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TENNIS365 · NEWS Carlos Alcaraz is right about tennis going in the ‘wrong direction’ – but wrong about Jannik Sinner Alcaraz Sinner
World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz is 34–4 in 2026 with three titles (Australian Open, Doha and Japan Open) and a run to the Monte Carlo final.
Carlos Alcaraz’s last match was on 6 Oct at Japan Open, a win over Jiri Lehecka.
As of 8 October 2026, 19:46 UTC.
Latest result
Opponent, time and what people predict.
No match scheduled right now. Last played 6 Oct at Japan Open: beat Jiri Lehecka 7–6 6–4.
World ranking
No. 3
No change since 28 Sept
2026 season
34–4
Last 5 matches
W W W W W
Career titles
28
Grand Slams
7
34–4
2026 record
3 titles (Australian Open, Doha and Japan Open), runner-up at Monte Carlo.
- Hard
- 28–3
- Clay
- 5–1
17
Match winning streak
Others matches to Indian Wells, 10 Jan to 13 Mar.
- Vs current top 10
- 5–3
- Deciding sets
- 7–2
- Tiebreaks
- 10–7
Tournament Run
Carlos Alcaraz is not in a draw this week - the bracket appears once a tournament starts.
Market profile
Where Polymarket's longer-term markets place Carlos Alcaraz, at the time this page was built. Market-implied, not a tip or a forecast of ours.
As of 8 October 2026, 19:46 UTC.
News & Insights
What is happening around Carlos Alcaraz - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.
Carlos Alcaraz has reached the Japan Open final against Jiri Lehecka after advancing through the semi-finals, though one headline references a collapse during that semi-final match. He has won matches against Michelsen, Shapovalov, and Munar at the tournament. Alcaraz is also in contention at the Shanghai Masters draw.
AI-generated summary of recent headlines. Generated 5 Oct 2026.
Insights
- TENNIS365 · NEWS Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner sign up for 2027 event just before the Australian Open Alcaraz Sinner
- TENNIS365 · NEWS Carlos Alcaraz reveals if he is ‘surprised’ by Alexander Zverev winning two Grand Slams Alcaraz Zverev
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- TENNIS365 · NEWS Carlos Alcaraz has a message for Holger Rune after his early Shanghai Masters exit Alcaraz Rune
- TENNIS365 · NEWS Carlos Alcaraz gets ‘over 20 Grand Slams’ prediction after his ‘most breathtaking’ feat yet Alcaraz
Serve & return, 2026
How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the ATP top 100.
12 matches with statistics
On serve 3 points better than the ATP median at holding serve
- Aces per match
- 3.7 tour median 6.1 · fewer than most
- Double faults per match
- 2.1 tour median 2.6 · fewer than most
- 1st serve points won
- 73% tour median 73%
- 2nd serve points won
- 52% tour median 52%
- Service games held
- 85% tour median 82%
- Break points saved
- 64% tour median 63%
On return 6 points better than the ATP median at converting break points
- Return games won
- 34% tour median 22%
- Break points converted
- 46% tour median 40%
Career
28 singles titles · best year-end No. 1 (2022, 2025). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.
