2026 Australian Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
2026 Australian Open
Final
Champion	Carlos Alcaraz
Runner-up	Novak Djokovic
Score	2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
Details
Draw	128 (16Q / 8WC)
Seeds	32
Events
Qualification
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Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open.^[1] It was his first Australian Open title and seventh major title overall, becoming the youngest man in tennis history to complete the career Grand Slam in singles (at 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old). He was also the youngest man in the Open Era to reach the singles final of all four majors.^[2] The final was a rematch of the previous year's quarterfinal match, won by Djokovic. With the win, Alcaraz ended Djokovic's unbeaten 10–0 record in Australian Open finals.^[3]

Champion

Carlos Alcaraz

Runner-up

Novak Djokovic

Score2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5

Draw128 (16 / 8)

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Jannik Sinner was the two-time defending champion,^[4] but lost in the semifinals to Djokovic in a rematch of their semifinal match two years prior. Sinner's loss ended his streak of five consecutive major finals, dating to the 2024 US Open.^[5]

At 38 years and 255 days old, Djokovic became the oldest man in history to reach the Australian Open final, and the oldest major finalist overall since Ken Rosewall at the 1974 US Open.^[6] By making his 81st career major appearance, he equaled Roger Federer and Feliciano López's joint all-time record for the most total major main draw appearances, and equaled Federer's record 21 Australian Open main draw appearances. With his quarterfinal win, he recorded his 103rd Australian Open match win, breaking Federer's record for most match wins at the Australian Open. Djokovic was also the first man to record over 100 main-draw match wins at three different majors, having also done so at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.^[7]^[8]^[9]

At 5 hours and 27 minutes long, the semifinal between Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev was the longest Australian Open semifinal (surpassing the 2009 semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco), and third-longest overall match in tournament history.^[10] Valentin Vacherot became the first Monégasque singles player to reach the third round of a major in the Open Era.^[11] Learner Tien was the youngest player to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Nick Kyrgios in 2015.^[12]

For the first time in the Open Era, and first time since the 32-seed system was introduced at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, all the players who reached the fourth round at a major were seeded.^[13]^[14] For the first time in the Open Era, the top six seeds reached the quarterfinals in both the men's and women's singles competitions.^[15] This was also the first time since the 2019 French Open that the top four men's seeds all reached the semifinals of a major, and the first such occurrence at the Australian Open since 2013.^[16]

The tournament marked the final Australian Open appearance of 2014 champion, three-time major champion, and former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka; he lost in the third round to Taylor Fritz.^[17] At 40 years and 296 days old, Wawrinka was the oldest player to reach the third round of a major since Rosewall at the 1978 Australian Open. His second-round win marked his 58th five-set match, tied with Ivan Lendl for the most by any player in the Open Era.^[18]

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Quarterfinals						Semifinals							Final

