Kaja Juvan defeated Oksana Selekhmeteva 7–5, 7–6 in the first round of Roland Garros on clay, confirming her status as the pre-match favourite with odds of 1.26 to Selekhmeteva's 4.22. The Slovenian secured a competitive opening victory, taking the first set by a single break before edging a closely contested second-set tiebreak. Juvan's composed performance on the Paris clay sets up a second-round encounter and maintains her tournament momentum as she seeks to progress deeper into the draw.