British number one Andy Murray will meet 17-year-old French wildcard Jonathan Eysseric in the first round of the French Open.

The 21-year-old Scot's match is scheduled third on the Suzanne Lenglen Court on Sunday afternoon.

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Other leading players in action on the first day are Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and former champion Gustavo Kuerten, who is making his final appearance in Paris before retiring.

He will play Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in the third match on the main Philippe Chatrier Court, following Ivanovic against Sofia Arvidsson and Djokovic against Denis Gremelmayr.

Top seeds Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova and three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal will begin their campaigns on Monday or Tuesday.

Eysseric is ranked 387 in the world and will be playing only his third match on the ATP Tour.

Murray's only previous appearance at Roland Garros in 2006 ended with a first-round defeat to Gael Monfils and he admits he is still coming to terms with clay.

"Maybe I'll be able to escape under the radar of the top seeds a little bit because of my past results on clay," he said.

"Recently I've been up against some good clay-court players and I'm reasonably pleased with the way that's gone.

"Because of that maybe other players will see my game a little bit differently now and I'll have a bit of respect on clay.

"I want to increase that but at the same time I realise other players aren't expecting me to get to the semi-finals.

"It's still a Grand Slam so I want to win every match. That's the sort of person I am, I don't like losing.

"If I was to get to the third or fourth round of the US Open and lose, I wouldn't be happy.

"But if I get to the fourth round of the French Open I'd view it as a success.

"I've only played here once before, it's not my best surface and I haven't won too many matches on it, so to get into the second week would be a great effort."