Denis Shapovalov and Joao Fonseca will square off in the 1st round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.63
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Joao Fonseca
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Joao Fonseca square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fonseca (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fonseca won 3-6 6-3 4-1 ret. in the quarter in Basel back in October 2025.
Denis Shapovalov
26 - 21win/loss
23
10
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 2-5 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Denis will start his run in Paris after he played his last match in Basel where he lost 3-6 6-3 4-1 ret. to Fonseca in the quarter on the 24th of October.
Denis has an aggregate 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Dallas where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3 and in Los Cabos where he beat Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-4 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Canadian has an overall 335-228 record. He has a positive 86-51 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Paris
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Joao Fonseca
38 - 16win/loss
24
24
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-17 | 22-6 | 8-5 | 6-3 | 3-3 | 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. 28 (career-high), will start his run in Paris after he won the title in Basel after beating 6-3 6-4 Davidovich Fokina in the final.
Fonseca has an aggregate 38-16 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he beat 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 overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(0) and in Basel where he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, Joao has an overall 91-49 record. He has a positive 18-7 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Paris
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Learner TienTien – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-65 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 7-6(2)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-65 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Aleksandar VukicVukic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Gabriel DialloDiallo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Cameron NorrieNorrie (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction