 47 vs. Winner 48 | — |
89 | Winner 49 vs. Winner 50 | — |
90 | Winner 51 vs. Winner 52 | — |
91 | Winner 53 vs. Winner 54 | — |
92 | Winner 55 vs. Winner 56 | — |
93 | Winner 57 vs. Winner 58 | — |
94 | Winner 59 vs. Winner 60 | — |
95 | Winner 61 vs. Winner 62 | — |
96 | Winner 63 vs. Winner 64 | — |
2022 French Open men’s third-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
97 | Winner 65 vs. Winner 66 | — |
98 | Winner 67 vs. Winner 68 | — |
99 | Winner 69 vs. Winner 70 | — |
100 | Winner 71 vs. Winner 72 | — |
101 | Winner 73 vs. Winner 74 | — |
102 | Winner 75 vs. Winner 76 | — |
103 | Winner 77 vs. Winner 78 | — |
104 | Winner 79 vs. Winner 80 | — |
105 | Winner 81 vs. Winner 82 | — |
106 | Winner 82 vs. Winner 84 | — |
107 | Winner 85 vs. Winner 86 | — |
108 | Winner 87 vs. Winner 88 | — |
109 | Winner 89 vs. Winner 90 | — |
110 | Winner 91 vs. Winner 92 | — |
111 | Winner 93 vs. Winner 94 | — |
112 | Winner 95 vs. Winner 96 | — |
2022 French Open men’s fourth-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
113 | Winner 97 vs. Winner 98 | — |
114 | Winner 99 vs. Winner 100 | — |
115 | Winner 101 vs. Winner 102 | — |
116 | Winner 103 vs. Winner 104 | — |
117 | Winner 105 vs. Winner 106 | — |
118 | Winner 107 vs. Winner 108 | — |
119 | Winner 109 vs. Winner 110 | — |
120 | Winner 111 vs. Winner 112 | — |
2022 French Open men’s quarter-final draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
121 | Winner 113 vs. Winner 114 | — |
122 | Winner 115 vs. Winner 116 | — |
123 | Winner 117 vs. Winner 118 | — |
124 | Winner 119 vs. Winner 120 | — |
2022 French Open men’s semi-final draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
125 | Winner 121 vs. Winner 122 | — |
126 | Winner 123 vs. Winner 124 | — |
2022 French Open men’s final
Match Number | Match | Result |
127 | Winner 125 vs. Winner 126 | — |
2022 French Open: Men’s seeds
Seeding | Player |
1 | Novak Djokovic |
2 | Daniil Medvedev |
3 | Alexander Zverev |
4 | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
5 | Rafael Nadal |
6 | Carlos Alcaraz |
7 | Andrey Rublev |
8 | Casper Ruud |
9 | Felix Auger-Aliassime |
10 | Cameron Norrie |
11 | Jannik Sinner |
12 | Hubert Hurkacz |
13 | Taylor Fritz |
14 | Denis Shapovalov |
15 | Diego Schwartzman |
16 | Pablo Carreno Busta |
17 | Reilly Opelka |
18 | Grigor Dimitrov |
19 | Alex De Minaur |
20 | Marin Cilic |
21 | Karen Khachanov |
22 | Nikoloz Basilashvili |
23 | John Isner |
24 | Frances Tiafoe |
25 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
26 | Botic van der Zandschulp |
27 | Sebastian Korda |
28 | Miomir Kecmanovic |
29 | Dan Evans |
30 | Tommy Paul |
31 | Jenson Brooksby |
32 | Lorenzo Sonego |
2022 French Open women’s first-round draw
Each match in the women’s draw is the best of three sets. The final set will be decided by a tie-break if the scores are level at 6-6, with the first to reach 10 points with a two-point lead declared the winner.
Match Number | Match | Result |
1 | Iga Swiatek (1) vs. Qualifier | — |
2 | Alison Riske vs. Dayana Yastremska | — |
3 | Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kristina Kucova | — |
4 | Danka Kovinic vs. Liudmila Samsonova (25) | — |
5 | Simona Halep (19) vs. Ana Konjuh | — |
6 | Maryna Zanevska vs. Qinwen Zheng | — |
7 | Alize Cornet vs. Misaki Doi | — |
8 | Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jelena Ostapenko (13) | — |
9 | Jessica Pegula (11) vs. Qiang Wang | — |
10 | Anhelina Kalinina vs. Qualifier | — |
11 | Mayar Sherif vs. Marta Kostyuk | — |
12 | Claire Liu vs. Tamara Zidansek (24) | — |
13 | Ekaterina Alexandrova (30) vs. Greet Minnen | — |
14 | Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Jasmine Paolini | — |
15 | Leolia Jeanjean vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz | — |
16 | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Karolina Pliskova (8) | — |
17 | Ons Jabeur (6) vs. Magda Linette | — |
18 | Martina Trevisan vs. Harriet Dart | — |
19 | Qualifier vs. Daria Saville | — |
20 | Anna Bondar vs. Petra Kvitova (32) | — |
21 | Angelique Kerber (21) vs. Magdalena Frech | — |
22 | Heather Watson vs. Elsa Jacquemot | — |
23 | Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Xinyu Wang | — |
24 | Qualifier vs. Emma Raducanu (12) | — |
25 | Belinda Bencic (14) vs. Qualifier | — |
26 | Bianca Andreescu vs. Qualifier | — |
27 | Katerina Siniakova vs. Petra Martic | — |
28 | Kristina Mladenovic vs. Leylah Fernandez (17) | — |
29 | Amanda Anisimova (27) vs. Naomi Osaka | — |
30 | Qualifier vs. Qualifier | — |
31 | Carole Monnet vs. Karolina Muchova | — |
32 | Clara Burell vs. Maria Sakkari (4) | — |
33 | Paula Badosa (3) vs. Fiona Ferro | — |
34 | Qualifier vs. Kaja Juvan | — |
35 | Qualifier vs. Kamilla Rakhimova | — |
36 | Qualifier vs. Veronika Kudermetova (29) | — |
37 | Madison Keys (22) vs. Anna Kalinskaya | — |
38 | Taylor Townsend vs. Caroline Garcia | — |
39 | Katie Volynets vs. Viktorija Golubic | — |
40 | Aranxta Rus vs. Elena Rybakina (16) | — |
41 | Danielle Collins (9) vs. Qualifier | — |
42 | Shelby Rogers vs. Tereza Martincova | — |
43 | Panna Udvardy vs. Qualifier | — |
44 | Rebecca Peterson vs. Daria Kasatkina (20) | — |
45 | Camila Giorgi (28) vs. Shuai Zhang | — |
46 | Qualifier vs. Yulia Putintseva | — |
47 | Madison Brengle vs. Qualifier | — |
48 | Chloe Paquet vs. Aryna Sabalenka (7) | — |
49 | Anett Kontaveit (5) vs. Ajla Tomljanovich | — |
50 | Astra Sharma vs. Varvara Gracheva | — |
51 | Lauren Davis vs. Marie Bouzkova | — |
52 | Elena-Gabriela Rus vs. Elise Mertens (31) | — |
53 | Coco Gauff (18) vs. Qualifier | — |
54 | Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Ann Li | — |
55 | Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Qualifier | — |
56 | Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza (10) | — |
57 | Victoria Azarenka (15) vs. Ana Bogdan | — |
58 | Oceane Dodin vs. Andrea Petkovic | — |
59 | Qualifier vs. Dalma Galfi | — |
60 | Bernarda Pera vs. Jil Teichmann (23) | — |
61 | Sorana Cirstea (26) vs. Tatjana Maria | — |
62 | Sloane Stephens vs. Qualifier | — |
63 | Camila Osorio vs. Harmony Tan | — |
64 | Dianne Parry vs. Barbora Krejcikova (2) | — |
