Carlos Alcaraz unsure on status for French Open due to wrist injury

Carlos Alcaraz won Sportsman of the Year at the Laureus Awards in Madrid on Monday. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images for Laureus)

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The 2026 French Open might look a little different this year, with Carlos Alcaraz currently unsure if he will be able to play at Roland-Garros due to a wrist injury. Alcaraz has won the past two French Open titles, including a grueling five-hour comeback against Jannik Sinner last year.

In a press conference ahead of the Laureus Awards in Madrid on Monday — where he went on to win Sportsman of the Year — Alcaraz said that he was waiting on more tests on his wrist before he could determine his availability for this year’s French Open.

“I’m trying to have a lot of patience these days, but I’m doing okay,” he said in Spanish, via Teledeporte, adding that he was trying to “stay positive.”

Earlier this week, Alcaraz pulled out of the Madrid Open, which begins Monday. In a post on social media on Friday, Alcaraz made the “incredibly difficult” announcement that he would be missing the competition, adding that it “hurts” not to play in front of his home crowd in Spain. It’s the second year in a row that Alcaraz has missed the Madrid Open, pulling out of the competition last year due to injuries in both legs.

Additionally, a restaurant in Spain posted a photo on Monday of Alcaraz visiting one of their locations. In the photo, Alcaraz’s elaborate wrist splint is clearly visible.

Alcaraz and Sinner have absolutely dominated the men’s tennis circuit for the past three years, trading off major tournament titles. The last time a person who wasn’t Alcaraz or Sinner won a Grand Slam was in 2023, when Novak Djokovic won the U.S. Open; since then, Alcaraz and Sinner have combined for the past nine Grand Slams.