BBC Sport · May 21, 2025
What makes a good clay-court player?
Image caption, Jack Draper will be the fifth seed at the French OpenFrench Open 2025
Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros
Coverage: Live radio commentary from 19:00 BST on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app
Seeing a Briton in a big clay-court final - and their name not being Andy Murray - is still not something we are used to.
Jack Draper's recent run to the Madrid Open final, where he lost in three close sets to Casper Ruud, was the backbone of an impressive clay-court swing for the British number one.
But the French Open has historically not been synonymous with British singles success.