Alex de Minaur

Alex de Minaur lost the Vienna final to Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday 1 November 2026 [3]. On the way to the final he beat Alexander Zverev, whom ABC described as soon-to-be world No. 1 [5].

November 2026

ABC's match report was headlined "De Minaur stuns new number one Zverev in Vienna" [5]. Zverev had won his first-round match in Vienna on 27 October, and a report dated 28 October said he was one win away from the top ranking [8]. That first-round match was 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(11) and lasted three hours and five minutes [8].

Alcaraz, the second seed and a wild card, won the final 6-1, 6-4 [3]. De Minaur was the No. 5 seed in the draw [3]. The ATP results page for Vienna 2026 lists the men's singles final as played on Sunday 1 November [3].

Sydney, Alicante and a Uruguayan father

De Minaur was born in Sydney, Australia, and plays right-handed [2]. The ATP bio gives his father as Uruguayan and his mother as Spanish, and says he trains in Alicante, Spain [1]. Roland-Garros lists Adolfo Gutierrez and Matt Reid as his coaches [2]. The ATP bio says he was mentored by former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt [1]. He started playing at four, after his mother signed him up for lessons, and moved to Alicante at five, splitting his childhood between Spain and Australia [1]. The ATP bio also says Tennis Australia gives him some support [1].

Rankings: No. 6 in 2024, No. 5 in 2026

He reached No. 6 in July 2024 [2]. The ATP bio gives his highest ranking as No. 5, reached in July 2026 [1]. He finished 2024 ranked No. 9 and 2025 ranked No. 7 [1].

The ATP bio credits him with 11 ATP Tour titles and seven Grand Slam quarter-finals [1]. In the 2024-25 season he became the first Australian to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in singles since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004 [1].

Titles and big wins

His titles include the Acapulco ATP 500 in 2023 and 2024, Washington in 2025 and Rotterdam in 2026 [1]. He recorded a personal-best 56 match wins in 2025 [1]. His first ATP doubles title came at Cincinnati in 2020, alongside Carreño Busta [1].

At the United Cup he beat No. 2 Rafael Nadal in 2023 and No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 2024 [1]. At the Laver Cup he beat Andy Murray for Team World in 2022 and No. 3 Alexander Zverev in 2025 [1].

His first Grand Slam quarter-final came at the 2020 US Open, and from Roland-Garros 2024 to the 2025 Australian Open he reached four quarter-finals in a row [1]. His first Masters 1000 quarter-final, semi-final and final all came at Toronto in 2023 [1].

Davis Cup for Australia

In the 2022 season he was 6-1 in Davis Cup play, when Australia reached its first final since 2003 [1]. The 2026 tie against Poland was played in Brisbane at Pat Rafter Arena, and Australia won it 3-1 [9] [10]. De Minaur beat Maks Kasnikowski 6-3, 6-0 on the Saturday [10]. On the Sunday he beat Kamil Majchrzak 6-3, 6-3 in the final rubber to clinch the tie [9]. Max Purcell and Rinky Hijikata won the doubles rubber [9]. The winner advances to the 2027 Davis Cup Qualifiers [10].

Alcaraz and the head-to-head

Alcaraz beat de Minaur 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-final on 27 January 2026. That win put Alcaraz's Lexus ATP Head2Head lead at 6-0 [6]. The ATP report says de Minaur had won only two sets in the rivalry since 2022 [6]. That quarter-final sent Alcaraz into his first semi-final at Melbourne Park [6].

An earlier Vienna semi-final

In October 2025 Jannik Sinner beat de Minaur 6-3, 6-4 in the Vienna semi-final [4].

The race to Turin

Before the Vienna event, Tennis Majors listed de Minaur 10th in the PIF ATP Live Race, first outside the cut, with 2,880 points [7]. The article said a win would take him to 2,930 points, and within 254 points of Rafael Jodar, who was ninth on 3,184 [7]. The same preview said he was due to play Learner Tien in Vienna that Wednesday, and that Tien was 8-9 against top-10 opponents [7].

The sources used here do not give his place in the race to Turin after Vienna.