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Fonseca breaks into the top 100, the youngest from Alcaraz

The Brazilian premiered in a main Grand Slam box in Melbourne

January 27, 2025

Joao Fonseca continued his meteoric promotion on Monday, upon entering the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings. In the last twelve months, the Brazilian has promoted 522 positions: from No. 651 to the highest position of his career that looks today as No. 99 of the world.

At 18, he has not stopped improving since he raised the title in the Next Gen ATP Finals present by Pif in December. Fonseca had a dream debut in the 2025 season, achieving the title at the ATP Challenger Tour de Canberra, before qualifying for his first final Grand Slam box in the Australian Open. In Melbourne, in addition, after overcoming the previous one, he surprised the ninth favorite Andrey Rublev in the first round.

She is the youngest teenager (under 20 years old) to enter the top 100 since Carlos Alcaraz did it in October 2021. The Brazilian is also the youngest player in his country in the history of Top 100. He is the second South American In reaching Top 100 as a teenager in this century, as did Juan Martin del Potro.

“I am excited to enter the top 100, play great tournaments, make me a hole in this environment and continue working for larger things,” Fonseca noted in Melbourne’s press room. “I think for me, in my opinion, heaven is the limit. You need to work more and more to achieve your dream, which is to be No. 1 ”.

Fonseca is not only a national icon, but a great world star. Throughout the last year, he has received the support of fans worldwide. It is common to see in the stands wave the Brazilian flag during its matches accompanied by the song: “Jo-Ao Fon-Seca! Jo-Ao Fon-Seca! ”

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The youngest Brazilian to break into the Top 100 before Fonseca was Cassio Motta, who did it at 19 in 1979. The old No. 1 of the world Gustavo Kuerten achieved this achievement together before he turned 20.

“From Brazil, the impact is enormous. People know me a little more. It’s very nice. Brazilians like to encourage this boy a lot, ”Fonseca said about himself. “But at the same time, I need to be concentrated.”

“People are going to talk a lot, they have high expectations. You need to be focused on your routine, work more and more, ”he added.

Fonseca, who became a professional last February, is second in the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah, only surpassed by Learner Tien, whom he defeated in the final in Jeddah. Tien gave one of the great surprises of the tournament, by beating the fifth favorite Daniil Medvedev in the second round. The American, who exceeded the previous one, reached the fourth round.