French Open 2019: Sunday order of play, schedule, start times and draw featuring Roger Federer and Angelique Kerber

Full order of play for the opening day at Roland Garros

Roger Federer is in action on day one at the French Open (Reuters)

The 2019 French Open gets underway in Paris on Sunday to mark the return of Roger Federer at Roland Garros after a four-year absence, with women’s second seed Karolina Pliskova and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber also in action.

The build-up to the second Grand Slam of the year has been blighted with withdrawals, with Andy Murray already absent as he continues his recovery from hip surgery and the likes of Nick Kyrgios and Katie Boulter joining him in recent days.

But the men’s draw still features the big attractions of Novak Djokovic, defending champion Rafael Nadal and Federer, who returns to the clay court tournament for the first time since his quarter-final exit in 2015.

The women’s draw is without former French Open champion Maria Sharapova due to injury, while 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams arrives in Paris with her own injury concerns – though she will begin her campaign against Vitalia Diatchenko on Monday regardless.

Here’s how Sunday’s order of play shapes up on Court Philippe Vhatrier, Court Suzanna Lenglen, Court Simonne Mathieu and the surrounding courts.

Order of play for Sunday 26th May 2019

(All times BST)

Court Philippe Chatrier:

10am: (5) Angelique Kerber (Ger) v Anastasia Potapova (Rus), (6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v Maximilian Marterer (Ger), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi), Madison Brengle (USA) v (2) Karolina Pliskova (Cze)

Court Suzanne Lenglen:

10am: Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (11) Marin Cilic (Cro), (7) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) v Quentin Halys (Fra), Fiona Ferro (Fra) v Kristina Mladenovic (Fra), (7) Sloane Stephens (USA) v Misaki Doi (Jpn)

Court Simonne Mathieu:

10am: (19) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) v Taylor Townsend (USA), (16) Marco Cecchinato (Ita) v Nicolas Mahut (Fra), Venus Williams (USA) v (9) Elina Svitolina (Ukr), (27) David Goffin (Bel) v Ricardas Berankis (Lit)

Court 1:

10am: (31) Petra Martic (Cro) v Ons Jabeur (Tun), Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bul), (15) Belinda Bencic (Swi) v Jessika Ponchet (Fra), Robin Haase (Ned) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger)

Court 6:

10am: Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) v Johanna Larsson (Swe), Malek Jaziri (Tun) v Oscar Otte (Ger), Bernarda Pera (USA) v Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg)

Angelique Kerber takes on Anastasia Potapova in the opening match on Philippe Chatrier (Reuters)

Court 7:

10am: (29) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) v Pablo Andujar (Spa), Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Sofya Zhuk (Rus), Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) v (31) Laslo Djere (Ser), Jennifer Brady (USA) v Ivana Jorovic (Ser)

Court 13:

10am: Casper Ruud (Nor) v Ernests Gulbis (Lat), Yafan Wang (Chn) v Marketa Vondrousova (Cze), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) v Hugo Dellien (Bol), Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel)

Court 14:

10am: Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Ugo Humbert (Fra), Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) v Kristina Kucova (Svk), Marton Fucsovics (Hun) v (17) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg), Polona Hercog (Slo) v (32) Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr)