The draw for the 2024 Roland Garros women's tournament was made, and it promises a fortnight of exciting action in Paris.
From May 26th to June 9th, the best of the best will compete at the second Grand Slam of the season in the French capital. Almost traditionally, Iga Swiatek is the defending champion and also the top seed, and the 'Queen of the Clay' will be eyeing already her fourth trophy at the French Open.
However, there will be many players standing in her way and one of them will be a fellow four-time major winner, Naomi Osaka. The Pole will start against one of the qualifiers in the opening round and if she wins the match, she will play against the winner of the match between Osaka and Lucia Bronzetti in the second round.
One of her main rivals at the event, even though one that she beat recently in the Rome final, will be Aryna Sabalenka. The Belarusian is the second seed at the event, and she will start against Erika Andreeva, with a possible second-round match against one of the qualifiers.
Sabalenka's possible third-round matchup can prove to be a real problem as she can meet former US Open champion, Sloane Stephens, or former world no. 2, Paula Badosa, or the 26th-seeded Katie Boulter.
The second seed should be a favourite in all of those matches, but if she wants to possibly challenge Swiatek in the final again, she may have to play one match, where she won't be that big of a favourite.
Elena Rybakina is the fourth seed at the tournament, and she's in Sabalenka's part of the draw. The Kazakhstani player will start against Greet Minnen in the first round, and like the top-seeded Swiatek, she, too, can play against a former world no. 1 in the second round, taking on the winner of the match between Angelique Kerber and Arantxa Rus.
Since Rybakina is in Sabalenka's part of the draw, that naturally means that the third-seeded Coco Gauff is once again in Swiatek's part. The young American will start her tournament against one of the qualifiers, and in the second round, she can play another qualifier or Alison Van Uytvanck.
2024 Roland Garros Women's Draw:
| Player | Opponent |
|---|---|
| Iga Swiatek (1) | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Lucia Bronzetti | Naomi Osaka |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Marie Bouzkova | Veronika Kudermetova (29) |
| Barbora Krejcikova (24) | Viktoriya Golubic |
| Anastasia Potapova | Kamilla Rakhimova |
| Xinyu Wang | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Viktoriya Tomova | Ekaterina Alexandrova (16) |
| Danielle Collins (11) | Caroline Dolehide |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Martina Trevisan |
| Donna Vekic | Lesia Tsurenko |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Marta Kostyuk (18) |
| Katerina Siniakova (32) | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Chloé Paquet (WC) | Diana Shnaider |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Aleksandra Krunic |
| Rebeka Masarova | Marketa Vondrousova (5) |
| Coco Gauff (3) | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Alison Van Uytvanck | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Yafan Wang | Maria Timofeeva |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | Dayana Yastremska (30) |
| Liudmila Samsonova (17) | Magda Linette |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Amanda Anisimova |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Cristina Bucsa |
| Elisabetta Cocciaretto | Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) |
| Jelena Ostapenko (9) | Jaqueline Cristian |
| Tatjana Maria | Clara Tauson |
| Laura Siegemund | Sofia Kenin |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Caroline Garcia (21) |
| Leylah Fernandez (31) | Jessika Ponchet (WC) |
| Xinyu Wang | Zhuoxuan Bai |
| Anhelina Kalinina | Camila Osorio |
| Sachia Vickery (WC) | Ons Jabeur (8) |
| Qinwen Zheng (7) | Alizé Cornet (WC) |
| Ashlyn Krueger | Tamara Korpatsch |
| Lin Zhu | Elina Avanesyan |
| Anna Blinkova | Sorana Cirstea (28) |
| Anna Kalinskaya (23) | Clara Burel |
| Bianca Andreescu | Sara Sorribes Tormo |
| Oceane Dodin | Kayla Day |
| Daria Saville | Jasmine Paolini (12) |
| Elina Svitolina (15) | Karolina Pliskova |
| Fiona Ferro (WC) | Diane Parry |
| Elsa Jacquemot | Ana Bogdan |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20) |
| Elise Mertens (25) | Maria Lourdes Carle |
| Petra Martic | Kristina Mladenovic (WC) |
| Arantxa Rus | Angelique Kerber |
| Greet Minnen | Elena Rybakina (4) |
| Maria Sakkari (6) | Varvara Gracheva |
| Bernarda Pera | Nao Hibino |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Irina-Camelia Begu |
| Harriet Dart | Linda Noskova (27) |
| Victoria Azarenka (19) | Nadia Podoroska |
| Mirra Andreeva | Emina Bektas |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Peyton Stearns |
| Magdalena Frech | Daria Kasatkina (10) |
| Madison Keys (14) | Renata Zarazua |
| Yue Yuan | Mayar Sherif |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Anna Karolina Schmiedlova |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Emma Navarro (22) |
| Katie Boulter (26) | Paula Badosa |
| Yulia Putintseva | Sloane Stephens |
| Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) | Qualifier/Lucky Loser (Q) |
| Erika Andreeva | Aryna Sabalenka (2) |
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