Joao Fonseca def. Casper Ruud — Round of 16, Roland-Garros 2026
Grand SlamClayParis, France24 May – 7 Jun
🇧🇷28 seedWon
Joao Fonseca7756
🇳🇴15 seed
Casper Ruud56872
Points earned
+430
Fonseca · Ruud banks 240
Around this match
Title defence
Rafael Nadal not in this draw — won it in 2020
Seeds left
10 of 31 — nos. 2, 4, 10, 11, 15, 16…
Both roads here
from the draw this page already loads
Luka Pavlovic
7-6(6) 6-4 6-2
Roman Safiullin🇷🇺
6-2 7-6(5) 5-7 0-6 6-2
🇭🇷Dino Prizmic
3-6 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-2
Hamad Medjedovic🇷🇸
6-3 6-2 6-4
🇷🇸Novak Djokovic
4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 7-5
Tommy Paul🇺🇸
4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(4) 7-5
Joao Fonseca and Casper Ruud reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Joao Fonseca beat Luka Pavlovic; Casper Ruud beat Roman Safiullin. Round of 64: Joao Fonseca beat Dino Prizmic; Casper Ruud beat Hamad Medjedovic. Round of 32: Joao Fonseca beat Novak Djokovic; Casper Ruud beat Tommy Paul
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
9–4
Sets won
9–4
57%
Games won
55%
1–0
Tiebreaks
2–1
2
Deciding sets
2
Joao Fonseca left, Casper Ruudright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.