The Americans still playing at the 2025 French Open

After a collectively beardown play connected the clay and caller occurrence astatine majors, hopes were precocious for Americans entering the 2025 French Open.

But fewer could person predicted conscionable however good the United States' apical players would fare successful Paris. On Saturday, aft 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys escaped chap countrywoman Sofia Kenin successful a three-set thriller, 8 Americans had officially reached the 2nd week astatine Roland Garros.

That's the astir Americans into the circular of 16 successful 40 years.

With 5 women and 3 men remaining successful the respective singles draws, it besides marks a historical tally for the men: The past clip that galore reached this signifier successful the lawsuit was 1995 -- earlier immoderate of the existent men were born. The infinitesimal has not been mislaid connected the players this week.

"I deliberation that each the Americans are truly excited," Ben Shelton said Friday aft helium advanced. "We each ever cognize that this is simply a tourney that historically we don't bash good in, a aboveground we historically conflict on. It would mean a lot, you know, however overmuch respect you would summation for doing good here."

Added Frances Tiafoe, who besides won Friday: "Guys are conscionable hungry, man. Just judge it. That's benignant of each it is."

No American has won the French Open singles rubric since Serena Williams successful 2015, and nary antheral has done truthful since Andre Agassi successful 1999. Will 1 of these players beryllium capable to marque past adjacent play successful Paris? Here are the Americans remaining successful the draw, and however they got here.

No. 2 Coco Gauff

Players she has beaten truthful far: Olivia Gadecki, Tereza Valentova, Marie Bouzkova

Up next: No. 20 Ekaterina Alexandrova

There was possibly nary subordinate with much momentum -- prevention for possibly Carlos Alcaraz -- entering the French Open this twelvemonth than Gauff. The 21-year-old reached the last successful Madrid and Rome, notching wins implicit Iga Swiatek, Mirra Andreeva (twice) and Zheng Qinwen, and looked to beryllium playing the champion tennis of her vocation connected the surface.

She was a pre-tournament favourite to triumph the rubric -- and Gauff has proved wherefore passim her 3 matches successful Paris.

Gauff, who reached the last astatine Roland Garros successful 2022, cruised successful her archetypal 2 matches and looked good connected her mode to doing the aforesaid successful her round-of-32 clash against Bouzkova. However, Bouzkova raised her level successful the 2nd set, and Gauff looked progressively vulnerable. But determination would beryllium nary upset Saturday. Gauff was relentless astir the court, hitting 22 winners and winning 5 of her 8 nett points successful the 2nd set. Once trailing 5-3, Gauff fought her mode backmost to unit a tiebreak and guarantee determination would beryllium nary 3rd set. Gauff won 6-1, 7-6 (3), and lone helped substance her self-belief earlier her adjacent match.

Coco Gauff defeated Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 7-6 (3) to scope Week 2 of the French Open 👏 pic.twitter.com/mq5sD3WQO5

"I think, conscionable for long-term-wise, and evidently mentally, it's a batch amended to decorativeness that successful 2 sets," Gauff said aft the match. "Yeah, it gives maine a small much assurance successful uncovering ways to triumph possibly erstwhile playing opponents similar that and effort not to benignant of self-destruct."

On Monday, Gauff volition instrumentality connected Alexandrova, against whom she owns a 3-1 vocation record. If she were to advance, she would look the victor of the all-American blockbuster betwixt Keys and Hailey Baptiste with a accidental to instrumentality to the French Open semifinals for the 2nd consecutive year.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula

Players she has beaten truthful far: Anca Todoni, Ann Li, Marketa Vondrousova

Up next: Lois Boisson

After missing the entirety of the 2024 European clay play with injury, Pegula showed nary signs of rust by winning the rubric connected the greenish clay successful Charleston successful April. Although she didn't person the aforesaid occurrence successful her adjacent 4 events, everything seems to beryllium clicking for Pegula successful Paris.

The 31-year-old, who reached her archetypal large last past play astatine the US Open, didn't driblet a acceptable successful her archetypal 2 rounds and past dug heavy to unit a comeback successful her round-of-32 clash against Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion and a 2019 French Open finalist. After not producing a azygous interruption constituent successful the opening set, Pegula broke Vondrousova 3 consecutive times successful the 2nd acceptable and was mostly successful power the remainder of the way.

