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It is a secret to no one that Joao Fonseca He is one of the biggest rising stars in South American tennis and it is no wonder, because after his great results on the ITF Junior circuit, it all started at the beginning of this season in the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeirowhere he reached quarter finals.
After that moment, where it was 655th in the worldeverything has been on the rise for the 18-year-old, who now will break the barrier of the Top 150 of the ATP rankingrising in eight months, more than 500 positions to become the youngest player in the Top 400 rankings.
After Rio, Fonseca became finalist in the Asunción Challenger and was a quarterfinalist at the Challenger in Madrid, the ATP 250 in Bucharest and won his first professional title at the Challenger in Lexington, in addition to reaching the qualifying final at the US Openhis first Grand Slam in the elite.
The Brazilian is currently having a good moment this week in el Challenger 100 from Brest where he is already in the quarterfinals after winning in straight sets Kamil Majchrzak (6-4, 7-5) now Billy Harris (6-4, 6-2) with local Benjamin Bonzi as his next opponent. If he wins the title, Fonseca will be promoted to 125th position in the ATP ranking.
In part, we could say that all of the above is due to Jannik Sinnersince Joao Fonseca himself commented to the ATP website how the Italian convinced him to become a professional after a conversation they had in the past ATP Finals 2023where he participated as a sparring partner:
“It was at the Nitto ATP Finals last year. I was a playing partner and we faced each other the first or second day. He’s a very nice guy. From the beginning, I was thinking about going to college. I had committed to the University of Virginia and he said, “Are you going to college?” He told me: “You are too good for this, go to the professionals.” So it was kind of nice. I thought this guy was pulling my leg and playing a prank on me. That was the first time I practiced with him and he was very nice, as were his coaches.”
Will it reach the Top 100 sooner than we expected?
