Sorana Cîrstea, Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian found out when they will play in the 1st round at Roland Garros
Article by David Istrate – Published on Thursday, 21 May 2026 23:05 / Updated on Thursday, 21 May 2026 23:07
Sorana Cîrstea (36 years old, 18 WTA) and Gabriela Ruse (28 years old, 75 WTA) will debut at Roland Garros 2026 on Sunday, May 24, on the first day of the competition. Instead, Jaqueline Cristian (27 years old, 33 WTA) will perform on Monday, May 25, in Paris.
Romania has 3 representatives at this year's edition of Roland Garros. It is about Sorana Cîrstea, Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian, the 3 Romanians in the WTA top 100. They entered the main draw of the competition directly, while Miriam Bulgaru and Irina Begu were eliminated in the qualifiers.
Sorana Cîrstea and Gabriela Ruse will play on Sunday, Jaqueline Cristian will enter the field on Monday
On Thursday, May 21, the tricolors found out their opponents in the first round of the Grand Slam tournament. Therefore, Cîrstea will duel with Ksenia Efremova (17 years old, 625 WTA), Ruse will play against Magdalena Frech (28 years old, 49 WTA), while Cristian will play against Kamille Rakhimova (24 years old, 59 WTA).
All 3 Romanians are in the lower part of the main draw and will play on Sunday, May 24 and Monday, May 25, the first two days of Roland Garros 2026. According to an announcement made by the organizers, Cîrstea and Ruse will play on Sunday, while Cristian will enter the court on Monday. Good news for Jaqueline, who played several games this week, qualifying for the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Strasbourgwhere he will duel with Victoria Mboko (19 years old, 9 WTA).
Therefore, the Cîrstea – Efremova and Ruse – Frech duels will take place on Sunday, May 24. Also on the first day of Roland Garros, Mirra Andreeva, Belinda Bencic and Emma Răducanu will play.
Also, from the men's competition, players such as Jakub Mensik, Joao Fonseca, Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz or Alexander Zverev will enter the field on Sunday.
More information related to the route of the tricolors can be found at the following LINKwhile details about the opponents of the best tennis players in the world are located HERE.