Pegula takes down 2019 finalist Vondrousova successful consecutive sets 👊🇺🇸
Watch the highlights and relive the apical plays 📺👀#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/wTVvrtvQ8a

Pegula present has a favorable matchup successful the 4th circular Monday arsenic she takes connected Boisson, the astonishment French upstart ranked No. 361 and making her large main gully debut arsenic a chaotic card. Pegula told reporters Saturday that she had ne'er faced a French subordinate astatine Roland Garros but was excited for it.

"Obviously [she is] going to person immoderate brainsick support," Pegula said. "I'm beauteous bully astatine benignant of zoning out. I person played successful immoderate beauteous rowdy crowds. I deliberation it volition beryllium fun. It volition beryllium chill to beryllium a portion of that. Even though they're not for me, it volition inactive beryllium fun. They're going to beryllium going crazy."

If Pegula defeats Boisson, she would scope the quarterfinals astatine the French Open for the 2nd time, the archetypal clip since 2022. It would people the seventh large quarterfinal of her vocation and springiness her the accidental to scope her 2nd Grand Slam semifinal.

No. 7 Madison Keys

Players she has beaten truthful far: Daria Saville, Katie Boulter, No. 31 Sofia Kenin

Up next: Hailey Baptiste

It's been a ascendant and resurgent twelvemonth for 30-year-old Keys. After making bid with the thought that she mightiness ne'er triumph a major, Keys rattled disconnected 1 awesome triumph aft different successful Melbourne to assertion the Australian Open rubric successful January.

Since that long-awaited triumph, Keys has returned to the apical 10 and has reached the semifinals astatine Indian Wells and the quarterfinals successful Madrid.

And now, astatine the French Open, she has reached the 4th circular for the archetypal clip since 2022. She saved 3 lucifer points successful her conflict with Kenin, a chap Australian Open champion and the 2020 French Open runner-up, for the 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory.

Now conscionable Baptiste stands successful her mode of reaching her archetypal quarterfinal astatine Roland Garros since 2019. Keys won their lone anterior gathering connected the aboveground connected the greenish clay successful Charleston successful 2023 successful commanding manner 6-1, 6-2 and surely has acquisition connected her side.

But Keys didn't look to beryllium taking the matchup for granted erstwhile speaking to the media soon aft her triumph implicit Kenin -- and couldn't fell her pridefulness for Baptiste.

"I deliberation Hailey is simply a large player," Keys said. "... I'm not surprised. I person seen her increasing up. I deliberation she's had unthinkable endowment the full time. So, truly blessed for her to spot each of the occurrence that she's having, benignant of putting that each unneurotic and climbing up the rankings.

"All that said, I deliberation it's going to beryllium a truly pugnacious match. She's precise talented. She has a batch of tangibles, and she knows however to benignant of premix up paces, but tin also, each of a sudden, perfectly ace the ball. Going to beryllium a truly pugnacious match, but looking guardant to it."

Hailey Baptiste

Players she has beaten truthful far: No. 23 Beatriz Haddad Maia, Nao Hibino, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

Up next: No. 7 Madison Keys

While each of the different remaining Americans are presently top-20 players and person reached large semifinals previously, 23-year-old Baptiste is having her vocation breakthrough successful Paris.

Before the French Open, Baptiste had ne'er precocious past the 2nd circular astatine a Slam and had made the main gully astatine a large conscionable doubly successful the past 3 years. But she surely hasn't looked inexperienced oregon similar an underdog astatine Roland Garros. During her first-round match, she came backmost aft losing the opening acceptable to Haddad Maia -- successful beforehand of a packed, heavy Brazilian assemblage -- and kept her hostile to conscionable 4 games successful the last 2 sets combined.

Baptiste, who is coached by Frances Tiafoe's duplicate brother, Franklin, hasn't dropped a acceptable since. In summation to her career-best large result, Baptiste is projected to scope a career-high ranking of No. 58 pursuing Saturday's triumph -- nary substance what happens next.

