What Time Will Andrey Rublev Play Against Joao Fonseca?
Rublev and Fonseca are on the Day 3 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Tuesday 14 January. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
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Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Match: Andrey Rublev vs Joao Fonseca (Q)
This will be the first meeting between Rublev and Fonseca. Rublev has previously lost a Grand Slam match to a player ranked as low as No. 112, when he fell to No. 122 Francisco Comesana in the 1st round at Wimbledon last year. The lowest-ranked player to defeat Rublev at the Australian Open is No. 81 Mackenzie McDonald in the 1st round in 2019.
Rublev has a 35-8 win-loss record against qualifiers at Tour-level overall. He has won both of his previous matches against qualifiers at Grand Slams, defeating Stefano Travaglia in the 1st round at 2017 Wimbledon and Ivo Karlovic in the 1st round at the 2021 US Open.
Rublev, 27 years old and ranked No. 9, has a career Grand Slam record of 65-28
Moyuka Uchijima
Olga Danilovic
Carlos Alcaraz
Alex De Minaur
Fabian Marozsan
Zizou Bergs
Elina Svitolina
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Francisco Cerundolo
Ben Shelton
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Aryna Sabalenka
Elise Mertens
Jelena Ostapenko
Iga Swiatek
Cori Gauff
Jasmine Paolini
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Jessica Pegula
Karen Khachanov
Holger Rune
Alexander Zverev
Tallon Griekspoor
Jessika Ponchet
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Suzan Lamens
and an Australian Open record of 20-8. Fonseca, 18 years old and ranked No. 112, is making his Grand Slam debut.
Rublev has previously reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in 2022 and 2023, and his best Grand Slam result is reaching the quarterfinals on 10 occasions. He is the only man in the Open Era to have lost the first 8 or more Grand Slam quarterfinal matches he has reached.
Fonseca won the title at the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals and has a 7-match Tour-level winning streak. He is facing a Top 10 player for the first time in his career.
Overall, Rublev has more experience and a higher ranking compared to Fonseca. However, Fonseca has been in good form recently and will be looking to continue his winning streak.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Rublev will win.
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Matchstat.com Andrey Rublev vs Joao Fonseca prediction.
