{"id":643319,"date":"2025-11-22T13:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=643319"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:48:10","slug":"complete-the-calendar-grand-slam-carlos-alcaraz-sets-his-sights-on-australian-open-2026-and-upcoming-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/complete-the-calendar-grand-slam-carlos-alcaraz-sets-his-sights-on-australian-open-2026-and-upcoming-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Complete the Calendar Grand Slam\u2019 &#8211; Carlos Alcaraz Sets His Sights on Australian Open 2026 and Upcoming Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz may have just completed a successful 2025 campaign, but he has already outlined some clear goals for the next year. The 22-year-old won eight trophies this year &ndash; including two majors at the French Open and US Open. But in the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>season<\/a>, Alcaraz wishes to capture the elusive Australian Open crown, and become a Calendar Grand Slam champion.<\/p><p>Currently a six-time winner at the majors, Alcaraz has won two titles each at the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Provided the Spaniard can succeed in Melbourne Park, he would become the youngest male player to win all four Grand Slam titles. He ended the ongoing season with a win-loss record of 71-9, and over $18 million added to his career prize money.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highlights Sinner vs Alcaraz Final | Roland-Garros 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aERKJuBtIGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carlos Alcaraz Targets Australian Open 2026 Trophy Ahead of New Season<\/h2><p>In a recent virtual interview with Tennis Channel, Alcaraz provided an update on his designated goals for 2026. <em>&ldquo;It is a really good goal for me, [to] complete the Calendar Grand Slam. I&rsquo;m really looking forward to win [in] Australia one day and I&rsquo;m really excited about it.<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Always chasing records &#127942; <br><br>An Australian Open 2026 trophy would make Alcaraz the youngest ever career grand slam winner &#128064; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M9u31uooXs\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/M9u31uooXs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisChannel\/status\/1991638095985311983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;The good part about it is that it&rsquo;s the first Grand Slam. We start, or I would say that I start the season straightaway by playing a Grand Slam, which could be tricky with not much rhythm at all. No competition rhythm let&rsquo;s say, but I&rsquo;m looking forward to it.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the best player in the world for a reason and he&rsquo;s also a great guy.&rdquo; &#129782;<br><br>Taylor Fritz congratulates Carlos Alcaraz and reflects on a successful week in Tokyo.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kinoshitajotennis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#kinoshitajotennis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TdzxhhEr9B\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/TdzxhhEr9B<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisChannel\/status\/1972982343993323769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>September 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Alcaraz&rsquo;s last title came at the end of September, when he defeated Taylor Fritz in the final of the Japan Open. Since then, <em>Carlitos <\/em>was defeated in the final of the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, before losing his opener in the Paris Masters at the hands of Cameron Norrie. Alcaraz ended his season with another runner-up trophy at the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals 2025.<\/p><p>Can Carlos Alcaraz dethrone his biggest rival Jannik Sinner to lift the 2026 Australian Open title in Melbourne? Only time will tell.<\/p><p><em>(Image Credits: Mike Frey, Imagn Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne remains the only unconquered Grand Slam territory for Alcaraz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":643322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4917,5069,4948,5619,5566,4936,5113,5067],"class_list":["post-643319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-australian-open","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-roland-garros","tag-tennis","tag-us-open","tag-wimbledon"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&lsquo;Complete the Calendar Grand Slam&rsquo; 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