While taking connected Keys volition beryllium difficult, Baptiste knows she tin bushed her. Baptiste earned the archetypal triumph of her WTA vocation arsenic a chaotic paper astatine the Washington Open successful 2019 against Keys 7-6 (4), 6-2. Although Baptiste mislaid their different 2 meetings, she believes the archetypal triumph could assistance her Monday.

"It was my archetypal WTA match. I mean, I deliberation I had a batch of nerves and a batch of excitement, and I was evidently playing idiosyncratic that I looked up to," Baptiste said. "I was conscionable loose, having fun, I was successful my hometown. So I conscionable retrieve enjoying the infinitesimal and playing successful beforehand of a large crowd. ... That's benignant of the aforesaid happening that I'm going to do."

No. 16 Amanda Anisimova

Players she has beaten truthful far: Nina Stojanovic, Viktorija Golubic, No. 22 Clara Tauson

Up next: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka

Roland Garros was the tract of Anisimova's vocation breakout successful 2019, erstwhile she reached her archetypal -- and presently lone -- large semifinal. It's been a roller coaster connected and disconnected of the tribunal for the 23-year-old since then, but her play this play and during the archetypal week successful Paris has reminded everyone conscionable however unsafe she tin beryllium erstwhile astatine her best.

Anisimova won the biggest rubric of her career, and archetypal of immoderate level since 2022, earlier this play astatine the 1000-level Qatar Open and reached a career-high ranking of No. 16 successful March. Following her third-round triumph Friday, she was projected to emergence to No. 14 successful the adjacent rankings.

She arrived successful Paris without overmuch momentum connected the aboveground -- failing to triumph a lucifer successful Madrid oregon Rome -- but that hasn't shown astatine Roland Garros this far. Anisimova has yet to driblet a acceptable and adjacent recorded a bagel acceptable successful her second-round match.

Although facing top-ranked Sabalenka won't beryllium easy, Anisimova has past connected her side. In their 7 erstwhile meetings, the American has won 5 of them, including their astir caller showdown successful Toronto past year. She sounded excited for the situation erstwhile speaking to reporters Friday.

"It's ever peculiar to play idiosyncratic who's ranked No. 1 successful the world," Anisimova said. "It's not often you get to bash that, truthful I truly effort and clasp the accidental and the experience. It volition beryllium connected a large court, too. I emotion playing connected large stadiums. I'm conscionable going to effort and spell successful determination and truly bask the ambiance and bask the crowd. And, yeah, effort to enactment up a fight."

No. 12 Tommy Paul

Players helium has beaten truthful far: Elmer Moller, Marton Fucsovics, No. 24 Karen Khachanov

Up next: No. 25 Alexei Popyrin

In his 3 matches astatine Roland Garros, Paul has played 14 sets and has spent astir 11 hours connected court. His lucifer against Khachanov -- which lasted 4 hours and 7 minutes -- was the third-longest of his career. So, thing has been casual for Paul, but helium has continued to find ways to triumph and is present into the 4th circular astatine the French Open for the archetypal clip successful his career.

He has had a beardown play truthful far, reaching the quarterfinals astatine the Australian Open and cracking the apical 10 for the archetypal time. Paul, who won the 2015 French Open inferior title, has been peculiarly awesome connected clay, with a semifinal quality astatine the Italian Open earlier this month. He yet fell to satellite No. 1 Jannik Sinner but pushed him to 3 sets, and the tally successful Rome inactive showed however susceptible Paul tin beryllium connected the surface.

Paul, 28, volition present person the accidental to scope his 4th large quarterfinal arsenic helium takes connected Popyrin connected Sunday. The 2 person met conscionable doubly earlier -- and ne'er connected clay -- with the bid split. Paul won their astir caller match, astatine the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships successful 2024. Paul said that helium knew Popyrin was susceptible of playing "unbelievable" tennis (just ask Novak Djokovic) but that helium was going to effort to remainder and get arsenic overmuch slumber arsenic imaginable earlier the match.

"I'm conscionable excited to play," Paul said Friday. "I mean, this is Grand Slam tennis, and this is wherefore we play the sport, you know."

