João Fonseca stuns Novak Djokovic at French Open

May 29, 2004: Guga Kuerten beats Roger Federer at Roland Garros. May 29, 2026: João Fonseca beats Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros. 22 years. Unreal moment for Brazilian tennis. 🇧🇷💛🇧🇷 (h/t itsgaallopes on x)

Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Rising Brazilian teenager João Fonseca knocked Novak Djokovic out of the French Open in a five-set thriller, coming from two sets down to win. Djokovic’s hopes of a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam are over — for now. nyti.ms/4vjClwB

Joao Fonseca upsets Novak Djokovic 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 The 2nd player to ever defeat Djokovic from 2 sets down. He was a break down in the 5th as well. 3 consecutive unreturnable serves from break point down at 6-5. That was something special.

Watching a nineteen year old Brazilian take down Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros is a reminder that our heroes can come from anywhere. Here's to new champions, new dreams and a future that belongs to all of us.

Can't remember many more spectacular endings than that. Fonseca facing a break point serving for the match against the best player in the history of the sport, produces three straight aces to secure the win. Unreal mentality and talent at 19 ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/athletic/731...

A wild upset in Paris. Janik Sinner and Novak Djokovic just got dropped on back-to-back days. João Fonseca, all of 19 years old, just came back from 2-0 to knock out Novak. Guaranteed first-time major winner coming next win at the French Open.

FONSECA TAKES OUT DJOKOVIC 😱 Joao Fonseca recovers from two sets down to defeat 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic #RolandGarros

2 - Joao Fonseca is now just the second teenager in the Open Era to: claim multiple wins from 0-2 down at a GS event ✅ defeat a former Men's Singles champion from 0-2 down at a GS event ✅ defeat Novak Djokovic at a GS event ✅ Miracle! #RolandGarros

João Fonseca consegue vitória épica sobre Nolan Djokovic: Em jogo de quase cinco horas, o brasileiro João Fonseca, de 20 anos, conseguiu a maior vitória de sua vida. Ele derrotou o sérvio Nolan Djokovic, 38 anos, multicampeão, de virada, por 3/2, com parciais de 4/6, 4/6, 6/3 7/5 e… #revistafórum

🇷🇸 (3) Novak Djokovic bows out of #RolandGarros after suffering a five-set marathon loss to 🇧🇷 (28) Joao Fonseca! 😳 And absolute THRILLER!

Joao Fonseca raised his game to come back from 2 sets down against Djokovic, then raised it to an unfathomable level to win the last 3 games from 4-5 down in the fifth. Mercy, that was good.

I love chaos and #RolandGarros on the men side is giving chaos. Are you not entertained 😅

Novak Djokovic’s latest quest for a record 25th Grand Slam was ended by Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca in the third round of the French Open.

THE BIGGEST DAY OF JOAO FONSECA’S TENNIS CAREER! 🤯🇧🇷 @rolandgarros #RolandGarros

Eine weitere Erschütterung der Macht. Novak Djokovic verliert nach knapp 5 Stunden gegen Joao Fonseca. Für Fonseca der endgültige Eintritt in die Weltspitze. Wir werden einen neuen Grand-Slam-Champion erleben. #FrenchOpen