The Jodar Vs Fils Canadian Open quarterfinal will not start Monday night after rain washed out the match and pushed it to Tuesday afternoon. The revised expected start time is 2 p.m. ET.
That change matters because Rafael Jodar and Arthur Fils were set to play on Tennis Channel at 6:00 p.m. ET in a quarterfinal that had already drawn attention for its even head-to-head, which stood at 1-1 entering the day. Jodar arrived after beating Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-3, a result that fit a summer surge that has lifted him to world No. 15 after beginning the season outside the top 150.
For Jodar, the matchup is another test of a breakout run that has gone beyond one good week. He is 30-12 in 2026, 7-1 on hard courts this summer and has taken five wins over top-30 opponents during that stretch. Fils brings a different record to the quarterfinal, one built on a strong hard-court season and a track record in big draws: he is 23-9 in 2026, 16-6 on hard courts, reached the Doha final, the Indian Wells quarterfinals and the Miami semifinals, and won three straight matches in Montreal to reach this stage.
But the Frenchman’s season has also been interrupted. He missed the French Open in May because of injuries and had played just three matches after returning before the Washington loss mentioned in the source context, a reminder that his results have come alongside absences rather than a full, uninterrupted schedule. He also beat Jodar in Barcelona in April, which is why the split head-to-head has become part of the build-up to this rematch.
PrizePicks listed Jodar at 1.69x to win and Fils at 2.08x, a sign that the market saw the quarterfinal as close even before the weather intervened. The delay leaves one obvious question for anyone tracking the Canadian Open schedule: how much else shifted with the rain. For now, the only confirmed change is this one — a quarterfinal that was supposed to arrive Monday night will instead begin Tuesday afternoon, with Jodar and Fils waiting for 2 p.m. ET.
