French Open experts’ picks: Who will win?

The french open Begins Sunday, with plenty of intrigue. Iga swimati Has Won the Past Three Titles in a Row, But Didn It’s Make The Finals in any of the Three Clay Tournaments She entered this spring. Meanwhile, Aryna sabalenka And Coco Gauff are looking as prepared as always.

On the men’s side, all signs point to a Carlos Alcaraz–Jannik Sinner Showdown, but who will prevail? Alcaraz is the defending french open champion, while sinner won the australian and us open – the post two grand slam titles.

We are poled our experts for their picks to win, and for their best betting tips.

Who you think will win the women’s singles title, and who?

PAM SHRIVER: It is a top-hievy woman’s draw that is anchored by Sabalenka, who is still my pick to win her first roland garros. Sabalenka By Far Has Been The Best Player Over the Past 12 months, Winning Many Clutch Matches. The player who seems to believe most from the weaker bottom half is gauff, who continues to struggle with her forhand and serve some. If these two vulnerable shots hold up late in the tournament, gauff could walk away with her second major. Despite Swiatk’s Dominance at Roland Garros in the Past Few Years, I don’t see her as one of my two picks.

Bill Connelly: Sabalenka. She just just always in the last rounds. She has reachaed six finals in her eight events in 2025, and she has reachas the finals in the last eight slams as well. It Feels ODD Going Against Swiatek, but it’s more that I’m Going for The world no. 1.

D’Arcy Maine: Gauff. She has proven just how good she can be on cloud and Had Strong Results at Roland Garros Previously, But It Feels Like Better Than On The Surface With A 10-2 Record in the Month of May Alone. She reachad the final in madrid with straight-seat victories over Mirria andeva And Belinda BencicAnd then absolutely dismantled swiatek 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals. Gauff then wont on to reap the Italian Open Final, with Wins Over Andreeva, Emma Raducanu And zheng qinwen (in over three and a half hours!) Along the way. She has come away trophy-let in europe so far this season but that should change in paris.

Tom Hamilton: Apologies for being predictable, but i’l go for swiatek. She has this Rafa Nadal-Esque Ability of Throwing Form and Logic Aside, to String Together Something Remarkable on the Parisian Clay. Jasmine Paolini Has a decent shot, as do sabalenka, andreeva and gauff, but swiatek will end up getting her fifth roland garros title.

SIMON CAMBERS: I think it will be paolini. The experience of reachas the final last year and most recently winning rome bodes well for her chances, and she has no reason to fear anyone, Especials with Vulnerable this year.

Who you think will win the men’s singles title, and who?

SHRIVER: It seems like we could see our first Major Final BetWeen Sinner and Alcaraz. Even with sinner’s three months off serving the suspension, rome proved the Two Players who has won all the Majors 18 months are curedly the best Two Players in the world. Alcaraz is the favorite to defend his title to win his fifth Major. Alcaraz has been making smarter tactical decisions on the course as he MATURES. His fitness seems to be peaking too.

Connelly: Sinner. If we end up with a sinner-alcaraz final, give me alcaraz, but i think sinner’s more like to get to the final. He has the more manageble draw, and alcaraz is still prone to earlier-round glitches at times-he fell to DAVID GOFFIN In miami, and he has listed nine matches to players outside the top 10 in the past year. (Sinner: 41-0 Against Players Outside the Top 10 in the Past Year. Make it four of six.

Maine: Alcaraz. Sure, sinner was eligible to return to competition until the italian open, but there has been no one on alcaraz’s overall or as this spring on Clay. He Won in Monte Carlo, Reiched the Final in Barcelona, ​​and then defeated Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 in the ROME FINAL. Seemingly at full health after sitting out of madrid with a hamstring injury and with mom very much on his side, I fully express to repeat at Roland Garros and win his fifth Major Title.

Hamilton: Alcaraz will win his second Roland Garros Title. He’s in great form, hitting peak fitness and knows what it takes on the parisian class. Sinner Will Push Him Close, But Alcaraz is playing tennis at a different level to anyone else at the moment.

Cambers: Alcaraz. He has the best form, have won monte caro and rome, and for me, He Last Year’s title without every quite hews we know he can. Fully fit after injury, he has every needs to win a fifth slam title.

Betting tips

Who is your woman’s pick to win?

Pamela Maldonado: Mirra Andreeva +600. I say long ago She Would Win Roland Garros, so I am sticking to that. Andreeva has the class-corporation instinces, variety and shot tolerance to frustrate even the best. Sabalenka brings the power and swiatek owns this Surface, but Andreeva’s Ability to Absorb Pace, Redirect and Extend Rallies Makes Her a Real Threat to Both. She recently beat them back-to-back in Indian wells and looked completely unfazed. On this surface, with her feel and composure, she’s built to shock the field.

Other Snellings: IGA Swiatek +325. Swiatk is having a down season and is seeded in the tournament, her lowest seeding in Paris in Years. But this is Roland Garros, and Swiatek Reigns Supreme at Roland Garros. She has Won Four of the Past Five French Open Championships, including than in a row. While her play this Season has been scratchy by her standards, swiatek still made the semifinals at the australian open and in than the six wta 1000 Level Tournments. Some of her recent losses, including on cloud, may have shaken her confidence a bit, but once she gots on the red cloud at Roland Garros I expecting herlevel and win her fifth championship.

