Britain's Andy Murray will resume his bid for a maiden Gran d Slam title when he takes on Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the first round of the French Open.
Fourth seed Murray is in the same half of the draw as defending champion Rafael Nadal, who plays Simone Bolelli.
World number one Novak Djokovic faces Potito Starace and third seed Roger Federer starts against Tobias Kamke.
Elena Baltacha meets Sam Stosur, Anne Keothavong plays Melinda Czink and Heather Watson will find out later.
Watson came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw for the second year in a row.
Fellow Briton Laura Robson will hope to join her there when she takes on Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.
Murray is already there but he faces a tough task to reach the final at Roland Garros for the first time.
Victory over world number 69 Ito, who he has not met previously, will book a second-round meeting with Jarkko Nieminen or Igor Andreev.
It is possible he could then face Alejandro Falla or Bernard Tomic, Richard Gasquet in the last-16 and David Ferrer in the quarter-finals.
Nadal would be his potential semi-final opponent in a repeat of their match last year, which the Spaniard won in straight sets, and Djokovic or Federer may await in the final on 10 June.
The highest-ranked player in Nadal's quarter is eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic, while Djokovic is in the same section as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Federer as Tomas Berdych.
Nadal is seeking a record seventh French Open title, while Djokovic stands to become the first man to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously since Rod Laver in 1969.
On the women's side, world number one Victoria Azarenka begins against Alberta Brianti and her projected semi-final opponent is US Open champion Stosur, the sixth seed.
Second seed Maria Sharapova gets going against Alexandra Cadantu and could face Serena Williams or Caroline Wozniacki in the last eight.
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova meets wildcard Ashleigh Barty first up, with 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone and reigning champion Li Na in the same quarter.
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