French Open 2025: Defending champ Carlos Alcaraz and No. 1 Jannik Sinner lead the men’s field

PARIS (AP) — A look at some of the top men at the French Open, which starts at Roland-Garros on Sunday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook:

Jannik Sinner

Seeding: 1

Career-Best Ranking: 1

Country: Italy

Age: 23

2025 Record: 12-1

2025 Titles: 1

Career Titles: 19

Grand Slam Titles: 3 — Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2024)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-Lost in Semifinals, 2023-2nd Round, 2022-4th, 2021-4th, 2020-QF

Aces: Returned at the Italian Open from a three-month doping ban he agreed to after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his exoneration in the case. … Reached the Rome final but 26-match winning streak dating to last season ended with loss to Carlos Alcaraz. … Won his second consecutive Australian Open in January. … Lost to Alcaraz in five sets in last year’s semifinals in Paris.

He Said It: “I’m 23 years old, and I am not perfect. I know that I have things still to improve. I have certain areas where I can get better. That’s why we work.”

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Odds Are: +190

Carlos Alcaraz

Seeding: 2

Career-Best Ranking: 1

Country: Spain

Age: 22

2025 Record: 30-5

2025 Titles: 3

Career Titles: 19

Grand Slam Titles: 4 — French Open (1: 2024), Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024), U.S. Open (1: 2022)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-SF, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2020-Did Not Play

Aces: His title at Roland-Garros a year ago made him, at 21, the youngest man in tennis history to win at least one major championship on three surfaces. … 4-0 in Grand Slam finals. … Got an Olympic silver medal after losing the final to Novak Djokovic in Paris. … Missed the Madrid Open with problems in both legs but then won the Italian Open, beating Sinner for the title. … Tweaked his service motion in the offseason to try to get more precision and a consistent rhythm.

He Said It: “When you feel like you can’t miss, you can do whatever you should do, everything is going to be in — that’s the most satisfaction … that I feel on court. You hit great shots, running forehand, drop shots, volley, serve and volley. Everything that you want to do, you feel like it’s going to be right.”

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Odds Are: +105

Alexander Zverev

Seeding: 3

Career-Best Ranking: 2

Country: Germany

Age: 28

2025 Record: 24-9 (Entering the German Open)

2025 Titles: 1

Career Titles: 24

Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, French Open (2024), Australian Open (2025), U.S. Open (2020)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-SF, 2022-SF, 2021-SF, 2020-4th

Aces: Now 0-3 in major finals, losing to Dominic Thiem at the U.S. Open — after leading 2-0 in sets — to Alcaraz at the French Open — after leading 2-1 in sets — and to Sinner at the Australian Open. … Had a chance to move up to No. 1 while Sinner was serving his suspension, but Zverev kept losing early in tournaments, going 6-6 in one stretch.

He Said It: “I don’t want to end my career as the best player of all time to never win a Grand Slam, that’s for sure. I’ll keep doing everything I can to lift one of those trophies.”

Read All About It: Zverev falls to 0-3 in Slam finals with loss to Sinner in Melbourne

Odds Are: +1600

Jack Draper

Seeding: 5

Career-Best Ranking: 5

Country: Britain

Age: 23

2025 Record: 22-6

2025 Titles: 1

Career Titles: 3

Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Semifinals, U.S. Open (2024)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-1st, 2023-1st, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2020-DNP

Aces: Enjoying a real breakthrough season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a run to a Masters 1000 final on red clay at Madrid, along with a rise into the top 10. … Only the second left-hander — Rafael Nadal is the other, of course — to reach the top five since 2000. … Fitness issues from early in his career seem to be behind him. … Never won a French Open match.

He Said It: “I feel like I’ve been sort of building towards this. And so I feel like I’ve been improving a long time.”

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Odds Are: +3300

Novak Djokovic

Seeding: 6

Career-Best Ranking: 1

Country: Serbia

Age: 38

2025 Record: 12-7 (entering Geneva Open)

2025 Titles: Zero

Career Titles: 99

Grand Slam Titles: 24 — French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-QF, 2023-Q, 2022-QF, 2021-W, 2020-RU

Aces: Recently split from coach Andy Murray. … After stopping at the Australian Open with a hamstring injury, resumes his bid to become the first player with 25 Grand Slam singles trophies. … 2024 was his first season without at least one Slam trophy since 2017. … Won an Olympic gold medal for Serbia last year in Paris. … Pulled out of the French Open midway through the event after tearing his right knee’s meniscus. … Ended a three-match losing streak this week.

He Said It: “It’s not like I’m worrying approaching every Grand Slam now whether I’m going to get injured or not, but statistics are against me, in a way, in the last couple of years.”

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Odds Are: +1200

Casper Ruud

Seeding: 7

Career-Best Ranking: 2

Country: Norway

Age: 26

2025 Record: 24-7 (entering Geneva Open)

2025 Titles: 1

Career Titles: 13

Grand Slam Titles: Zero — Best: Runner-Up, French Open (2: 2022, 2023), U.S. Open (1: 2022)

Last 5 French Opens: 2024-SF, 2023-RU, 2022-RU, 2021-3rd, 2020-3rd

Aces: Earned his first Masters 1000 title on Madrid’s clay for his biggest trophy. He had been 0-6 in title matches at Grand Slam tournaments, Masters and the ATP Finals. … Made it to at least the semifinals in Paris each of the past three years, including runner-up finishes against Nadal and Djokovic.

He Said It: “In many ways, my career has gone better than maybe I thought was possible sometimes.”

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Odds Are: +2800

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Howard Fendrich has been the AP’s tennis writer since 2002. Find his stories here: https://apnews.com/author/howard-fendrich. More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis