The Australian Open once again lived up to expectations, offering two weeks of top-level tennis. The tournament ended this weekend with victories for Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.
Sunday’s men’s final will go down as one of the greatest moments in tennis history : after a fierce battle (2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5), Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to win his first Australian Open title. The Spaniard thus becomes the youngest player in the Open era to achieve the Grand Slam, i.e., to win each of the four major tournaments during his career.
After a first set dominated by Djokovic, Alcaraz came back to win the next three sets, claiming his seventh Grand Slam title at just 22 years of age.
In the women’s tournament, the final was also a high-level contest, with Elena Rybakina defeating Aryna Sabalenka (6-4, 4-6, 6-4). By defeating the world number one, Rybakina climbs the ATP rankings to become world number three and also wins her second Grand Slam title, nearly three and a half years after her victory at Wimbledon in 2022.
Records and new developments
The 2026 edition broke numerous attendance records, with more than 1.36 million spectators attending Melbourne Park over the fortnight, surpassing the already impressive figures of 1.2 million spectators in 2025. The final day alone attracted 56,931 people, a record for a closing Sunday.
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