(No.): Seeded player
2022 French Open women’s second-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
65 | Winner 1 vs. Winner 2 | — |
66 | Winner 3 vs. Winner 4 | — |
67 | Winner 5 vs. Winner 6 | — |
68 | Winner 7 vs. Winner 8 | — |
69 | Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 | — |
70 | Winner 11 vs. Winner 12 | — |
71 | Winner 13 vs. Winner 14 | — |
72 | Winner 15 vs. Winner 16 | — |
73 | Winner 17 vs. Winner 18 | — |
74 | Winner 19 vs. Winner 20 | — |
75 | Winner 21 vs. Winner 22 | — |
76 | Winner 23 vs. Winner 24 | — |
77 | Winner 25 vs. Winner 26 | — |
78 | Winner 27 vs. Winner 28 | — |
79 | Winner 29 vs. Winner 30 | — |
80 | Winner 31 vs. Winner 32 | — |
81 | Winner 33 vs. Winner 34 | — |
82 | Winner 35 vs. Winner 36 | — |
83 | Winner 37 vs. Winner 38 | — |
84 | Winner 39 vs. Winner 40 | — |
85 | Winner 41 vs. Winner 42 | — |
86 | Winner 43 vs. Winner 44 | — |
87 | Winner 45 vs. Winner 46 | — |
88 | Winner 47 vs. Winner 48 | — |
89 | Winner 49 vs. Winner 50 | — |
90 | Winner 51 vs. Winner 52 | — |
91 | Winner 53 vs. Winner 54 | — |
92 | Winner 55 vs. Winner 56 | — |
93 | Winner 57 vs. Winner 58 | — |
94 | Winner 59 vs. Winner 60 | — |
95 | Winner 61 vs. Winner 62 | — |
96 | Winner 63 vs. Winner 64 | — |
2022 French Open women’s third-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
97 | Winner 65 vs. Winner 66 | — |
98 | Winner 67 vs. Winner 68 | — |
99 | Winner 69 vs. Winner 70 | — |
100 | Winner 71 vs. Winner 72 | — |
101 | Winner 73 vs. Winner 74 | — |
102 | Winner 75 vs. Winner 76 | — |
103 | Winner 77 vs. Winner 78 | — |
104 | Winner 79 vs. Winner 80 | — |
105 | Winner 81 vs. Winner 82 | — |
106 | Winner 82 vs. Winner 84 | — |
107 | Winner 85 vs. Winner 86 | — |
108 | Winner 87 vs. Winner 88 | — |
109 | Winner 89 vs. Winner 90 | — |
110 | Winner 91 vs. Winner 92 | — |
111 | Winner 93 vs. Winner 94 | — |
112 | Winner 95 vs. Winner 96 | — |
2022 French Open women’s fourth-round draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
113 | Winner 97 vs. Winner 98 | — |
114 | Winner 99 vs. Winner 100 | — |
115 | Winner 101 vs. Winner 102 | — |
116 | Winner 103 vs. Winner 104 | — |
117 | Winner 105 vs. Winner 106 | — |
118 | Winner 107 vs. Winner 108 | — |
119 | Winner 109 vs. Winner 110 | — |
120 | Winner 111 vs. Winner 112 | — |
2022 French Open women’s quarter-final draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
121 | Winner 113 vs. Winner 114 | — |
122 | Winner 115 vs. Winner 116 | — |
123 | Winner 117 vs. Winner 118 | — |
124 | Winner 119 vs. Winner 120 | — |
2022 French Open women’s semi-final draw
Match Number | Match | Result |
125 | Winner 121 vs. Winner 122 | — |
126 | Winner 123 vs. Winner 124 | — |
2022 French Open women’s final
Match Number | Match | Result |
127 | Winner 125 vs. Winner 126 | — |
2022 French Open: women’s seeds
Seeding | Player |
1 | Iga Swiatek |
2 | Barbora Krejcikova |
3 | Paula Badosa |
4 | Maria Sakkari |
5 | Anett Kontaveit |
6 | Ons Jabeur |
7 | Aryna Sabalenka |
8 | Karolina Pliskova |
9 | Danielle Collins |
10 | Garbine Muguruza |
11 | Jessia Pegula |
12 | Emma Raducanu |
13 | Jelena Ostapenko |
14 | Belinda Bencic |
15 | Victoria Azarenka |
16 | Elena Rybakina |
