Joao Fonseca and Martin Landaluce looking to go from Next Gen stars to next level

Brazil’s Joao Fonseca and Spain’s Martin Landaluce are two exciting players currently competing in the Workday Canberra International.

Fonseca is fresh from claiming the NextGen crown in Saudi Arabia and at no. 145 in the rankings he is looking to springboard towards the top-100 with a title in Canberra.

Another promising youngster is Landaluce who was one spot from reaching the NextGen finals.

The Spaniard is just behind Fonseca in the rankings at no. 151.

Both players have already won Challenger titles with Landaluce winning his maiden Challenger title in Olbia, Italy in October. The Brazilian claimed his maiden Challenger title in August in Lexington, Kentucky.

Fonseca commented after his match against Croatia’s Duje Ajduković that he played his best tennis of the year, but he was of course having fun with that statement knowing it was his first match in 2025.

Fonseca was in hot form in the opening set before stumbling a bit when trying to close out the match. He would however advance to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 7-5 victory.

Landaluce had a much easier time against Australia’s Dane Sweeny, taking his match 6-1, 6-2.

In the quarterfinals Fonseca will face France’s Harold Mayot, with Landaluce against Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki.

With both 18-year-olds on opposite sides of the draw we could see a final between these exciting prospects, although there are still some good players that will think otherwise.

Christopher Eubanks has been ranked as high as no. 29 back in 2023 and is coming off a Challenger title back in November when he claimed the Knoxville title.

Britain’s Jacob Fearnley (6) is the only seeded player left in the draw.