“So I decided to prioritize my health and focus on 2027. Thank you so much for your support and warmth as always. See you soon in the courts.”
This means Fonseca will not be in Basel to defend the Swiss Indoors title he won last October. He defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in that final, and the ATP 500 trophy is still the biggest of his career.
His summer was a series of withdrawals. He withdrew from Cincinnati before his third-round match, then missed the US Open with an abdominal injury. In September, he announced he would miss the Asian swing, including the ATP 500 in Tokyo and the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. “2026 was a very difficult year for me,” she wrote at the time, explaining that she chose to “listen to my body.”
The season still had its milestones. Fonseca reached his first Masters 1000 quarter-final in Monte-Carlo and then his first Grand Slam quarter-final at Roland Garros. He had a 20-13 record when he announced he would miss Asia. His career high is 24th, which was achieved last season.
