Overview
- João Fonseca and Jacob Fearnley will meet on Court One in the opening round at Wimbledon on Monday.
- Fonseca makes his Wimbledon debut after winning his first ATP title in Buenos Aires and upsetting world No.9 Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open.
- Fearnley competes as a British wildcard ranked No.51 after climbing from 277th last year with a breakthrough season that featured a Queen’s Club quarter-final.
- Fonseca leads their head-to-head 2-0, most recently defeating Fearnley at Indian Wells in March.
- Both players bring limited grass-court form, with Fonseca recording one win this season and Fearnley reaching the quarter-finals at Queen’s Club.