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The third-seeded Scot will begin his campaign on the Suzanne Lenglen court on Sunday against Juan Ignacio Chela and knows that he will have to be at his best if he is to progress.

"I want to reach the second week and I'll try to do that. That's a good starting point for me," Murray told the Daily Record.

"I feel if I play well I've got a very good chance of doing well. I want to play well. If I play well but lose in the second round, it's not as though I'll be happy but it won't be a failure providing I have played great tennis.

"On grass and hard courts I know I have to play well if I want to go far into the tournament but I still know that I can come through matches when I'm not necessarily playing my best.

"But on clay I feel like I have to play good tennis from the start and play some of my best to win all the matches. So I have to go into the tournament switched on."

Murray has teamed up with two-times French Open finalist Alex Corretja for the duration of the clay-court season and believes the move has been important in increasing his confidence.