French Open day one order of play and schedule as Djokovic and Raducanu begin campaigns

Novak Djokovic begins his tilt at an outright record 25th grand slam title on Sunday 24 May, playing in the first night session of this year’s French Open.

The Serb – who turned 39 on Friday – opens against huge-serving home favourite Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard on Court Philippe-Chatrier, from 7.15pm BST (8.15pm local time).

Former Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic opens play on Philippe-Chatrier against Austria’s Sinja Kraus, while men’s second seed Alexander Zverev also plays in the day session on the show court.

Elsewhere Emma Raducanu begins her campaign against clay-court specialist Solana Sierra of Argentina on Court 13 later this afternoon, while Madrid champion Marta Kostyuk and wunderkind Joao Fonseca are also in action on a busy first day at Roland-Garros.

Is the French Open on TV?

The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on HBO Max.

In the US, it will be shown live on TNT Sports, Max, truTV and CNN.

French Open day one order of play

all times BST

Court Philippe-Chatrier – 11am

• Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)

• Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs Fiona Ferro (FRA)

Court Philippe-Chatrier – from 7.15pm

Court Suzanne-Lenglen – 10am

• Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs Arthur Gea (FRA)

• Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs Barbora Krejaíkova (CZE)

• Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Nishesh Basavareddy (USA)

• Ksenia Efremova (FRA) vs Sorana Cîrstea (ROU)

Court Simonne-Mathieu – 10am

• Katie Volynets (USA) vs Clara Burel (FRA)

• Titouan Droguet (FRA) vs Jakub Mensík (CZE)

Court 14 – 10am

• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH)

• Fran Jones (GBR) vs Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)

• Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Peyton Stearns (USA)

• Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA)

Court 12 – 10am

• Ajla Tomljanovia (AUS) vs Caty McNally (USA)

• Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) vs Thiago Agustín Tirante (ARG)

• Magdalena Fręch (POL) vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)

• Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs Yannick Hanfmann (GER)

• Alexander Blockx (BEL) vs Coleman Wong (HKG)

• Hugo Dellien (BOL) vs Valentin Royer (FRA)

• Sara Sorribes (ESP) vs Tamara Korpatsch (GER)

French Open schedule

The tournament main draw gets underway on Sunday 24 May. Finals weekend is across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June.

• 24–26 May — 1st Round

• 27–28 May — 2nd Round

• 29–30 May — 3rd Round

• 31 May – 1 June — Round of 16

• 2–3 June — Quarterfinals

• 4 June — Women’s Semifinals

• 5 June — Men’s Semifinals

• 6 June — Women’s Singles Final & Men’s Doubles Final

• 7 June — Men’s Singles Final & Women’s Doubles Final