2025 French Open Predictions, Best Bets, Expert Picks: Who Will Win at Roland-Garros?

We've lined up a winner, a long-shot and a props bet for the season's second major, which takes place at Roland-Garros in Paris.

Mike Spector

Last updated: May 26, 2025 12:46 PM EDT • 5 min read

2025 French Open Predictions & Expert Picks: Expert Picks for Roland-Garros — Pictured: Carlos Alcaraz of Spain kisses the trophy after winning the men’s singles final on day 15 of Roland Garros at Stade Roland Garros. Photo by Susan Mullane via Imagn Images.

Our French Open predictions and expert picks feature the men's favorite via the French Open odds and a women's front-runner to win at Roland-Garros in Paris.

While Aryna Sabalenka is the favorite on the women's side, and Iga Swiatek has won three straight titles in Paris, we're going another route with our expert pick.

Read on for our best bets to win the men’s and women’s singles, as well as our best prop bet and favorite long shot across our best sports betting sites.

💰 2025 French Open best bets

French Open odds via our best sports betting apps; pick confidence based on a 1-to-5-star scale.

Men’s winner: Carlos Alcaraz (+125 via bet365) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Women’s winner: Coco Gauff (+550 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐
Best prop bet: Lorenzo Musetti to win 3rd quarter (+180 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Favorite long shot: Qinwen Zheng to reach the final (+1400 via FanDuel) ⭐⭐

📈2025 French Open best bets schedule & results

Carlos Alcaraz: def. Giulio Zeppieri (6-3, 6-4, 6-2); next: second round vs. Fabian Marozsan (Wednesday, May 28)
Coco Gauff: def. Olivia Gadecki (6-2, 6-2); next: second round vs. Tereza Valentova (Thursday, May 29)
Lorenzo Musetti: def. Daniel Elahi Galan (6-4, 6-0, 6-4); next: third round vs. TBD (Friday, May 30)
Qinwen Zheng: def. Emiliana Arango (6-2, 6-3); next: third round vs. Victoria Mboko (Friday, May 30)

🏆 French Open expert picks & predictions

Here are my best French Open picks to win the men's and women's singles tournaments - plus my best prop bet and favorite long shot at Roland-Garros.

🎾 Men's winner: Carlos Alcaraz (+125) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

When Carlos Alcaraz won the Italian Open in Rome last month, he finalized his capturing of every major clay court title that exists - and he did so at the young age of 22.

Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are the only two players in the men's draw with odds shorter than +1400, and Alcaraz easily dispatched the world No. 1 in a 7-6, 6-1 victory in the Italian Open final a few weeks ago.

While Sinner displayed some dominant tennis in that run to the finals - he bageled Tommy Paul and Casper Ruud in two different sets and had two set points against Alcaraz - the fact that he is still not far removed from a three-month suspension makes his odds seem too short.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz improved his 2025 ATP clay court record to 15-1 with the Italian Open title. If he and Sinner meet in the Roland-Garros final, the Spaniard can look to his four straight head-to-head wins over the Italian for confidence.

Alcaraz is just the fifth man to win all three Masters 1000 clay events, and he is the rightful favorite to defend his French Open title. That's why I'll gladly back him at these plus-money odds to win yet another major.

He won his first round matchup with Giulio Zeppieri in straight sets.

✅ Best odds: +125 via bet365 ($10 bet wins $12.50)

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🎾 Women's winner: Coco Gauff (+550) ⭐⭐

Coco Gauff won the French Open doubles title last year, and her 80% winning percentage on the clay at Roland-Garros is her best across the four Grand Slams.

Gauff has made the semifinals or better in two of the last three years, and she earned a favorable draw with not having to face either of the top two favorites - Aryna Sabalenka or Iga Swiatek - until the finals.

Gauff appears to be on a collision course with fellow American and Australian Open winner Madison Keys in the quarterfinals. But Keys has bowed out in the third round or earlier in four of her previous five Roland-Garros appearances.

Prior to Swiatek’s recent three-peat, the last six French Open winners were first-time Grand Slam champions. While Gauff has won a US Open, these are great odds for her to win her second major title and first at the French Open. Her first matchup is against Olivia Gadecki on Tuesday.

DraftKings agrees, as it offers -370 odds (carrying a 78.72% implied probability) for there to be a first-time women’s winner. The sportsbook is also offering the best odds on Gauff with her price hovering around +500 elsewhere.

✅ Best odds: +550 via DraftKings ($10 bet wins $55)

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🎾 Best prop bet: Lorenzo Musetti to win 3rd quarter (+180) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lorenzo Musetti avoided being placed in the same quarter as the top four pre-tournament favorites. Instead, he will likely need to navigate several American players who have not had much success on clay in their careers.

Conversely, Musetti lost in three sets in the Monte Carlo Masters final to Alcaraz and is arguably the most accomplished clay-court player in his quarter. Musetti is also the only player born in 2000 or later to reach all the clay court Masters 1000 semifinals in a single year.

His pre-tournament futures odds improved from +3000 to +2400 at FanDuel in just a short week because of his favorable draw, and these are great odds for the Italian to at least make a semifinal appearance at Roland-Garros.

Musetti won his first round matchup with Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets (7-5, 6-2, 6-0). Next up is Daniel Elahi Galan on Wednesday.

✅ Best odds: +180 via FanDuel ($10 bet wins $18)

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🎾 Favorite long shot: Qinwen Zheng to reach the final (+1400) ⭐⭐

The fact that Swiatek, the three-time defending champion, is not the favorite to win this year suggests the women’s draw is wide open - and Qinwen Zheng is our favorite sleeper.

Zheng has long futures odds after being placed in the same quarter as the pre-tournament favorite. But while Zheng is 1-6 in seven career head-to-head meetings with Sabalenka, she won their previous meeting 6-4, 6-3 two weeks ago in Rome, which was their only career meeting on clay.

Zheng showed how high her ceiling can be on clay while taking the gold medal at last year's Summer Olympic games in Paris, beating Swiatek in the final.

She has a six-match winning streak on the Roland-Garros courts and could easily flip to the favorite entering the semifinals if she beats Sabalenka to get there. That makes her +1400 odds to reach the final much more appealing than her +500 odds to win her quarter at FanDuel.

Zheng faces Emiliana Arango after winning her first round tilt against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets (6-4, 6-3).

✅ Best odds: +1400 via FanDuel ($10 bet wins $140)

📺 How to watch French Open 2025

🗓️ When: Sunday, May 25 to Sunday, June 8
📍 Where: Roland-Garros (Paris)
📺 TV: TNT, TBS, truTV
💻 Streaming: MAX

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Mike Spector

Mike started in the sports writing industry in July 2019, and gained a lot of followers in his first year after finishing with the No. 2 overall record in an annual NFL betting competition, which made picks against the spread, and from an Over/Under and moneyline perspective. Mike is an avid fan of the NFL, MLB, tennis, and all college sports. In his opinion, March Madness is the best sporting event there is, and he's especially euphoric starting with conference tournament time in college basketball. Mike's a big advocate of "fading the public" and making plays that are contrarian, constantly citing that "there are reasons why they have those big shiny buildings in Las Vegas." When making wagers, Mike always scours the best odds at all of the major sports betting sites, where he mostly sifts through DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and bet365. He's tried several others and is of the firm belief that bettors should not just stick to one sportsbook, as there is always likely better value to be had with the same wager. In addition, while Mike received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University, he has no issue betting against the Wildcats when it comes to college basketball wagering, and suggests other bettors should always put their “head” before their “hearts.”