Brazilian tennis player João Fonseca reached 25th place in the world rankings of Associação and Tenistas Profissionais after the update released by the organizers of the international circuit. The new list, published earlier in the day, directly reflects the performance of the athletes on clay at the central Europa. The young athlete scored important points to once again be among the thirty best competitors on the planet.
With the sum of recent results, the competitor reached the mark of 1735 points in the entity’s general classification. Esse number represents the highest accumulated points that the athlete has managed to record since the beginning of his professional career on the adult circuit. Advancement in the general classification table brings the athlete closer to the top of his technical form on the international field tennis scene.
Campanha on European clay boosts rise in the world table
The advancement of five positions in the international list was due to the athlete’s performance in the Roland Garros tournament, played at França. The Brazilian won four consecutive matches in the main draw of the competition held on clay courts. The positive sequence ended only when the tennis player stopped in the quarterfinals of the French Grand Slam.
The tournament organization distributes the points in a staggered manner to the athletes according to the stage reached in the group. Quem wins the championship and receives 2000 points, while second place receives 1300 points on the table. Semifinalists receive 800 points, and tennis players eliminated in the quarterfinals receive 400 points.
Descarte of previous score changes the athlete’s definitive sum
The campaign on French territory yielded 400 gross points for the tennis player in the update of Associação from Tenistas Profissionais. However, the ranking system requires the discarding of results obtained in the same championship in the previous season. The Brazilian needed to defend 100 points related to his participation that ended in the third round of the last edition of the Paris competition.
- Pontuação gross obtained in the quarterfinals: 400 points
- Pontuação deducted from the previous edition of the tournament: 100 points
- Ganho real net in updated table: 300 points
- Total accumulated career after update: 1735 points
The new mark of 1735 points surpasses the athlete’s previous record, set on November 3, when he accumulated 1665 points. The current level leaves the competitor close to equaling its best historical position in the ranking. In November last season, the athlete ranked 24th on the global list, which remains his best career position. The fluctuation of direct opponents determined that the current points record resulted in 25th position this week.
Transição for the grass courts defines the next steps on the circuit
The world tennis calendar changes surface for competitions leading up to the next major tournament at Inglaterra. The athlete begins training focused on fast natural grass courts for the competitions scheduled for the next few weeks. Essa part of the circuit represents a full-earning opportunity for the athlete to gain more points in the season’s overall table.
The tennis player’s history on this specific surface records participations without much prominence in tournaments played in previous months. The absence of long campaigns last year means that the competitor does not have a significant number of points to defend in the coming weeks. Qualquer victory in the initial rounds of subsequent tournaments will help increase the athlete’s total points in the search for a place among the top seeds in major competitions.
