French tennis player Luca Van Assche faces Mariano Navone at Paris Masters
The gist
French tennis player Luca Van Assche, world no.46, was scheduled to play Mariano Navone in the Paris Masters first round.
A win could lift his ranking, with the two having never met on the main tour.
How it unfolded
- 2024Van Assche reached the third round of the Australian Open, becoming the youngest French player in the Open era to do so, and was the youngest player in the ATP Top 100.
- Aug 4, 2026Van Assche won his first ATP Tour title at the Millennium Estoril Open, beating Alexander Blockx, after defeating top seed Andrey Rublev earlier in the event.
- Sep 3, 2026Van Assche won the inaugural ATP Quebec National Bank Challenger singles title.