For the primary time since 1999, there will probably be at the least 9 Australians contesting the lads’s singles fundamental draw at Roland Garros.
Paris, France, 21 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogersthree additional Australian gamers remaining in rivalry within the males’s qualifying singles competitors in Paris this week.
World No.11 Alex de Minaur will lead the cost within the Roland Garros 2024 fundamental draw, set to be the highest-seeded Australian man in Paris since Lleyton Hewitt was the highest seed in 2003.
Jordan Thompson, who’s in career-best type, and Alexei Popyrin, the Roland Garros 2017 boys’ singles champion, are additionally among the many Aussie rivals.
| Roland Garros 2024 males’s singles Australian fundamental draw entrants |
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| Participant | Age | Rank | Finest main-draw end in Paris |
| Alex de Minaur | 25 | No.11 | 2R (2019, 2021, 2023) |
| Jordan Thompson | 30 | No.37 | 3R (2019) |
| Alexei Popyrin | 24 | No.51 | 2R (2019) |
| Chris O’Connell | 29 | No.64 | 1R (2021, 2022, 2023) |
| Rinky Hijikata | 23 | No.78 | Making debut |
| Max Purcell | 26 | No.92 | 2R (2023) |
| Aleksandar Vukic | 28 | No.93 | 1R (2020) |
| [WC] Adam Walton | 25 | No.95 | Making debut |
| Thanasi Kokkinakis | 28 | No.98 | 3R (2015, 2023) |
Solely host nation France (with 16, together with six wildcards) and the USA (with 11, together with one wildcard) are prone to have extra main-draw rivals on this 12 months’s males’s singles occasion.
Australia’s notable depth within the males’s recreation can also be evident in the newest ATP Tour singles rankings, with 9 Aussie males contained in the world’s high 100.
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Power in numbers in a Grand Slam draw is invaluable in line with Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge.
Woodbridge was among the many final nine-strong Australian contingent to function in a Roland Garros males’s singles fundamental draw, additionally competing alongside Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis, Pat Rafter, Jason Stoltenberg, Andrew Ilie, Richard Fromberg, Scott Draper and Mark Woodforde in 1999.
“It’s so necessary to have numbers as a result of it simply feeds the positivity amongst the group,” Woodbridge famous.
“While you’ve obtained friends within the draw and also you see any individual that you already know you’re pretty much as good as, otherwise you suppose you’re, they usually have a giant victory, you suppose ‘Why can’t I?’.
“It actually makes you modify the best way you have a look at issues and you’re dragged alongside by success. So typically on the majors, if the Aussies can get off to a great begin on day one and also you get a few wins, you’ll discover that we get a whole lot of victories.”
Principal-draw motion at Roland Garros 2024 begins on Sunday 26 Could. It will likely be broadcast dwell in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport.
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