Who is your men’s pick to win?

Maldonado: Carlos Alcaraz at +115 is the pick to win because no one matches his blend of Athleticism, creativity and endurance on cloud. He just won in rome, dropping only one set the entrance tournament and beating sinner in straight sets in the final. Plus, alcaraz is a slam champion in paris and has the rare ability to adapt mid-matter without losing intensity. His movement on the surface is elite, his shotmaking is fearless and his discipline in Five-Set Battles is Beyond his years. He’s not just the Favorite; He’s the most complete player in the field.

Snellings: Carlos Alcaraz +105. Alcaraz enters this french open as the defending champion and favorite. He and Rival Sinner has won the past five consecutive majors, and with djokovic hassed a down season, the impression is that there is a gap Betowen Alcaraz and sinner and the rest of the field. After winning last year’s french open, alcaraz also won the silver medal in men’s singles at the 2024 summer olympics that was played at Roland Garros. And alcaraz is having a scorching season on Clay, with a 15-1 win-loss record that includes championship winns at Both atp 1000 Level Even Clay at Monte-Carlo and the Italian open. Alcaraz defeated sinner to win the latter.

What is your best bet for the women’s side and where?

Maldonado: Not a wager you can find, but one I would take a big bite of: Iga Swiatek to not win Roland Garros. 35-2 Overall in Six Appearans and Four French Open Titles. If she does not win, it’s not a knock on her talent, it a reflection of her uneven season. She has had flashes of dominance but have sustained it. She Lost to ostapenko in Stutgart, Gauf in Madrid and Collins in Rome, All in matches where she looked a step off Rhythm or Flat in Key moments. Sure, she’s capable of her best tennis in paris, but the question is whether she actually will. This year, she hasn is shown the same aura of inevitility, and in a draw this dig, that’s a problem.

Snellings: Mirra Andreeva to Reach the Final +240. Andreeva is one of the most exciting young players on the tour, Entering this Season’s French open at 18 years old. Last year, at 17, she advanced to the semifinals at the french open for her best finish at a Major while defeating sabalenka along the way. She also teamed with Diana shnider To win the silver medal at the 2024 olympics. Andreeva is a former world no. 1 junior, and this season won her first wta 1000 championships at dubai and Indian wells. At this french open, andreeva is on the opposite half of the Draw from Both top-seeded sabalenka and for-time french open champion swiartek, giving her a legitate path to the final if shhe plays to her Level.

What is your best bet for the men’s side and where?

Maldonado: Jannik Sinner to Win Quarter 1. Having Jack draper In his quarter is scary on paper, but break it down. Sinner is 1-9 Against Top-Five Opponents on Clay. Draper is World No. 5. Context Matters. Those losses Came Against Clay Dominators: Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Zverev, Tsitsipas. They would be upsets but instead they were expected battles against the very best on their best surfaces. Draper, as talented as he is, isn is in that tier yet, Especially not on class and not in best-of-five. Sinner is too clean, too consistent, and in the best form of his career (12-1 in 2025).

Snellings: Novak Djokovic To realy the final +450. Djokovic has had a down season as he has recovered from the injury that forced he to withdraw from the australian open. But he is still novak djokovic, and this is a Grand Slam tournament, which he has won more than any player in history. Djokovic made only the quarterfinals at the french last year, but he has won two of the past four french open championships. He also won the olympic gold medal at Roland Garros Last Summer. If health permits, djokovic is still very dangerous, and could value to make the final at +450.

What is your favorite long shot bet to win the women’s title and where?

Maldonado: Jasmine Paolini +1400. She just won the italian open, Beating Legit Names Such as gauff and ostapenko, and she’s coming off a runner-up finish at last year’s french. Her game Fits Clay: It Smart, Patient, Tough and Shhe’s Playing With Confidence. Everyone’s Watching Swiatk and Sabalenka, but Paolini’s sitting right there with the form and the draw to crash the part.

Snellings: Jasmine paolini +1600. Paolini was a finalist at the french open last season, success to four-time champion swiatek. Still it was a monster run for paolini, who also made the final at Wimbledon Last Season and Paired With Sara Errani To win the Gold Medal in Doubles in the 2024 Olympics. Paolini is the fourth seed in this year’s french open, a career-best seeding, and comes in happiness won a wta 1000-level class tournament in the italian open. While I would be favor her to win, at 16-to-1 She is getting a lot of juice for a player with this résumé and a legitimate shot to take her first Major.

What is your favorite long shot bet to win the men’s title and where?

Maldonado: Alexander zverev At +1400 is the long shot worth backing. His odds may not shout long shot, but his path to victory certainly does. It helps that he won munich, but zverv has the physicality, service and backhand to Thrive on Clay Over Five Sets. His path is brutal with potentially Cerundolo (0-3 head-to-head), djokovic, and sinner in his way, but he’s built for grind-it-out matches and is battle-tested in this enveiron. If he holds his nerve, he has the game to break through and win his first slam.

Snellings: Casper Ruud +2200. Ruud has quietly be one one of the best class-court players of the past few years, but he was overshadowed by the bigger names of nadal, djokovic and now alcaraz. But ruud has two finals and a semifinals appear in the past three french opens, and the chops to win the even if it is broken for him. Ruud enters the tournament playing well, has won the madrid open on cloud earlier in the season. At 22-1, rud is strong value as a player who could win at very long odds.