Experts' picks: Who will win the French Open?

The French Open begins Sunday, with plentifulness of intrigue. Iga Swiatek has won the past 3 titles successful a row, but didn't marque the finals successful immoderate of the 3 clay tournaments she entered this spring. Meanwhile, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are looking arsenic prepared arsenic ever.

On the men's side, each signs constituent to a Carlos Alcaraz-Jannik Sinner showdown, but who volition prevail? Alcaraz is the defending French Open champion, portion Sinner won the Australian and US Open -- the past 2 Grand Slam titles.

We polled our experts for their picks to win, and for their champion betting tips.

Who bash you deliberation volition triumph the women's singles title, and why?

Pam Shriver: It's a top-heavy women's gully that is anchored by Sabalenka, who is inactive my prime to triumph her archetypal Roland Garros. Sabalenka by acold has been the champion subordinate implicit the past 12 months, winning galore clutch matches. The subordinate who seems to payment astir from being connected the weaker bottommost fractional is Gauff, who continues to conflict with her forehand and service sometimes successful important matches. If those 2 susceptible shots clasp up precocious successful the tournament, Gauff could locomotion distant with her 2nd major. Despite Swiatek's dominance astatine Roland Garros successful the past fewer years, I don't spot her arsenic 1 of my 2 picks.

Bill Connelly: Sabalenka. She's conscionable ever determination successful the precocious rounds. She has reached six finals successful her 8 events successful 2025, and she has reached the finals successful 5 of her past 8 Slams arsenic well. It feels unusual going against Swiatek, but it's much that I'm going for the satellite No. 1.

D'Arcy Maine: Gauff. She has proved conscionable however bully she tin beryllium connected clay successful the past and had beardown results astatine Roland Garros previously, but it feels similar she's amended than ever connected the aboveground with a 10-2 grounds successful the period of May alone. She reached the last successful Madrid with straight-sets victories implicit Mirra Andreeva and Belinda Bencic, and past perfectly dismantled Swiatek 6-1, 6-1 successful the semifinals. Gauff past went connected to scope the Italian Open final, with wins implicit Andreeva, Emma Raducanu and Zheng Qinwen (in implicit 3 and a fractional hours!) on the way. She has travel distant trophy-less successful Europe truthful acold this play but that should alteration successful Paris.

Tom Hamilton: Apologies for being predictable, but I'll spell for Swiatek. She has this Rafa Nadal-esque quality of throwing signifier and logic aside, to drawstring unneurotic thing singular connected the Parisian clay. Jasmine Paolini has a decent shot, arsenic bash Sabalenka, Andreeva and Gauff, but Swiatek volition extremity up getting her 5th Roland Garros title.

Simon Cambers: I deliberation it volition beryllium Paolini. The acquisition of reaching the last past twelvemonth and astir precocious winning Rome bodes good for her chances, and she has nary crushed to fearfulness anyone, particularly with Swiatek susceptible this year.

Who bash you deliberation volition triumph the men's singles title, and why?

Shriver: It seems similar we could spot our archetypal large last betwixt Sinner and Alcaraz. Even with Sinner's 3 months disconnected serving the suspension, Rome proved the 2 players who person won each the majors the past 18 months are presently the champion 2 players successful the world. Alcaraz is the favourite to support his rubric to triumph his 5th major. Alcaraz has been making smarter tactical decisions connected the tribunal arsenic helium matures. His fittingness seems to beryllium peaking too.

Connelly: Sinner. If we extremity up with a Sinner-Alcaraz final, springiness maine Alcaraz, but I deliberation Sinner's much apt to get to the final. He has the much manageable draw, and Alcaraz is inactive prone to earlier-round glitches astatine times -- helium fell to David Goffin successful Miami, and helium has mislaid 9 matches to players extracurricular the apical 10 successful the past year. (Sinner: 41-0 against players extracurricular the apical 10 successful the past year.) Sinner recovered a beardown bushed successful Rome contempt his lengthy absence/suspension, and helium has won 3 of the past 5 Slams. Make it 4 of six.

Maine: Alcaraz. Sure, Sinner wasn't eligible to instrumentality to contention until the Italian Open, but determination has been nary 1 connected Alcaraz's wide level oregon arsenic accordant this outpouring connected clay. He won successful Monte Carlo, reached the last successful Barcelona, and past defeated Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 successful the Rome final. Seemingly astatine afloat wellness aft sitting retired of Madrid with a hamstring wounded and with momentum precise overmuch connected his side, I afloat expect the reigning champion to repetition astatine Roland Garros and triumph his 5th large title.

Hamilton: Alcaraz volition triumph his 2nd Roland Garros title. He's successful large form, hitting highest fittingness and knows what it takes to triumph connected the Parisian clay. Sinner volition propulsion him close, but Alcaraz is playing tennis astatine a antithetic level to anyone other astatine the moment.

Cambers: Alcaraz. He has the champion form, having won Monte Carlo and Rome, and for me, helium won past year's rubric without ever rather hitting the heights we cognize helium can. Fully acceptable aft injury, helium has everything helium needs to triumph a 5th slam title.

Betting tips

Who is your women's prime to win?

Pamela Maldonado: Mirra Andreeva +600. I said agelong agone she would triumph Roland Garros, truthful I americium sticking to that. Andreeva has the clay-court instincts, assortment and changeable tolerance to frustrate adjacent the best. Sabalenka brings the powerfulness and Swiatek owns this surface, but Andreeva's quality to sorb pace, redirect and widen rallies makes her a existent menace to both. She precocious bushed them back-to-back successful Indian Wells and looked wholly unfazed. On this sur...