Organisers at Roland Garros have come under fire for mainly scheduling men's matches in the evening slot and the American tennis star has echoed Ons Jabeur's argument that females should be allowed to play under the Parisian lights.

Gauff said: "I feel like we produce some high-quality tennis, and we have some great stars on the women's side who fans I'm sure would love to see.

"From my experience, playing at the US Open, night match at 7 p.m., with Novak [Djokovic] following me - and he's the greatest player of all time - people were almost just as excited to see me play as [they were] him.

"Same with other places I play, like Australia. Night match, people were excited to see [me], too. I definitely think there is opportunity to improve that in the future with this tournament."

Gauff believes that women should be allowed to play first if organisers of the Grand Slam opted to put two matches on at night.

Speaking after her second round win over Tereza Valentova on Thursday (29.05.25), the world number two said: "I don't think that a woman should play after the men at 8:15. I just think that's unfair.

"If they are going to put one match at 8:15, for sure there could be an opportunity to put a woman there. If they're going to put two slots, and the first match is starting at 8:15, I don't think a women's match should be played after a men's match. I just don't think people should be going on at 11 [p.m.] or 12 [a.m.], to be honest."