French Open - schedule, seedings and how to follow

The second Grand Slam of the year is under way, with players in Paris for the French Open.

There was a big shock in the men's draw on Thursday as overwhelming title favourite and top seed Jannik Sinner was beaten in five sets by Argentina's world number 56 Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the Italian having led their second-round match by two sets and a double break.

Coco Gauff is still in with a chance of retaining the women's title, while world number one seed Aryna Sabalenka and four-time winner Iga Swiatek remain in contention.

There will be comprehensive coverage of the tournament across the BBC - here is all you need to know.

The clay-court Grand Slam started on Sunday, 24 May at Roland Garros and finishes on Sunday, 7 June.

The women's singles final takes place on Saturday, 6 June, with the men's final concluding the tournament a day later.

Qualifying, where players must win three matches to reach the main draw, began on Monday, 18 May.

There will be daily live text commentaries of key matches on the BBC Sport website and app, while there will be a daily podcast recapping the biggest stories on BBC Sounds.

5 Live Sport has daily coverage and commentary live from Court Philippe-Chatrier across Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app.

Tennis correspondent Russell Fuller will be joined Katie Smith, Abigail Johnson, David Law and Gigi Salmon, with analysis from Annabel Croft, Pat Cash, Daniela Hantuchova, Naomi Broady, Ryan Harrison and Leon Smith.

Commentary of the day sessions will take place from 13:00 BST and 19:30 for the night sessions.

Carlos Alcaraz won his second French Open title last year after coming from two sets down - and saving three championship points - to beat Sinner in a thrilling men's singles final.

Gauff, meanwhile, fought back to defeat Sabalenka in the women's singles final to win her first French Open title and second singles major.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz will not defend his French Open crown this year because of a wrist injury he sustained at the Barcelona Open.

Alcaraz will also miss next month's Wimbledon.

The Spaniard, who recently lost his world number one ranking to Sinner, completed the career Grand Slam when he won the Australian Open in January.

With Alcaraz absent, top seed Sinner was aiming to secure his own career Grand Slam - winning each of the major tournaments at least once - with the French Open the only one missing from his collection.

The Italian had been in top form, having won the past six ATP Masters 1000 titles - including three consecutive clay-court events at Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.

In doing so, he became just the second man, after Novak Djokovic, to complete the full set of nine Masters titles - known as the 'career Golden Masters'.

However, his 30-match winning streak came to an end in dramatic circumstances in round two.

Novak Djokovic has won three French Open titles but the 39-year-old has not played many matches this year and made an early exit from the Italian Open in his only clay-court appearance this season prior to starting his campaign at Roland Garros.

In the women's singles, reigning champion Gauff reached the final of the Italian Open, where she was defeated by Elina Svitolina, but her form has been inconsistent in 2026.

Elena Rybakina had a chance to replace Sabalenka at the top of the world rankings if she performed well in Paris, but the number two seed lost in round two to Yuliia Starodubtseva.

There were no British representatives in the third round of the singles in Paris, with Katie Boulter the final British player to exit the tournament. She lost in three sets to 28th seed Anastasia Potapova.

Emma Raducanu was beaten in the first round on Sunday but Francesca Jones made it through to round two.

Jones was beaten by Czech 27th seed Marie Bouzkova in straight sets.

Sonay Kartal missed out because of injury.

There were first-round defeats for all three British male players involved in the main draw.

Cameron Norrie, who was the only Briton to be seeded at Roland Garros, retired injured from his match with Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, while 122nd-ranked Jacob Fearnley, who also had direct entry, lost in straight sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Jack Draper, the only other British man in the world's top 100, withdrew before the tournament because of an ongoing knee injury.

Toby Samuel made it through qualifying but lost in straight sets to eighth seed Alex de Minaur.

The total prize money for the French Open is 61.7m euros (£53.7m), with the men's and women's singles champions set to take home 2.8m euros (£2.4m) each.

There is an ongoing dispute over prize money in tennis, with the men's and women's top-10 players demanding a higher percentage of the revenue generated by the four majors.

The draw for this year's tournament took place on Thursday, 21 May.

24-26 May: Men's and women's singles first round

26 May: Men's and women's doubles begins

27-28 May: Men's and women's singles second round

27 May: Mixed doubles begins

29-30 May: Men's and women's singles third round

31 May-1 June: Men's and women's singles fourth round

2-3 June: Men's and women's quarter-finals

2 June: Wheelchair tournament begins

4 June: Women's singles semi-finals

5 June: Men's singles semi-finals

6 June: Women's singles final

7 June: Men's singles final