17 | Leylah Fernandez |
18 | Coco Gauff |
19 | Simona Halep |
20 | Daria Kasatkina |
21 | Angelique Kerber |
22 | Madison Keys |
23 | Jil Teichmann |
24 | Tamara Zidansek |
25 | Liudmila Samsonova |
26 | Sorana Cirstea |
27 | Amanda Anisimova |
28 | Camila Giorgi |
29 | Veronika Kudermetova |
30 | Ekaterina Alexandrova |
31 | Elise Mertens |
32 | Petra Kvitova |
The French Open is a Major Tennis Tournament that was started in 1891 and is the second tournament of the Grand Slam Championship. The Matches are played on Outdoor Clay Court in Stade Roland Garros. Novak Djokovic is the current Singles champion and Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut are the Doubles Champion. The French Open is one of the most physically demanding tournaments.
2022 French Open is the 126th edition of the tournament which started on 16th May 2022 and will be played till 5th June 2022. Currently, the Qualifier Rounds are in progress and are played on the clay court of Roland Garros Stadium. Novak Djokovic is the men’s singles champion and Barbora Krejčíková is the women’s singles champion.
Tournament | French Open |
Dates | 16 May – 5 June 2022 |
Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
Edition | 126th |
Surface | Clay |
French Open 2022 Prize Money Breakdown
The tournament will be played under normal conditions after 2 years since the Pandemic hit us. The prize money purse for this edition has been increased and the total Purse value this year is €43.6 million which will be distributed amongst winners and players. The prize money saw a rise of 26.87% compared to last year. Let’s have a look at the Prize Money Breakdown of the 2022 French Open.
Men’s and Women’s Prize Money Breakdown
Position | Singles | Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Wheelchair Singles | Wheelchair Doubles |
Winner | €2,200,000 | €580,000 | €122,000 | €56,000 | €16,000 |
Finals | €1,100,000 | €290,000 | €61,000 | €28,000 | €8,000 |
Semi-Finals | €600,000 | €146,000 | €31,000 | €14,000 | €5,000 |
Quarter-Finals | €380,000 | €79,500 | €17,500 | €7,500 | €3,000 |
Round 4 | €220,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Round 3 | €125,800 | €42,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Round 2 | €86,000 | €25,000 | €10,000 | N/A | N/A |
Round 1 | €62,000 | €15,500 | €5,000 | €5,000 | N/A |
Qualifier 3 | €31,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Qualifier 2 | €20,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Qualifier 1 | €14,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
French Open 2022 Points Distribution
The points help the players to attain a good rank in rankings. These points are given at the end of the tournament based on the final positions of the players. Let’s have a look at the French Open 2022 Points Distribution.
Position | Men’s Singles | Men’s Doubles | Women’s Singles | Women’s Doubles |
Winner | 2000 | 1000 | 2000 | 1000 |
Finals | 1200 | 600 | 1300 | 650 |
Semi-Finals | 720 | 360 | 780 | 390 |
Quarter-Finals | 360 | 180 | 430 | 215 |
Round of 16 | 180 | 90 | 240 | 120 |
Round of 32 | 90 | 0 | 130 | 10 |
Round of 64 | 45 | N/A | 70 | N/A |
Round of 128 | 10 | N/A | 10 | N/A |
For more info visit iSportsLeahue.com