Carlos Alcaraz defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-4 in the Vienna Open 2026 final on Sunday. The Spaniard won his fourth title of the season and the 28th of his career after producing a dominant performance in 97 minutes.
Alcaraz also extended his winning streak against De Minaur to seven matches. The 23-year-old did not drop a single set in five matches during the ATP 500 tournament.
Alcaraz started the final aggressively and broke De Minaur’s serve in the opening game. He continued to put pressure on the Australian and established a double-break advantage.
“My team and I know pretty well Alex de Minaur’s level,” Alcaraz said. “His style is really dangerous. Really flat balls that slip a lot through the court really low. It’s really difficult to increase the power that I want to in every shot and every ball. He’s really fast, so you have to earn every point. You might hit a winner against everybody, except him. I had to be really focused on that, so we knew I had to start the match really focused, increasing my speed, my pace in every shot.
“I tried to be aggressive and show him that if he wants to win, he has to play better [than me], more aggressive, more solid, and be smarter than me. I’m just really happy that at the end I found my way, played great, and obviously it has been a really emotional and amazing week for me. I learned a lot, to keep going forward, step by step, playing on indoor courts, and trying to gain more confidence playing on this surface.”
The Spaniard leads De Minaur 7-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, and he is now 15-0 against Australians in tour-level matches overall.
