There is less and less time until the beginning of the Australian Open 2026the first Grand Slam tournament of the season and which will gather the attention of the entire tennis world. In the last few hours, to continue increasing the excitement, the draw for the qualy from Melbourne, which will have a total of 10 Argentine playerss: six in the men’s box and four in the ladies’ box.
To overcome the qualifying phase, and be able to get into the main draw (starting on Saturday, January 17), each tennis player will have to meet the difficult challenge of winning a total of three matches.
Argentines in the qualifiers for the Australian Open 2026
Gentlemen:
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Marco Trungelliti (130th in the world ranking) vs. Philip Sekulic (519°)
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Romanian Burruchaga (104°) vs. Ryan Peniston (218°)
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Juan Pablo Ficovich (159°) vs. Yuri Rodionov (195°)
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Alex Barrena (186°) vs. Tristan Boyer (178°)
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Facundo Díaz Acosta (210°) vs. Dusan Lajovic (125°)
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Genaro Olivieri (228th) vs. Dino Prizmic (126°)
Damas:
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Lourdes Carlé (148°) vs. Polina Iatcenko (163°)
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Julia Riera (178°) vs. Ena Shibahara (115°)
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Luisina Giovannini (220°) vs. Marina Bassols (236°)
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Jazmín Ortenzi (217°) vs. Alice Rame (191st)
On the other hand, Nicolás Jarry (133°) will debut against Titouan Droguet (152nd) and Tomás Barrios Vera (108°) He will do it with Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (197th), both representing the Chilean flag. For Peru, Gonzalo Bueno (214th) will have a difficult debut with Nikoloz Basilashvili (107th). Ecuador will have Álvaro Guillén Meza (193°)who will have a tough obstacle like the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (216th).
Colombia will have Daniel Galan (vs. Hugo Grenier) ya Nicolas Mejia (against Otto Virtanen). The only duel between Latinos that will take place will be played on Paraguayan Adolfo Vallejo against Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez. Finally, the Bolivians Hugo Dellien, who will face the local team, and former Top 20, Bernard Tomic, and Juan Prado Angelowhich will vs. Jerome Kym.
From Monday, January 12, until Thursday, January 15, the Australian Open main draws will be completed with the players who win the classification in the qualifying phase.
The qualy of the Australian Open 2026 can be followed, exclusively, on the Disney+ Plan Premium screen.