Results
Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Tournament | Score | People predicted |
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| 6 Oct 2026 | W | Jiri Lehecka | Japan Open · Final | 7–6 6–4 | 78% |
| 5 Oct 2026 | W |  Jaume Munar | Japan Open · Semi-finals | 5–7 6–3 6–1 | 88% |
| 4 Oct 2026 | W |  Denis Shapovalov | Japan Open · Quarter-finals | 7–6(3) 2–1 ret. | 89% |
| 3 Oct 2026 | W |  Matteo Arnaldi | Japan Open · Round of 16 | 7–6 6–1 | 93% |
| 1 Oct 2026 | W |  Alex Michelsen | Japan Open · Round of 32 | 7–6 4–6 6–1 | |
| 27 Sept 2026 | W |  Alex de Minaur | ATP Laver Cup | Score not recorded | |
| 26 Sept 2026 | W |  Taylor Fritz | ATP Laver Cup | 6–3 4–6 13–11 | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | L |  Ben Shelton | US Open · Quarter-finals | 7–6(5) 1–6 3–6 6–1 6–7(7) |
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| 6 Sept 2026 | W |  Tommy Paul | US Open · Round of 16 | 6–4 6–3 6–4 | |
| 4 Sept 2026 | W |  Yibing Wu | US Open · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–4 6–1 | |
| 3 Sept 2026 | W |  Jaime Faria | US Open · Round of 64 | 4–6 6–0 6–3 6–2 | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | W |  Roman Safiullin | US Open · Round of 128 | 6–4 6–4 6–4 | |
| 16 Apr 2026 | w/o |  Tomas Machac | Barcelona · Round of 16 | w/o | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | W |  Otto Virtanen | Barcelona · Round of 32 | 6–4 6–2 | |
| 12 Apr 2026 | L |  Jannik Sinner | Monte Carlo · Final | 6–7(5) 3–6 | |
| 11 Apr 2026 | W |  Valentin Vacherot | Monte Carlo · Semi-finals | 6–4 6–4 | |
| 10 Apr 2026 | W |  Alexander Bublik | Monte Carlo · Quarter-finals | 6–3 6–0 | |
| 9 Apr 2026 | W | Tomas Martin Etcheverry | Monte Carlo · Round of 16 | 6–1 4–6 6–3 | |
| 7 Apr 2026 | W |  Sebastian Baez | Monte Carlo · Round of 32 | 6–1 6–3 | |
| 22 Mar 2026 | L |  Sebastian Korda | Miami · Round of 32 | 3–6 7–5 4–6 | |
| 21 Mar 2026 | W |  Joao Fonseca | Miami · Round of 64 | 6–4 6–4 | |
| 14 Mar 2026 | L |  Daniil Medvedev | Indian Wells · Semi-finals | 3–6 6–7(3) | |
| 13 Mar 2026 | W |  Cameron Norrie | Indian Wells · Quarter-finals | 6–3 6–4 | |
| 11 Mar 2026 | W |  Casper Ruud | Indian Wells · Round of 16 | 6–1 7–6(2) | |
| 10 Mar 2026 | W |  Arthur Rinderknech | Indian Wells · Round of 32 | 6–7(6) 6–3 6–2 | |
| 8 Mar 2026 | W |  Grigor Dimitrov | Indian Wells · Round of 64 | 6–2 6–3 | |
| 21 Feb 2026 | W |  Arthur Fils | Doha · Final | 6–2 6–1 | |
| 20 Feb 2026 | W |  Andrey Rublev | Doha · Semi-finals | 7–6(3) 6–4 |
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| 19 Feb 2026 | W |  Karen Khachanov | Doha · Quarter-finals | 6–7(3) 6–4 6–3 | |
| 18 Feb 2026 | W |  Valentin Royer | Doha · Round of 16 | 6–2 7–5 | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | W | Arthur Rinderknech | Doha · Round of 32 | 6–4 7–6(5) | |
| 1 Feb 2026 | W |  Novak Djokovic | Australian Open · Final | 2–6 6–2 6–3 7–5 | |
| 30 Jan 2026 | W |  Alexander Zverev | Australian Open · Semi-finals | 6–4 7–6(5) 6–7(3) 6–7(4) 7–5 | |
| 27 Jan 2026 | W | Alex de Minaur | Australian Open · Quarter-finals | 7–5 6–2 6–1 | |
| 25 Jan 2026 | W | Tommy Paul | Australian Open · Round of 16 | 7–6(6) 6–4 7–5 | |
| 23 Jan 2026 | W |  Corentin Moutet | Australian Open · Round of 32 | 6–2 6–4 6–1 | |
| 21 Jan 2026 | W |  Yannick Hanfmann | Australian Open · Round of 64 | 7–6(4) 6–3 6–2 | |
| 18 Jan 2026 | W |  Adam Walton | Australian Open · Round of 128 | 6–3 7–6(2) 6–2 | |
| 10 Jan 2026 | W | Jannik Sinner | Others matches | 7–5 7–6(6) |