Novak Djokovic begins his tilt at an outright record 25th grand slam title on Sunday 24 May, playing in the first night session of this years French Open.The Serb - who turned 39 on Friday - opens against huge-serving home favourite Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard on Court Philippe-Chatrier, from 7.15pm BST (8.15pm local time).Former Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic opens play on Philippe-Chatrier against Austrias Sinja Kraus, while mens second seed Alexander Zverev also plays in the day session on the show court.Elsewhere Emma Raducanu begins her campaign against clay-court specialist Solana Sierra of Argentina on Court 13 later this afternoon, while Madrid champion Marta Kostyuk and wunderkind Joao Fonseca are also in action on a busy first day at Roland-Garros.Is the French Open on TV? The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on HBO Max. In the US, it will be shown live on TNT Sports, Max, truTV and CNN. French Open day one order of playall times BSTCourt Philippe-Chatrier - 11amSinja Kraus (AUT) vs Belinda Bencic (SUI) Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) Mirra Andreeva (RUS) vs Fiona Ferro (FRA) Court Philippe-Chatrier - from 7.15pmGiovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) Court Suzanne-Lenglen - 10amKaren Khachanov (RUS) vs Arthur Gea (FRA) Hailey Baptiste (USA) vs Barbora Krejakova (CZE) Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) Ksenia Efremova (FRA) vs Sorana Crstea (ROU) Court Simonne-Mathieu - 10amMarta Kostyuk (UKR) vs Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS) Katie Volynets (USA) vs Clara Burel (FRA) Titouan Droguet (FRA) vs Jakub Mensk (CZE) Joao Fonseca (BRA) vs Luka Pavlovic (FRA) Court 14 - 10amAlejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Fran Jones (GBR) vs Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Peyton Stearns (USA) Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) Court 12 - 10amAjla Tomljanovia (AUS) vs Caty McNally (USA) Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) vs Thiago Agustn Tirante (ARG) Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs Solana Sierra (ARG) Magdalena Frch (POL) vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs Yannick Hanfmann (GER) Alexander Blockx (BEL) vs Coleman Wong (HKG) Hugo Dellien (BOL) vs Valentin Royer (FRA) Sara Sorribes (ESP) vs Tamara Korpatsch (GER) French Open schedule The tournament main draw gets underway on Sunday 24 May. Finals weekend is across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June. 18-23 May Qualifiers 2426 May 1st Round 2728 May 2nd Round 2930 May 3rd Round 31 May 1 June Round of 16 23 June Quarterfinals 4 June Womens Semifinals 5 June Mens Semifinals 6 June Womens Singles Final & Mens Doubles Final 7 June Mens Singles Final & Womens Doubles Final