2022 French Open: Draw, seeds, how to watch, stream, live updates, scores, TV channel

The first round round matchups are set as the men’s and women’s singles draws for the French Open were announced on Thursday. Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are all on the same side of the bracket. If things work out as expected, the top seed and defending champion Djokovic could face Nadal in the quarterfinal round. This would be a good opportunity for Nadal — a 13-time French Open champion — to make Djokovic pay for defeating him in last year’s semifinals. 

Whoever advances could be taking on Carlos Alcaraz in the following round, that is if he can take care of Alexander Zverev in their own quarterfinal match. Alcaraz beat both Nadal and Djokovic in consecutive matches and went on to win the Madrid Open earlier in May. 

On the women’s side, world No.1 Iga Swiatek will enter the competition with a 28-match winning streak and the No. 1 seed. The Polish player is the heavy favorite at Roland Garros. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova has been sidelined for more than two months with an elbow injury, but she still earned the No. 2 seed. 

Serena Williams will not be playing in the French Open for first time since 2017. She has not played since last June when she suffered an ankle injury at Wimbledon.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 French Open:

Schedule

• First Round, May 22-24
• Second Round, May 25-26
• Third Round, May 27-28
• Fourth Round, May 29-30
• Quarterfinals, May 31 – June 1
• Women’s Semifinals, June 2
• Men’s Semifinals, June 3
• Women’s Final, June 4
• Men’s Final, June 5

Men’s first round notable matches

Novak Djokovic (1) vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
Pablo Cuevas vs. Jenson Brooksby (31)
Grigor Dimitrov (18) vs. Marcos Giron
Andrey Kuznetsov vs. Diego Schwartzman (15)
Felix Auger-Aliassime (9) vs. Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio
Filip Krajinovic vs. Reilly Opelka (17)
Botic van de Zandschulp (26) vs. Pavel Kotov
Jordan Thompson vs. Rafael Nadal (5)
Alexander Zverev (3) vs. Sebastian Ofner
Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25)
John Isner (23) vs. Quentin Halys
Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna vs. Taylor Harry Fritz (13)
Cameron Norrie (10) vs. Manuel Guinard
Hugo Dellien vs. Dominic Thiem
Nuno Borges vs. Karen Khachanov (21)
Sebastian Korda (27) vs. John Millman
Juan Ignacio Londero vs. Carlos Alcaraz (6)
Casper Ruud (8) vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Peter Gojowczyk vs. Lorenzo Sonego (32)
Frances Tiafoe (24) vs. Benjamin Bonzi
Giulio Zeppieri vs. Hubert Hurkacz (12)
Denis Shapovalov  (14) vs. Holger Rune
Hugo Gaston vs. Alex de Minaur (19)
Daniel Evans (29) vs. Francisco Cerundolo
Lorenzo Musetti vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas (4)
Andrey Rublev (7) vs. Kwon Soon-woo
Cristian Garin vs. Tommy Paul (30)
Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) vs. Maxime Cressy
Bjorn Fratangelo vs. Jannik Sinner (11)
Pablo Carreno Busta (16) vs. Gilles Simon
Attila Balazs vs. Marin Cilic (20)
Miomir Kecmanovic (28) vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Facundo Bagnis vs. Daniil Medvedev (2)

Men’s singles seeding

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. Hurbert 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 de Zandschulp
27. Sebastian Korda
28. Miomir Kecmanovic
29. Daniel Evans
30. Tommy Paul
31. Jenson Brooksby
32. Lorenzo Sonego

Women’s first round notable matchups

Iga Swiatek (1) vs. Lesia Tsurenko
Danka Kovinic vs Liudmila Samsonova (25)
Simona Halep (19) vs Ana Konjuh
Lucia Bronzetti vs. Jelena Ostapenko (13)
Jessica Pegula (11) vs Quang Wang
Claire Liu vs. Tamara Zidansek (24)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (30) vs. Greet Minnen
Tessah Andrianjafitrimo vs. Karolina Pliskova (8)
Paula Badosa (3). vs Fiona Ferro
Lin Zhu vs. Veronika Kudermetova (29)
Madison Keys (22) vs Anna Kalinskaya
Arantxa Rus vs. Elena Rybakina (16)
Danielle Collins (9) vs. Viktoriya Tomova
Rebecca Peterson vs. Daria Kasatkina (20)
Camila Giorgi (28) vs. Shuai Zhang
Chloe Paquet vs. Aryna Sabalenka (7)
Ons Jabeur (6) vs. Magda Linette
Anna Bondar vs. Kvitova Petra (32)
Angelique Kerber (21) vs. Magdalena Frech
Linda Noskova vs. Emma Raducanu (12)
Belinda Bencic (14) vs. Reka Luca Jani
Bianca Andreescu vs. Ysaline Bonaventure
Kristina Mladenovic vs. Leylah Fernandez (17)
Amanda Anisimova (27) vs. Naomi Osaka
Clara Burel vs. Maria Sakkari (4)
Anett Kontaveit (5) vs. Ajila Tomljanovic
Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Elise Mertens (31)
Coco Gauff (18) vs. Marino Rebecca
Kaia Kanepi vs. Garbine Muguruza (10)
Victoria Azarenka (15) vs. Ana Bogdan 
Bernarda Pera vs. Jil Teichmann (23)
Sorana Cirstea (26) vs. Tatjana Maria
Sloane Stephens vs. Jule Niemeier
Diane Parry vs. Barbora Krejcikova (2)

Women’s singles seeding

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. Jessica Pegula
12. Emma Raducanu
13. Jelena Ostapenko 
14. Belinda Bencic
15. Victoria Azarenka
16. Elena Rybakina
17. Leylah Fernandez
18. Cori Gauff
19. Simona Halep
20. Daria Kasatkina
21. Angelique Kerber
22. Madison Keys
23. Jil Teichmann
24. Tamara Zidansek
25. Luidmila Samsonova
26. Sorona Cirstea
27. Amanda Anisimova
28. Camila Giorgi
29. Veronika Kudermetova
30. Ekaterina Alexandrova
31. Elise Mertens
32. Petra Kvitova