Joao Fonseca Forehand Analysis | How He Gets Massive Power

[@TennisUnleashed]

Joao Fonseca is skyrocketing up the rankings. How high is his ranking going to go in 2025? Top 75? Top 50? Top 20? -Jason Frausto

[@tijgertjekonijnwordopgegeten]

If he follows the development path of Sinner or Alcaraz he'll likely end up around 30 in the world.

[@pacu9]

Top 20

[@themrstroke]

@@TennisUnleashed he may very well go very deep in the FO this year. I would say he is a true contender for the Title there.

[@JoppJoll]

Top 50 after end of 2025.

[@Alex-Ulhoa]

What a great player!!!

[@TennisUnleashed]

Agreed. Great for tennis and Brazilian tennis in particular. -Jason Frausto

[@themrstroke]

His grip looks a lot like Sinner's to me, a strong semi western. I think this makes it more comfortable to have a slight bend in the elbow at contact. His follow through looks a lot like Sinner also. I do like how in his set up, he does not have the hitting side of the strings completely facing the back fence like Sinner. They both get massive lag, well past 90 degree bend, racquet shaft to forearm, at the deepest part of the lag.

[@TennisUnleashed]

All great observations. His grip is definitely 4/4 semi-western as you said. Let's see how high he can rise this season, he's doing a great job. -Jason Frausto

[@louisedyhlen3234]

the straigtht arm forehand is incredibly rare though, been playing tennis for 20 years and I've only ever seen one player ever have it

[@TennisUnleashed]

That's true. You don't see many of them on the courts locally. Emma Navarro does it well on the women's side. -Jason Frausto

[@JulienGaudfroy]

Federer...

[@TennisUnleashed]

Roger did it very well, it changed from bent to straight as his career progressed. -Jason Frausto

[@sergioscalia5922]

Del potro..

[@louisedyhlen3234]

@@sergioscalia5922 yeah I meant like in person.

[@jandevriestennis]

which program are u using for showing thes technical details? :-)

[@Michael-zm2hv]

Hey Jason. Fonseca does have a rather higher elbow on his takeback, right? Not as high as e.g. Musetti, but higher than Djokovic. Is that advisable for rec players?

[@TennisUnleashed]

Good question Michael. He does elevate it more than I typically like for us non pro players, but definitely not to the level of Musetti or Kyrgios. I'll take Novak's level of elbow elevation for us mere mortals ;) I'm looking forward to his 1st round match at AO25 against Rublev. That match will give some insight into where Fonseca is at, and what he needs to improve on. -Jason Frausto

[@beam6981]

Thanks for the video! Doesn’t the shoulder pull and hip rotation happen naturally? I am having difficulty getting the amount of “lag”, that I would like and looking for easy ways of getting that without flipping wrist back and then forward.

[@TennisUnleashed]

Good question. I've spent a ton of hours over the last 26 years developing junior players from the ground up, in some cases players achieve things without being guided along, but in many cases movements like the "lag" forehand must be taught. I've seen very few if any players walk through the door in the beginning stages with "forehand lag" out of the gate. Once you learn how to lag, then the next step is making sure you have enough of it for easy power and spin on the forehand. I had to teach myself, but eventually the tip of my racket started getting consistently behind my elbow. See video here -----> kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooumdZqCjdWSpMU -Jason Frausto

[@beam6981]

@@TennisUnleashed Ok, thank you for your response!

[@JoppJoll]

His upcoming rivalry with Alcaraz will be epic rivalry.

[@charcoalberries819]

15:07 it sounds more like you're saying 'froh' here when pronouncing your surname, whereas in earlier videos you sounded more like saying 'frah' 😁

[@TennisUnleashed]

You have a keen ear ;) It's a bit of a long story, but the way I'm pronouncing it in this video is the "proper way". I said it for the last 40+ years the other way as a decision very early on in life. I'm good with either pronunciation :) -Jason Frausto

[@charcoalberries819]

@TennisUnleashed I'm alright with either pronunciation also 🤣

[@NN-it2ue]

Looks like textbook ATP style. Nothing unusual, but perhaps little more efficient execution than other players?

[@TennisUnleashed]

Good point. He gets a lot of rotation on his finish on the forehands shown in the video. More than most, but the rest of what he’s doing is pretty standard. We’ve hit peak technical efficiency on forehands until someone shows it can be done more efficiently. -Jason Frausto

[@leoneferreira5015]

Teacher, great day today.

[@TennisUnleashed]

Joao looked good out there. Let’s see how does in round 2. Great day for tennis. -Jason Frausto

[@JoppJoll]

He is perfect successor of Del Potro.

[@patriciomora9663]

Don’t get better analysis than this

[@TennisUnleashed]

Humbled by your words. Thanks for watching. -Jason Frausto

[@JoppJoll]

Joao Fonseca is the Pro Max of Del Potro.