The FFT announced its full list of Roland-Garros 2026 wild cards on Monday, with the main draws built around a mix of veteran champions, French regulars and an unusually high number of 17-year-olds. The eight men and eight women given direct main-draw places will be joined in qualifying by another eighteen wild cards across the two draws.
Wawrinka, Monfils : The main-draw headliners
Stan Wawrinka, the 2015 champion, takes a men’s wild card at 41 — currently ranked No. 125 and still on the tour. Gaël Monfils, 39, ranked No. 222, gets one of the French places. Both will play in front of the Paris crowd at what is supposed to be their last Roland-Garros. Their wild cards are, in part, a thank-you from the FFT, and an acknowledgement that French audiences want to see them.
Kouame, Efremova, Jones: The 17-year-old wave
Three 17-year-old players take wild cards. Ksenia Efremova (No. 623) goes straight into the women’s main draw, alongside Moïse Kouame (No. 313) in the men’s draw — both still well outside any ranking-based entry but offered the showcase a year or two before they would normally arrive. The 17-year-old Australian Emerson Jones (No. 129) takes the Tennis Australia main-draw place.
In qualifying, three more 17-year-olds will play: Eleejah Inisan, Tahlia Kokkinis (Tennis Australia again), and Daphnée Mpetshi Perricard — the younger sister of Giovanni, currently in his second full season on the tour. The youngest player on the entire wild-card list is Daniel Jade, ranked No. 1857, also 17, into the men’s qualifying draw.
The Clara Burel return
The most notable name on the women’s main-draw list is Clara Burel. The 25-year-old former world No. 42 has been out of the game since tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in a Billie Jean King Cup match against Turkey in April 2025, and has played just two matches on her return – a first-round loss to Viktorija Golubic in late April and a first-round retirement against Jessika Ponchet in early May. Her ranking has fallen out of view in the meantime. The FFT wild card is her gateway back into her first Grand Slam since the injury.
The qualifying-draw veterans
The qualifying lists carry two former Grand Slam contenders. David Goffin, the 35-year-old Belgian and three-time Roland-Garros quarter-finalist, is given a wild card at No. 249 – a courtesy that reflects both his standing in the sport and his recent stretch of close losses on the tour. Kristina Mladenovic, 32, who won the women’s doubles final at Roland-Garros four time and reached the singles quarter finals in 2017, returns from outside the top 800 and into qualifying. Her wild card matches the pattern of recent years, in which the FFT has consistently offered her a route back through Paris.
Cross-federation agreements
As is standard, three wild cards go to overseas federations under reciprocal agreements with Roland-Garros’s counterparts at the US Open and the Australian Open. Tennis Australia receives one men’s main-draw place (Adam Walton, No. 103) and one women’s (Emerson Jones), plus one women’s qualifying place (Tahlia Kokkinis). The USTA receives one main-draw place per side: Nishesh Basavareddy (No. 154) in the men’s draw and Akasha Urhobo (No. 183) in the women’s.
The French regulars
Beyond the named headliners, the men’s main-draw list includes Titouan Droguet (No. 109), Hugo Gaston (No. 118) and Arthur Géa (No. 143), all players in their twenties who have spent the season on the second tier of the tour and would not otherwise have made the cut. The women’s list adds Léolia Jeanjean (No. 127), Fiona Ferro (No. 197), Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (No. 159) and Alice Tubello (No. 256). Fiona Ferro, in particular, is a notable name – the 29-year-old former top-50 player, who reached the Round of 16 in 2020, who has spent recent years working back through Challengers and ITF events.
In qualifying
Nine French men and nine French women take qualifying wild cards. The men’s list includes Florent Bax (No. 254), Robin Bertrand (No. 278), Sean Cuenin (No. 373), Thomas Faurel (No. 375), Antoine Ghibaudo (No. 287), Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (No. 259), Calvin Hemery (No. 316) – and the previously named Goffin and Jade. The women’s qualifying list features Selena Janicijevic (No. 248), Chloé Paquet (No. 277), Manon Léonard (No. 314), Amandine Monnot (No. 297), Margaux Rouvroy (No. 313) — alongside Inisan, Mpetshi Perricard, Mladenovic and Kokkinis.
The Roland-Garros 2026 main draw begins on Sunday 24 May at Stade Roland-Garros.
Full 2026 Roland-garros wild-card lists
Main draw — Women’s Singles
- Clara Burel (FRA, 25) — unranked
- Ksenia Efremova (FRA, 17) — No. 623
- Fiona Ferro (FRA, 29) — No. 197
- Léolia Jeanjean (FRA, 30) — No. 127
- Emerson Jones (AUS, 17) — No. 129 (Tennis Australia)
- Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (FRA, 20) — No. 159
- Alice Tubello (FRA, 25) — No. 256
- Akasha Urhobo (USA, 19) — No. 183 (USTA)
Main draw — Men’s Singles
- Nishesh Basavareddy (USA, 21) — No. 154 (USTA)
- Titouan Droguet (FRA, 24) — No. 109
- Hugo Gaston (FRA, 25) — No. 118
- Arthur Géa (FRA, 21) — No. 143
- Moïse Kouamé (FRA, 17) — No. 313
- Gaël Monfils (FRA, 39) — No. 222
- Adam Walton (AUS, 27) — No. 103 (Tennis Australia)
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI, 41) — No. 125
Qualifying — Women’s Singles
- Eleejah Inisan (FRA, 17) — No. 605
- Selena Janicijevic (FRA, 23) — No. 248
- Tahlia Kokkinis (AUS, 17) — No. 485 (Tennis Australia)
- Manon Léonard (FRA, 25) — No. 314
- Kristina Mladenovic (FRA, 32) — No. 852
- Amandine Monnot (FRA, 24) — No. 297
- Daphnée Mpetshi Perricard (FRA, 17) — No. 808
- Chloé Paquet (FRA, 31) — No. 277
- Margaux Rouvroy (FRA, 25) — No. 313
Qualifying — Men’s Singles
- Florent Bax (FRA, 26) — No. 254
- Robin Bertrand (FRA, 23) — No. 278
- Sean Cuenin (FRA, 22) — No. 373
- Thomas Faurel (FRA, 20) — No. 375
- Antoine Ghibaudo (FRA, 21) — No. 287
- David Goffin (BEL, 35) — No. 249
- Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (FRA, 22) — No. 259
- Calvin Hemery (FRA, 31) — No. 316
- Daniel Jade (FRA, 17) — No. 1857