Fourth round singles action concludes on Monday in Paris.
In the top half of the men’s singles draw, the four highest seeds have all comfortably advanced to the second week, and they may be on collision courses for the quarterfinals and semifinals. However, all four of them face tricky opponents on Monday.
The same goes for the bottom half of the women’s singles draw: the highest four seeds all remain, and if they continue to advance, it would make for some blockbuster quarters and semis. They are all favorites on Monday, though some have more complicated fourth round draws than others.
Throughout the tournament, this preview will analyze the day’s most prominent matches, while highlighting the other notable matches on the schedule. Monday’s play gets underway at 11:00am local time.
Ekaterina Alexandrova (20) vs. Coco Gauff (2) – 11:00am on Court Philippe-Chatrier
This is a seventh consecutive appearance in the round of 16 of a Slam for Gauff, as she vies for her fifth consecutive quarterfinal in Paris. The 21-year-old is yet to drop a set, bringing her 2025 record to 27-8 overall, and 14-3 on clay. In the last round, she earned her first victory over Marie Bouzkova, after losing their prior two encounters.
This is only a second round of 16 appearance at a Major for Alexandrova, but she’s a five-time WTA titleholder, which includes winning a 500-level hard court tournament earlier this season in Linz. She’s 20-10 on the year, and 11-3 on clay, now having won multiple matches at all four clay court events she’s played. Like Coco, Ekaterina has not lost a set to this stage.
Gauff leads their head-to-head 3-1, though they’ve never played on this surface. Alexandrova’s flat and aggressive groundstrokes could pose a challenge for the American, especially if Gauff struggles with her second serve or forehand, as she has in the recent past. But Coco owns the much stronger all-around game, and should advance to her fifth straight French Open quarterfinal.
Mirra Andreeva (6) vs. Daria Kasatkina (17) – 11:00am on Court Suzanne-Lenglen
Andreeva’s straight-set victory on Saturday was her 30th match win of the season. She’s another player who has won every set she’s played this fortnight. Mirra was a semifinalist here a year ago, though that remains the only time in her young career that she’s advanced beyond this round of a Major.
Kasatkina is now a former Russian player, as she recently switched to representing Australia due to her issues with Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, as well as Daria’s inability to live the life she wants in Russia as an openly gay woman. She reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros back in 2018, and went all the way to the semis in 2022. Kasatkina arrived in Paris with a losing record on the year, yet has advanced with the loss of only one set.
Their only previous meeting took place last fall on a hard court in Ningno, and it went to Daria in three sets. But nearly nine months ago, Mirra has taken her game to another level, with her first two WTA 1000 titles earlier this year. Andreeva’s serve and backhand will be the biggest shots on the court, and she should be favored to even her head-to-head with Kasatkina.
Cameron Norrie vs. Novak Djokovic (6) – Third on Court Philippe-Chatrier
This is a rematch from less than two weeks ago in Geneva, where Djokovic prevailed in a three-set semifinal. That brought Novak’s record against Cam to a perfect 5-0, with wins on all three surfaces. Djokovic would go on a day later to claim his milestone 100th ATP title.
Novak is 19-7 this season, and is on a seven-match winning streak. In addition to her perfect record against Cam, Djokovic is a perfect 18-0 in the round of 16 of this tournament. And he’s an amazing 61-5 lifetime in this round of all four Majors, and hasn’t lost since the bizarre 2020 US Open when he was disqualified for hitting a lines judge with a tennis ball.
Norrie is still building his ranking back after missing the entire North American hard court swing last summer due to a forearm injury. He’s 16-12 this year at tour level, and has now won six of his last seven matches, lifting his new live ranking back up into the top 60.
While Cam is certainly capable of testing the all-time great, as we saw in Geneva, the outcome here does not feel in much doubt. Novak is a significant favorite to achieve his 19th Roland Garros quarterfinal.
Jannik Sinner (1) vs. Andrey Rublev (17) – Not Before 8:15pm on Court Philippe-Chatrier
This will be the tenth meeting between the sport’s two most noteworthy gingers. Sinner leads their head-to-head 6-3 overall, and 2-1 on clay. They did play at this event three years ago, with Rublev prevailing after Sinner retired mid-match due to a knee injury.
Jannik’s form despite sitting out three months of 2025 due to his drug test failures has been phenomenal. He’s 15-1 on the year, and 10-0 at Majors. On Saturday, he simply crushed a formidable opponent in Jiri Lehecka, dropping just three games. The Italian is playing for his sixth consecutive Major quarterfinal.
Rublev is a subpar 18-12, in a season where his ranking has dropped lower than it’s been in over five years, though he did reach his second ATP final of the year just over a week ago in Hamburg. Andrey received a walkover in the last round from an injured Arthur Fils.
Based on both players’ recent form, it would be quite shocking if Rublev were to pull off the upset.
Other Notable Matches on Monday:
Lois Boisson (WC) vs. Jessica Pegula (3) – Pegula came from a set down on Saturday to defeat former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, to reach the second week of this event for just the second time. Boisson is a 22-year-old French wild card ranked 361st in the world, and as per OptaAce, she’s the lowest-ranked player to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros since Serena Williams did so in 2018 when she was ranked 451st after giving birth to her first child.
Alexander Zverev (3) vs. Tallon Griekspoor – Zverev has dropped just one set through three matches, while Griekspoor has dropped four. Zverev leads their head-to-head 7-2, though they’ve already played a pair of over three-hour three-setters this season, with Griekspoor prevailing at Indian Wells on a hard court, and Zverev prevailing in Munich on clay.
Madison Keys (7) vs. Hayley Baptiste – Keys saved three match points on Saturday against another American, Sofia Kenin, bringing her 2025 record to a strong 27-6. Baptiste had only claimed one main draw victory at a Major prior to this fortnight, and had never even appeared at a Major outside of her home country of the United States. Madison is 2-1 against Hailey, and won their only clay court meeting with the loss of only three games.
Alexander Bublik vs. Jack Draper (5) – Draper soundly defeated Joao Fonseca in the last round. Bublik came from two-sets-down two rounds ago against ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur, and has advanced to the second week of a Major for just the second time. The British No.1 is 2-0 against Bublik, but all four sets they’ve contested have been tight, with three decided by tiebreaks.
Monday’s full Order of Play is here.
