French Open 2025: What makes a good clay-court player? - BBC Sport

Jack Draper's improved clay-court game makes him one of the French Open's contenders - but what makes a player excel on the surface?

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Jack Draper will be the fifth seed at the French Open

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

Coverage: Live radio commentary from 19:00 BST on BBC 5 Sports Extra, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app

Seeing a Briton in a big clay-court final - and their name not being Andy Murray - is still not something we are used to.