The quarterfinals begin on Tuesday in Paris.
The WTA singles quarterfinals on Tuesday feature four of the top 10 players in the live year-to-date rankings. Two-time WTA 1000 champion Mirra Andreeva faces a soon-to-be-retired Sorana Cirstea, who is making her last season on tour her best one. And in a matchup between the two Ukrainians who won the last two WTA 1000 events, Elina Svitolina takes on Marta Kostyuk.
The ATP singles quarterfinals on Tuesday feature three of the sport’s most impressive youngsters, as well as the highest seed remaining in the draw. No.2 seed Alexander Zverev plays 19-year-old Rafael Jodar. And 20-year-old Jakub Mensik goes up against another 19-year-old, Joao Fonseca.
Mirra Andreeva (8) vs. Sorana Cirstea (18) – 11:00am on Court Philippe-Chatrier
This is Andreeva’s third consecutive year advancing to the quarterfinals or better in Paris. The 19-year-old reached the semis two years ago, but suffered a shocking loss in last year’s quarterfinals to French wild card Lois Boisson, in a match which saw Mirra allow the French crowd to completely derail her focus. She is 1-2 overall in Major quarterfinals. This season, Andreeva is 33-9, and 19-3 on clay, with only one set lost during this fortnight.
Cirstea has a similar record on the year of 31-8, and she’s yet to lose a set through four rounds. The 36-year-old recently achieved a new career-high ranking of No.18, after reaching the semifinals of Rome. This is only her third career Major quarterfinal, with the first coming 17 years ago at this same tournament, and the other coming three years ago in New York. Sorana is yet to advance farther at a Major.
Their only prior encounter occurred two months ago in the quarterfinals of Linz on clay, where Andreeva prevailed 6-2 in the third.
Elina Svitolina (7) vs. Marta Kostyuk (15) – Second on Court Philippe-Chatrier
Both of these players come into this quarterfinal on a 10-match winning streak. After winning the biggest title of her young career in Madrid, Kostyuk pulled out of Rome, citing a few minor injuries. But the 23-year-old has appeared fully fit during these championships, where’s she’s dropped only one set. In the last round, Marta upset four-time champion Iga Swiatek in straights. This is her second Major quarterfinal, equaling her best result from the 2024 Australian Open.
Svitolina has twice had to come back from a set down this past week, including on Sunday against Belinda Bencic. In Rome, the 31-year-old went to three sets in all of her last three matches, yet still managed to overcome three top players (Rybakina, Swiatek, Gauff). However, Major quarterfinals have been a considerable stumbling block in the career of Svitolina. She is 4-10 in this round of Majors, and she is 0-5 in Paris, with her first quarterfinal loss coming 11 years ago, and the last coming just a year ago.
These Ukrainians have split their two previous meetings, with Svitolina defeating a then-15-year-old Kostyuk at the 2018 Australian Open, and Kostyuk winning in three sets two years ago in Toronto.
Rafael Jodar (27) vs. Alexander Zverev (2) – Third on Court Philippe-Chatrier
Unlike most of the ATP singles quarterfinalists, Zverev is yet to play a five-setter during this event. He’s lost one set to this stage, though he’s also yet to face a seeded player, with three of his opponents ranked 90th or lower. This is the 29-year-old’s eighth Roland Garros quarterfinal, and he’s 4-3 in this round. Zverev is 32-9 this season, and 17-4 on clay, with an appearance in the final of Madrid.
This is only the second career Major for Jodar, who has been the breakout star of 2026. He’s now 19-3 during this clay court season, but he’s also played 14 out of a possible 15 sets across the last three rounds. That includes back-to-back five-setters where he came from behind, against Alex Michelsen and Pablo Carreno Busta. The teenager will certainly not be fully fresh for his Major quarterfinal debut, especially as he has very little experience playing best-of-five, and is still learning how to recover from such long matches.
In their first career meeting, Zverev must be considered the favorite. However, Zverev has often choked in the past when favored to win big matches, so Jodar has a real shot at pulling off the upset if his offensive-minded groundstrokes are clicking.
Jakub Mensik (26) vs. Joao Fonseca (28) – Not Before 8:15pm on Court Philippe-Chatrier
Mensik is another player who has contested 14 sets across his last three matches. After going all the way to 13-11 in the fifth-set tiebreak of his second round match against Mariano Navone, with Mensik falling to the court and going into full-body cramps upon claiming match point, he came back from a set down to eliminate sixth-seeded Alex de Minaur. Then on Sunday, Mensik again went five sets, to take out 11th-seeded Andrey Rublev. So Jakub’s is another tired player making his Major quarterfinal debut, in a season where he was 18-9 prior to this tournament, with a hard court title at the beginning of 2026 in Auckland.
Fonseca struggled to get any momentum going this year, after arriving down under with a back injury. Yet despite arriving in Paris just 10-9 on the year, Joas has electrified this tournament with three scintillating victories. A round after coming back from two-sets-to-love down against fellow 19-year-old Dino Prizmic, Fonseca did so again against Novak Djokovic in the match of the fortnight. Then on Sunday night, he defeated two-time finalist Casper Ruud in four, so Joao has also played 14 sets in his last three matches. This is Fonseca’s first time advancing beyond the third round of a Major.
The only previous matchup between these two youngsters took place two years ago during the Next Gen Finals, with Fonseca prevailing in five sets under that event’s abbreviated scoring system. Based on both men’s levels of play during this tournament, Fonseca should be favored to defeat Mensik again, especially on a clay court.
Tuesday’s full Order of Play is here.
