The captain of the YPF Argentine Tennis Team, Javier Frana, confirmed the team that will travel to South Korea to play the first round of the Copa Davis 2026 qualifiers. The series will be played on February 7 and 8 at the Gijang Stadium de Busan, on a fast surface, and will mark the debut of several names with the albiceleste shirt in the maximum team competition.
The call presents a strong renewal. The payroll is made up of Thiago Tirante, Marco Trungelliti and Federico Gómez in singles, together with specialists in doubles Guido Andreozzi and Andrés Molteni. To Strap, Trungellites, Gómez y Andreozzi It will be the first experience representing the Argentina in the Copa Davisin a series that appears as a demanding test both in the sporting and logistical context.
The absence of several common surnames of the Argentine team did not go unnoticed and the player himself Brake He explained the reasons that led to this list: “The ITF changes for this year meant that Argentine tennis was clearly harmed because it is not compatible with the South American tour. depriving players of Davis Cup that participate in Rosario y Buenos Aires and being poorly prepared for the tour, which is vital for them due to the points at stake and the possibilities of playing in their country,” stated the captain.
The calendar appears as one of the main determining factors. Unlike the previous season, the first round of the Qualifiers 2026 It is held a week later than in 2025, which causes a direct overlap with two key tournaments on the national calendar: the Challenger 125 from Rosario and the beginning of ATP 250 del Argentina Open. Both competitions are part of the start of the South American tour on clay.
Added to this scenario is the complexity of moving to Asia. The national delegation will have to face nearly 40 hours of travel to reach Busan, including two international flights and a train leg, with no room to modify the competition dates due to the inflexible stance of the host country. That combo ended up influencing the team’s planning and the choice of those called up.
Despite the difficulties, Brake He was satisfied with the selected group and highlighted the symbolic and sporting value of this new group. “We are excited to have four players making their debut, who said yes due to their generosity and conviction. We are going to go to Korea to give our best, to give all our talent. We are convinced that we are going to have a positive result. We are going to face it to show that Argentine tennis is much bigger than the top 5 in the ranking. Argentine tennis will be very well represented,” concluded the captain.
Thiago Tirante (106°) was born in La Plata on April 10, 2001. From the beginning he was an outstanding tennis player, so much so that he reached the top of the Junior world ranking in 2019. In 2017 he earned his first ATP point and for almost two years he alternated junior and professional competitions. In 2020 he won his first title, the M15 from Monastir in it cement Tunisian and since then raised 6 trofeos del ATP Challenger Tour: Ambato, Morelos, Bogotá, México, Córdoba and Szczecin (the last two, in 2025). The man from La Plata entered the select group of the ATP Top 100reaching its peak in 2024 (90°). Since then it has remained between 90 and 135 uninterruptedly. With an offensive game, which has its highlights in the serve and the forehand, Tirante has shown a great adaptation to different playing surfaces.
Marco Trungellitithe oldest of the debutants, is from Santiago del Estero and is 35 years old. The right-hander is in the position 131 of the ranking and has 15 titles (9 ITF and 6 Challengers) and almost two decades as a professional. 2025 was the best year of his career, with 3 ATP Challenger Tour trophies, including two in the 100 category (Tulln and Lyon) and Targu Mures (50). Although he never managed to get into the top 100 of the ranking, he came close on several occasions. His peak was 112th in 2019 and he was in the top 150 in 6 different seasons (2016-19 and 2024-25). His name always appears in the big events of each year, with one particularity: surpassed the rankings of all Grand Slams on at least one occasionand a total of 9 times. In the Majors he accumulates 54 wins and the most outstanding of his career was against Marin Cilic, and Roland Garros 2016.
Guido Andreozzi He is 34 years old and was born in Buenos Aires. In mid-2024 he changed his career to focus on doubles, which had given him three Pan American medalsin Toronto 2015 (gold in mixed doubles and silver in men’s) and Lima 2019 (silver in men’s doubles). As a singles player he reached 70th place in the ranking in 2019 and as a doubles player, 28th (in 2025). It is currently located 33° in the ranks and boasts 3 ATP 250 titles: Bastad, Umag and Buenos Aires. This year he signed important victories such as against Heliovaara / Patten (7th) in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000 and Arévalo / Pavic (3rd) in the same instance of the ATP 500 in Beijing, both with the Frenchman Manuel Guinard as a partner.
Federico Gomez, 183° of the ATP ranking, is from Merlo, Buenos Aires and is 29 years old. Until 2019 he played college tennis in the United States, where he finished his degree in Sports Management. He then reentered the professional game and had an ascending career, especially in the last two years. He began 2023 in the top 700 of the ATP rankings, won his first title (the M15 in Naples) and finished the year 376th, competing on the ATP Challenger circuit. At that level, the first successes did not take long to arrive: in 2024 he won the Milan and Guayaquil titles, category 75; and Trieste, 100. These results allowed him to get into the top 130 of the ranking, debut in a Grand Slam tournament and do so in great fashion, in US Openwhere passed all three rounds of Qualy. In New York he left his mark: he registered the third fastest serve of the entire tournament (228 km/h). Last December he won his first title on fast courts, in the Challenger 100 from TemucoChile, and closed the year by winning the AAT First Division League representing the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
