Facts, figures

■ Site: Roland Garros, Paris

■ Surface: Red clay

■ Schedule: Play begins today and lasts 15 days. There are day and night sessions. The women’s singles final is Saturday, June 8; the men’s singles final is June 9.

■ Seedings:

Defending champion Iga Swiatek is seeded No. 1 in the women’s bracket, with Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka next, reigning U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff at No. 3 and 2022 Wimbledon champ Elena Rybakina at No 4. Novak Djokovic, the other 2023 singles champion, is No. 1 in the men’s draw, with Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner at No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz at No. 3 and Daniil Medvedev at No. 4. Rafael Nadal, the 14-time French Open champion who has missed much of the past two seasons with injuries, is unseeded because his ranking is outside the top 250.

■ 2023 women’s champion: Iga Swiatek, Poland

■ 2023 men’s champion: Novak Djokovic, Spain

■ Last year: Swiatek got past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 for a third career championship at the French Open and fourth Grand Slam title overall. Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 for his 23rd major trophy. It was Djokovic’s third title at Roland Garros, making him the first man with at least three from each of the four Slam sites.

■ Raise the roof: The tournament’s second retractable roof, now atop Court Suzanne Lenglen, will make its debut. The main stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier, got its roof in 2020.

■ See you again soon! With Paris hosting the Olympics this year, many of the world’s best tennis players will return to Roland Garros to compete for medals from July 27-Aug. 4. It will be the first time the sport will be played on clay at a Summer Games since Barcelona in 1992.