In Argentina Open, the Superclassic was for Brazil: Joao Fonseca defeated him and is the new champion

Joao Fonseca He is writing, by leaps and bounds, his great story in tennis. The Brazilian, only 18 years old and recent champion of the Next-Gen Finals at the close of 2024, He won his first ATP title in Argentina Open. After more than an hour and a half game, the one born in Rio de Janeiro won the local favorite Francisco closing it 6-4 and 7-6 (1).

The Carioca has been having some last months of dream. After having experienced a 2024 great growth with a Challenger title (Lexington), in addition to the aforementioned youth finals, it had a very important escalation in the ATP ranking. In 12 months he became 727 to be part of the top 100.

Returning to Argentina Open, Fonseca was a real nightmare for Argentine tennis players. Less in the semifinals (Serbian Laslo Djere defeated Serbian), in the rest of the rounds albiceleste players were charged: Tomás Etcheverry in the first round, Fede Coria in the round of 16 and Mariano Navone in the quarterfinals, in addition to the aforementioned closing it in the grand final.

As for Joao’s data after obtaining the ATP 250 of Buenos Aires, it must be said that he became the youngest player in history to lift the Argentine trophy. In addition, he is the younger South American to lift a trophy from Guillermo Pérez Roldan in Buenos Aires 1987.

Finally, he got into the top 10 of younger players to lift an ATP title since 1990. With 18 years, five months and 26 days, he displaced Pete Sampras and now shares the lot with: Michael Chang (Toronto 1990), Carlos Alcaraz (Umag 2021), Lleyton Hewitt (Delray Beach 1999 and Adelaida 1998), Rafael Nadal (Sopot 2004), Kei Nishikori (Delray Beach 2008) and Andrei Medvedev (Bordeaux, Genoa and Stuttgart in 1992).