2026 Roland-Garros French Open: Predictions & Best Bets

The second Grand Slam of the season takes tennis’ elite to Roland Garros for the French Open and while the men’s competition looks like Jannik Sinner’s to lose, the women’s event has a wide-open feel to it.

Sinner’s task is made easier by the absence of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who is sidelined with a wrist injury, and the world number one has been in devastating form.

Sinner became the first Italian man in 50 years to win the Italian Open in Rome on Sunday, a success that also saw him become the second man in history to win all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles.

The Italian has won the first five Masters 1000 events of the season and he has won 36 of the 38 matches he has contested in 2026, which shows the difficulty the rest of the field face.

In the women’s event, Coco Gauff is the defending champion after last season’s success over Aryna Sabalenka and the American enjoyed a nice preparation with her runner-up effort in Rome.

However, all eyes will be on Iga Swiatek, with the four-time French Open champion widely regarded as the best clay-court performer in the world.

2026 Roland-Garros French Open betting picks and predictions

Novak Djokovic each-way in 2026 French Open (+1200)

Sinner has won a record 34 consecutive Masters 1000 matches and, having lost only twice this season, he is going to be a tough nut to crack in his bid to win a first French Open title.

The Italian will see this as a gilt-edged opportunity with fierce rival Alcaraz missing through injury and the four-time Grand Slam champion is a warm order to go one better than when runner-up last season.

However, the world number one is priced accordingly and winning three straight clay-court titles in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome means he has been kept extremely busy.

Sinner’s cramped odds mean there is each-way value to be had and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic may provide the biggest obstacle.

Djokovic suffered a shock first-round exit to Dino Prizmic in his Rome curtain-raiser but that may have brushed away the cobwebs and he arrives in Paris a fresh man, having played in only three tournaments this season.

The 38-year-old knows he has to look after himself at the backend of his career and his runner-up effort to Alcaraz at the Australian Open shows what he is still capable of.

The legendary Serb raises his game for the showpiece events - he has made the semi-finals in 12 of his last 14 Grand Slam appearances which includes at Roland Garros last season - and a fourth French Open crown may not be beyond him.

Iga Swiatek to win 2026 French Open Women (+240)

Swiatek has won 40 of her 43 matches at the French Open, taking the title four times in just seven appearances, and the Pole should be fired up in her bid to regain her crown.

Swiatek had won the clay-court Grand Slam in three straight years before last season’s semi-final defeat to Sabalenka and evidence suggests that she is coming back to the boil at the perfect time.

The 24-year-old made the last four in Rome last time out, building on an underwhelming effort in Madrid, and when on-song she is simply unstoppable on this slower terrain.

Swiatek has failed to make the quarter-finals only once in her last eight Grand Slam appearances and has won 25 of the 30 finals she has contested on the WTA Tour, which highlights how tough she can be to stop when going deep in competition.

Coco Gauff to win 2026 French Open Women (+900)

Gauff claimed her second Grand Slam title on the red dirt in Paris last year and the American ace makes plenty of appeal in her attempt to go back-to-back.

The 22-year-old should still have her best days ahead of her given her tender age and she seems to thrive in the French capital, where she was also runner-up in 2022 and a semi-finalist in 2024.

Gauff has won 27 of her 32 French Open assignments and she put a poor start to the season behind her to make the final of the recent Italian Open.

The Floridian would have been disappointed to suffer a three-set defeat to Elina Svitolina in the Rome title decider but it shows that she is in fine fettle and that should have restored the confidence that can sometimes go missing.

Tournament wins over Iva Jovic, Mirra Andreeva and Sorana Cirstea read especially well and her two Grand Slam title triumphs came with victory over world number one Sabalenka in the final, showing that she can peak for the biggest occasions.

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