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French Open 2024: Form guide for this year's men's singles in Paris

  • Andy Swales
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The impressive Court Philippe Chatrier during last year's men's singles final

This year's second Grand Slam takes place at Roland Garros and appears to be one of the most open Slams of recent times. Words and form stats by Andy Swales...

  • Novak's 3/14.00 dominance under threat

  • Can in-form Zverev 11/26.50 secure maiden Slam title?

  • Alcaraz 13/53.60 and Sinner 9/25.50 strongly fancied in Paris


On paper, at least, this year's men's singles in Paris appears to be one of the most open Grand Slams of recent decades.

Although Novak Djokovic remains a huge force in the game, at the age of 37, his dominance is nowhere near what it used to be.

In fact, his preparations for Roland Garros have not gone well and since losing in the semi-finals of the Australian Open in January, the Serb has played fewer than 10 competitive matches.

He is currently competing in Geneva, having accepted a last-minute Wild Card for the ATP Tour event.

With the French Open starting this Sunday, Andy Swales assesses the players most likely to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires on June 9th.


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Carlos Alcaraz 13/53.60: The current Wimbledon champ, and two-time Slam winner, has experienced a mixed season so far. Winner of the prestigious hard court event at Indian Wells, the 21-year-old Spaniard has played just a single tournament during the current clay court season. He reached the quarter-finals in Madrid, where he lost to Andrey Rublev, before withdrawing from the Italian Masters with an arm injury. But he should be fit for Paris.

Novak Djokovic 3/14.00: The reigning French Open champion played in two Masters Series events during this year's European clay court season. He was beaten by Casper Ruud in the semi-finals of Monte Carlo, before losing in straight sets to Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in Rome.

Jannik Sinner 9/25.50: The winner of this year's Australian Open has added two more hard court titles since then, and the 22-year-old Italian is now up to No 2 in the ATP World Ranking. On clay, he reached the last four in Monte Carlo, and withdrew from the Masters Series event in Madrid after making it through to the quarter-finals. Has suffered just two defeats in 30 competitive matches during 2024.

Alexander Zverev 11/26.50: Now 27, the German is playing some of the best tennis of his life. Won the recent Masters Series tournament in Rome and he travels to Paris where he was a semi-finalist in 2021-22-23.

Stefanos Tsitsipas 15/28.50: Has enjoyed a strong clay court campaign securing victory in Monte Carlo, before losing the final in Barcelona. Is a two-time runner-up in Slams, including the 2021 French Open.

Casper Ruud 10/111.00: The runner-up at Roland Garros in both 2022 and 2023. He has certainly put in the mileage during spring's clay court season, taking part in five events. The Norwegian was a winner in Barcelona and a runner-up in Monte Carlo, with both finals against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Beat Novak Djokovic at the semi-final stage in Monte Carlo.

Andrey Rublev 22/123.00: The consistent 26-year-old is usually a good bet to reach the Last Eight, having posted six quarter-finals from his last seven Slams. But he is yet to reach the semis of any Slam tournament having made 10 QFs in all. Won this year's Masters Series event in Madrid, after disposing of Carlos Alcaraz en route to the final.


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Last 10 Grand Slam Results (selected players)

