Australian Open 2026 Winners: Alcaraz and Rybakina
Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 Australian Open men’s singles title, while Elena Rybakina won the women’s singles championship.
Timeline
- January 31, 2026: Rybakina defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s singles final.
- February 1, 2026: Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final.
Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina were the Australian Open 2026 singles champions. Alcaraz won the men’s final against Novak Djokovic 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5. Rybakina won the women’s final against Aryna Sabalenka 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. [1][2][3]
The men’s title was Alcaraz’s first Australian Open crown. The tournament reported that the 22-year-old became the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam, meaning he had won each of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open at least once. [1][2]
Rybakina also won her first Australian Open title. Her victory made her the first player representing Kazakhstan to win an Australian Open singles championship and added a second major singles title after Wimbledon 2022, according to the tournament’s official coverage. [1][3]
Both finals required a recovery after losing a set. Alcaraz lost the opening set before taking the next three; Rybakina won the first, lost the second and recovered from an early deficit in the deciding set. Those paths explain why the bare final scores do not tell the whole competitive story. [2][3]
The singles champions should be separated from the tournament’s doubles, junior and wheelchair winners. Australian Open 2026 awarded titles across 19 events. A search for “Australian Open winners” can therefore be broader than the two headline singles results summarized here. [1]
Official tournament recaps provide the stable spelling, scores and milestones. Later head-to-head results do not change these championships. Alcaraz remains the 2026 men’s singles winner and Rybakina the 2026 women’s singles winner even as rankings and later-season records evolve. [1][2][3]
The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam tournament on the annual calendar, but “first” in that sense does not rank its importance above or below the other majors. The result page records a specific edition in Melbourne. Later 2026 major winners belong to separate tournaments and should not be folded into this title record. [1][2][3]
Sources
- Australian Open — rapid recap of AO 2026
- Australian Open — Alcaraz completes Slam set
- Australian Open — Rybakina beats Sabalenka