In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, 22nd seed Russian Anna Kalinskaya defeated 28th seed Austrian Anastasia Potapova 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(7) on Court Suzanne-Lenglen after a breathtaking 2-hour-49-minute battle. She fell behind 3-1 in the third set tiebreak, but came back from there to advance to her Grand Slam quarter-final.
In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, 28th seed 19-year-old Brazilian João Fonseca defeated two-time RG finalist Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-5, 7-6(10), 5-7, 6-2 on Court Philippe-Chatrier after a 3-hour-55-minute battle to reach his career's first Grand Slam quarter-final. An important favourite for the Musketeers' Cup after the Djokovic victory.
In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, 26th seed 20-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik defeated 11th seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6(8), 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 on Court Suzanne-Lenglen after a 3-hour-45-minute marathon to reach his career's first Grand Slam quarter-final. Another brick was added to Rublev's quarter-final curse in Paris.
In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, second seed Alexander Zverev defeated surprise name Jesper de Jong 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-1 on Court Philippe-Chatrier to advance to the quarter-finals. After the early exits of Swiatek and Gauff, he continues as the biggest favourite for the trophy.
In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, 19-year-old Spaniard Rafael Jodar defeated 34-year-old experienced Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in a 3-hour-41-minute marathon to advance to his career's first Grand Slam quarter-final. The new address of the rise story on clay courts has become clear.
In the fourth round of Roland Garros 2026, 15th-seed Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk defeated four-time Paris champion Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-1 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Kostyuk's unbeaten clay streak extended to 16 matches, while it was also confirmed this Sunday that the cup will see a new women's champion.
In the Roland Garros 2026 third-round match played at Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Saturday May 30, the No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated Daria Kasatkina — whom she knew from the former Russian national team cycle and who switched to Australian citizenship last year — by 6-0, 7-5, advancing to round four without dropping a set in the tournament.
In the third round of Roland Garros 2026, the 16th seed 28-year-old Naomi Osaka defeated the 17th seed 18-year-old American star Iva Jovic 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-4 at Court Suzanne-Lenglen. The four-time Grand Slam champion Japanese player reached the fourth round in Paris for the first time since 2019.
On Friday May 29 in the third round of Roland Garros 2026, 15-seed Norwegian Casper Ruud defeated 24-seed American Tommy Paul 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(7), 7-5. Ruud, who started two sets down, claimed the fourth-round ticket at the end of a dramatic 4-hour-43-minute marathon at Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
In the historic match lasting 4 hours and 53 minutes at Court Philippe-Chatrier on Friday May 29, 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca defeated 39-year-old Novak Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5; the Serbian legend's 25th Grand Slam expectation has been postponed to Wimbledon.
11th seed Andrey Rublev defeated Portugal's Nuno Borges in three sets at Court Suzanne-Lenglen in 2 hours 42 minutes to advance to the 4th round of Roland Garros; the match completed with two tie-breaks was the Russian's toughest third-round test on this court in five years.
Four-time Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek beat compatriot Magda Linette 6-4, 6-4 on Friday at Court Philippe-Chatrier to advance to the round of 16; the Polish player became the first woman since Monica Seles to reach the Roland Garros round of 16 in eight consecutive years.
