Tommy Paul and Joao Fonseca will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.51
Tommy Paul -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Joao Fonseca

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul

15 - 6win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
3-1
Clay
2-1
Rank
12
High
9
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-9 10-4 12-4 3-1 0-0 0-0
2024 45-20 17-12 10-4 8-2 10-2 0-0
2023 46-29 29-13 5-6 3-5 9-5 0-0
2022 39-27 21-12 2-6 9-5 7-4 0-0
2021 33-23 12-12 9-7 12-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 12, Paul will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Houston where he lost 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(6) to Brooksby in the semifinal on the 5th of April.

Tommy has an aggregate 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Tommy’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide, Dallas and Houston.

Talking about his overall career, Tommy has an overall 410-231 record. He has a positive 112-60 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Madrid
Paul's Record

Joao Fonseca

Joao Fonseca

23 - 5win/loss

Hard
17-3
I Hard
0-1
Clay
6-1
Rank
65
High
59
LWWLLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-9 17-3 8-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 37-23 8-3 14-11 13-5 2-4 0-0
2023 11-6 1-1 10-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 5-4 0-0 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 65, Joao reached the 2nd round after defeating Elmer Moller 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Fonseca had a good straight sets win against Moller (6-2 6-3). During the match Fonseca scored 65 points vs Moller’s 51. Fonseca was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Fonseca made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Fonseca conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 70% of his first serves in, win 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Joao broke Moller 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Ethan Quinn in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Buenos Aires where he defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-4 7-6(1) and the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Alexander Bublik in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(0).

The Brazilian has an aggregate 23-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Madrid
Fonseca's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Alexander ZverevZverevRoberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedevLaslo DjereDjere (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Casper RuudRuudArthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundoloHarold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Taylor FritzFritzChristopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Francisco ComesanaComesanaArthur FilsFils (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel CerundoloFelix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Jakub MensikMensikEthan QuinnQuinn (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexander BublikBublikAlexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Benjamin BonziBonziHubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Sebastian KordaKordaFederico CinaCina (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Gael MonfilsGaelAndrey RublevAndrey (w/o (Monfils ret.)) – See score progression

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