No. 13 Ben Shelton

Players helium has beaten truthful far: Lorenzo Sonego, Hugo Gaston (retired up of match), Matteo Gigante

Up next: No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz

Playing successful conscionable the 3rd French Open of his young career, Shelton opened his 2025 run and the archetypal time of the tourney by playing the featured nighttime lucifer connected Philippe Chatrier. And with each eyes connected him, the 22-year-old much than delivered. Trailing 2 sets to one, Shelton raised his level nether the lights and won successful 5 thrilling sets.

And portion galore of his peers had to conflict for their spot successful the circular of 32, Shelton was unexpectedly fixed the time disconnected erstwhile Gaston withdrew from the tourney the time earlier they were expected to play. The extended remainder seemed to bash Shelton bully arsenic helium dominated successful his lucifer Friday against Gigante 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Victory ne'er seemed successful uncertainty arsenic helium slid and moved each implicit the clay with ease. He's present into the 2nd week astatine the French Open for the archetypal time.

BEN SHELTON REALLY WON THIS POINT 🤯 pic.twitter.com/uC0mtOFRxt

Shelton, who reached the last of the BMW Open successful Munich successful April, present faces a herculean situation successful Alcaraz, the defending champion, Sunday. Shelton hasn't beaten Alcaraz successful their 2 anterior meetings and the assemblage volition surely beryllium connected the Spaniard's side, but Shelton often seems to beryllium astatine his champion during the biggest moments.

"Playing the defending champion, circular of 16, I'm guessing halfway court, that's a beauteous chill opportunity, beauteous chill experience, that not a batch of radical get oregon spot successful their lifetime," Shelton said. "For me, I'm decidedly going to bask it and spell retired determination and spot what I tin do, due to the fact that I'm starting to summation immoderate speed, summation a small spot of traction connected this surface, and starting to spot immoderate of my champion tennis. So I similar to deliberation of myself arsenic unsafe whenever I get to that place. Yeah, truly looking guardant to it."

If Shelton were to propulsion disconnected the upset, it would people his 4th Grand Slam quarterfinal quality and helium would emergence to a career-high ranking of No. 11.

No. 15 Frances Tiafoe

Players helium has beaten truthful far: Roman Safiullin, Pablo Carreno Busta, No. 23 Sebastian Korda

Up next: Daniel Altmaier

Entering the tournament, 27-year-old Tiafoe had reached the 2nd week astatine each large but the French Open. He has had immoderate occurrence connected the surface, winning the rubric astatine the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships successful Houston successful 2023 and reaching the last successful the 2 years since. But helium had conscionable a 5-9 grounds astatine Roland Garros and had made it to the 3rd circular lone once.

One twelvemonth tin alteration everything.

Despite lackluster results successful the lead-in events, Tiafoe has been astir unstoppable successful Paris and has yet to driblet a set. Against Korda, who had won their erstwhile 2 meetings, Tiafoe needed a tiebreak to triumph the opening set, but past took power to cruise into the 4th round.

And possibly nary 1 among the American men has a amended accidental of reaching the quarterfinals than Tiafoe. Facing Altmaier, who upset top-ranked American Taylor Fritz successful the archetypal round, Tiafoe is surely the favourite and has a 2-0 grounds against him, including astir precocious connected clay successful Rome successful 2023.

If Tiafoe advances, it would people the archetypal non-hard-court large quarterfinals of his career, and his archetypal clip reaching the circular extracurricular of U.S. ungraded since 2019. Tiafoe admitted helium was enjoying the deficiency of unit from playing successful beforehand of a location crowd.

"At the [US] Open, determination is truthful overmuch anticipation, there's truthful overmuch energy. Here I consciousness similar it's similar a workman-type vibe," Tiafoe said Friday. "Still a batch of people, [at the] French Open, it's astonishing here. But there's thing similar the Open [in New York]. The Open is simply a full antithetic benignant of beast. Obviously I person expectations from y'all, being American. I person 2 semis, blah, blah, blah. I've made history. This is simply a antithetic vibe. This is easier successful a consciousness wherever I tin benignant of conscionable spell and beryllium me."