diff --git a/pandas/formats/excel.py b/pandas/formats/excel.py
index 3de9a66f988b9..bd9da74965eef 100644
--- a/pandas/formats/excel.py
+++ b/pandas/formats/excel.py
@@ -209,19 +209,26 @@ def build_font(self, props):
             assert size.endswith('pt')
             size = float(size[:-2])
 
-        # TODO:
-        # re.search(r'''(?x)
-        #     (
-        #     "(?:[^"]|\\")+"
-        #     |
-        #     '(?:[^']|\\')+'
-        #     |
-        #     [^'"]+
-        #     )(?=,|\s*$)
-        # ''')
-        font_names = [name.strip()
-                      for name in props.get('font-family', '').split(',')
-                      if name.strip()]
+        font_names_tmp = re.findall(r'''(?x)
+            (
+            "(?:[^"]|\\")+"
+            |
+            '(?:[^']|\\')+'
+            |
+            [^'",]+
+            )(?=,|\s*$)
+        ''', props.get('font-family', ''))
+        font_names = []
+        for name in font_names_tmp:
+            if name[:1] == '"':
+                name = name[1:-1].replace('\\"', '"')
+            elif name[:1] == '\'':
+                name = name[1:-1].replace('\\\'', '\'')
+            else:
+                name = name.strip()
+            if name:
+                font_names.append(name)
+
         family = None
         for name in font_names:
             if name == 'serif':
diff --git a/pandas/tests/formats/test_to_excel.py b/pandas/tests/formats/test_to_excel.py
index 5c99b7a3784e4..ff345de4c3456 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/formats/test_to_excel.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/formats/test_to_excel.py
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@
     # FONT
     # - name
     ('font-family: foo,bar', {'font': {'name': 'foo'}}),
-    pytest.mark.xfail(('font-family: "foo bar",baz',
-                       {'font': {'name': 'foo bar'}})),
+    ('font-family: "foo bar",baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo bar'}}),
     ('font-family: foo,\nbar', {'font': {'name': 'foo'}}),
     ('font-family: foo, bar,    baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo'}}),
     ('font-family: bar, foo', {'font': {'name': 'bar'}}),
+    ('font-family: \'foo bar\', baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo bar'}}),
+    ('font-family: \'foo \\\'bar\', baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo \'bar'}}),
+    ('font-family: "foo \\"bar", baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo "bar'}}),
+    ('font-family: "foo ,bar", baz', {'font': {'name': 'foo ,bar'}}),
     # - family
     ('font-family: serif', {'font': {'name': 'serif', 'family': 1}}),
+    ('font-family: Serif', {'font': {'name': 'serif', 'family': 1}}),
     ('font-family: roman, serif', {'font': {'name': 'roman', 'family': 1}}),
     ('font-family: roman, sans-serif', {'font': {'name': 'roman',
                                                  'family': 2}}),