The 2026 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season officially began on 18 January 2026, with the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
During this season, Alcaraz: Became the youngest man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors Won his first title at the Australian Open, and seventh major title overall Became the youngest man in history to achieve the Career Grand Slam Held the world No. 1 ranking for a career total of 66 weeks.
Yearly summary
Early hard court season During the December preseason, Alcaraz parted ways with longtime coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Australian Open Alcaraz began his 2026 season at the Australian Open. He reached the semifinals without dropping a single set. In the semifinal against Alexander Zverev, he won the first two sets before struggling due to cramps. After dropping the third and fourth sets in a pair of tiebreaks, he resurged to win the decider. At 5 hours and 27 minutes, this was the longest Australian Open semifinal and third-longest overall match in tournament history. Alcaraz became the youngest man in the Open Era to reach the final of all four majors, breaking the record set by Jim Courier in 1993. Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the final to clinch his first Australian Open title, becoming the youngest man in history to complete a Career Grand Slam at 22 years, 272 days old. He also became the youngest man in the Open Era to win seven major singles titles.
Alcaraz then withdrew from the Rotterdam Open, where he was defending champion, citing tiredness.
Qatar Open Alcaraz resumed his season at the Qatar Open. He dropped just one set, to Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinal, on his way to the final. In the final, he defeated Arthur Fils in 50 minutes, the fastest completed match of his career to date, to claim his second title of the year.
Sunshine Double tournaments
Indian Wells Alcaraz then returned to Indian Wells. With his quarterfinal victory against Cameron Norrie, he became the third and youngest man to reach five consecutive Indian Wells semifinals after Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. This was also Alcaraz's 34th consecutive win on outdoor hardcourt – the third longest-such streak in the Open Era, tied with Pete Sampras, behind Roger Federer (46) and Jimmy Connors (55) respectively. In the semifinal, he met Daniil Medvedev for a rematch of the 2023 and 2024 finals. Despite being the heavy favorite, Alcaraz lost in straight sets.
Miami Open At the Miami Open, Alcaraz defeated João Fonseca in their first career meeting before being upset by Sebastian Korda in the third round.
Clay season
Monte Carlo Masters
Alcaraz dropped just one set, to Tomás Martín Etcheverry, on the way to the final of the Monte Carlo Masters. He lost the match and the world No. 1 ranking to rival Jannik Sinner in their only match of the season.
Barcelona Open
A few days later, Alcaraz played his first match at the Barcelona Open. Towards the end of the first set he received a medical timeout to treat his forearm. While he won the match comfortably in straight sets, Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the tournament soon afterwards, citing an unspecified wrist injury later identified as tenosynovitis.
Injury layoff A few days after he withdrew from Barcelona, Alcaraz also withdrew from the Madrid Open to continue his recovery. At the end of April, Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the Italian Open and the French Open, both tournaments where he was defending champion, ending his clay season. In May, he announced his withdrawal from the Queen's Club Championships, where he was defending champion, and Wimbledon, missing the entirety of the grass season. He did not enter the Canadian Open, and withdrew from the Cincinnati Open, where he was defending champion.
North American hard court swing
US Open On August 20, Alcaraz announced he would return to competition at the US Open, where he was defending champion. During his injury layoff his ranking had dropped to world No. 3, but he entered the tournament as second seed due to Jannik Sinner's withdrawal. On August 22, the tournament confirmed longtime speculation that Alcaraz would also enter the mixed doubles draw partnered with Serena Williams. They defeated doubles specialists Erin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool, but lost in the second round.
Alcaraz played his first singles match in five months against Roman Safiullin and won in straight sets, although his average serve speed was noticeably reduced. He quickly shook off the rust and reached his fifth career quarterfinals at the US Open, losing one set on the way, to Jaime Faria. He extended his winning streak at the majors to a personal best 18 matches.
All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Carlos Alcaraz in 2026.
Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score 1 / 346 1R Adam Walton 81 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–2 2 / 347 2R Yannick Hanfmann 102 Win 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2 3 / 348 3R Corentin Moutet (32) 37 Win 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 4 / 349 4R Tommy Paul (19) 20 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–4, 7–5 5 / 350 QF Alex de Minaur (6) 6 Win 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 6 / 351 SF Alexander Zverev (3) 3 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–5 7 / 352 W Novak Djokovic (4)4 Win (1) 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 Withdrew 8 / 353 1R Arthur Rinderknech 30 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 9 / 354 2R Valentin Royer 56 Win 6–2, 7–5 10 / 355 QF Karen Khachanov (7) 18 Win 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3 11 / 356 SF Andrey Rublev (5) 14 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–4 12 / 357 W Arthur Fils 40 Win (2) 6–2, 6–1 – 1R Bye 13 / 358 2R Grigor Dimitrov 42 Win 6–2, 6–3 14 / 359 3R Arthur Rinderknech (26) 28 Win 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2 15 / 360 4R Casper Ruud (13) 13 Win 6–1, 7–6(7–2) 16 / 361 QF Cameron Norrie (27) 29 Win 6–3, 6–4 17 / 362 SF Daniil Medvedev (11) 11 Loss 3–6, 6–7(3–7) – 1R Bye 18 / 363 2R João Fonseca 39 Win 6–4, 6–4 19 / 364 3R Sebastian Korda (32) 36 Loss 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 – 1R Bye 20 / 365 2R Sebastián Báez 65 Win 6–1, 6–3 21 / 366 3R Tomás Martín Etcheverry 30 Win 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 22 / 367 QF Alexander Bublik (8) 11 Win 6–3, 6–0 23 / 368 SF Valentin Vacherot (32) 23 Win 6–4, 6–4 24 / 369 F Jannik Sinner (2) 2 Loss 6–7(5–7), 3–6 25 / 370 1R Otto Virtanen 130 Win 6–4, 6–2 – 2R Tomáš Macháč 47 Walkover Withdrew Withdrew Withdrew Withdrew Withdrew Withdrew 26 / 371 1R Roman Safiullin 98 Win 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 27 / 372 2R Jaime Faria 72 Win 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 28 / 373 3R Wu Yibing 113 Win 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 29 / 374 4R Tommy Paul (20) 21 Win 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 30 / 375 QF Ben Shelton (8) 9 Loss 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–10) 31 / 376 Day 2 Taylor Fritz 10 Win 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] – Day 3 Alex de Minaur 9 Not played 32 / 377 1R Alex Michelsen 34 Win 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–1 33 / 378 2R Matteo Arnaldi 37 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–1 34 / 379 QF Denis Shapovalov 46 Win 7–6(7–3), 2–1 ret. 35 / 380 SF Jaume Munar (Q) 64 Win 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 36 / 381 W Jiří Lehečka 19 Win (3) 7–6(7–4), 6–4Source: Player activity
Doubles matches
Mixed doubles matches
Exhibition matches Singles
Schedule Per Carlos Alcaraz, this is his current 2026 schedule (subject to change). Singles schedule DateTournamentLocationTierSurfacePrev.resultPrev.pointsNewpointsResult 18 January 2026–1 February 2026 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard QF 400 2000 Champion (defeated Novak Djokovic, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5) 9 February 2026–15 February 2026 Rotterdam Open Rotterdam, Netherlands ATP 500 Hard (i) W 500 0 Withdrew 16 February 2026–21 February 2026 Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP 500 Hard QF 100 500 Champion (defeated Arthur Fils 6–2, 6–1) 4 March 2025–15 March 2026 Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States ATP 1000 Hard SF 400 400 Semifinals (lost to Daniil Medvedev, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)) 18 March 2026–29 March 2026 Miami Open Miami, United States ATP 1000 Hard 2R 10 50 Third round (lost to Sebastian Korda, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6) 5 April 2026–12 April 2026 Monte-Carlo Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France ATP 1000 Clay W 1000 650 Final (lost to Jannik Sinner, 6–7(5–7), 3–6) 