João Fonseca gears up for US Open with Montreal Masters entry
Brazilian tennis player João Fonseca returned to competition on Sunday, 2 August, to begin his final hard‑court preparation for the US Open. He will play the Masters 1000 event in Montreal on 13 August, followed by the Cincinnati Masters, entering the Montreal draw as the 24th seed, which reflects his ATP ranking of 27.
Fonseca finished the 2026 clay season with 810 points, highlighted by a quarter‑final appearance at Roland Garros that earned him 400 points – nearly half of his clay‑court total. Earlier in the year he beat Andrey Rublev at the US Open and is a former US Open junior champion. The Montreal field is missing top players such as Jannik Sinner, Jack Draper, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, leaving Alexander Zverev as the top seed.
Entities: Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) · João Fonseca · Montreal Masters 1000 · Roland Garros · US Open
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- [● 2 SOURCES] Earlier in the year Fonseca beat Andrey Rublev at the US Open and is a former US Open junior champion. (In January he won the Challenger in Canberra and beat Rublev at the US Open, and he is a US Open junior champion.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Fonseca will compete in the Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal on 13 August. (He will play the Masters 1000 event in Montreal on 13 August.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] He entered Montreal as the 24th seed, reflecting his ATP ranking of 27. (He entered the tournament as the 24th seed, which reflects his 27th place in the ATP ranking.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] João Fonseca returned to competition on Sunday, 2 August, ahead of the US Open. (João Fonseca returned to the courts on Sunday (02) to prepare for the US Open.)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] He reached the quarter‑finals of Roland Garros in 2026. (He reached the quarter‑finals of Roland Garros, the main result of the clay swing.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Fonseca will also play the Masters 1000 Cincinnati tournament following Montreal. (He will also compete in the Masters 1000 Cincinnati tournament after Montreal.)
- [○ 1 SOURCE] Fonseca finished the 2026 clay season with 810 ATP points, including 400 from Roland Garros. (He accumulated 810 points on the clay season in 2026, with 400 points earned at Roland Garros.)
- [● 2 SOURCES] Top players Jannik Sinner, Jack Draper, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are absent from the Montreal Masters field. (The Montreal Masters starts with several top players absent, including Sinner, Draper, Alcaraz and Djokovic.)