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Joao Fonseca #35 def. Tommy Paul #24

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2026
Tournament	BNP Paribas Open
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Joao Fonseca
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Tommy Paul
Duration	1h 22m

Stat	Joao Fonseca	Tommy Paul
Aces	2	2
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	67	67
First serve points won %	73	59
Second serve points won %	63	32
Break points saved %	0	60
Break points converted %	40	100
Service points won %	69	50
Return points won %	50	31
Total points won %	59	41
Serve rating	292	208
Return rating	199	177

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Joao Fonseca	Tommy Paul
Country	BRA	USA
Birth date	Aug 21, 2006	May 17, 1997
Age	19	28
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	35	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,240	1,815
Elo (entering)	1,784	1,973
Career W-L	46–35	227–146
Career earnings	$3,949,641	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Joao Fonseca 0 – 1 Tommy Paul

Path

Joao Fonseca's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2026	R64	Karen Khachanov	4-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 4, 2026	R128	Raphael Collignon	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Fonseca's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2026	R16	Jannik Sinner	6-7(6) 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 2026	R64	Zizou Bergs	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data