13 April 2026–19 April 2026 Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain ATP 500 Clay F 330 50 Second round (withdrew) 22 April 2026–3 May 2026 Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP 1000 Clay A 0 0 Withdrew 6 May 2026–17 May 2026 Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP 1000 Clay W 1000 0 24 May 2026–7 June 2026 French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay W 2000 0 15 June 2026–21 June 2026 Queen's Club Championships London, Great Britain ATP 500 Grass W 500 0 29 June 2026–12 July 2026 Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass F 1300 0 2 August 2026–13 August 2026 Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP 1000 Hard A 0 0 13 August 2026–23 August 2026 Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States ATP 1000 Hard W 1000 0 30 August 2026–13 September 2026 US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard W 2000 400 Quarterfinals (lost to Ben Shelton, 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–10)) 25 September 2026–27 September 2026 Laver Cup London, Great Britain Laver Cup Hard (i) N/A N/A N/A Team Europe defeated Team World, 13–5 30 September 2026–6 October 2026 Japan Open Tokyo, Japan ATP 500 Hard W 500 500 Champion (defeated Jiří Lehečka 7–6(7–4), 6–4) 7 October 2026–18 October 2026 Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP 1000 Hard A 0 2 November 2026–8 November 2026 Paris Masters Paris, France ATP 1000 Hard (i) 2R 10 15 November 2026–22 November 2026 ATP Finals Turin, Italy Tour Finals Hard (i) F 1000 Total year-end points (as of Japan Open) 11040 4550Total year-end points 12050 5560 6490 differenceSource: Rankings breakdown
Yearly records
Head-to-head matchups Carlos Alcaraz has a ATP match win–loss record in the 2026 season. His record against players ranked in the ATP rankings Top 10 at the time of the meeting is . Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:
Tommy Paul 2–0 Arthur Rinderknech 2–0 Matteo Arnaldi 1–0 Sebastián Báez 1–0 Alexander Bublik 1–0 Grigor Dimitrov 1–0 Novak Djokovic 1–0 Tomás Martín Etcheverry 1–0 Jaime Faria 1–0 Arthur Fils 1–0 João Fonseca 1–0 Taylor Fritz 1–0 Yannick Hanfmann 1–0 Karen Khachanov 1–0 Jiří Lehečka 1–0 Alex Michelsen 1–0 Alex de Minaur 1–0 Corentin Moutet 1–0 Jaume Munar 1–0 Cameron Norrie 1–0 Valentin Royer 1–0 Andrey Rublev 1–0 Casper Ruud 1–0 Roman Safiullin 1–0 Denis Shapovalov 1–0 Valentin Vacherot 1–0 Otto Virtanen 1–0 Adam Walton 1–0 Wu Yibing 1–0 Alexander Zverev 1–0 Sebastian Korda 0–1 Daniil Medvedev 0–1 Ben Shelton 0–1 Jannik Sinner 0–1
* Statistics correct .
Top 10 record (4–2) CategoryGrand Slam (3–1)ATP Finals (0–0)Laver Cup (1–0)Masters 1000 (0–1)500 Series (0–0)250 Series (0–0)Wins by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)Wins by settingOutdoor (3–2)Indoor (1–0) ResultW–LPlayerEventSurfaceScoreWin Alex de Minaur6Australian Open, AustraliaHardQF7–5, 6–2, 6–11Win Alexander Zverev3Australian Open, AustraliaHardSF6–4, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7), 7–51Win Novak Djokovic4Australian Open, AustraliaHardF2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–51Loss Jannik Sinner2Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceClayF6–7(5–7), 3–61Loss Ben Shelton9US Open, United StatesHardQF7–6(7–5), 1–6, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(7–10)3Win Taylor Fritz10Laver Cup, United KingdomHard (i)RR6–3, 4–6, [13–11]3
Finals Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) CategoryGrand Slam (1–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP 1000 (0–1)ATP 500 (2–0)ATP 250 (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (3–1)Indoor (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Novak Djokovic2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5Win2–0Feb 2026Qatar Open, QatarATP 500Hard Arthur Fils 6–2, 6–1Loss2–1Apr 2026Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceATP 1000Clay Jannik Sinner 6–7(5–7), 3–6Win3–1Oct 2026Japan Open, JapanATP 500Hard Jiří Lehečka 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Earnings Bold font denotes tournament win