1	Carlos Alcaraz	7	6	6

6	Alex de Minaur	5	2	1
						1	Carlos Alcaraz	6	7⁷	6³	6⁴	7

						3	Alexander Zverev	4	6⁵	7⁷	7⁷	5
3	Alexander Zverev	6	6⁵	6	7⁷

25	Learner Tien	3	7⁷	1	6³
													1	Carlos Alcaraz	2	6	6	7

													4	Novak Djokovic	6	2	3	5
5	Lorenzo Musetti	6	6	1^r

4	Novak Djokovic	4	3	3
						4	Novak Djokovic	3	6	4	6	6

						2	Jannik Sinner	6	3	6	4	4
8	Ben Shelton	3	4	4

2	Jannik Sinner	6	6	6

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

1	C Alcaraz	6	7⁷	6
	A Walton	3	6²	2			1	C Alcaraz	7⁷	6	6
	Y Hanfmann	7	4	6	7⁷			Y Hanfmann	6⁴	3	2
Q	Z Svajda	5	6	4	6³									1	C Alcaraz	6	6	6
Q	M Zheng	6	6	3	6⁰	6								32	C Moutet	2	4	1
	S Korda	4	4	6	7⁷	3	Q	M Zheng	6	1	3	0^r
	T Schoolkate	4	6¹	3			32	C Moutet	3	6	6	2
32	C Moutet	6	7⁷	6															1	C Alcaraz	7⁸	6	7
19	T Paul	6	6	6															19	T Paul	6⁶	4	5
	A Kovacevic	4	3	3			19	T Paul	6	6	6
	TA Tirante	7	6	6				TA Tirante	3	4	2
	A Vukic	5	2	2										19	T Paul	6	6	0
Q	N Budkov Kjær	4	3	4										14	A Davidovich Fokina	1	1	0^r
	R Opelka	6	6	6				R Opelka	3	6³	7	6	4
	F Misolic	2	3	3			14	A Davidovich Fokina	6	7⁷	5	4	6
14	A Davidovich Fokina	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

10	A Bublik	6	6	6
	J Brooksby	4	4	4			10	A Bublik	7	6	7
	C Ugo Carabelli	6⁵	1	2				M Fucsovics	5	4	5
	M Fucsovics	7⁷	6	6									10	A Bublik	7⁷	7⁷	6
	M Kecmanović	2	6	6	3	4								TM Etcheverry	6⁴	6⁵	4
	TM Etcheverry	6	3	4	6	6		TM Etcheverry	7⁷	6	6
Q	A Fery	7⁷	6	6			Q	A Fery	6⁴	1	3
20	F Cobolli	6¹	4	1														10	A Bublik	4	1	1
29	F Tiafoe	7⁷	6	6														6	A de Minaur	6	6	6
Q	J Kubler	6⁴	3	2			29	F Tiafoe	6	6	4	6
WC	P Kypson	2	3	6	3			F Comesaña	4	3	6	2
	F Comesaña	6	6	3	6								29	F Tiafoe	3	4	5
	M Navone	2	7⁷	4	2								6	A de Minaur	6	6	7
	H Medjedovic	6	6³	6	6			H Medjedovic	7⁷	2	2	1
LL	M McDonald	2	2	3			6	A de Minaur	6⁵	6	6	6
6	A de Minaur	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

3	A Zverev	6¹	6	6	6
	G Diallo	7⁷	1	4	2		3	A Zverev	6	4	6	6
	A Popyrin	6	3	6	6⁵	6⁴		A Müller	3	6	3	4
	A Müller	2	6	3	7⁷	7¹⁰							3	A Zverev	7	4	6	6
	E Nava	6	7	6⁵	4	7¹⁰							26	C Norrie	5	6	3	1
WC	K Jacquet	2	5	7⁷	6	6⁶		E Nava	1	6³	6	6⁵
	B Bonzi	0	7⁷	6	3	4	26	C Norrie	6	7⁷	4	7⁷
26	C Norrie	6	6²	4	6	6													3	A Zverev	6	6	6
18	F Cerúndolo	6	7⁷	6															18	F Cerúndolo	2	4	4
PR	Z Zhang	3	6⁰	3			18	F Cerúndolo	6	6	6
Q	L Draxl	5	0	4				D Džumhur	3	2	1
	D Džumhur	7	6	6									18	F Cerúndolo	6	7⁷	6
LL	A Blockx	3	6	3	4								13	A Rublev	3	6⁴	3
Q	J Faria	6	3	6	6		Q	J Faria	4	3	6	5
	M Arnaldi	4	2	3			13	A Rublev	6	6	4	7
13	A Rublev	6	6	6

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

11	D Medvedev	7	6	7⁷
	J de Jong	5	2	6²			11	D Medvedev	6⁹	6	6	6
	Q Halys	6	6	7⁷				Q Halys	7¹¹	3	4	2
	A Tabilo	2	2	6²									11	D Medvedev	6⁵	4	7	6	6
	K Majchrzak	7⁷	7	3	7⁷									F Marozsán	7⁷	6	5	0	3
	J Fearnley	6²	5	6	6³			K Majchrzak	3	4	6⁵
	F Marozsán	6	6	6²	6			F Marozsán	6	6	7⁷
24	A Rinderknech	3	4	7⁷	4															11	D Medvedev	4	0	3
25	L Tien	7⁷	4	3	7⁷	6														25	L Tien	6	6	6
	M Giron	6²	6	6	6³	2	25	L Tien	6	5	6	6
Q	E Ymer	6	5	4	1			A Shevchenko	2	7	1	0
	A Shevchenko	3	7	6	6								25	L Tien	7¹¹	6	6
	JM Cerúndolo	7⁷	5	1	1									N Borges	6⁹	4	2
WC	J Thompson	6³	7	6	6		WC	J Thompson	7¹¹	3	2	4
	N Borges	3	6	6	0			N Borges	6⁹	6	6	6
7	F Auger-Aliassime	6	4	4	0^r

