Coco Gauff and Madison Keys disagree over which male player is going to win the French Open this year

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Coco Gauff and Madison Keys are among the WTA stars taking on the French Open, which is now underway.

Gauff starts her 2025 French Open in the first round against Olivia Gadecki, with her fellow American Keys taking on Daria Saville.

The American duo have both been drawn against Australian players, who will be looking to cause major upsets early on.

Gauff is the second seed at the French Open, with Keys the seventh, entering the event as the Australian Open champion.

The latter triumphed at the first Grand Slam of the season in January, defeating Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne.

Coco Gauff and Madison Keys disagree over men’s French Open winner

Gauff and Keys agree that American women have role models to rely on in tennis, but they have now disagreed over which ATP player they think is going to win the French Open.

They were among many WTA players tasked with predicting their winner, with Keys saying: “I think Jannik Sinner is going to win.”

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And Gauff replied: “I mean I guess I would have to go Carlos [Alcaraz]. The fact that he won in Rome and he’s defending champion here.”

Their fellow American Jessica Pegula also shared her verdict: “[Jack] Draper maybe. I don’t know, like someone kind of new that’s like playing really, really well that maybe isn’t exactly like a full clay courter.”

The American trio weren’t the only WTA stars taking on the challenge, with other high-profile players making their predictions ahead of the tournament.

Italian Open champion Jasmine Paolini said: “I would like to see Sinner or [Lorenzo] Musetti. But I don’t know I’m thinking maybe Carlos Alcaraz, but hopefully not!”

Sharing her prediction, Mirra Andreeva responded: “Maybe Andre Rublev, maybe Daniil Medvedev, maybe Karen Khachanov because I really like their personalities.

“I feel like Carlos should also defend his title. No pressure, but I just feel like it would be nice to defend the title here in Paris.”

Qinwen Zheng said: “Maybe I will choose Carlitos, because he just won it last year,” with Alexandra Eala replying: “Carlos Alcaraz.

“It’s just so fun to see him playing on court and his athleticism, and obviously he’s always smiling. So I think he’s a great role model for everybody.”

And Jelena Ostapenko commented: “[Grigor] Dimitrov. I think he deserves it. And he’s like, a really good player.”

Coco Gauff, Madison Keys and Jessica Pegula pick men’s French Open dark horse

Alcaraz has unsurprisingly dominated the early talk of the potential French Open champion, having won the tournament last year.

He defeated Alexander Zverev in the final to clinch his third Grand Slam title, adding a second Wimbledon title shortly after.

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Sinner meanwhile won the Australian Open and US Open titles in 2024, but Alcaraz also enters Roland Garros this year as the Italian Open champion.

But there was American love from the WTA side regarding their French Open dark horses, with Keys saying: “Dark horse, dark horse… Tommy Paul.”

Pegula meanwhile commented: “Maybe I’ll go with an American like Tommy Paul or Taylor Fritz. Kind of want someone to win that’s maybe not notoriously known as a clay courter to kind of just like break the mold a little bit.”

And Gauff continued the European trend, saying: “Dark Horse, I’ll go with [Jakub] Mensik. I think he’s a good competitor.”