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!my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sinner-Zverev-China-Open-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured L-R: Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                ATP Tour stars Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>World No 1 Jannik Sinner leads the entry list for the 2026 French Open, but two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz won\u2019t feature at Roland Garros this year.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/what-is-carlos-alcaraz-injury-wrist-roland-garros\">Alcaraz absent due to a wrist injury<\/a>, it means world No 3 Alexander Zverev will be the first name on the drawsheet in the bottom half with three-time winner Novak Djokovic and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime next in line.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Alex de Minaur, Alexander Bublik and Flavio Cobolli complete the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>Besides world No 2 and six-time Grand Slam winner Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti \u2013 who reached the semi-final 12 months ago \u2013 is the other seeded who will be absent as the world No 11 is out with a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain\u2019s Jack Draper and Denmark\u2019s Holger Rune are the other two high-profile players who won\u2019t play in Paris.<\/p>\n<h2>More French Open News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/2026-french-open-dates-when-is-the-draw-daily-schedule-sinner-sabalenka-headline-event\">2026 French Open: Dates, when is the draw, daily schedule as Sinner and Sabalenka headline event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/french-open\/2026-french-open-entry-list-prize-money-ranking-points-sabalenka-top-seed-gauff-defending-champion\">2026 French Open Entry List, Ranking Points, Prize Money: Sabalenka top seed, Gauff the defending champion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanish teenager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/rafael-jodar-atp-rankings-milestone-dismantles-learner-tien-italian-open\">Rafael Jodar<\/a> (19) is among the players who are seeded as he is No 27 on the drawsheet following his incredible performances at the Madrid Open and Italian. Jodar was seeded outside the top 150 at the start of the year, but his quarter-final appearances at those two events helped him to surge up the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of two teens to be seeded with Joao Fonseca one place below him, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/moise-kouame-66-atp-rankings-makes-history-miami-open-win\">17-year-old Frenchman Moise Kouame<\/a> is the youngest player in the draw as he earned a wildcard from Roland Garros organisers.<\/p>\n<p>Kouame made history in March at the Miami Open when he became the youngest player since Rafael Nadal in 2003 to win an ATP Masters 1000 match.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/16-players-given-wildcards-to-roland-garros-including-stan-wawrinka\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a> and Gael Monfils, who will both retire at the end of the 2026 season, will also be in the draw as they both initially received wildcards before Wawrinka moved into the main draw following Musetti\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>2015 French Open champion Wawrinka is one of only two players in the Roland Garros draw who have lifted the Coupe des Mousquetaires with Djokovic\u2019s three titles coming in 2016, 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 112 names on the entry list with the remaining 16 coming from the qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Ranking Points<\/h2>\n<p>With the ATP using a rolling 52-week, cumulative system to determine the rankings, players have to defend the points they earned from the 2025 French Open. Players drop points from last year at the start of the tournament and then earn points again for every round win.<\/p>\n<p>Example: Jannik Sinner finished runner-up last year so will drop 1,300 points, but will earn points for every match win at the 2026 edition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Breakdown<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst round: 10<br \/>\nSecond round: 50<br \/>\nThird round: 100<br \/>\nRound of 16: 200<br \/>\nQuarter-finalists: 400<br \/>\nSemi-finalists: 800<br \/>\nFinalist: 1300<br \/>\nChampion: 2000<\/p>\n<h2>Prize Money<\/h2>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz went home with a cheque of \u20ac2,550,000 after winning last year\u2019s tournament Sinner earned \u20ac1,275,000 for finishing runner-up, but there will once again be an increase in the prize money with the champion\u2019s cheque rising by 9.8%.