Carlos Alcaraz on US Open Entry List – Tennis Now

By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Photograph credit score: Jennifer Pottheiser/USTA

Carlos Alcaraz spent final weekend in New York as a fan and is aiming for an August return as a participant.

Reigning US Open champions Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka lead the Entry Checklist for the 2026 US Open.

The 2026 US Open is ready for Sunday, August Twenty third-Sunday, September thirteenth. The US Open singles essential attracts start on Sunday, August thirtieth.

The highest-seeded Sabalenka, who defeated American Amanda Anisimova within the 2025 Flushing Meadows remaining, is competing to grow to be the primary girl to win three consecutive US Open singles titles since Serena Williams did it from 2012-2014.

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World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, the Wimbledon winner and 2024 US Open champion, headlines a males’s subject that options Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic, 2025 semifinalist Felix Auger-Aliassime, former champion Daniil Medvedev and Individuals Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Learner Tien, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul.

Alcaraz, who has not performed since injuring his wrist defeating Otto Virtanen in his Barcelona Open opener in April, additionally headlines the Cincinnati Open entry list.

A 12 months in the past, Alcaraz defeated Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev in succession to achieve the Cincinnati remaining the place he led archrival Jannik Sinner, 5-0, when the Italian retired from the Cincinnati Monday remaining.

In a US Open remaining attended by President Donald Trump, Alcaraz defeated Sinner 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 final September. The 22-year-old Spaniard claimed his sixth profession Grand Slam championship, avenged his four-set defeat to Sinner within the Wimbledon remaining and picked up a Grand Slam report $5 Million champion’s examine in Flushing Meadows final summer season.

“If you obtain the targets you arrange your self originally of the 12 months, it feels wonderful,” Alcaraz stated. “Since I obtained the prospect to get better the No. 1, it was one of many first targets that I had through the seasons, simply to attempt to get better the No. 1 as quickly as doable or finish the 12 months because the No. 1.

“For me, obtain that when once more, it’s, as I stated, it’s a dream. Doing in the identical day as getting one other Grand Slam feels even higher. It’s every part I’m working for, and I’m actually blissful to have the ability to stay these experiences.”

Final weekend, Alcaraz returned to New York to assist current the World Cup in a Louis Vuitton trophy trunk.

Total, Alcaraz has posted a 22-3 report in 2026, profitable titles on the Australian Open and in Doha.

World No. 2 Elena Rybakina, the reigning Australian Open champion, French Open champion Mirra Andreeva, two-time Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and 2024 US Open singles finalist Jessica Pegula are among the many prime ladies on the Entry Checklist.

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The 2026 US Open subject contains 17 complete former Grand Slam singles champions—11 ladies, six males—together with 10 former US Open champions.

The US leads all nations with 28 gamers (14 ladies and 14 males) incomes direct entry into the primary draw.

Eight complete gamers (5 ladies, three males) are utilizing particular or protected rankings, together with Lois Boisson (No. 38), Juncheng Shang (No. 56), Irina-Camelia Begu (No. 82) and Thanasi Kokkinakis (No. 84).

Each the lads’s and girls’s entries have been based mostly on the July 20 rankings. The ladies’s cutoff was No. 102, whereas the lads’s cutoff was No. 101.