Andre Agassi will miss the French Open because of an injured wrist.
French Open officials said today they received information saying that Agassi, a two-time finalist in Paris, had to withdraw because of the injury.The Grand Slam tournament begins Monday.
Agassi has fallen to 28th in the ATP Tour rankings.
Agassi's withdrawal came a day after Boris Becker pulled out of the tournament for the fourth time since 1992. Pete Sampras, the top-ranked player is the world, is questionable after having to retire with a thigh injury in a match Monday at the World Team Cup in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Agassi will be replaced in the draw by French player Jerome Golmard.
The WTA and ATP Tour released the tennis rankings that determine the seedings for the French Open but there is a lot of uncertainty at the top of the list.
Sampras, expected to be top-seeded in the Grand Slam tournament that begins May 26, has lost his only two matches on clay this year and then had to stop in another match on Monday.
Martina Hingis, No. 1 on the women's side, hasn't had any clay court matches and is scheduled to return after a knee injury from a horse riding accident April 21.
The organizing committee for the two-week tournament usually goes along with the tennis rankings of the professional tennis associations despite the recent form of many players on clay. The actual draw and the final seedings will be on Friday.
Sampras's tournament victories are mostly on fast surfaces, including the last two Grand Slams - the U.S. and Australian Opens.
However he lost his first matches at the Monte Carlo Open and Italian Open.
Monday he had to withdraw from a match in the third set at the World Team Cup, Sampras stopped after one game in the third set against Australia's Mark Philippoussis. Sampras was nursing an injury during training in Paris last week.
Michael Chang, No. 2, is coming off a loss at the Italian Open.
The list goes on.
No. 3, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, last year's French Open winner, is struggling after breaking his hand just before the Australian Open. No. 4 Goran Ivanisevic has just returned after breaking his finger.
Thomas Muster, the 1995 French Open champion and usually dominant on clay, has not found his form on the surface this season. No. 6 Richard Krajicek, the reigning Wimbledon champion, is better on grass.
Marcelo Rios of Chile and Alex Corretja No. 7 and No. 8, are the first contenders in form. They took turns beating each other in major clay court finals. Rios won Monte Carlo and Corretja took the Italian Open.
There are four more Spanish players in the next eight. Carlos Moya, No. 10, Felix Mantilla, No. 11, Albert Costa, No. 12 and No. 13 Alberto Berasategui.
Dangerous players who will probably be unseeded and able to meet a seeded player as early as the first round include Jim Courier and Sergi Bruguera, both with two French titles each.
The women also have their troubles.
Steffi Graf, who has won the French five times including the last two, is coming off the worst loss of her career at Berlin after being sidelined with a knee injury since February.
She lost the No. 1 ranking to Hingis, who won the Australian Open and is unbeaten this year in six tournaments.
Monica Seles is No. 3 and has been slow in returning to form this year.
Jana Novotna is fourth followed by Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez and Anke Huber.
Mary Pierce, who won the Italian Open and lost in the Berlin final, is 10th.