Position

  • 1–5
  • 6–15
  • 16–25
Player A24 U23 W23 F23 A23 U22 W22 F22 A22 U21
Novak Djokovic SF Won RU Won Won Won QF RU
Jannik Sinner Won R4 SF R2 R4 QF QF R4 QF R4
Carlos Alcaraz QF SF Won SF Won R4 QF R3 QF
Daniil Medvedev RU RU SF R1 R3 R4 R4 RU Won
Alexander Zverev SF QF R3 SF R2 SF R4 SF
Casper Ruud R3 R2 R2 RU R2 RU R2 RU R2
Stefanos Tsitsipas R4 R2 R4 QF RU R1 R3 R4 SF R3
Andrey Rublev QF QF QF R3 QF QF QF R3 R3
Hubert Hurkacz QF R2 R4 R3 R4 R2 R1 R4 R2 R2
Grigor Dimitrov R3 R3 R4 R4 R3 R2 R1 R3 R2 R2
Alex de Minaur R4 R4 R2 R2 R4 R3 R4 R1 R4 R1
Holger Rune R2 R1 QF QF R4 R3 R1 R1
Taylor Fritz QF QF R2 R3 R2 R1 QF R2 R4 R2
Ugo Humbert R3 R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R3 R1 R1 R1
Ben Shelton R3 SF R2 R1 QF R1
Tommy Paul R3 R4 R3 R2 SF R3 R4 R1 R2 R1
Karen Khachanov R4 R1 QF SF SF R4 R3 R1
Alexander Bublik R1 R1 R4 R1 R1 R2 R3 R2 R2 R2
Sebastian Baez R3 R3 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2
Adrian Mannarino R4 R3 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R4 R2
Frances Tiafoe R2 QF R3 R3 R3 SF R4 R2 R2 R4
Francisco Cerundolo R2 R2 R2 R4 R3 R1 R1 R1
Nicolas Jarry R1 R3 R3 R4 R2 R1
Jan-Lennard Struff R2 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
Tallon Griekspoor R3 R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R2 R2 R2
Sebastian Korda R3 R1 R1 R2 QF R2 R3 R3 R1
Tomas Martin Etcheverry R3 R2 R2 QF R2 R1 R1 R1 R1
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina R2 R3 R3 R3 R2 R4 R2 R1 R2 R1
Lorenzo Musetti R2 R1 R3 R4 R1 R3 R1 R1 R1 R2
Cameron Norrie R4 R3 R2 R3 R3 R4 SF R3 R1 R1
Jiri Lehecka R2 R1 R4 R2 QF R1 R1 R1 R1
Arthur Fils R2 R2 R1 R1
Jordan Thompson R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 R1 R2
Borna Coric R1 R1 R1 R3 R1 R2 R2
Felix Auger-Aliassime R3 R1 R1 R1 R4 R2 R1 R4 QF SF
Matteo Arnaldi R2 R4 R1 R2
Fabian Marozsan R3 R2 R1
Alejandro Tabilo R1 R2 R2 R1
Laslo Djere R1 R3 R3 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1
Gael Monfils R2 R2 R2 QF R3
Mariano Navone
Roman Safiullin R1 R2 QF R1 R1
Jack Draper R2 R4 R1 R1 R3 R2
Christopher Eubanks R2 R2 QF R1 R2 R2 R1
Sebastian Ofner R1 R2 R1 R4 R1
Alexei Popyrin R2 R1 R1 R1 R3 R2 R1 R1 R1 R3
Facundo Diaz Acosta R1 R1 R1
Aslan Karatsev R3 R2 R2 R1 R1 R1 R3 R3
Zhizhen Zhang R2 R3 R1 R3 R1 R1
Tomas Machac R3 R1 R1 R1 R2
Marcos Giron R1 R1 R2 R3 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2
Lorenzo Sonego R2 R2 R1 R4 R2 R1 R3 R3 R3 R1
Marton Fucsovics R1 R2 R3 R2 R3 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1
Dominik Koepfer R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2
Pedro Martinez R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2
Nuno Borges R4 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1
Andy Murray R1 R2 R2 R3 R3 R2 R2 R1
Yannick Hanfmann R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
Alexander Shevchenko R1 R1 R1 R2
Luciano Darderi
Daniel Altmaier R1 R2 R1 R3 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
Aleksandar Vukic R1 R1 R2 R1 R2
Thiago Seyboth Wild R1 R3
Flavio Cobolli R3 R1
Dusan Lajovic R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R2
Miomir Kecmanovic R4 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R3 R3 R4 R1
Christopher O'Connell R2 R2 R3 R1 R1 R1 R1 R3
Roberto Carballes Baena R1 R2 R2 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Daniel Evans R1 R3 R1 R1 R3 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4
Alex Michelsen R3 R2
Emil Ruusuvuori R2 R1 R2 R2 R1 R2 R2 R1 R2
Pavel Kotov R2 R1 R1 R1 R1
Jaume Munar R2 R2 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 R1
Jakub Mensik R2 R3
Arthur Cazaux R4 R1 R1
Mackenzie McDonald R1 R2 R1 R1 R3 R1 R2 R3 R2 R2
Arthur Rinderknech R1 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R2
Yoshihito Nishioka R1 R1 R1 R4 R4 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1
Rinky Hijikata R1 R4 R2 R1
Max Purcell R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R1
Brandon Nakashima R1 R1 R1 R1 R3 R4 R3 R1 R2
Sumit Nagal R2
Federico Coria R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R1 R1
Luca Nardi
Taro Daniel R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R1 R1 R1 R3 R1
Roberto Bautista Agut R1 R1 R2 R4 R1 R2 R3 R3
Stan Wawrinka R1 R3 R3 R2 R1 R1 R1 R1
Corentin Moutet R1 R2 R2 R2 R4 R2 R2 R2
Daniel Elahi Galan R2 R1 R4 R1 R1 R3 R3
Constant Lestienne R1 R1 R1 R1 R2
Pedro Cachin R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R3 R2
Cristian Garin R1 R1 R2 QF R3 R3 R2
Thanasi Kokkinakis R2 R1 R3 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1
Fabio Fognini R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1
Hugo Gaston R2 R2 R1 R1 R2 R3 R1
Francisco Comesan
Aleksandar Kovacevic R2 R1
Matteo Berrettini R2 R4 R1 QF SF QF
Luca Van Assche R3 R1 R1 R2 R1
Maximilian Marterer R1 R3 R1 R2 R1 R1
David Goffin R1 R3 R1 R1 QF R3 R1 R1
JJ Wolf R1 R1 R2 R1 R4 R3
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran R1
Denis Shapovalov R1 R4 R3 R3 R3 R2 R1 QF R3
Soon Woo Kwon R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1
Kei Nishikori R3
Marin Cilic R1 R4 SF R4 R1
Pablo Carreno Busta R2 R4 R1 R1 R4 R1
Rafa Nadal R2 R4 SF Won Won

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