Carlos Alcaraz beats Karen Khachanov at Vienna Open
The Spanish player won his first-round match in straight sets at the ATP 500 event.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets in round one of the 2026 Vienna Open at Wiener Stadthalle. Alcaraz later commented on the crowd after his victory.
Key takeaways
- Carlos Alcaraz beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets
- The match was round one of the 2026 Vienna Open
- Venue was Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria
- Alcaraz made a comment about the Vienna crowd after winning
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Karen Khachanov in straight sets in round one of the 2026 Vienna Open at Wiener Stadthalle, according to Tennis365. The Spanish player commented on the Vienna crowd after the victory at the ATP 500 tournament.
Match result and setting
Alcaraz won the opening-round match against Khachanov in straight sets at the Erste Bank Open, also known as the Vienna Open. The annual ATP Tour event is held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, on indoor hardcourts. The tournament was renamed after its sponsor Erste Bank in 2011.
Player backgrounds
Carlos Alcaraz is a Spanish professional tennis player who has been ranked world number one in men's singles by the ATP for 66 weeks and finished as year-end number one in 2022 and 2025. He has won 27 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles, and is the ninth and youngest man in history to complete the career Grand Slam in singles. Karen Khachanov is a Russian professional tennis player who reached a career-high singles ranking of world number eight on 15 July 2019 and a career-high doubles ranking of number 53 on 29 January 2024. He has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2018 Paris Masters ATP Masters 1000 event, and one doubles title at the 2023 Madrid Open with Andrey Rublev.
Competition context and what happens next
The Vienna Open is an ATP 500 tournament on the ATP Tour, so the first-round win adds ranking points and advances Alcaraz toward the later rounds of the draw. Khachanov, a former world number eight and seven-time ATP Tour singles champion, was eliminated in the opening round. Tennis365 did not provide the date or opponent for Alcaraz's next match in the Vienna Open draw.
Player background figures
Player | Country | Career-high singles ranking | ATP Tour singles titles |
|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Alcaraz | Spain | World No. 1 | 27 |
Karen Khachanov | Russia | World No. 8 | 7 |
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