Alcaraz, Sinner, headline Australian Open field; Who else is on the entry list?
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will attempt to extend their dominance at the majors in January at the Australian Open, with the duo headlining the entry list for the 2026 edition of the hard-court major in Melbourne.
The No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Alcaraz and No. 2 Sinner have between them lifted the men’s singles at the past eight Grand Slam events. That streak dates back to Sinner’s maiden major triumph at the 2024 Australian Open, and the Italian will arrive in Melbourne in January chasing his third consecutive crown having also triumphed at the season’s opening major in 2025.
[ATP AWARDS]A six-time major champion, Alcaraz will be bidding to complete the Career Grand Slam in Melbourne, having already won at least once at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. The Spaniard’s best Australian Open results across four appearances were his quarter-final finishes in 2024 and 2025.
The 2025 Melbourne finalist Alexander Zverev is third on the entry list, followed by record-10-time Australian Open titlist Novak Djokovic. The Serbian reached the semi-finals at all four majors in 2025 in pursuit of a record-extending 25th Grand Slam men’s singles crown.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Taylor Fritz, Lorenzo Musetti and Ben Shelton are among the other Top 10 stars on the entry list, with World No. 15 Holger Rune, who is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon, the only player missing from the Top 100. World No. 7 Alex de Minaur will spearhead the Australian charge on home soil. De Minaur reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time in 2025.
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