2025 French Open preview, betting odds, predictions: Can an American win at Roland Garros?

The second of tennis’ Grand Slam occasions will get underway on Could 25 with the beginning of the French Open. The clay-court match is one the place a slower floor velocity places an emphasis on the flexibility to win prolonged rallies and play off the baseline reasonably than counting on a dominant serve.

These circumstances create an surroundings the place sure gamers have thrived, although none greater than Rafael Nadal, who received 14 French Open titles in his profession and racked up an absurd 112-4 report on the occasion whereas successful each closing he made. Nadal won’t take part in Roland Garros in 2025, having retired in November with an astounding 92 titles received in his legendary profession.

Whereas Nadal’s absence shall be notable, even after he’d fallen from his unbelievable profession heights, his greatest profession rival shall be in motion as Novak Djokovic appears to be like to construct on the momentum of winning his 100th career title when he defeated Hubert Hurkacz within the finals of the Geneva Open, ending a title drought that prolonged again to when he received gold on the 2024 Olympics.

Djokovic sits at +1200 to win Roland Garros, which can appear to be lengthy odds, however locations him as third more than likely to win the boys’s match. These odds consequence from the dominance of the brand new technology of stars like final 12 months’s French Open winner Carlos Alcaraz, 22, and Italy’s Jannik Sinner, 23.

Alvaraz is the favourite, at the moment sitting at +100 to repeat final 12 months’s accomplishment, whereas Sinner sits at +225. Alvaraz has received 4 Grand Slam tournaments to Sinner’s three, although Sinner received the Australian Open to select up the primary Grand Slam title of the 12 months.

Whereas the boys’s facet options two clear-cut favorites, the ladies’s discipline feels much more aggressive.

Poland’s Iga Swiatek has received 5 Grand Slam titles in her profession, together with 4 titles at Roland Garros. Swiatek has received the French Open every of the previous three years and is trying to lengthen that run to 4 this 12 months. Regardless of her wild success on the match, Swiatek will not be the favourite, sitting at +300.

Swiatek has not been in her greatest kind in 2025, opening the door for present world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus to enter the match as the favourite at +240. Swiatek has received 20 WTA titles, together with three Grand Slam titles.

America’s greatest hope for a French Open winner is 21-year-old Coco Gauff. She received the U.S. Open in 2023 and is now on the hunt for her second Grand Slam singles title. Gauff is one among two girls, together with Mirra Andreeva, listed at +500 heading into the match.

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2025 French Open betting odds

2025 French Open predictions

Males’s match: Upsets occur and will make for a enjoyable match, however this does really feel like a two-horse race between Sinner and Alcaraz. For the primary time, the 2 males will enter a Grand Slam seeded No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. A conflict within the finals could be thrilling however rely upon overcoming some doubtlessly tough matches alongside the best way. Nonetheless, the pair are the clear favorites for a cause, and a Grand Slam closing showdown is the expectation. When contemplating the clay floor, that potential match turns into a battle of Alcaraz’s motion and velocity in opposition to the cleaner ball-striking and forehand of Sinner.

Alcaraz has 4 consecutive wins over Sinner, together with in straight units within the finals in Rome one week previous to the beginning of the French Open. Rome marked Sinner’s return to the court docket after serving three months of a doping ban after a settlement centering round unintentional publicity as a result of what was dominated unintentional contamination. Ought to Sinner and Alcaraz meet within the finals, one other straight set win for Alcaraz could be surprising, however a win in the long run nonetheless feels just like the more than likely consequence. Decide: Carlos Alcaraz (+100)

Ladies’s match: The ladies’s discipline feels ripe for an upset. As talked about, Swiatek has received 4 of the 5 most up-to-date French Opens, together with the three most up-to-date. Her kind is just off heading into Roland Garros, and it would not arrange a promising scenario for the defending champ. Sabalenka is an apparent menace to run away with the match, however she might have a more durable path to the finals than anticipated. Swiatek and Sabalenka are located on the identical facet of the bracket, which means in the event that they each win all of their matches, they might meet within the semifinals.

Gauff was given a a lot better draw, with Andreeva as her greatest attainable impediment to creating the finals (their potential assembly would come within the semifinals). Gauff beat Andreeva in Rome and Madrid and dominated Swiatek in Madrid, successful 6-1, 6-1. Gauff’s serving is a matter, however the clay makes a dominant serve much less of an essential issue. So long as she will be able to reduce the double faults, Gauff performs so nicely off the baseline and has such a pleasant draw heading into the match that she will be able to make a deep run. If she meets her greatest attainable problem (Andreeva) within the semifinals, she clearly has the sting based mostly on current outcomes. It could then take one good match within the finals to take down her second profession Grand Slam title. Decide: Coco Gauff (+500)