Naomi Osaka came here to serve.
The four-time Grand Slam champion, 28, made a glittering entrance at the French Open 2026 this week in a series of couture-inspired custom walk-on looks, each layered over a gold sequined Nike tennis dress.
“I tell people I don’t talk a lot, so that way I can talk through my clothes,” Osaka told reporters in Paris. “That means I can be as loud with colors or patterns or fabric as I want.”
The pre-match looks were created by Swiss designer Kevin Germanier, who crafted them from upcycled Nike garments, calling the collaboration “court-ure” on Instagram.
Osaka entered Court Suzanne-Lenglen for her first-round match against Germany’s Laura Siegemund in a black vest with a corset-style lace-up back and a floor-length pleated tulle skirt. Underneath was the gold dress, which caught the Parisian sunlight enough to briefly concern the tennis star.
“I actually got a little worried because when the sun hits the dress, it reflects a lot,” she said. “So I was a little scared that the umpire was going to kick me off the court, so I had two backup normal Nike dresses.”
No backup was necessary. Osaka won the match, and offered a memorable explanation of the dress’s inspiration afterward.
“You know the Eiffel Tower at night when it’s like sparkly? I kind of think I look like that a little bit,” she said, adding that the outfit was “a nod to France and also couture, which is something that I really love.”
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka co-signed the look while watching live on TNT Sports. “I love that she’s expressing herself. She feels confident, and that’s the beauty of the fashion world,” she said.
Her opponent was less impressed. “I came here to play tennis, not to put on a fashion show,” Siegemund said.
Osaka raised the stakes for her second-round matchup against Croatia’s Donna Vekić on Court Simonne-Mathieu, entering in a gold sequined bomber jacket with an attached ivory gathered train that billowed behind her. French seamstress Diana Martinez posted the look to her Instagram Story, calling it the “most incredible and surreal” project she’s worked on.
Osaka removed the train — which snapped on to the jacket — and passed both pieces to a ball kid before warmups, unveiling the same gold dress underneath.
“I like to keep people on their toes and I think it’s really fun,” she said in her on-court interview, declining to say whether she’s planned a new entrance outfit for every round.
The victory puts Osaka in the French Open third round for the first time since 2019. She’ll face 17th seed Iva Jovic next.
Osaka’s Roland Garros wardrobe continues a year of headline-making fashion for the tennis star. At the Australian Open in January, she walked onto Rod Laver Arena in a jellyfish-inspired Robert Wun look complete with a veiled wide-brim hat and white parasol.
“I know there are some kids or some people that are similar to me that hopefully feel that same way about my outfits,” Osaka said in Paris.