2026 Australian Open – Men's singles

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players

Other entry information

Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

References

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Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Carlos Alcaraz^‡	12,050	400	2,000	13,650	Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [4]
2	2	Jannik Sinner	11,500	2,000	800	10,300	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [4]
3	3	Alexander Zverev	5,105	1,300	800	4,605	Semifinals lost to Carlos Alcaraz [1]
4	4	Novak Djokovic^†	4,780	800	1,300	5,280	Runner-up, lost to Carlos Alcaraz [1]
5	5	Lorenzo Musetti	4,105	100	400	4,405	Quarterfinals retired against Novak Djokovic [4]
6	6	Alex de Minaur	4,080	400	400	4,080	Quarterfinals lost to Carlos Alcaraz [1]
7	8	Félix Auger-Aliassime	3,990	50+250	10+25	3,725	First round retired against Nuno Borges
8	7	Ben Shelton	4,000	800	400	3,600	Quarterfinals lost to Jannik Sinner [2]
9	9	Taylor Fritz	3,840	100	200	3,940	Fourth round lost to Lorenzo Musetti [5]
10	10	Alexander Bublik	3,065	10+50	200+30	3,235	Fourth round lost to Alex de Minaur [6]
11	12	Daniil Medvedev	2,910	50	200	3,060	Fourth round lost to Learner Tien [25]
12	13	Casper Ruud	2,795	50	200	2,945	Fourth round lost to Ben Shelton [8]
13	15	Andrey Rublev	2,600	10+100	100+10	2,600	Third round lost to Francisco Cerúndolo [18]
14	14	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	2,635	200	100	2,535	Third round retired against Tommy Paul [19]
15	18	Karen Khachanov	2,320	100	100	2,320	Third round lost to Luciano Darderi [22]
16	17	Jakub Menšík	2,345	50	200	2,495	Fourth round withdrew due to abdominal tear
17	19	Jiří Lehečka	2,090	200	10	1,900	First round lost to Arthur Géa [Q]
18	21	Francisco Cerúndolo	2,035	100	200	2,135	Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev [3]
19	20	Tommy Paul	2,050	400	200	1,850	Fourth round lost to Carlos Alcaraz [1]
20	22	Flavio Cobolli	1,955	10	10	1,955	First round lost to Arthur Fery [Q]
21	23	Denis Shapovalov	1,650	50	50	1,650	Second round lost to Marin Čilić
22	25	Luciano Darderi	1,599	10	200	1,789	Fourth round lost to Jannik Sinner [2]
23	26	Tallon Griekspoor	1,565	10	10	1,565	First round lost to Ethan Quinn
24	28	Arthur Rinderknech	1,551	10+25	10+16	1,542	First round lost to Fábián Marozsán
25	29	Learner Tien	1,540	230	400	1,710	Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev [3]
26	27	Cameron Norrie	1,553	10	100	1,643	Third round lost to Alexander Zverev [3]
27	30	Brandon Nakashima	1,535	10	10	1,535	First round lost to Botic van de Zandschulp
28	32	João Fonseca	1,510	80	10	1,440	First round lost to Eliot Spizzirri
29	34	Frances Tiafoe	1,500	50	100	1,550	Third round lost to Alex de Minaur [6]
30	31	Valentin Vacherot	1,519	8	100	1,611	Third round lost to Ben Shelton [8]
31	35	Stefanos Tsitsipas	1,455	10	50	1,495	Second round lost to Tomáš Macháč
32	37	Corentin Moutet	1,383	100	100	1,383	Third round lost to Carlos Alcaraz [1]

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
11	Jack Draper	2,990	200	2,790	Left arm injury^[19]
16	Holger Rune	2,580	200	2,380	Left achilles tendon injury^[20]

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^‡	Champion
^†	Runner-up