French Open withdrawals and retirements: 17 players out as 4 stars retire in gruelling heat

Ewan West 26 May 2026 5:47 PM

Alexander Blockx, Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie

Four players have retired mid-match in the gruelling Paris heat on Tuesday at the 2026 French Open, while another star has pulled out of the tournament.

Main draw action at Roland Garros got underway on Sunday, and there were 12 players who pulled out before their opening matches across both the men’s and women’s singles events.

Carlos Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti, Arthur Fils, Holger Rune and Jack Draper were among the eight men to withdraw, while former Wimbledon winner Marketa Vondrousova was one of four women to pull out.

With temperatures soaring to 33 degrees Celsius in Paris today, three men and one woman have been forced to retire during their opening round matches.

This takes the total number of mid-match retirements in the first round of the French Open to six, after there were two — one in each of the men’s and women’s draws — on Sunday.

French Open 2026 mid-match retirements

Gabriel Diallo ret. at 3-6, 1-4 vs. James Duckworth
Elena-Gabriela Ruse ret. at 6-7(5), 1-2 vs. Magdalena Frech
Moyuka Uchijima ret. at 6-3, 0-6, 1-4 vs. Claire Liu
Alexandre Muller ret. at 2-6, 0-3 vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
Cameron Norrie ret. at 6-7(7), 0-2 vs. Daniel Vallejo
Sebastian Baez ret. at 6-2, 5-7, 2-6, 0-2 vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga

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In addition to the four retirements on Tuesday, world No 37 Alexander Blockx withdrew before his scheduled second round match with Alex de Minaur on Wednesday.