French Open 2023 Draw | Djokovic faces debutant Kovacevic at Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic will face debutant Aleksandar Kovacevic in the opening round of the 2023 French Open, with the draw confirmed on Thursday.

Two-time champion Djokovic is eager to capitalise on the absence of 14-time winner Rafael Nadal due to injury, and could surpass the Spaniard’s tally of 22 grand slam singles titles by going all the way at Roland Garros.

The first obstacle the Serb must overcome is American Kovacevic, who arrives in Paris having already landed two Challenger Tour titles this season.

Djokovic could face top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals; the top seed is awaiting a qualifier or lucky loser in the first round.

The Spaniard is in the same quarter of the draw as 2021 finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas and Cameron Norrie, who face Jiri Vesely and Benoit Paire respectively, while seventh seed Andrey Rublev takes on Laslo Djere.

In the bottom half of the draw, second seed Daniil Medvedev and 2022 runner-up Casper Ruud must also wait to discover their first-round opponents, as Holger Rune locks horns with Christopher Eubanks and Jannik Sinner plays Alexandre Muller.

Two-time champion Iga Swiatek has been drawn to face Cristina Bucsa in the opening round, though the top seed faces a tough potential route to the final, with the likes of Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff and Ons Jabeur all in her half of the draw.

The Pole could face Barbora Krejcikova in round four; the 2021 champion begins against Lesia Tsurenko, while 2022 runner-up Gauff commences her quest to go one better against Rebeka Masarova.

Reigning Wimbledon champion Rybakina will play a qualifier or lucky loser, and seventh seed Jabeur takes on Lucia Bronzetti.

In the bottom half of the draw, Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka opens against Marta Kostyuk, while third seed Jessica Pegula has a tougher opener against former Melbourne finalist Danielle Collins.

Home favourite Caroline Garcia plays Xiyu Wang and 2021 semi-finalist Maria Sakkari clashes with Karolina Muchova, with 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko taking on Tereza Martincova.

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French Open 2023 Men’s Singles Draw

Carlos Alcaraz (1) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Christopher O’Connell v Taro Daniel
Matteo Arnaldi v Daniel Elahi Galan
Denis Shapovalov (26) v Brandon Nakashima
Lorenzo Musetti (17) v Mikael Ymer
Alexander Shevchenko v Oscar Otte
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Cameron Norrie (14) v Benoit Paire
Felix Auger-Aliassime (10) v Fabio Fognini
Jason Kubler v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Maxime Cressy
Sebastian Korda (24) v Mackenzie McDonald
Bernabe Zapata Miralles (32) v Diego Schwartzman
John Isner v Nuno Borges
Roberto Carballes Baena v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) v Jiri Vesely

Novak Djokovic (3) v Aleksandar Kovacevic
Marton Fucsovics v Hugo Grenier
Luca Van Assche v Marco Cecchianto
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (29) v Arthur Fils
Roberto Bautista Agut (19) v Yibing Wu
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Juan Pablo Varillas
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Tallon Griekspoor
Hubert Hurkacz (13) v David Goffin
Karen Khachanov (11) v Constant Lestienne
Patrick Kypson v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Stan Wawrinka v Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Daniel Evans (20) v Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ben Shelton (30) v Lorenzo Sonego
Adrian Mannarino v Ugo Humbert
Arthur Cazaux v Corentin Moutet
Andrey Rublev (7) v Laslo Djere

Holger Rune (6) v Christopher Eubanks
Gael Monfils v Sebastian Baez
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Miomir Kecmanovic (31) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Francisco Cerundolo (23) v Jaume Munar
Thiago Monteiro v Benjamin Bonzi
Richard Gasquet v Arthur Rinderknech
Taylor Fritz (9) v Michael Mmoh
Tommy Paul (16) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Nicolas Jarry v Hugo Dellien
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Marcos Giron
Jan-Lennard Struff (21) v Jiri Lehecka
Botic Van de Zandschlup (25) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Zhizhen Zhang v Dusan Lajovic
Alexander Bublik v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Casper Ruud (4) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser

Jannik Sinner (8) v Alexandre Muller
Daniel Altmeier v Marc-Andrea Huesler
Emil Ruusuvuori v Gregoire Barrere
Grigor Dimitrov (28) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Alexander Zverev (22) v Lloyd Harris
Hugo Gaston v Alex Molcan
Alexei Popyrin v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Frances Tiafoe (12) v Filip Krajinovic
Borna Coric (15) v Federico Coria
Dominic Thiem v Pedro Cachin
Jack Draper v Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Alex De Minaur (18) v Ilya Ivashka
Yoshihito Nishioka (27) v J.J. Wolf
Max Purcell v Jordan Thompson
Quentin Halys v Guido Pella
Daniil Medvedev (2) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser

French Open 2023 Women’s Singles Draw

Iga Swiatek (1) v Cristina Bucsa
Claire Liu v Qualifier/Lucky loser
Rebecca Peterson v Qualifier/Lucky loser
Marie Bouzkova (31) v Xinyu Wang
Victoria Azarenka (18) v Bianca Andreescu
Anna Kalinskaya v Emma Navarro
Lin Zhu v Lauren Davis
Barbora Krejcikova (13) v Lesia Tsurenko
Veronika Kudermetova (11) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Kristina Kucova
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Kristina Mladenovic
Madison Keys (20) v Kaia Kanepi
Anhelina Kalinina (25) v Diane Parry
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Alison Riske-Amritraj
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Julia Grabher
Coco Gauff (6) v Rebeka Masarova

Elena Rybakina (4) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Linda Noskova v Danka Kovinic
Clara Burel v Sara Sorribes Tormo
Shelby Rogers (32) v Petra Martic
Ekaterina Alexandrova (23) v Viktoriya Tomova
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Anna-Lena Friedsam
Rebecca Marino v Diana Shnaider
Beatriz Haddad Maia (14) v Tatjana Maria
Petra Kvitova (10) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Anett Kontaveit v Bernarda Para
Donna Vekic (22) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Sorana Cirstea (30) v Jasmine Paolini
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Kateryna Baindl
Selena Janicijevic v Oceane Dodin
Ons Jabeur (7) v Lucia Bronzetti

Maria Sakkari (8) v Karolina Muchova
Nadia Podoroska v Jessica Ponchet
Sara Errani v Jil Teichmann
Irina-Camelia Begu (27) v Anna Bondar
Madga Linette (21) v Leylah Fernandez
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Leolia Jeanjean v Kimberly Birrell
Belinda Bencic (12) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Liudmila Samsonova (15) v Katie Volynets
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Linda Fruhvirtova
Mayar Sherif v Madison Brengle
Anastasia Potapova (24) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Elise Mertens (28) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Caty McNally v Ana Bogdan
Alize Cornet v Camila Giorgi
Jessica Pegula (3) v Danielle Collins

Caroline Garcia (5) v Xiyu Wang
Anna Blinkova v Ysaline Bonaventure
Nuria Parrizas Diaz v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Martina Trevisan (26) v Elina Svitolina
Jelena Ostapenko (17) v Tereza Martincova
Peyton Stearns v Katerina Siniakova
Marketa Vondrousova v Alycia Parks
Daria Kasatkina (9) v Jule Niemeier
Karolina Pliskova (16) v Sloane Stephens
Varvara Gracheva v Dalma Galfi
Yulia Putintseva v Maryna Zanevska
Qinwen Zheng (19) v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Shuai Zhang (29) v Magdalena Frech
Qualifier/Lucky Loser v Kamilla Rakhimova
Panna Udvardy v Qualifier/Lucky Loser
Aryna Sabalenka (2) v Marta Kostyuk