Roland Garros will permit Russian and Belarusian players to play Paris—under conditions of strict neutrality.

While Wimbledon has imposed a ban on Russians and Belarusians in condemnation of Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, French Tennis Federation President Gilles Moretton confirmed Russians and Belarusians can play Paris where their national affiliation will not be recognized.

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"The position has not changed," Moretton told the French media. "To date, we are in line with the declaration of 9 March 2022 by all the sports ministries of the European Union and other signatory countries, which aims to impose on Russian and Belarusian athletes a regime of strict neutrality. So no flag, no anthem. Point.

"We leave it at that. The position is that and we apply it."

Last June, Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova reached her maiden major final at Roland Garros losing to Barbora Krejcikova in the final.



Russian women have raised La Coupe Suzanne-Lenglen four times in the past 20 years with former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova winning Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014. Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Dementieva in an all-Russian Roland Garros in 2004. Five years later, Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina in the 2009 all-Russian French Open final.