The 2022 French Open is just around the corner with all eyes now on who will be competing at Roland-Garros.
A total of 128 men and women will be vying for singles' titles with Novak Djokovic and Barbora Krejcikova looking to defend their crowns.
While the path to the French Open is simple for some players, it's not so straightforward for others.
How does French Open qualifying work?
The 104 highest-ranked men and women that sign up for the French Open automatically qualify for the Grand Slam.
Players can also qualify based on the protected ranking system which ensures a previous high-placing is honoured even if a player drops as a result of injury or inactivity. For example, Stan Wawrinka will compete in 2022 using this method despite seeing his ranking drop to No. 246 at the start of May.
For those without a good enough ranking or protected ranking, the next best players wanting to compete at the event are placed into qualifying rounds with 16 spots up for grabs.
Players are put in 16 groups of eight with whoever wins three straight games in their section securing their place at the French Open. Sometimes finalists, known as 'lucky losers', are also given a qualifying spot.
After all that, eight further players are then gifted a place at the French Open as wild cards.
These wild cards are selected at the discretion of the tournament organisers with local players and returning big names who have failed to qualify directly often selected.
In 2021, seven out of eight French Open wild cards for both the men's and women's singles draws were players from France.
When is French Open qualifying?
French Open qualifying in 2022 begins on May 16 and will conclude four days later on May 20.
The French Open officially begins on May 22 giving qualifiers a short turnaround to prepare for the Grand Slam once they book their spot.
Who has qualified for the French Open in 2022? Full list of qualifers and wild cards
Outside of those entering the French Open based upon their ranking, this section will be updated with players who have qualified or been granted wild cards.
Men's singles
| Route | Player |
|---|---|
| Qualifier | Nuno Borges |
| Qualifier | Borna Gojo |
| Qualifier | Zdenek Kolar |
| Qualifier | Jason Kubler |
| Qualifier | Sebastian Ofner |
| Qualifier | Santiago Rodriguez Taverna |
| Qualifier | Bernabe Zapata Miralles |
| Qualifier | Giulio Zeppieri |
| Qualifier | Geoffrey Blancaneaux |
| Qualifier | Bjorn Fratangelo |
| Qualifier | Norbert Gombos |
| Qualifier | Pavel Kotov |
| Qualifier | Andrey Kuznetsov |
| Qualifier | Tseng Chun-hsin |
| Qualifier | Camilo Ugo Carabelli |
| Qualifier | Juan Pablo Varillas |
| Lucky loser | Franco Agamenone |
| Lucky loser | Pedro Cachín |
| Lucky loser | Juan Ignacio Londero |
| Wild card | Grégoire Barrère |
| Wild card | Lucas Pouille |
| Wild card | Manuel Guinard |
| Wild card | Gilles Simon |
| Wild card | Michael Mmoh |
| Wild card | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
| Wild card | Corentin Moutet |
| Wild card | Christopher O'Connell |
*Last updated May 21
Women's singles
| Route | Player |
|---|---|
| Qualifier | Irina Bara |
| Qualifier | Ysaline Bonaventure |
| Qualifier | Cristina Bucsa |
| Qualifier | Aleksandra Krunic |
| Qualifier | Jule Niemeier |
| Qualifier | Linda Noskova |
| Qualifier | Donna Vekic |
| Qualifier | Zhu Lin |
| Qualifier | Hailey Baptiste |
| Qualifier | Mirjam Björklund |
| Qualifier | Fernanda Contreras Gómez |
| Qualifier | Olga Danilović |
| Qualifier | Valentini Grammatikopoulou |
| Qualifier | Rebecca Marino |
| Qualifier | Oksana Selekhmeteva |
| Qualifier | Lesia Tsurenko |
| Lucky loser | Mihaela Buzărnescu |
| Lucky loser | Réka Luca Jani |
| Lucky loser | Nastasja Schunk |
| Lucky loser | Viktoriya Tomova |
| Wild card | Tessah Andrianjafitrimo |
| Wild card | Chloé Paquet |
| Wild card | Fiona Ferro |
| Wild card | Harmony Tan |
| Wild card | Elsa Jacquemot |
| Wild card | Léolia Jeanjean |
| Wild card | Katie Volynets |
| Wild card | Daria Saville |
*Last updated May 21
Has a qualifier ever won a Grand Slam?
Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title when she triumphed at the US Open in 2021.
The British teenager remarkably didn't drop a set during qualifying or in the tournament to show qualifiers are capable of causing an upset at Grand Slams.
At the French Open in 2021, no qualifier made it to the fourth round but both Carlos Alcaraz and Henri Laaksonen made it to the third round in the men's singles.