He is the youngest tennis player in the country to achieve the feat, aged 18 years, 5 months and 6 days.
João Fonseca continues to make history in his still brief professional tennis career. Even without entering the court. With the day’s results defined in tournaments taking place across the planet, the phenomenon becomes the youngest Brazilian to enter the Top 100 of the ATP rankings, surpassing the mark of star Gustavo Kuerten, known as Guga. The position will be announced in the list presented by the entity next Monday and he will probably be 99th in the world. >
The tennis player entered the main draw of the Australian Open as 112th in the world, but scored precious points in the giant victory over the ninth in the world, Russian Andrey Rublev, in his debut. Afterwards, he ended up being eliminated by the Italian Lorenzo Sonego, which didn’t stop him from realizing his dream of becoming a Top 100.>
“João Fonseca continues to make history! The Brazilian mathematically secured his place among the 100 best in the world in the ATP rankings, becoming the youngest tennis player in the country to achieve this feat, at 18 years, 5 months and 6 days. The position The exact name of the carioca will be known on Monday (27th)”, celebrated Team Brasil on social media.>
Guga achieved the feat at the age of 19, as did Cássio Motta. João is 18 years and five months old. With the fall of Aleksandar Kovacevic (102nd) at the Challenger 125 in Quimper, France, the new green and yellow sensation already has at least 100th place guaranteed. If Serbian Laslo Djere is not champion of the challenger, he would gain another position.>
João Fonseca will be the 28th tennis player in the history of Brazilian tennis to appear on the select list of the 100 best on the planet in the ATP, which created its ranking in 1973. In addition to his victorious debut in the first Grand Slam of the year, he was boosted by the Next Gen titles Finals and the Canberra Challenger, at the beginning of the season.>
This Monday’s long-awaited ATP list will see Brazil break a mark that had already lasted eight years. Since the 2017 season, when Thomaz Bellucci appeared in 55th, Rogério Dutra Silva ranked 69th and Thiago Monteiro finished in 100th place, the country has not had three athletes in the Top 100. In addition to the young man from Rio, the next list will feature Thiago Wild and Thiago Monteiro among the 100 best in the sport.>
