Alexandre Muller and Joao Fonseca will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Rio Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.285
Alexandre Muller -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Joao Fonseca

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 60, the French player will start his run in Rio de Janeiro after he played his last match in Buenos Aires where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Djere in the 1^st round on the 10^th of February.

The French player has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he beat Kei Nishikori in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Muller has an overall 403-274 record. He has a positive 232-147 record on clay.

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Alexandre has never competed in this tournament before.

Joao Fonseca

Ranked no. 68 (career-high), will start his run in Rio De Janeiro after he won the title in Buenos Aires after beating 6-4 7-6(1) Cerundolo in the final.

Fonseca has a composed 14-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Ethan Quinn in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Buenos Aires where he overcame Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-4 7-6(1).

Joao won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Joao has an overall 67-35 record. He has a positive 34-20 record on clay.

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

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