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This has not happened at a Grand Slam in the Open Era until this Roland Garros...

Grand Slam history has been made at Roland Garros.

Following Novak Djokovic's loss to Joao Fonseca Friday in Paris, no major champions are in the fourth round at the clay-court major. It is the first time in the Open Era that no Grand Slam men’s singles champions have made the Round of 16 at a major.

The Open Era dates back to 1968, 58 years ago. It has been a stunning two days of action at Roland Garros, with the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Jannik Sinner, falling Thursday and Djokovic bowing out Friday.

Between Sinner (4) and Djokovic (24), two men who have combined for 28 major singles titles have fallen in the tournament just a day apart.

Djokovic had not lost before the quarter-finals at Roland Garros since 2009 (third round). The Serbian had made at least the quarter-finals in 19 of his 21 previous appearances.

Since the start of the 2021 season, Djokovic had advanced to at least the semi-finals in 16 of his 19 Grand Slam tournaments.  This is just the second time he has lost a match from two sets up. His only previous defeat was in the 2010 Roland Garros quarter-finals, when Jurgen Melzer beat him.

Sinner had made the quarter-finals or better at nine consecutive majors, winning four of them. The Italian led Juan Manuel Cerundolo two sets to none Thursday before struggling physically.

Only three major finalists remain in Roland Garros: second seed Alexander Zverev (3 finals), Casper Ruud (3 finals) and Matteo Berrettini (1).

When the tournament began, there were five major singles champions in the draw: Djokovic (24), Sinner (4), Stan Wawrinka (3) and Marin Cilic (1).