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Rune, Fonseca to make Laver Cup debuts

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Three-day event to be held in San Francisco this September

Holger Rune will compete for Team Europe while Joao Fonseca will represent Team World.
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by ATP Staff

Laver Cup — May 13

Holger Rune and Joao Fonseca will make their Laver Cup debuts this year, the event announced on Tuesday.

The Dane joins Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz for Team Europe while Fonseca adds to Team World’s roster, which includes Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton. The Laver Cup will be held at Chase Center in San Francisco from September 19-21, 2025.

“It feels amazing to be selected to play for Team Europe in San Francisco this year,” said Rune. “I was so close to playing the Laver Cup a few years ago but unfortunately got injured and couldn’t make it. I knew that if I got the chance to play again, I would be ready and I’m really looking forward to the competition and to visiting San Francisco for the first time. It’s going to be a great atmosphere, and I know from talking to the other players that the Laver Cup is one of the most enjoyable competitions of the year. I cannot wait to be part of it.”

It All Adds Up

Rune, World No. 10 in the PIF ATP Rankings, has won five tour-level singles titles. The 22-year-old has reached three Grand Slam quarter-finals and has appeared in four ATP Masters 1000 finals, most recently at Indian Wells in March. Last month, he defeated Team Europe teammate and World No. 3 Alcaraz to win the Barcelona ATP 500. Rune was set to make his Laver Cup debut in Vancouver in 2023 but was forced to withdraw due to a back injury.

Team Europe will be led by captain Yannik Noah. “Holger is a fierce competitor with big-match experience and strong form this season,” said Noah. “I know how eager he is to be part of the Laver Cup, and he will be a fantastic addition to our team in San Francisco.”

The 18-year-old Fonseca has quickly emerged as one of the brightest young stars in the sport. The reigning champion at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF, Fonseca reached junior No. 1 in 2023 and broke into the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings just 16 months later. He qualified for his first Grand Slam at the Australian Open in January, stunning then World No. 9 Andrey Rublev in the opening round. In February, Fonseca won his first ATP Tour title in Buenos Aires.

“I am so excited to have been selected to play for Team World at the Laver Cup,” said Fonseca. “I’ve watched the event since I was a kid and always dreamed of playing. To now be on a team with guys like Fritz, Paul and Shelton, and to be coached by Andre Agassi, it’s just unbelievable! I will give it everything I’ve got.”

Agassi, who also makes his Laver Cup debut as Team World captain this year, looks forward to having the young Brazilian on the team.

“Joao is the kind of young talent that makes Laver Cup so special,” said Agassi. “He’s fearless, energetic, has a huge game and loves the big stage. His performance this season shows me he’s ready for this. I’m sure he will thrive in the team environment and I’m really looking forward to working with him and getting to know him better.”

Now in its eighth edition, the Laver Cup pits six of the best men’s tennis players from Europe against six of their counterparts from the rest of the world in a thrilling three-day competition.

The three highest-ranked players from Europe and the World, based on their PIF ATP Ranking as of the Monday following Roland-Garros, receive an automatic invitation to play the Laver Cup. If any one of these players chooses not to participate, the offer is made to another high ranked player. The remaining three places on each team will be ‘Captain’s Picks’ and can be announced any time before the start of the US Open.

By naming Rune and Fonseca to their teams right now, Noah and Agassi are committing to use a Captain’s Pick on them if they do not qualify based on ranking.

Laver Cup will visit San Francisco for the first time this year, bringing top-level men’s pro tennis back to the Bay Area for the first time in over a decade. Chase Center, home of the seven-time NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries, will host tennis for the first time.

A limited number of Full Tournament and Multi-Session Ticket Packages are still available via Ticketmaster, the official ticketing partner of Chase Center. Single-Session Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 16, at 10:00AM (PT). For further updates on player announcements, event updates and ticket presales, fans are encouraged to register as a ‘Laver Cup Insider’ at lavercup.com.

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Żeby tylko sodówa nie odbiła, jeszcze nic nie osiągnął, a już zapraszany, jakby był w TOP10.

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Fonseca’s ‘déjà vu’ ahead of Roland Garros debut

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#NextGenATP Brazilian recalls junior days in Paris ahead of Hurkacz clash
May 23, 2025
Eighteen-year-old Joao Fonseca will make his Roland Garros main-draw debut in 2025. (File photo)
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Eighteen-year-old Joao Fonseca will make his Roland Garros main-draw debut in 2025. (File photo)
By ATP Staff
Joao Fonseca made quite the impression with his main-draw debut at a major. Can the #NextGenATP Brazilian repeat the trick at Roland Garros?

