France’s Kristina Mladenovic will face world No.2 Simona Halep in the opening singles of their Fed Cup semi-final.
No. 21 Caroline Garcia meets Mihaela Buzarnescu in the second singles semi-final at the clay-court Kindarena in Rouen, northwest France, on Saturday.
Following the reverse singles on Sunday, Garcia and Mladenovic will take on Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in the doubles.
France have won the Fed Cup twice while Romania, who beat defending champions the Czech Republic in the last eight, have never reached the final.
They meet for only the second time, with Romania having won in 1976.
Australia are hosting Belarus on hard courts at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane in the other semi-final.
The final is on November 9-10.