The 23-year-old held off a brief Hurkacz fightback to win 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and will face either fellow Scandinavian youngster Holger Rune of Denmark or fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday.

Ruud is into his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal as he continues an impressive season which has seen him win two claycourt titles.

“It’s been a goal of mine to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam,” said Ruud, who missed the Australian Open with injury.

“I didn’t have the chance to play the Australian Open. Roland Garros is always a big goal, but even more so this year because I missed Australia.”

He dominated the first two sets before Hurkacz, who reached the Wimbledon semifinals last year, battled back to force a fourth.

The Pole led by a break as he looked to take the match to a decider, but he could not maintain his momentum as Ruud moved 5-2 in front.

Hurkacz saved a match point on his own serve, but Ruud closed it out in the next game.

“Luckily, it was looking a bit dark for me in the fourth set as well but I managed to break him a couple of times,” he said.

Ruud won his only previous claycourt match against Tsitsipas last year and has won all three of his previous ATP meetings with Rune.