The third-seeded 2009 U.S. Open runner-up Wozniacki cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva, while the fifth-seeded Dementieva had little trouble in a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Croatia's Petra Martic. The two-time Grand Slam finalist Dementieva was a French Open runner-up in 2004.
The 19-year-old Wozniacki will meet Italian Tathiana Garbin in the second round, while Dementieva will take on Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Eighth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska bested Brit Elena Baltacha 6-0, 7-5, while China's Li Na, the 11th seed, notched a 7-5, 6-3 triumph over French wild card Kristina Mladenovic on a second straight cloudless day in Paris.
In other action involving seeds, No. 17 Italian Francesca Schiavone overcame Russian Regina Kulikova 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; No. 24 Czech Lucie Safarova drilled Aussie Jelena Dokic 6-2, 6-2; No. 27 Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko blitzed Russian Vera Dushevina 6-1, 6-2; No. 31 Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru held off Czech Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 6-3; and No. 32 Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko dismantled France's Julie Coin 6-1, 6-2. Dulgheru is fresh off her clay-court title in Warsaw.
Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic, while Stephanie Dubois of Laval, Que., the only other Canadian in the singles draw, fell 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3 to France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.
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