{"id":83751,"date":"2025-05-22T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=83751"},"modified":"2025-05-20T00:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T04:45:20","slug":"top-5-mens-favorites-to-win-french-open-novak-djokovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/05\/22\/top-5-mens-favorites-to-win-french-open-novak-djokovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Men&#8217;s Favorites To Win French Open Including Novak Djokovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second Grand Slam of the season is upon us. The 2025 French Open will kick off on Sunday, May 25. The two-week spectacle in Paris promises plenty of storylines. The men&#8217;s tournament is fully stacked with three players who have hoisted the Coupe des Mosquetaires, part of this year&#8217;s field. But could we witness a new champion lifting that famous trophy? Here are our top five men&#8217;s favorites for the title.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 Men&#8217;s Favorites To Win the French Open<\/h2>\n<h2>5. Novak Djokovic<\/h2>\n<p>There are quite a few murmurs upon seeing Novak Djokovic&#8217;s name on this list. But on name value alone, Djokovic would likely feature in every top five list of favorites at any tournament he plays in. He&#8217;s an all-time great, a 24-time Grand Slam champion and a three-time winner of the French Open. Yes, form and age are clearly not on his side, but here&#8217;s a fun fact: Djokovic has not lost at Roland Garros since 2022. He won the title the following year. Although he had to withdraw from the quarterfinals in last year&#8217;s tournament because of a knee injury, Djokovic returned to the same venue to clinch a historic gold medal at the Olympic Games. Djokovic is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/05\/17\/djokovic-headlines-geneva-for-roland-garros-readiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">tuning up<\/a> for this tournament in Geneva this week.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Jack Draper<\/h2>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2215059669\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 75.084175% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2215059669?et=jk3tXaAtS3ZhPGgpP2yRFg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=PJpav2KiNaDtqCuMfGOVm1iwm9eEQBV-47GPm1YrgEs=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"446\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gone are the days when British tennis players feared the worst when they trudged on clay courts. Expectations were almost nonexistent. In Jack Draper, there&#8217;s a lot to be excited about clay-court tennis if you are a British fan. Draper sits at the dizzying heights of World No. 5, and he&#8217;s earned the right to dine at the top table of men&#8217;s tennis after an incredible season that has not even reached the halfway point. He won his first clay-court title in Madrid and reached the last eight in Rome. If we are talking about momentum, Draper has got it.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Holger Rune<\/h2>\n<p>Could this be Holger Rune&#8217;s Grand Slam breakthrough? It&#8217;s been years in the waiting, with the Dane long touted as the final piece of the new triumvirate alongside Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Rune&#8217;s best Grand Slam results included three quarterfinal finishes, two of which came at the French Open. When he&#8217;s healthy, he&#8217;s an unstoppable force. Rune is the only player to beat Alcaraz in this year&#8217;s clay swing. That said, he fully merits getting his name so high in this list.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carlos Alcaraz vs Holger Rune For The Title! \ud83c\udfc6 | Barcelona 2025 Final Highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZh5q73PX6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>2. Jannik Sinner<\/h2>\n<p>By now, we know the top two candidates. Jannik Sinner&#8217;s return from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/02\/15\/jannik-sinner-three-month-ban-wada\/\" target=\"_self\">a three-month suspension<\/a> couldn&#8217;t have been perfectly timed. Sinner lost his 26-match undefeated streak in the Rome final, but he&#8217;s still the World No. 1 and winner of the last two Grand Slams. If anyone is to win the French Open, they&#8217;ll most likely have to swat aside Sinner along the way. Sinner has an almost 30% chance in the odds to win the French Open.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Carlos Alcaraz<\/h2>\n<p>No guesses on who heads the list. Carlos Alcaraz was the French Open favorite long before the clay swing began. And his performances in recent weeks gave us a full demonstration of his talent. The champion of Rome and Monte Carlo, It&#8217;s almost like remaining clay-court dominance less than a year after Rafael Nadal&#8217;s retirement. Now, Alcaraz <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/05\/19\/carlos-alcaraz-becomes-the-man-to-beat-at-roland-garros\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">has a balance of experience and ambition<\/a>, making him a sizable favorite to retain his title, current odds place him at around 46% probability.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Amber Searls-<em>USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second Grand Slam of the season is upon us. The 2025 French Open will kick off on Sunday, May 25. The two-week spectacle in Paris promises plenty of storylines. The men&#8217;s tournament is fully stacked with three players who have hoisted the Coupe des Mosquetaires, part of this year&#8217;s field. 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