Speaking on the court after the win, Monfils and the crowd were reminded that Monfils’s wife, No. 28 seed Elina Svitolina, would be next to play at Margaret Court Arena, facing off against No. 4 Jasmine Paolini.

Gael Monfils is having quite the start to his 2025 season, the popular Frenchman making it through to the fourth round of the Australian Open after beating the

Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina, two of the most accomplished players in tennis and one of the sport’s most prominent married couples, have taken out both of the world No. 4s on the same day, at the same event, in the same round—even on the same court. They both came back from a set down to do it, too.

Elina Svitolina says she was inspired by her husband Gael Monfils, as the pair pulled off third round upsets.