Fabian Marozsan vs Joao Fonseca Preview & Prediction | 2025 Italian Open | First Round

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Fabian Marozsan of Hungary takes on Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca for a place in the second-round of the Italian Open.

Ranking points: ATP 1000

Start date/time: Thursday 8th May, 2025: UK – not before TBC / US ET – not before TBC / US PT – not before TBC

Venue: Foro Italico, Rome, Italy

Surface: Outdoor clay

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

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Fabian Marozsan vs Joao Fonseca prediction

Fabian Marozsan shone at the BMW Open in mid-April, making his first semi-final in well over a year without dropping a set before a defeat to number one seed Alexander Zverev. Disappointingly for the Hungarian, he was not able to back that up in Madrid as he lost in the first-round to Bucharest Open champion Flavio Cobolli.

Joao Fonseca has endured a rather difficult start to his European clay court season. He defeated Elmer Moller in the first-round of Madrid but squandered set points and 10 out of a possible 11 break point opportunities on his way to losing 7-6 7-6 to Tommy Paul in the next stage. He then fell to a surprising straight sets loss to Jesper De Jong in the first-round of the Estoril Challenger last week.

The Brazilian made numerous unforced errors during the encounter and must tighten up his game if he is to able to make a deep run here. Nevertheless, we think the young Brazilian will get back to winning ways here with a relatively comfortable win over Marozsan.

Fabian Marozsan vs Joao Fonseca tip: Joao Fonseca to win 2-0