

What Time Will Joao Fonseca Play Against Mariano Navone?
Fonseca and Navone are on the Day 5 Schedule at Ieb+ Argentina Open 2025 on Friday 14 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Joao Fonseca from Brazil and Mariano Navone from Argentina will face off in their upcoming match. Navone currently leads the head-to-head record with 1 win against Fonseca. Their previous meeting took place in Rio de Janeiro on clay, where Navone emerged as the victor with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. In another encounter in Sao Leopoldo, Fonseca managed to defeat Navone with a score of 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(9) in the round of 16.
Fonseca, an 18-year-old player, is currently ranked World No. 99 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 98 in February 2025. He has a record of 3 wins and 2 losses in 2025 and has reached the quarterfinals in the Buenos Aires tournament. Fonseca’s notable achievements include winning the Next Gen ATP Finals championship and reaching World No. 1 in the junior rankings in September 2023. He also became the youngest player in PIF ATP Rankings history to defeat a Top 10 player at the Australian Open in 2025.
Navone, on the other hand, is 23 years old and is currently ranked World No. 47 with a career-high ranking of No. 29 in June 2024. He has a record of 4 wins and 4 losses in 2025 and has also reached the quarterfinals in the Buenos Aires tournament. Navone broke into the Top 200 in June 2023, the Top 100 in February 2024, and the Top 50 in April 2024. He achieved his career-high ranking after winning his sixth Challenger title in Cagliari. Navone’s notable achievements include being the first man in the Open Era to be seeded in his Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros in 2024, where he defeated Carreno Busta in the first round.
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Fonseca aims to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal after previous losses in the quarterfinal stage in Rio de Janeiro and Bucharest in 2024. He has a strong record against top 50 players, with a 5-1 win-loss record since December. Fonseca hopes to become the youngest ATP Tour semifinalist on clay since Alcaraz won the 2021 Umag tournament. He also aims to become the youngest Brazilian semifinalist in the Open Era, with Seyboth Wild being the only other teenager from Brazil to achieve this feat at the Santiago tournament in 2020.
Navone, on the other hand, has achieved notable wins throughout his career, including defeating No. 12 Rune in the second round. He has previously reached three ATP Tour semifinals in Rio de Janeiro, Marrakech, and Bucharest. If he reaches the semifinals in Buenos Aires, he will become the 18th different Argentine player to achieve this feat.
Overall, the upcoming match between Joao Fonseca and Mariano Navone promises to be an exciting clash between two talented players from Brazil and Argentina.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Fonseca will win.
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