Nadal, Djokovic & Alcaraz Headline Roland Garros Entry List

  • Posted: Apr 18, 2023

Nadal, Djokovic & Alcaraz Headline Roland Garros Entry List

Nadal is 14-time champion

Fourteen-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal, two-time tournament winner Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz headline the Roland Garros entry list, which was released Tuesday.

Nadal will try to extend his slew of records at the clay-court major, where the Spaniard has tallied a 112-3 record. The lefty claimed his 14th Coupe des Mousquetaires last year, when he defeated four Top 10 players en route to the championship.

Djokovic, currently the No. 1 player in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, triumphed on the Parisian clay in 2016 and 2021. The Serbian is 85-16 at the tournament.

Alcaraz will pursue his second major title in his third main draw appearance at Roland Garros. The Spaniard made his deepest run at the event last year, when he advanced to the quarter-finals.

Casper Ruud, last year’s finalist, will try to go one step further this year with other players including 2021 finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Monte-Carlo champion Andrey Rublev, Holger Rune, Jannik Sinner and 2015 Roland Garros champion Stan Wawrinka trying to make their mark.

The current cut for the field is World No. 98 Alexander Shevchenko. Two-time finalist and former World No. 3 Dominic Thiem is the third alternate. Former Top 10 star Fabio Fognini is the fifth alternate.

Wild cards are still to be announced.

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