Paula Badosa has been busy in the 2026 WTA season, which can be considered very positive news after her disappointing end to last year.
Badosa ended her 2025 season early as she struggled with injury, which has also impacted her efforts this time around.
In fact, Badosa has dropped out of the WTA top 100, with the former world number two now ranked in 102nd.
The four-time WTA champion is still awaiting her first title of the season, in which Badosa has claimed nine wins but has suffered 12 defeats.
And it appears another setback is heading the way of the Spaniard regarding the upcoming French Open.
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Paula Badosa out of French Open qualifying
Badosa was on the entry list for French Open qualifying, ranked behind only Veronika Erjavec and Francesca Jones.
But her name has now been scored out on the official entry list for the clay-court Grand Slam, which starts later this month.
The 28-year-old will, therefore, only play at Roland Garros if several players withdraw or she receives a wildcard.
Other high-profile names who remain in the qualifying list include Sloane Stephens, Karolina Pliskova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The WTA Tour icons are joined in French Open qualifying by ATP ace Grigor Dimitrov.
Do Paula Badosa and Grigor Dimitrov deserve French Open wildcards?
Grand Slam wildcards are always at a premium, but there is certainly an argument to be made for Badosa deserving one in Paris.
That is, of course, only if she is fit to play in the tournament, which is definitely in question at this moment in time.
But she’s enjoyed a fantastic career to date, and would definitely help increase attention to the Grand Slam in the French capital.
The same can undoubtedly be said for Dimitrov, who like Badosa has endured injury struggles of his own in recent times.
Once ranked third in the world, the nine-time ATP champion has fallen all the way down to 170th place, and has won just two of his 10 matches in 2026.
But wildcards won’t be obtained easily at Roland Garros this year, with retiring legends Stan Wawrinka and Gael Monfils already set to receive such an exemption.
And recent results certainly don’t favor Badosa and Dimitrov in that regard, with both players losing their opening matches at the Madrid Open.
Moreover, Badosa suffered her first-ever 6-0 set loss in Spain, while Dimitrov has since lost at an ATP Challenger event in Aix-en-Provence.
Intriguingly, just last year the Spaniard produced her best Grand Slam finish by reaching the Australian Open semifinals, while the Bulgarian has reached that stage of the tournament and at Wimbledon and the US Open throughout his career.
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