Roland Garros 2025: 8 Americans advance to Round of 16, most in 40 years

“I think we are all pushing each other and working hard,” Tiafoe said of the American contingent. “There’s a window in the game, a lot of guys see a lot of opportunity and it helps when you see peers do well. It’s becoming a normality that we are going deep in Slams and having a look in. It’s not a surprise anymore.”

Tiafoe, Gauff and Anisimova have all notched three wins without dropping a set this fortnight, with Tiafoe winning an all-American battle against Sebastian Korda, 7-6(6), 6-3, 6-4, in the third round.

Reigning Australian Open champ Madison Keys also knocked out a compatriot to reach the fourth round. The seventh seed edged Sofia Kenin, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Keys will next face another American—the unseeded Hailey Baptiste, who is enjoying her best Grand Slam run—for a place in the quarterfinals.

Ben Shelton made his own piece of U.S. history with his 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory against Italy's Matteo Gigante. By reaching the Paris fourth round for the first time, the 22-year-old became the fourth-youngest American man to reach the fourth round at all four majors, after Pete Sampras (20), Jim Courier (21) and Krickstein (21).