João Fonseca He returned to record his best place in the list of the Association of Professional Tennisers (ATP), in the update of this Monday (21/07). Even without entering the court, the Brazilian rose in the ranking and now occupies the 47th place.
Fonseca kept the 1,116 points in the ranking, after all, there was no competitions since Wimbledon. The place won came from the fall of other tennis players, such as American Marcos Giron and Spanish Pedro Martínez.
Close to turning 19on August 21, Fonseca had surpassed Gustavo Kuertenuntil then the youngest top 50 in the history of national tennis.
In 1997, Guga jumped on the ATP list when she became Roland Garros champion for the first time. He fired from 66th to 15th place, at 20 and nine months. After the end of Wimbledon, on July 14, Fonseca left 54th to 48th place in the ranking.
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Next games of João Fonseca
The climbs and the new best brands of the ranking tennis player have been frequent since last year, when he did his first season among the professionals. He started 2024 in 730th position and ended the year at 145th.
The goalist’s goal and his team is to get into the top 40 to have a chance to be a key head in the Grand Slam tournaments.
The next challenge will be the Masters 1000 of Toronto, played from July 27 to August 7. First major US tournament hard, competition serves as a preparatory for US Open in late August.
Top 10 do ranking mundial ATP
| Position | Player | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | Italy | 12 030 |
| 2 | Carlos Alcaraz | Spain | 8 600 |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | Germany | 6 030 |
| 4 | Taylor Fritz | USA | 5 035 |
| 5 | Jack Draper | Briton | 4 650 |
| 6 | Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 4 130 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Musetti | Italy | 3 350 |
| 8 | Ben Shelton | USA | 3 330 |
| 9 | Holger Rune | Denmark | 3 250 |
| 10 | Andrey Rublev | Russia | 3 160 |
