Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz can each make more history with an Australian Open title, but they could face each other in the quarterfinals first.
The men’s singles draw is marked by the fact that third seed Alcaraz and seventh seed Djokovic share the same quarter. They met last year in the Wimbledon final (won by Alcaraz) and the Olympic final (won by Djokovic).
The top seed is Jannik Sinner, who won the Australian Open and US Open last year. He can break his tie with Nicola Pietrangeli for the most Grand Slam singles titles for an Italian.
If Alcaraz, 21, wins the Australian Open this year or next, he will break Don Budge’s record as the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam.
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Djokovic, 37, is a 24-time Grand Slam singles champion, including 10 titles in Australia.
He is tied with Australia’s Margaret Court for the most Grand Slam singles titles in history and just shy of Court’s record 11 titles in Australia (seven of Court’s crowns came at the amateur era in the 1960s).
In 2024, Djokovic failed to win any of the four Grand Slams for the first time since 2017. He did, however, win his first Olympic gold medal.
No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz, a US Open finalist, is the highest-ranked American at a Grand Slam since Andy Roddick was No. 3 at Wimbledon in 2007.
In 2025, the Olympic and Paralympic sporting events will determine the favorites for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games.