The 2025 French Open is now just days away, as the stars of women’s tennis finish up their pre-tournament preparations.

Several WTA players will head to Roland Garros with genuine title ambitions as the field appears more open than ever.

Three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek would be the obvious pick, but her form in 2025 has left many questioning her title-winning credentials.

The world number one could be primed to take advantage, having already picked up a title on clay this year, when Aryna Sabalenka won the Madrid Open.

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Italian Open finalists Jasmine Paolini and Coco Gauff could also be contenders, having impressed fans with their clay court prowess in Rome recently.

As the saying goes, ‘You have to be in it to win it,’ and those players who fail to join the 128-woman draw will have to wait until 2026 to have a shot at French Open glory.

The 2019 US Open champion has just lost in qualifying, as she failed to convert match points that would’ve seen her move one step closer to the main draw.

Bianca Andreescu is knocked out of French Open qualifying despite having match points

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu returned to the WTA Tour at the beginning of the clay season and secured several impressive wins.

Winning her opening match in French Open qualifying, Andreescu was just two wins away from a spot in the Roland Garros main draw.

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Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for the 24-year-old, as she lost to Japan’s Nao Hibino, 6-2, 6-7, 4-6, despite leading 6-2, 5-3, 40-30 in the second set.

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She may take some solace from her current ranking, however, knowing that if she continues to play as well as she has since returning in April, she likely won’t need to qualify for Wimbledon.

Ranked 102nd in the world, Andreescu would likely qualify directly for the main draw of the next Grand Slam, in large part thanks to her impressive run in Rome.

Andreescu secured two impressive seeded victories at the Italian Open before coming up short against China’s Qinwen Zheng in the fourth round.

• 2025 Italian Open 4R – Bianca Andreescu lost to Qinwen Zheng, 5-7, 1-6

• 2025 Italian Open 3R – Bianca Andreescu beat Elena Rybakina, 6-2, 6-4

• 2025 Italian Open 2R – Bianca Andreescu beat Donna Vekic, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

• 2025 Italian Open 1R – Bianca Andreescu beat Federica Urgesi, 6-0, 6-3

Andreescu’s win over Elena Rybakina in the third round was by far her most impressive since returning, as she dominated the 2023 champion in straight sets.

Beating the Kazakh in such convincing fashion reminded many of the Andreescu who won the US Open title six years ago, form that she’d no doubt love to rediscover in 2025.

How did Bianca Andreescu win the 2019 US Open?

In 2019, Andreescu made her Flushing Meadows debut, entering the event as the number 15 seed, having won her home Canadian Open one month earlier.

To the surprise of many, Andreescu qualified for the final in New York, taking advantage as the top seeds fell during the early stages of the tournament.

Bianca Andreescu’s run to the 2019 US Open final

There, she came face to face with six-time champion Serena Williams, who was forced to retire from her previous meeting with Andreescu after just four games during the Canadian Open final.

Producing her best tennis on the biggest occasion, Andreescu upset the legend, lifting her maiden Major title with a 6-3, 7-5 win on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Andreescu became the first player to win the US Open title on her main draw debut, a feat matched by Emma Raducanu two years later.

The Canadian hasn’t returned to a Grand Slam final since, and has only returned to the fourth round of a Major tournament once, at the 2021 US Open.

Are there any other big names competing in French Open qualifying?

Andreescu wasn’t the only notable WTA star vying for a spot in the French Open main draw through qualifying.

2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani won her opening match in qualifying and will now take on Anna-Lena Friedsam in the second round.

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Andreescu’s fellow Canadian has also been in action, as teenage prospect Victoria Mboko beat Sinja Kraus in her opener and awaits Liechtenstein’s Kathinka Von Deichmann when she returns to the court.

Mboko has impressed in 2025, taking sets off of Paula Badosa in Miami and Coco Gauff in Rome.

Errani and Mboko are scheduled to play their second round qualifying matches on Wednesday, May 21.