French Open men's singles projected seeds: Sinner at No 1, Djokovic could be as low as No 7

Left to right: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic

Jannik Sinner will be the top seed at a fourth consecutive Grand Slam while Novak Djokovic could be as low as seventh for the clay-court Grand Slam.

Djokovic was the top seed at Roland Garros a year ago, but he lost his No 1 spot in the ATP Rankings after the tournament and has slipped down the list ever since.

Sinner was the man to replace the 24-time Grand Slam winner at the top and nearly a year later the Italian is still sitting pretty at No 1 and will thus occupy first place in the draw sheet for the clay-court major.

The French Open seedings will be based on ATP Rankings on May 19, 2025, and there was one big move behind Sinner as Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev to the No 2 seeding during the ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome and the Spaniard will headline the bottom half of the draw.

Alcaraz won the title last year when he was seeded third behind Djokovic and Sinner.

If the seedings hold, then Zverev will face either Sinner or Alcaraz in the semi-final while he could be paired with Djokovic in the quarter-final.

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Zverev is followed by Taylor Fritz and Jack Draper after the latter secured his highest-ever seeding for a Grand Slam following his recent impressive form.

Djokovic currently occupies the sixth position in the rankings, but he could still drop to No 7 as Lorenzo Musetti (currently eighth) remains alive at the Italian Open.

Musetti faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final and if he wins he will climb two spots to No 6, moving ahead of Djokovic and Casper Ruud.

But the top eight for Roland Garros are confirmed as Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev, Fritz, Draper, Djokovic/Ruud/Musetti will each occupy their own section in the main draw and cannot face each other before the quarter-finals.

Projected French Open men’s singles seeds (Live Rankings May 16)

1. Jannik Sinner
2. Carlos Alcaraz
3. Alexander Zverev
4. Taylor Fritz
5. Jack Draper
6. Novak Djokovic
7. Casper Ruud
8. Lorenzo Musetti
9. Alex de Minaur
10. Holger Rune
11. Daniil Medvedev
12. Tommy Paul
13. Ben Shelton
14. Arthur Fils
15. Frances Tiafoe
16. Grigor Dimitrov
17. Andrey Rublev
18. Francisco Cerundolo
19. Jakub Mensik
20. Stefanos Tsitsipas
21. Tomas Machac
22. Ugo Humbert
23. Sebastian Korda
24. Karen Khachanov
25. Alexei Popyrin
26. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
27. Denis Shapovalov
28. Matteo Berrettini
29. Felix Auger-Aliassime
30. Brandon Nakashima
31. Hubert Hurkacz
32. Alex Michelsen

Daniil Medvedev won’t be among the top-eight seeds of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2019 as he has slipped out of the top 10 while Stefanos Tsitsipas recent poor form means he could face one of the big hitters early in the tournament as he is set to be seeded 20th.

If one of the top 32 players withdraws from the main draw then those below them will move into the seeding positions.

Just outside the top 32:

33. Flavio Cobolli
34. Tallon Griekspoor
35. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

But there is good news for Cobolli, Griekspoor and Mpetshi Perricard as they could still move up the rankings as they are competing in ATP Challenger Tour events this week and all three are still alive.