Joao Fonseca's feat at the 2025 Australian Open has already gone around the world. The young Brazilian talent defeated Andrey Rublev in three sets in the first round playing a fantastic match from start to finish, with the Russian helpless in front of Joao's powerful accelerations from baseline.
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Fonseca finished the match with more than 50 winners, including a crazy forehand at 181 km/h that left Rublev speechless. The feeling is that this player is destined to have a very bright future and that he could be the main opponent of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the next 10-15 years.
Brad Gilbert on Fonseca
The Brazilian ace will enter the Top 90 of the ATP ranking if he defeats Lorenzo Sonego in the second round, but it is clear to everyone that his rise is only at the beginning. In the last month, he has won the Next Gen ATP Finals in Saudi Arabia and passed the AO qualifiers without losing a single set along his run.
It is no coincidence that this young star of the men's tour had already been signed by the team of Roger Federer and Tony Godsick, who had seen in him a truly remarkable potential from the beginning.
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Joao knows that he has to work on consistency and regularity to become a top player and he seems to have the right attitude from all points of view.
Through his official X profile, top coach Brad Gilbert revealed what Fonseca's position in the ATP ranking could be at the end of this season: Fonseca level for 18 let alone any age is simply off the charts his easy power and composure right now his level is easily top 10, I said last month would finish 25 now seeing year end championships.
The young Brazilian has already faced Italian ace Sonego on the professional tour, defeating him on the red clay of Bucharest. The match will be played on Thursday 16 January and fans around the world want to see if Fonseca will confirm the level shown in the last month.
