{"id":622357,"date":"2025-12-09T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622357\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:50:18","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-headline-2026-australian-open-field-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/622357\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, headline 2026 Australian Open field | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Australian Open<br \/>\n    Alcaraz, Sinner, headline Australian Open field; Who else is on the entry list?<\/p>\n<p>10-time champ Djokovic, 2025 finalist Zverev also on Melbourne entry list<\/p>\n<p>December 09, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/alcaraz-sinner-australian-open-2026-entry-list.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in action at the 2025 Australian Open.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Staples\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n<p>        Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in action at the 2025 Australian Open.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/carlos-alcaraz\/a0e2\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jannik-sinner\/s0ag\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> will attempt to extend their dominance at the majors in January at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/australian-open\/580\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Open<\/a>, with the duo headlining <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/content\/dam\/tennisaustralia\/documents\/elite-player\/AO26-Men%27s-Singles-Main-Draw-Entry-List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the entry list for the 2026 edition of the hard-court major<\/a> in Melbourne. <\/p>\n<p> The No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Alcaraz and No. 2 Sinner have between them lifted the men\u2019s singles at the past eight Grand Slam events. That streak dates back to Sinner\u2019s maiden major triumph at the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/australian-open\/580\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Open<\/a>, and the Italian will arrive in Melbourne in January chasing his third consecutive crown having also triumphed at the season\u2019s opening major in 2025. <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/atp-awards\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/atp-awards-2025-winners-banner-ads_728x90.gif\" alt=\"2025 ATP Awards: And The Winners Are...\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> A six-time major champion, Alcaraz will be bidding to complete the Career Grand Slam in Melbourne, having already won at least once at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/roland-garros\/520\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roland Garros<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/wimbledon\/540\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/us-open\/560\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Open<\/a>. The Spaniard\u2019s best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/australian-open\/580\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Open<\/a> results across four appearances were his quarter-final finishes in 2024 and 2025. <\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/best-of-2025-rivalries-alcaraz-sinner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rivalries of 2025: Alcaraz vs. Sinner<\/a><\/p>\n<p> The 2025 Melbourne finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alexander-zverev\/z355\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> is third on the entry list, followed by record-10-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/australian-open\/580\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Open<\/a> titlist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/novak-djokovic\/d643\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>. The Serbian reached the semi-finals at all four majors in 2025 in pursuit of a record-extending 25th Grand Slam men\u2019s singles crown. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/felix-auger-aliassime\/ag37\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/taylor-fritz\/fb98\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Fritz<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/lorenzo-musetti\/m0ej\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/ben-shelton\/s0s1\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shelton<\/a> are among the other Top 10 stars on the entry list, with World No. 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/holger-rune\/r0dg\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holger Rune<\/a>, who is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon, the only player missing from the Top 100. World No. 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alex-de-minaur\/dh58\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex de Minaur<\/a> will spearhead the Australian charge on home soil. De Minaur reached the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Open Alcaraz, Sinner, headline Australian Open field; Who else is on the entry list? 10-time champ Djokovic,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-622357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115690172859206972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}