UPDATE: The draw is happening via free live stream, starting at 12:30 p.m. ET. You can watch it via live stream here:
The 2022 French Open gets underway this Sunday, May 22, but in the meantime, the formal men’s draw takes place Friday in Paris, France. The qualifying rounds are wrapping up to finalize the full field of tennis players. The draw will take place on Thursday, and one report has it happening at 6 p.m. local time. That would be 12:00 p.m. ET in the United States. The tournament website does not include that time as of this article publishing.
There are going to be 128 entrants into the French Open and the draw will determine the matchups in a bracket. The top seeds will be on opposite sides of the bracket to increase the chances of the top tennis players in the world meeting in a potential championship. The overall 1-seed is likely to be Novak Djokovic who is the No. 1 ranked men’s tennis player in the world and won the 2021 French Open.
In the meantime, here are the 32 seeded players for the men’s tournament, along with their odds to win at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Top 32 French Open Men Seeds with Odds
Player | Odds |
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Player | Odds |
Novak Djokovic | +185 |
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia | +200 |
Rafael Nadal | +350 |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | +450 |
Casper Ruud | +1800 |
Alexander Zverev | +2800 |
Jannik Sinner | +2800 |
Andrey Rublev | +3500 |
Miomir Kecmanovic | +3500 |
Daniil Medvedev | +4000 |
Felix Auger-Aliassime | +5000 |
Diego Schwartzman | +6500 |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | +6500 |
Denis Shapovalov | +6500 |
Alex De Minaur | +8000 |
Pablo Carreno Busta | +8000 |
Reilly Opelka | +10000 |
Botic Van De Zandschulp | +10000 |
Taylor Fritz | +10000 |
Cameron Norrie | +10000 |
Karen Khachanov | +10000 |
Sebastian Korda | +10000 |
Hubert Hurkacz | +10000 |
Lorenzo Sonego | +13000 |
Grigor Dimitrov | +15000 |
John Isner | +15000 |
Nikoloz Basilashvili | +15000 |
Marin Cilic | +15000 |
Jenson Brooksby | +20000 |
Frances Tiafoe | +20000 |
Daniel Evans | +20000 |
Tommy Paul | +20000 |