Matteo Arnaldi def. Frances Tiafoe — Round of 16, Roland-Garros 2026
Grand SlamClayParis, France24 May – 7 Jun
🇮🇹Won
Matteo Arnaldi765376
🇺🇸19 seed
Frances Tiafoe6576634
Points earned
+430
Arnaldi · Tiafoe 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
🇳🇱Tallon Griekspoor
6-7(9) 6-3 7-6(6) 6-3
Eliot Spizzirri
6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3
🇬🇷Stefanos Tsitsipas
7-6(2) 5-7 6-3 6-2
Hubert Hurkacz🇵🇱
6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4
🇧🇪Raphael Collignon
6-4 6-7(5) 5-7 6-4 7-6(4)
Jaime Faria🇵🇹
4-6 6-7(2) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi and Frances Tiafoe reached this match through the rounds listed above: Round of 128: Matteo Arnaldi beat Tallon Griekspoor; Frances Tiafoe beat Eliot Spizzirri. Round of 64: Matteo Arnaldi beat Stefanos Tsitsipas; Frances Tiafoe beat Hubert Hurkacz. Round of 32: Matteo Arnaldi beat Raphael Collignon; Frances Tiafoe beat Jaime Faria
How they arrived
derived from those scorelines
9–4
Sets won
9–5
55%
Games won
56%
3–2
Tiebreaks
2–4
1
Deciding sets
2
Matteo Arnaldi left, Frances Tiafoeright. Longer isn't always better — a deciding set is a harder week, not a worse player.