18-year-old Joao Fonseca conquers maiden title in Buenos Aires. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – BUENOS AIRES RESULTS

Joao Fonseca upsets Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 7-6(1) in the final in Buenos Aires on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.

Fonseca added $ 41,740 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 100,160 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Joao Fonseca vs. Francisco Cerundolo Argentina Open – Buenos Aires

Fonseca’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Brazilian scored 76 points vs. Cerundolo’s 67.

Fonseca

Joao won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Cerundolo

On the other side, Cerundolo was pretty focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Fonseca and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Joao.

This was the 1st career title for Fonseca. He won the previous title in Buenos Aires. (see list of titles and finals). The Argentine remains with 3^rd titles after he conquered the tournament in Bastad 2022, in Eastbourne 2023 and in Umag 2024. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Fonseca started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Francisco Cerundolo in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Joao to win the set since Francisco found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. The Brazilian kept his cool to break Francisco in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

Joao converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1^st

(0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Cerundolo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2^nd game (0-1 30-40).

They contested 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Fonseca won just 3 more points than Francisco (38-35). Joao dropped 12 points on serve (21-12). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).

The Brazilian won the set after he broke Francisco in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Francisco tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (6-6) game. However, Joao managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.

The Brazilian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Fonseca won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0) and 8^th (7-1) point.

Joao won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

Joao converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Francisco converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 6^th (2-3 40-A), the 10^th (4-5 30-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40).

They played 70 points. Fonseca was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Francisco (38-32). The Brazilian surrendered 16 points on serve (27-16). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).