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the prize pool for the 2026 French Open is \u20ac61,723,000, a 9.53% increase from 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full Breakdown<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst round: \u20ac87,000 ($101,670)<br \/>\nSecond round: \u20ac130,000 ($151,921)<br \/>\nThird round: \u20ac187,000 ($218,532)<br \/>\nRound of 16: \u20ac285,000 ($333,057)<br \/>\nQuarter-finalists: \u20ac470,000 ($549,251)<br \/>\nSemi-finalists: \u20ac750,000 ($876,465)<br \/>\nFinalist: \u20ac1,400,000 ($1,636,068)<br \/>\nChampion: \u20ac2,800,000 ($3,272,137)<\/p>\n<h2>2026 ATP French Open Entry List<\/h2>\n<p>1. Jannik Sinner<br \/>\n2. Alexander Zverev<br \/>\n3. Novak Djokovic<br \/>\n4. Felix Auger-Aliassime<br \/>\n5. Ben Shelton<br \/>\n6. Daniil Medvedev<br \/>\n7. Taylor Fritz<br \/>\n8. Alex de Minaur<br \/>\n9. Alexander Bublik<br \/>\n10. Flavio Cobolli<br \/>\n11. Andrey Rublev<br \/>\n12. Jiri Lehecka<br \/>\n13. Karen Khachanov<br \/>\n14. Luciano Darderi<br \/>\n15. Casper Ruud<br \/>\n16. Valentin Vacherot<br \/>\n17. Arthur Fils<br \/>\n18. Learner Tien<br \/>\n19. Frances Tiafoe<br \/>\n20. Cameron Norrie<br \/>\n21. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<br \/>\n22. Arthur Rinderknech<br \/>\n23. Tomas Martin Etcheverry<br \/>\n24. Tommy Paul<br \/>\n25. Francisco Cerundolo<br \/>\n26. Jakub Mensik<br \/>\n27. Rafael Jodar<br \/>\n28. Joao Fonseca<br \/>\n29. Tallon Griekspoor<br \/>\n30. Corentin Moutet<br \/>\n31. Brandon Nakashima<br \/>\n32. Ugo Humbert<br \/>\n33. Alejandro Tabilo<br \/>\n34. Alexander Blockx<br \/>\n35. Denis Shapovalov<br \/>\n36. Zizou Bergs<br \/>\n37. Jaume Munar<br \/>\n38. Tomas Machac<br \/>\n39. Alex Michelsen<br \/>\n40. Mariano Navone<br \/>\n41. Adrian Mannarino<br \/>\n42. Marin Cilic<br \/>\n43. Sebastian Korda<br \/>\n44. Miomir Kecmanovic<br \/>\n45. Gabriel Diallo<br \/>\n46. Ethan Quinn<br \/>\n47. Nuno Borges<br \/>\n48. Terence Atmane<br \/>\n49. Fabian Marozsan<br \/>\n50. Botic van de Zandschulp<br \/>\n51. Juan Manuel Cerundolo<br \/>\n52. Yannick Hanfmann<br \/>\n53. Hamad Medjedovic<br \/>\n54. Ignacio Buse<br \/>\n55. Thiago Agust\u00edn Tirante<br \/>\n56. Marton Fucsovics<br \/>\n57. Jenson Brooksby<br \/>\n58. Alexei Popyrin<br \/>\n59. Sebastian Baez<br \/>\n60. Vit Kopriva<br \/>\n61. Raphael Collignon<br \/>\n62. Daniel Altmaier<br \/>\n63. Roman Andres Burruchaga<br \/>\n64. Martin Landaluce<br \/>\n65. Camilo Ugo Carabelli<br \/>\n66. Lorenzo Sonego<br \/>\n67. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo<br \/>\n68. Dino Prizmic<br \/>\n69. Mattia Bellucci<br \/>\n70. Valentin Royer<br \/>\n71. Reilly Opelka<br \/>\n72. Kamil Majchrzak<br \/>\n73. Jan Lennard Struff<br \/>\n74. Hubert Hurkacz<br \/>\n75. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<br \/>\n76. Marco Trungelliti<br \/>\n77. Stefanos Tsitsipas<br \/>\n78. James Duckworth<br \/>\n79. Marcos Giron<br \/>\n80. Zachary Svajda<br \/>\n81. Daniel Merida<br \/>\n82. Damir Dzumhur<br \/>\n83. Quentin Halys<br \/>\n84. Aleksandr Shevchenko<br \/>\n85. Pablo Carreno Busta<br \/>\n86. Sebastian Ofner<br \/>\n87. Eliot Spizzirri<br \/>\n88. Yibing Wu<br \/>\n89. Aleksandar Vukic<br \/>\n90. Patrick Kypson<br \/>\n91. Matteo Arnaldi<br \/>\n92. Benjamin Bonzi<br \/>\n93. Roberto Bautista Agut<br \/>\n94. Aleksandar Kovacevic<br \/>\n95. Adam Walton (WC)<br \/>\n96. Rinky Hijikata<br \/>\n97. Luca Van Assche<br \/>\n98. Matteo Berrettini<br \/>\n99. Alexandre M\u00fcller<br \/>\n100. Titouan Droguet (WC)<br \/>\n101. Francisco Comesna<br \/>\n102. Cristian Garin<br \/>\n103. Stan Wawrinka<br \/>\n104. Hugo Gaston (WC)<br \/>\n105. Jacob Fearnley<br \/>\n106. Arthur Gea (WC)<br \/>\n107. Nishesh Basavareddy (WC)<br \/>\n108. Clement Tabur (WC)<br \/>\n109. Gael Monfils (WC)<br \/>\n110. Zhizhen Zhang<br \/>\n111. Moise Kouame (WC)<br \/>\n112. Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 ATP French Open Entry List, Ranking Points, Prize Money: Sinner headlines, Alcaraz won\u2019t defend title Shahida Jacobs 20 May 2026 12:45 PM ATP Tour stars Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev. 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