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Carlos Alcaraz #1 def. Tommy Paul #20

7-6(6) 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2026
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Carlos Alcaraz
Score	7-6(6) 6-4 7-5
Loser	Tommy Paul

Stat	Carlos Alcaraz	Tommy Paul
Aces	2	7
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	73	60
First serve points won %	78	80
Second serve points won %	68	43
Break points saved %	50	70
Break points converted %	30	50
Service points won %	76	65
Return points won %	35	24
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	221	185
Return rating	107	104

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Alcaraz	Tommy Paul
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	May 5, 2003	May 17, 1997
Age	22	28
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	20
Ranking points (entering)	12,050	2,050
Elo (entering)	2,353	1,958
Career W-L	284–66	227–146
Career earnings	$64,997,598	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Alcaraz 4 – 2 Tommy Paul

Path

Carlos Alcaraz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2026	R32	Corentin Moutet	6-2 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2026	R64	Yannick Hanfmann	7-6(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2026	R128	Adam Walton	6-3 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Alcaraz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2026	QF	Alex de Minaur	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2026	R32	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2026	R64	Thiago Agustin Tirante	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2026	R128	Aleksandar Kovacevic	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data