This year's French Open is going to feel rather strange to begin with.
It is the first Roland Garros since Rafael Nadal - the man who won 14 singles titles and is synonymous with the tournament - retired.
His abdication means there is a chance for a new 'King of Clay' to be crowned.
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz has long been the heir apparent and goes into this year's event as the slight favourite.
The 22-year-old defending champion is a natural clay-courter with a 15-1 win-loss record on the surface this year - and, perhaps crucially, more match practice than rival Jannik Sinner.
Italy's Sinner is the other standout candidate.
The world number one has dominated over the past 18 months but only recently returned from a three-month doping ban.
Sinner dropped just one set in reaching the Italian Open final, including a ruthless quarter-final thrashing of two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud.
But Sinner was put in check by world number two Alcaraz in the final, with many expecting a repeat of it in the Paris showpiece on 8 June.
Who could stop Alcaraz and Sinner?
If it isn't a battle royale between Alcaraz and Sinner then it is difficult to look beyond the other leading seeds.
Novak Djokovic is bidding again for a standalone record 25th Grand Slam singles title but the Serb great, who turned 38 on Thursday, has looked short of motivation recently.
However, a welcome run to the Geneva final could be the boost the three-time Paris champion needs.
British number one Jack Draper demonstrated his clay-court credentials, reaching the Madrid final and Rome quarter-finals - suggesting he is capable of reaching at least the fourth round for the third successive major.
Swiatek, the 23-year-old is the three-time defending champion in Paris and has won four of the past five titles there.
But Poland's former world number one does not arrive at Roland Garros with her usual air of invincibility.
Swiatek has not lifted a trophy, or even made a final, since winning the French Open 12 months ago - a period during which she served a one motn doping suspension.
Among the main threats to Swiatek's bid to become the first woman to win four consecutive French Open titles are Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff.
Sabalenka replaced Swiatek as world number one towards the end of 2024, having won two of the four Grand Slams that year.
The Belarusian, runner-up at the Australian Open in January, is in imperious form. She won the Madrid Open in the build-up to Roland Garros and has won 34 of her 40 matches this season.
American Gauff, meanwhile, has not lost before the quarter-finals in her past four French Open appearances.
Runner-up three years ago, 2023 US Open champion Gauff was denied another title tilt by Swiatek in the semi-finals last year.
Who else can challenge for the title?
American world number three Jessica Pegula is chasing a first major but, after missing last year's tournament through injury, is yet to go beyond the quarter-finals at the French Open.
Italy's Jasmine Paolini reached two major finals in a breakout 2024 season, including losing to Swiatek in Paris, and beat Gauff to the Italian Open title in May.
History-making teenager Mirra Andreeva is also a contender. The 18-year-old Russian reached the semi-finals last year and, after becoming the youngest player to win a 100 title in February, could become the youngest woman to win a major since 2004.
China's Zheng Qinwen, meanwhile, won Olympic gold at on the Roland Garros clay last summer and stunned Sabalenka at the Italian Open earlier in May.
