He Australian Open will raise the curtain on the big tennis season and, like every year, the qualifying phase will be the first big test for eight Argentine playerswho will try to reach the main draw of the first Grand Slam of 2026 on the fast courts of Melbourne Park.
In the women’s branch, four Argentines will seek to make their way from the classification: Lourdes Carlé, Julia Riera, Jazmín Ortenzi y Luisina Giovannini. Meanwhile, among men, the qualy will also have an albiceleste presence through Roman Burruchaga, Marco Trungelliti, Juan Pablo Ficovich y Facundo Díaz Acosta.
Romanian Burruchagaranked 105th in the world ranking (the best position of his career), faces the next season with the aim of definitively consolidating himself within the Top 100. At 23 years old, 2025 marked a turning point in his professional career: he won his first three titles ATP Challenger in Piracicaba, Buenos Aires y Costa do Sauípe.
In addition, the son of the world champion with the National Team in Mexico 1986 had his debut in tournaments of Grand Slam after passing the classification of Roland Garroswhere he fell in the first round. He also signed outstanding performances in the Masters 1000 of Romereaching the second round after surprising the local team Lorenzo Sonego (39th) in his debut, and in the ATP the Gstaada competition in which they advanced to the quarterfinals.
For its part, Marco Trungelliti (129°) continues to compete at the highest level at 35 years and demonstrating validity in the professional circuit. During the last season he became champion in the Challenger de Lyon, Tulln y Targu Mures. The man from Santiago will compete for the twelfth time in the classification of the Australian Openan instance that he managed to overcome on three occasions (2016, 2020 and 2022). In the main draw of the oceanic competition he registers a victory, obtained in the 2016 edition against the Slovakian Jozef Kovalík (594°).
While Diaz Acosta (213°) will try to leave behind injuries that kept him out of competition for several months during 2025. The champion of the Argentina Open 2024, which reached 47th place in the world ranking, faces this stage with the aim of recovering continuity and getting closer to its best version.
Finally, Ficovich (161°) will reach Melbourne with the aim of getting among the 128 players in the main draw. The Argentine tennis player, 28 yearshas not yet managed to dispute a Main Draw of Grand Slam and will seek to do so for the first time at the Australian Open.
In the women’s box, Carle (152nd in the WTA ranking) and Riera (181°), both with an irregular season on the circuit, will seek in the tournament Oceania rank by second consecutive year to the main box of the first Grand Slam of the season.
For its part, Ortenzi (222nd), champion in 2025 of the W35 from Bastad and Ibaguéy Giovannini (225°), one of the greatest promises of Argentine women’s tennis and winner this year of five titles of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, the W35 of Buenos Aires, Boca Ratón, Pergamino and Chacabuco, in addition to the W15 of Antalyathey will try to reach for the first time in their careers the Main Draw of a tournament of this type of categories.