The 18-year-old will take on 30th seed Hubert Hurkacz on debut at the clay-court Grand Slam in Paris, where he is bidding to back up his second-round run as a qualifier at January’s Australian Open. Competing as the No. 65 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Fonseca is hoping to rekindle some fond memories from his junior career in the French capital.

“Well, my first main draw appearance, I'm feeling really good,” said Fonseca at his pre-tournament press conference. “I had some really good matches here in Paris. It's strange, because I came here my first time in three years, so it's like déjà vu sometimes. I went to Suzanne Lenglen, and that was where we stayed in juniors. It was my first time here in Philippe Chatrier. I’m happy to play my first match here as a pro.”


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Having triumphed at the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF, Fonseca charged into the Grand Slam spotlight with a stunning straight-sets first-round upset of then-World No. 9 Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open. His classy performance instantly escalated the hype surrounding the Brazilian teenager, and that only increased further when he lifted his maiden ATP Tour title in February on the clay of Buenos Aires.

“I think that was the biggest stadium that I ever played,” recalled Fonseca of his victory against Rublev at Melbourne Park. “It was my first Top-10 player that I played against. The crowd was huge. I learned how to play on those stadiums. It was an experience for me. My first main draw [at a major].

“I think after Australia a lot changed. Now I'm a bit more experienced on those type of circumstances.”

It All Adds Up

Fonseca is 10-7 for the 2025 season, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. His start to the year unquestionably represents a breakout stretch for the Brazilian, but he acknowledges the importance of keeping his feet on the ground in the early stages of his career.

“I'm just enjoying my career life. I'm reaching some good things,” said Fonseca. “I'm young, so I'm learning every week. How do I manage? I will try my best. I try to focus on my routine, what I need to do, focus on good people on my side helping me achieve good things.

“I'm learning every week how to adapt. But yeah, things are getting on their own path. Yeah, just focus on my routines and play my tennis.”

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8) #NextGenATP stars Mensik, Fonseca, Tien compete: Jakub Mensik, Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien are the leading #NextGenATP stars in action. The 19-year-old Mensik lifted his first tour-level title at the Masters 1000 event in Miami in March and is seeded at a Slam for the first time (No. 19). Fonseca, 18, clinched his first ATP Tour title on clay in Buenos Aires earlier this year and Tien, 19, already has major pedigree, having beaten Daniil Medvedev en route to the fourth round in Melbourne in January.

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Fonseca becomes youngest Roland Garros match winner since Alcaraz; Draper advances

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Joao Fonseca made a sparkling Roland Garros debut on Tuesday when he ousted the in-form Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.

The 18-year-old is the second-youngest match winner at the clay-court major in the past 10 years, only behind an 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz in 2021.

Fonseca struck the ball confidently and fed off the energy of a packed Court 7. He left the 30th-seed Hurkacz searching for answers, overpowering him from the baseline and matching that heavy hitting with watertight consistency. Hurkacz was a finalist at last week's ATP 250 event in Geneva, where he fell to Novak Djokovic in a three-hour, five-minute final.

It All Adds Up

“I played really well, focusing a lot on the returns and serves,” said Fonseca, last year’s champion at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF. “I knew a lot of great serves were going to come and I was just focusing on putting the first return [in], the plus one, the return plus-one, put it in the middle and try to be as aggressive as I can. Try to focus on opportunities, go to the net, and try to be aggressive when I can."

Fonseca now boasts an 11-7 tour-level season record, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. At the Australian Open, he earned a memorable first main-draw win at a major by stunning ninth seed Andrey Rublev. Fonseca won his maiden tour-level title the following month in Buenos Aires.


At No. 57 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, Fonseca will next face French veteran Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 16 years his senior.

In other Paris action, Jack Draper’s clay-court evolution continued when he overcame a tricky start to notch his maiden match win at Roland Garros.

The fifth seed overcame Mattia Bellucci 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in heavy conditions under the Court Suzanne-Lenglen roof, which was closed due to steady rain in the French capital. Draper broke serve five times across the second, third and fourth sets to improve to 10-3 on clay in 2025. That tally includes his maiden final on the surface at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid as well as a quarter-final run in Rome.


“I think Bellucci came out and played really aggressive from the start,” said Draper after improving to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Bellucci. “He was coming out with some amazing shots, caught me a little bit off guard. I served a couple of double faults, which doesn’t help at this level where everyone plays incredible tennis. The margins are so small.

"I’m really proud of the way I was able to turn the game on its head. I started to be more aggressive. It was a really tough battle and credit to Mattia, who played incredible.”

Draper, who is currently up one spot at No. 4 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, will play home favourite Gael Monfils or Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien next in Paris. The 23-year-old is looking to add a first Grand Slam title to his maiden Masters 1000 crown, which he won in March in Indian Wells.

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