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Sloane Stephens. The American was the surprise package 12 months ago as she almost won the tournament. She will hope for another strong showing and starts on Sunday against Misaki Doi. Getty

Roger Federer. The 20-time major winner plays his first match at Roland Garros since 2015 against Lorenzo Sonego. Federer showed enough in Madrid and Rome that he can be competitive on clay so this should be a comfortable win. Reuters

Elina Svitolina. The No 9 seed has a tough opening round match with Venus Williams. Clay is neither players best surface but Svitolina will be wary of her experienced opponent. AFP

Stefanos Tsitsipas. The men's No 6 seed is second on Court Philippe-Chatrier against Maximilian Marterer. The Greek is the breakout star of 2019 so far and having reached the Australian Open semi-finals he will look for a strong start to his bid to follow that up in Paris. Getty

Garbine Muguruza. The 2016 champion is struggling for form these days and the Spaniard has a difficult start against Taylor Townsend. Getty

Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player has had a poor clay season so far, only recording one win over a player in the top 50. The No 7 seed therefore is a contender for an upset when he takes on Frenchman Quentin Halys. AP Photo

Sloane Stephens. The American was the surprise package 12 months ago as she almost won the tournament. She will hope for another strong showing and starts on Sunday against Misaki Doi. Getty

Roger Federer. The 20-time major winner plays his first match at Roland Garros since 2015 against Lorenzo Sonego. Federer showed enough in Madrid and Rome that he can be competitive on clay so this should be a comfortable win. Reuters

Elina Svitolina. The No 9 seed has a tough opening round match with Venus Williams. Clay is neither players best surface but Svitolina will be wary of her experienced opponent. AFP

Stefanos Tsitsipas. The men's No 6 seed is second on Court Philippe-Chatrier against Maximilian Marterer. The Greek is the breakout star of 2019 so far and having reached the Australian Open semi-finals he will look for a strong start to his bid to follow that up in Paris. Getty

Garbine Muguruza. The 2016 champion is struggling for form these days and the Spaniard has a difficult start against Taylor Townsend. Getty

Kei Nishikori. The Japanese player has had a poor clay season so far, only recording one win over a player in the top 50. The No 7 seed therefore is a contender for an upset when he takes on Frenchman Quentin Halys. AP Photo

Sloane Stephens. The American was the surprise package 12 months ago as she almost won the tournament. She will hope for another strong showing and starts on Sunday against Misaki Doi. Getty

French Open Day 1: Federer, Tsitsipas, Venus Williams and other players to watch - in pictures

It is the opening day of action at Roland Garros for the second major of 2019 with play beginning from 1pm UAE time

Graham Caygill

May 26, 2019

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