2026 Australian Open: Men's Singles Draw Preview

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews the 2026 Australian Open Men's Singles Draw. He runs through each quarter of the draw and discusses the best R1 and potential matchups. He also offers his thoughts on the winners and losers of the draw configuration, shares his predictions for how he sees things unfolding, plus SO much more!!

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Episode Bookmarks

Alcaraz (1) Quarter - 4:45

Best R1 Matchups - 8:21

Best Prospective Matchups - 11:17

Sleepers in the section - 12:30

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 14:25

Who likes this draw most - 17:01

Who likes this draw least - 17:35

Prediction - 19:20

Zverev (3) Quarter - 20:17

Best R1 Matchups - 21:55

Best Prospective Matchups - 24:33

Sleepers in the section - 26:03

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 28:20

Who likes this draw most - 29:11

Who likes this draw least - 30:18

Prediction - 31:48

Djokovic (4) Quarter - 32:56

Best R1 Matchups - 34:22

Best Prospective Matchups - 37:15

Sleepers in the section - 39:20

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 41:00

Who likes this draw most - 44:00

Who likes this draw least - 45:25

Prediction - 46:38

Sinner (2) Quarter - 48:09

Best R1 Matchups - 49:28

Best Prospective Matchups - 51:02

Sleepers in the section - 52:30

Projecting the best storylines to emerge - 53:30

Who likes this draw most - 54:15

Who likes this draw least - 56:28

Prediction - 56:51

Final predictions - 57:22

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