Alcaraz to meet de Minaur in Vienna Open final on November 1
Carlos Alcaraz and Alex de Minaur will contest the Vienna Open 2026 men’s singles final on November 1 on the Centre Court at the Wiener Stadthalle, with a scheduled start of 2 pm local time (6:30 pm IST). The match will decide the tournament champion and carries implications for ATP Finals qualification for de Minaur.
Alcaraz reached his fifth final of 2026 by defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 7-6(2), avenging his Indian Wells loss to the Russian and ending Medvedev’s seven-match winning streak. It is his first final in Vienna and extends a 25-0 run at ATP 500 events since losing the 2025 Barcelona final, moving past Jannik Sinner’s mark of 24. A win would be his fourth title of the season after the Australian Open, Doha and Tokyo; the Medvedev victory also took him into his 37th career final and represented his 31st career top-5 win.
De Minaur reached the title match by beating top seed Alexander Zverev 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), converting his third match point; it was his first win over Zverev outside team competitions after eight previous defeats. The result made him the first Australian ever to reach a Vienna final, and it is his 23rd ATP final and fourth of 2026 following Rotterdam, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Beijing. That victory moved him one point ahead of Rafael Jódar into the final qualifying spot for the ATP Finals in Turin.
Alcaraz leads their tour-level head-to-head 6-0, including a straight-sets quarter-final victory over de Minaur at this year’s Australian Open when the Australian had repeatedly broken back in the opening set. De Minaur can prolong rallies and has taken Alcaraz’s serve on occasions, but he has not converted those opportunities into wins against the Spaniard. Alcaraz’s mix of pace, spin and touch allows him to shorten points, and his opponents’ speed has troubled him less than it has others.
Form and surface also shape the matchup: de Minaur is unbeaten indoors this season and has the extra incentive of a Turin place, while Alcaraz has not lost a set all week and won 78% of his first-serve points against Medvedev. On a quick indoor court Alcaraz’s first-strike tennis and a high first-serve percentage are likely to limit de Minaur’s time to build rallies, and the Australian’s second serve—which won only half its points against Zverev—appears a likely target. De Minaur’s route to an upset would require breaking Alcaraz’s serve, keeping the Spaniard hitting extra balls and varying his game with slice and a flattened backhand down the line. Result: Carlos Alcaraz to win in three sets.
Indian viewers can watch the final on Fancode and Tennis Channel India. American viewers can tune in to the Tennis Channel, while Sky UK will broadcast the match in the United Kingdom.
