Roland Garros is set to shed the traditional look-and-feel of its annual Grand Slam event and re-brand in Olympic colours for the global sporting extravaganza of Paris 2024 in late July.

There is, of course, plenty of tennis to be played between now and then – including both the conclusion of the clay season, the entirety of the grass court swing, and two Grand Slams – but there can be no doubt that Olympic tennis is beginning to loom large in the minds of the players.

Especially among those who already call Roland Garros home.

“It’s very nice,” said world No. 23 Caroline Garcia at the prospect of competing in her third Olympic Games, and first on home soil.

“I feel very grateful and very lucky to play one Olympics in my country, and in Paris. Roland Garros is already a big stadium for tennis and I’m sure it’s going to be a great tournament.

“[Held in] July, full heat on a clay court can be very dramatic, I think, but it’s [going to be] very good.”

A regular fixture in the French Billie Jean King Cup team over the years and a player who often rises to the occasion in country colours, Garcia will hope that home advantage can help her turn a corner on her relatively torrid record in Olympic competition.

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Garcia has won just a solitary match across singles, doubles and mixed doubles in two visits to the Olympics at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

Her sole Olympic victory came against Teliana Pereira in the first round on her Olympic debut in Rio, while she suffered surprise defeats as part of a strong doubles pairing alongside Kristina Mladenovic at both, and with Nicolas Mahut in Brazil.

Paris, though, should be different. Not least given the likely tidal wave of home support she and her compatriots will receive at a re-skinned Roland Garros.

“I think it will definitely be different,” Garcia acknowledged. “The crowd will be different. When you go to Roland Garros, obviously it’s very well-known all over France and around the world and people come to see tennis.

“But when people come to see the Olympics they are coming to see different kind of sport. I think it can be open to other fans. It will be super interesting. And obviously they will be cheering even more for French people... I hope! I’m really looking forward to it.”

The 30-year-old is guarded against being too reliant on the euphoria of the occasion - and team spirit - to carry her to the dream of winning a medal though. Razer-sharp focus, she insists, will be required if she’s going to earn a spot on the podium.

“We still play an individual sport,” she said. “Of course in those events we will be playing for France, wearing a blue shirt, but at the end we are still by ourselves.

“We have no captain, no coach. So it’s important to know, especially for the doubles event, for the mixed event, that you have a strong connection with your teammates, but for the singles, it’s still [up to the] individual…”