It is enough to see him for a few minutes on the track to see that he has unique qualities. If the head and the environment also help, as is the case, the cocktail promises a lot of emotions in elite sport. He was called to be the discussant in Italian Jannik Sinner and spanish Carlos Alcaraz the world reigns.
He is very serious, at 18 years old his maturity invites an older age. “I love the big matches, the pressure,” he said when he started knocking on the door of the professional circuit from world number one in the junior ranking after winning the US Open under-18.
At 17 he won his first professional match, against the Frenchman Arthur Fils at the ATP 500 in Rio, the place where Carlos Alcaraz also made his debut. Very close to the home of the new racket phenomenon, Joao Fonseca, who lives ten minutes from the Rio de Janeiro Country Club.
As a child he has watched the tournament from the stands, he has had the opportunity to enjoy the absolute victory of Rafael Nadalwhich he recently matched in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) when he won the Next Gen ATP Finals.
He opened 2025 with his second ATP Challenger title (the tough circuit that gives access to the main one), in Canberra. He established himself where greats are made, at the Grand Slam. In his debut, after winning three qualifying matches, he defeated world No. 9, a three-time quarterfinalist at the Australian Open.
He defeated the Russian Andrey Rublev by 7-5, 6-3, 2-6 and 6-4. An extraordinary baptism. Has fourteen consecutive games won at the professional level.
He listened to Sinner, when he was acting as a sparring partner at the 2024 ATP Finals was surprised that he wanted to go to the University of Virginia and not switch to professionals. Fonseca ended up betting on tennis, after a thoughtful conversation with his family, who as a child took a tennis racket, as well as soccer and volleyball, played by his mother.
Your idol Roger Federer. He even tried to play the backhand with one hand for this reason, but ended up doing it with two. He taught his countrymen Gustavo Kuerten like his other idols, on a personal level. And he compares himself more to Jannik Sinner than to Carlos Alcaraz, understanding that his game is more of a puncher. He smashes the ball with his forehand, though he considers his backhand more solid.
He wears and wears On, the brand that Roger Federer carries a lot of weight with. Also sponsored players like Ben Shelton and Iga Swiatek.
This Thursday, at Melbourne Park, a new test, against the Italian veteran Lorenzo Sonego. A new opportunity to examine the evolution of a special tennis player, a Joao Fonseca who has everything to succeed. He has only just begun, there is still much left, but the base has been formed by the hand of his usual coach, Guilherme Teixeira.
Source: La Verdad
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