Football is Mathematics
In the upcoming ATP Australian Open Quarter-finals qualification match on January 12, 2026, two talented players, L. van Assche and M. Echargui, are set to clash on the hard court surface.
Van Assche, a 21-year-old right-handed player standing at 1.78m, currently holds the 167th position in the ATP table with 352 points and a career-high ranking of 63.
On the other side of the net, Echargui, also a right-handed player with the same height as his opponent, aged 33, sits at the 136th spot in the ATP rankings with 452 points but has struggled in his recent matches, losing 5 out of the last 6.
The Forebet algorithm predicts a 58% probability of van Assche emerging victorious in this encounter between the two players with Echargui needing to stage a strong comeback to upset the odds.
| No. | Player | PTS |
|---|---|---|
|
129.
|
Vilius Gaubas (Lithuania) | 469 |
|
130.
|
Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) | 468 |
|
131.
|
Sebastian Ofner (Austria) | 463 |
|
132.
|
Coleman Wong Chak Lam (Hong Kong) |
456 |
|
133.
|
Nicolas Jarry (Chile) | 451 |
|
134.
|
Moez Echargui (Tunisia) | 448 |
|
135.
|
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (Norway) | 446 |
|
136.
|
Lukas Klein (Slovakia) |
444 |
|
137.
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Hugo Dellien (Bolivia) |
438 |
|
138.
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Andrea Pellegrino (Italy) |
438 |
|
139.
|
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) |
437 |
|
160.
|
Guy Den Ouden (Netherlands) |
372 |
|
161.
|
Pablo Ficovich Juan (Argentina) |
369 |
|
162.
|
Yosuke Watanuki (Japan) |
364 |
|
163.
|
Luka Mikrut (Croatia) |
361 |
|
164.
|
Daniel Merida Aguilar (Spain) |
353 |
|
165.
|
Luca van Assche (France) |
352 |
|
166.
|
Vitaliy Sachko (Ukraine) | 349 |
|
167.
|
Jurij Rodionov (Austria) |
348 |
|
168.
|
Yibing Wu (China) |
347 |
|
169.
|
Nicolas Mejia (Colombia) |
345 |
|
170.
|
Zsombor Piros (Hungary) |
341 |
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