Among the men, five players will use their protected ranking (Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic, Denis Shapovalov, Kei Nishikori and Kwon Soonwoo). Concretely, this means that the cut goes down to 99th position in the ranking (out of 104 participants). David Goffin being ranked 100th in the world, he will only need a small package to enter the main draw. And there is a very good chance that this will happen. Note that Andy Murray, for example, is registered even though he is currently injured in his left ankle. If he announced this Monday that an operation would not be necessary, we can reasonably think that he is aiming for a return by the start of the grass season.
Still in the Belgian clan, Zizou Bergs is eighth reservist.
Among the women, Belgium will be able to count on four representatives. If Elise Mertens (WTA 30), Greet Minnen (WTA 70) and Yanina Wickmayer (WTA 89) were guaranteed to enter the final draw, Alison Van Uytvanck will have recourse to the protected classification. Seven other players will do the same: Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Irina-Camelia Begu, Amanda Anisimova, Bianca Andreescu, Julia Grabher, and Aleksandra Krunic.
For her part, Ysaline Bonaventure had already announced that she would not use her protected classification. Neither at Roland-Garros, nor at Wimbledon. She prefers to reserve it for the US Open and the Australian Open 2025.
