Matteo Arnaldi def. Frances Tiafoe — Round of 16, Roland-Garros 2026

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Roland-Garros 2026

Grand SlamClayParis, France

Played1 Jun 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇮🇹ranked ATP number 96 going into this drawWon

Matteo Arnaldi 7 65 3 7 6

🇺🇸ranked ATP number 21 going into this draw

Frances Tiafoe seeded 19 65 7 6 63 4

🇮🇹M. ArnaldiMatteo ArnaldivF. TiafoeFrances Tiafoe🇺🇸

🇮🇹Matteo Arnaldi

🇺🇸Frances Tiafoe

Match stats

Serve

18

Aces

8

5

Double faults

8

65%

1st serve in

55%

65%

1st serve points won

62%

44%

2nd serve points won

49%

58%

Service points won

56%

17/25

Break points saved

8/16

Return

44%

Return points won

42%

8/16

Break points won

8/25

Points

74

Winners

69

76

Unforced errors

69

23/32

Net points won

33/44

211

Total points won

202

Head to head

2–1 Arnaldi

  1. This matchParis R16won by Arnaldi
  2. 2025ClayMadrid R16won by Arnaldi
  3. 2024GrassLondon R128won by Tiafoe

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

7–3

5–1

Last 30 days

5–2

By surface

5–3

Clay

7–3

0–3

Hard

15–7

By round

–

R16

4–4

–

QF

2–2

3–1

At Grand Slams

5–1

How their matches go

11

Completed matches

32

0%

Won in straight sets

28%

45%

Won after losing a set

41%

18%

Lost after winning a set

6%

36%

Lost in straight sets

25%

5–3

Tiebreaks

9–11

3–2

Deciding sets

11–2

3/3

Won after winning set 1

16/16

2/8

Won after losing set 1

6/16

Serve and return, last 5 matches

62%

1st serve in

55%

74%

1st serve points won

80%

55%

2nd serve points won

53%

62%

Break points saved

71%

37%

Return points won

36%

40%

Break points won

46%

6.2

Aces a match

9.2

3.0

Double faults a match

3.2

Last 14 days

3

Matches

4

13

Sets

16

2

Days since last match

2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMatteo ArnaldiFrances Tiafoe
1Won🇧🇪R. CollignonRaphael CollignonNo. 64No. 64 · 30 MayParis R32 · 30 MayWon🇵🇹J. FariaJaime FariaNo. 117No. 117 · 30 MayParis R32 · 30 May
2Won🇬🇷S. TsitsipasStefanos TsitsipasNo. 82No. 82 · 28 MayParis R64 · 28 MayWon🇵🇱H. HurkaczHubert HurkaczNo. 78No. 78 · 28 MayParis R64 · 28 May
3Won🇳🇱T. GriekspoorTallon GriekspoorNo. 31No. 31 · 26 MayParis R128 · 26 MayWon🇺🇸E. SpizzirriEliot SpizzirriNo. 92No. 92 · 25 MayParis R128 · 25 May
4Lost🇪🇸R. JodarRafael JodarNo. 42No. 42 · 10 MayRome R32 · 10 MayLost🇦🇷C. Ugo CarabelliCamilo Ugo CarabelliNo. 61No. 61 · 20 MayHamburg R16 · 20 May
5Won🇦🇺A. de MinaurAlex de MinaurNo. 8No. 8 · 8 MayRome R64 · 8 MayWon🇩🇪D. DeduraDiego DeduraR32 · 17 MayHamburg R32 · 17 May
6Won🇪🇸J. Antoni Munar ClarJaume Antoni Munar ClarNo. 38No. 38 · 6 MayRome R128 · 6 MayLost🇮🇹A. PellegrinoAndrea PellegrinoNo. 130No. 130 · 11 MayRome R32 · 11 May
7Lost🇨🇱C. GarinCristian GarinNo. 100No. 100 · 6 AprMonte Carlo R64 · 6 AprWon🇵🇪I. BuseIgnacio BuseNo. 58No. 58 · 9 MayRome R64 · 9 May
8Lost🇸🇰A. MolcanAlex MolcanNo. 200No. 200 · 31 MarBucharest R32 · 31 MarLost🇺🇸T. PaulTommy PaulNo. 23No. 23 · 4 AprHouston SF · 4 Apr
9Lost🇰🇿A. ShevchenkoAlexander ShevchenkoNo. 88No. 88 · 20 MarMiami R128 · 20 MarWon🇦🇺A. PopyrinAlexei PopyrinNo. 47No. 47 · 3 AprHouston QF · 3 Apr
10Lost🇺🇸M. McdonaldMackenzie McdonaldNo. 119No. 119 · 5 MarIndian Wells R128 · 5 MarWon🇦🇺R. HijikataRinky HijikataNo. 98No. 98 · 2 AprHouston R16 · 2 Apr