Advertisements
João Fonseca is a Brazilian tennis player. Here are 13 more things about him:
Advertisements
- He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Crico Fonseca and Roberta Fonseca‘s son.
- He is right-handed.
- He is coached by Guilherme Teixeira.
- Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, he played both soccer and tennis.
- He is 6’1″ tall.
- In 2010, he started playing tennis.
- In 2016, he started competing in tennis tournaments in Brazil.
- On January 1, 2020, he and his parents welcomed the new year in Armação Dos Búzios, Rio de Janeiro.
- In 2021, Andre Sa started coaching him.
- In May 2022, he made his junior Grand Slam debut at the 2023 French Open and finished in the third round of the boys’ singles after losing to Gabriel Debru.
- In November 2022, he went 6-0 in singles to lead Brazil to the country’s first Junior Davis Cup title in Antalya, Turkiye.
- In February 2023, he made his Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) main-draw debut at the 2023 Rio Open.
- On August 21, 2023, he turned 17.
Advertisements
TIMELINE
2023
- In January 2023, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open boys’ singles after losing to Alexander Blockx. He and Blockx were runners-up to boys’ doubles champions Learner Tien and Cooper Williams.
- In June 2023, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 French Open boys’ singles after losing to Tien.
- In July 2023, he finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships boys’ singles after losing to Henry Searle. In the boys’ doubles, he and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo finished in the semifinals after losing to Jakub Filip.
- In September 2023, he became the 2023 U.S. Open boys’ singles champion after beating Tien in the final. In the boys’ doubles, he and Iliyan Radulov finished in the second round after losing to Zhou Yi and Zhang Tianhui.
Advertisements
CONAN Daily 