The Roland Garros entry list, published on April 15, excluded several notable players including Stan Wawrinka, Paula Badosa, and Grigor Dimitrov from automatic main draw access. These athletes now depend on wildcards for the French Open. Wawrinka, the 2015 champion, sits four ranking spots short at No. 107.
Stan Wawrinka, the 41-year-old Swiss and 2015 Roland Garros winner, fell just four places outside the direct entry cutoff with his current No. 107 ranking. He reached the third round at the Australian Open in January but lost in the first round at Monte Carlo to Sebastian Baez and fell to Cameron Norrie in Barcelona on a wildcard. Wawrinka skipped the Madrid Masters and plans to return in Rome, expressing hope for a wildcard. “I’ll see if I get the chance to play Roland Garros; I’d really like to,” he said recently. He added, “There are plenty of players who deserve it. I would understand if I don’t get the wild card.” Paula Badosa, ranked No. 106 with a 9-11 record this year, missed by five spots amid ongoing injury issues including a hip labrum tear and a prior stress fracture. The 28-year-old Spaniard reached the Australian Open semifinals in 2025, losing to Aryna Sabalenka, but has struggled since, withdrawing from events and retiring mid-match. She made the third round in Charleston, beating Maria Sakkari before losing to Anna Kalinskaya, then exited early in Stuttgart and Austria. Grigor Dimitrov, at No. 135 with a 2-7 comeback record, also missed out after a pectoral tear forced his retirement against Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon 2025. The 34-year-old Bulgarian's form has declined sharply. The men's top seeds include Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, and Novak Djokovic, while women are led by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff, and Iga Swiatek. Wildcard decisions are expected in mid-May.
