Players to watch

The players who won the biggest titles in tennis in 2025 and 2026, with what they have won. Titles are counted after the 2026 US Open.

ATP

Carlos Alcaraz

ESP Spain

Seven majors, including the career Grand Slam completed in Melbourne in 2026.

7 Grand Slam singles titles

Carlos Alcaraz has won seven Grand Slam singles titles: the US Open (2022 and 2025), Wimbledon (2023 and 2024), Roland Garros (2024 and 2025) and the 2026 Australian Open, where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final to complete a career Grand Slam.

He won silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He withdrew from Roland Garros in 2026 with a wrist injury.

Champion at all four Grand Slams
Beat Jannik Sinner in the 2025 Roland Garros final in five sets
Olympic singles silver medallist, Paris 2024

ATP

Jannik Sinner

ITA Italy

Five major titles, and the first Italian man to win Wimbledon.

5 Grand Slam singles titles

Jannik Sinner won his first major at the 2024 Australian Open. He has since won five Grand Slam singles titles: the Australian Open (2024 and 2025), the US Open (2024) and Wimbledon (2025 and 2026).

He also won the ATP Finals in Turin in 2024 and 2025, and played for Italy in the Davis Cup wins of 2023 and 2024.

Wimbledon champion in 2025 and 2026 (he beat Alexander Zverev in the 2026 final)
Beat Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 ATP Finals final, 7-6(4), 7-5
Lost the 2025 Roland Garros and US Open finals to Carlos Alcaraz

ATP

Alexander Zverev

GER Germany

Won his first two majors in 2026, at Roland Garros and the US Open.

2 Grand Slam singles titles

Alexander Zverev won his first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 2026, beating Flavio Cobolli in five sets in his fourth major final. It made him the first German man to win a major singles title since Boris Becker in 1996.

He added the US Open in September 2026, beating Ben Shelton in the final.

Olympic singles gold medallist, Tokyo 2020
ATP Finals champion in 2018 and 2021
Won the 2026 Laver Cup clinching point for Team Europe

WTA

Aryna Sabalenka

BLR Belarus

Four major titles and a regular on the final weekend of every Grand Slam.

4 Grand Slam singles titles

Aryna Sabalenka has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the Australian Open (2023 and 2024) and the US Open (2024 and 2025). She was ranked world number one when she reached the 2026 Australian Open final.

She lost the 2026 Australian Open and US Open finals to Elena Rybakina.

US Open champion in 2024 and 2025
Australian Open champion in 2023 and 2024
Finalist at the 2025 WTA Finals and at Roland Garros 2025

WTA

Iga Świątek

POL Poland

Six majors, including four at Roland Garros and the 2025 Wimbledon title.

6 Grand Slam singles titles

Iga Świątek has won six Grand Slam singles titles: Roland Garros (2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024), the US Open (2022) and Wimbledon (2025), where she beat Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the final.

She won the WTA Finals in 2022 and 2023.

Four Roland Garros titles
2025 Wimbledon final: 6-0, 6-0 against Amanda Anisimova
WTA Finals champion in 2022 and 2023

WTA

Elena Rybakina

KAZ Kazakhstan

Won the Australian Open and the US Open in 2026, both against Aryna Sabalenka.

3 Grand Slam singles titles

Elena Rybakina, who plays for Kazakhstan, won Wimbledon in 2022 and added the Australian Open and the US Open in 2026. She beat Aryna Sabalenka in both finals.

She also won the 2025 WTA Finals in Riyadh, beating Sabalenka 6-3, 7-6(0).

Wimbledon champion 2022
Australian Open champion 2026 (6-4, 4-6, 6-4)
WTA Finals champion 2025

ATP

Novak Djokovic

SRB Serbia

The most Grand Slam singles titles in history: 24.

24 Grand Slam singles titles

Novak Djokovic holds the men's record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles: ten at the Australian Open, three at Roland Garros, seven at Wimbledon and four at the US Open.

He won Olympic singles gold at Paris 2024, and lost the 2026 Australian Open final to Carlos Alcaraz.

Record 10 Australian Open titles
Record 7 ATP Finals titles
Olympic singles gold medallist, Paris 2024

WTA

Coco Gauff

USA United States

US Open champion in 2023 and Roland Garros champion in 2025.

2 Grand Slam singles titles

Coco Gauff won her first major at the 2023 US Open and her second at Roland Garros in 2025, beating Aryna Sabalenka in the final.

She won the WTA Finals in 2024.

US Open champion 2023
Roland Garros champion 2025
WTA Finals champion 2024

WTA

Mirra Andreeva

RUS Russia

Won Roland Garros at 19, her first major title.

1 Grand Slam singles title

Mirra Andreeva won Roland Garros in 2026 at the age of 19, beating qualifier Maja Chwalińska in the final. She is the fourth Russian woman to win the title, after Anastasia Myskina, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova.

She reached the 2026 China Open final in Beijing, where she lost to Zheng Qinwen.

Roland Garros champion 2026
Fourth Russian woman to win the Paris title
Finalist at the 2026 China Open

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