Frances Tiafoe heads into the 2025 French Open, which begins on Sunday, with plenty to prove after a mixed start to the season.
Despite starting the clay swing by reaching the finals in Houston, the No. 15 seed American failed to keep up the momentum. Since then, he suffered early exits at Hamburg, Rome, Barcelona, and Monte Carlo.
Tiafoe will look to improve on his previous best performance at Roland Garros — a third-round appearance in 2023.
Although Tiafoe did manage to reach the fourth round of the Madrid Open after benefiting from a first-round bye. Over the last three seasons, the 27-year-old has put a 20-16 win-loss record on clay, including 7-5 in the 2025 season so far.
Here’s everything you need to know about Tiafoe’s appearance at the French Open, including a television schedule, scores, and results from the American’s matches at Roland Garros.
When is Frances Tiafoe’s next match at French Open 2025?
Frances Tiafoe will begin his French Open 2025 journey with a first-round matchup against Roman Safiullin at Roland Garros.
Safiullin leads the head-to-head series 1-0 with his win in their only showdown coming during the 2024 Shanghai Masters last year. However, the Russian has suffered back-to-back first-round exits in the recent ATP 1000 Masters in Madrid and Rome.
Tiafoe vs. Safiullin Round 1 Roland Garros clash will be played on Sunday, May 25 at approximately 10:00 a.m.
Match schedule, results from French Open in Paris
| Opponent | Round | Date, time (ET), result |
| Roman Safiullin | Round 1 | Sunday, May 25, 10:00 a.m. |
How to watch Frances Tiafoe in French Open 2025: TV and live stream details
All Frances Tiafoe matches from the French Open are available for live TV broadcast on TNT and TruTV in the U.S. For fans who prefer to stream on the go, the grand slam tournament will also be available to watch live on Sling, DirecTV and Max.
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French Open 2025 tournament schedule
Play gets underway 11 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) on all courts, except for Court Philippe Chatrier most days as the action starts an hour later on the showpiece court.
From May 25 until June 6, Chatrier will also host one singles match during the night session starting at 2:15 p.m. ET.
The women’s singles final will take place on June 7 at 9 a.m. ET and the men’s finals will be staged 24 hours later.
| Stage | Date | Start Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s & Women’s first round | Sunday, May 25 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s first round | Monday, May 26 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s first round | Tuesday, May 27 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s second round | Wednesday, May 28 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s second round | Thursday, May 29 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s third round | Friday, May 30 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s third round | Saturday, May 31 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s fourth round | Sunday, June 1 | 5 a.m. | TNT (Chartier), TruTV (Lenglen)/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s fourth round | Monday, June 2 | 5 a.m. | TNT (Chartier), TruTV (Lenglen)/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s singles quarterfinals & doubles | Tuesday, June 3 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV (doubles)/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s & Women’s singles quarterfinals & doubles | Wednesday, June 4 | 5 a.m. | TNT, TruTV (doubles)/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Women’s singles & Men’s doubles semifinals & Mixed finals | Thursday, June 5 | 6 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s singles & Women’s doubles semifinals | Friday, June 6 | 9 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Women’s singles & Men’s doubles final | Saturday, June 7 | 9 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
| Men’s singles & Women’s doubles final | Sunday, June 9 | 9 a.m. | TNT, TruTV/ DirecTV, Max, Sling |
Frances Tiafoe French Open results
Frances Tiafoe made his French Open debut in 2015, missing out of the main draw once in 2016. However, he has never gone past the third round at Roland Garros.
In the singles, Tiafoe’s best showing came in 2023, where he reached the third round, before losing to Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-7, 1-6, 6-7.
Here’s how far Tiafoe has advanced each year at the clay-court grand slam:
| Year | Singles | Doubles |
| 2015 | 1st Round | — |
| 2016 | Qualifying | — |
| 2017 | 1st Round | 1st Round |
| 2018 | 1st Round | 1st Round |
| 2019 | 1st Round | — |
| 2020 | 1st Round | 1st Round |
| 2021 | 1st Round | 2nd Round |
| 2022 | 2nd Round | 2nd Round |
| 2023 | 3rd Round | — |
| 2024 | 2nd Round | 1st Round |
