Martina Hingis should be pleased with her draw at the French Open, while Venus Williams is stuck with the toughest draw.

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The draw favors Hingis as much as anybody. Jennifer Capriati and Hingis should play each other in the semifinals and that could be the match of the tournament. Whoever wins that match will win the tournament.

Venus Williams has the toughest first round match in Barbara Schett of Austria. Williams' road is more difficult than it looks because of the unseeded talent, such as Anke Huber of Germany and Sandrine Testud of France, in the bottom half of the draw.

It will be interesting to see which of four talented teens – Elena Dementieva, Kim Clijsters, Jelena Dokic and Justine Henin – can have a breakthrough and establish themselves as a big-match player.

There are three notable absences in defending champion Mary Pierce, three-time champion Monica Seles and Anna Kournikova. Even missing those three big names, it is still a good draw.

Of course, the field is always a force to be reckoned with at the French Open. If you get a player who hits their stride on clay there will be some unfamiliar names that will slip through.

Martina Hingis

Player	Pam's Analysis
	There's not a tough match for her before the round of 16. She's got a good draw. Hingis has to be very pleased with her draw to have the seeds she'll face be Amanda Coetzer, Conchita Martinez and Magdalena Maleeva on the way to the semifinals.

Jennifer Capriati

Player	Pam's Analysis
	Capriati plays a talented French player in Emilie Loit in the first round, but again she should win that. The first seed she could meet is fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy, who is seeded for the first time in a major. Give Capriati the edge getting through Serena Williams and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.

Amelie Mauresmo

Player	Pam's Analysis
	Mauresmo is another favorite. She's won four titles so far this year – three of them on clay. She faces a good young Russian player – Lina Krasnoroutskaya – first in what should be one of the best matches in the opening round. Mauresmo should get through the early section of the draw.

Venus Williams

Player	Pam's Analysis
	Venus has the toughest draw of the top seeds. If she gets past Barbara Schett in the first round, she'll face Justine Henin, who's health is in question with an ankle sprain, in the round of 16. Henin recently defeated Venus at the Italian Open.

Lindsay Davenport

Player	Pam's Analysis
	Davenport also has a tough draw with Iva Majoli of Croatia to get past as well as a host of other young players. Davenport, who has hardly played because of injuries, is in the same part of the draw as Jelena Dokic, who just won the Italian Open.

Serena Williams

Player	Pam's Analysis
	It's hard to see Serena Williams getting through because she hasn't played enough recently and isn't comfortable on clay. The first seed she'll face is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, who has won the French Open three times but don't expect her to win a fourth.