April 29, 2026

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’26 AO – Day 5 Men’s singles final results

MELBOURNE, Australia – Denis Shapovalov, the last Canadian man standing in singles in Melbourne, gets a late slot on 1573 Arena against the venerable Marin Cilic – one of the few players who won a major during the best of the “Big 3” era when he won the US Open in 2014.

Speaking of Big 3, Novak Djokovic will be looking for the third round. And a fairly obscure Italian qualifier isn’t the worst outcome for him to do that.

(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET)

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: Grand Slam
Dates:
Jan. 18 – Feb. 1, 2026
Prize money: $111,500,000 (AUD)
Draws: S128 – D64

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
Final results
Men’s singles, second round

Canadian content

CILIC, Marin (CRO) def [21] SHAPOVALOV, Denis (CAN) 64 63 62 

Extra time

[WC] WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI) def [Q] GEA, Arthur (FRA) 46 64 36 75 76 [10-3]

Upsets

MACHAC, Tomas (CZE) def [31] TSITSIPAS, Stefanos (GRE) 64 36 76 (5) 76 (5)

Seeds moving on

[2] SINNER, Jannik (ITA) def [WC] DUCKWORTH, James (AUS) 61 64 62 

[4] DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) def [Q] MAESTRELLI, Francesco (ITA) 63 62 62 

[5] MUSETTI, Lorenzo (ITA) def. SONEGO, Lorenzo (ITA) 63 63 64

[8] SHELTON, Ben (USA) def [Q] SWEENY, Dane (AUS) 63 62 62

[9] FRITZ, Taylor (USA) def  KOPRIVA, Vit (CZE) 61 64 76 (4) 

[12] RUUD, Casper (NOR) def MUNAR, Jaume (ESP) 63 75 64 

[15] KHACHANOV, Karen (RUS) def [Q] BASAVAREDDY, Nishesh (USA) 61 64 63

[16] MENSIK, Jakub (CZE) def [Q] JODAR, Rafael (ESP) 62 64 64

[22] DARDERI, Luciano (ITA) def BAEZ, Sebastian (ARG) 63 16 64 63

[30] VACHEROT, Valentin (MON) def [WC] HIJIKATA, Rinky (AUS) 61 63 46 62 

Other results (in alphabetical order)

QUINN, Ethan (USA) def HURKACZ, Hubert (POL) 64 76 (5) 61

[Q] SPIZZIRRI, Eliot (USA) def. [Q] WU, Yibing (CHN) 62 64 67 (4) 46 63

VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic (NED) def SHANG, Juncheng (CHN) 76 (6) 62 63 

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