Australian Open 2026 recap: Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Ben Shelton among fourth-round winners

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Australian OpenRod Laver ArenaJessica Pegula (United States) (Seed ranking 6) beat Madison Keys (United States) (Seed ranking 9)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score

Pegula

Jessica Pegula

(6)Seed ranking 6

Keys

Madison Keys

(9)Seed ranking 9Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) (Seed ranking 5) beat Taylor Fritz (United States) (Seed ranking 9)Set 1: 6 – 2Set 2: 7 – 5Set 3: 6 – 4Set 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score

Musetti

Lorenzo Musetti

(5)Seed ranking 5

Fritz

Taylor Fritz

(9)Seed ranking 9Iga Swiatek (Poland) (Seed ranking 2) beat Maddison Inglis (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 0Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score

Swiatek

Iga Swiatek

(2)Seed ranking 2Walkover: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 4) beat Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: no score – no scoreSet 2: no score – no scoreSet 3: no score – no scoreSet 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score

Mensik

Jakub Mensik

(16)Seed ranking 16

Djokovic

Novak Djokovic

(4)Seed ranking 4Walkover: 

Djokovic (Ser) beat Mensik (Cze)

Novak Djokovic (Ser) beat Jakub Mensik (Cze)

Margaret Court ArenaJason Kubler (Australia) and Marc Polmans (Australia) beat James McCabe (Australia) and Li Tu (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no scoreKimberly Birrell (Australia) and Talia Gibson (Australia) beat Hanyu Guo (China) (Seed ranking 16) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: 3 – 6Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: 6 – 2

Guo

Hanyu Guo

(16)Seed ranking 16

Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic

(16)Seed ranking 16Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) (Seed ranking 5) beat Elise Mertens (Belgium) (Seed ranking 21)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score

Rybakina

Elena Rybakina

(5)Seed ranking 5

Mertens

Elise Mertens

(21)Seed ranking 21Jannik Sinner (Italy) (Seed ranking 2) beat Luciano Darderi (Italy) (Seed ranking 22)Set 1: 6 – 1Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 2Set 4: no score – no scoreSet 5: no score – no score

Darderi

Luciano Darderi

(22)Seed ranking 22

Sinner

Jannik Sinner

(2)Seed ranking 2KIA ArenaOrlando Luz (Brazil) and Rafael Matos (Brazil) beat Yuki Bhambri (India) (Seed ranking 10) and Andre Goransson (Sweden) (Seed ranking 10)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 9 – 7Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score

Bhambri

Yuki Bhambri

(10)Seed ranking 10

Goransson

Andre Goransson

(10)Seed ranking 10Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) (Seed ranking 3) and Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) (Seed ranking 3) beat Sofia Kenin (United States) (Seed ranking 13) and Laura Siegemund (Germany) (Seed ranking 13)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: no score – no score

Hsieh

Su-Wei Hsieh

(3)Seed ranking 3

Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko

(3)Seed ranking 3

Kenin

Sofia Kenin

(13)Seed ranking 13

Siegemund

Laura Siegemund

(13)Seed ranking 13Petr Nouza (Czech Republic) and Patrik Rikl (Czech Republic) beat Harri Helioevaara (Finland) (Seed ranking 2) and Henry Patten (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 2)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 7 – 6, tie break 8 – 6Set 3: no score – no score

Helioevaara

Harri Helioevaara

(2)Seed ranking 2

Patten

Henry Patten

(2)Seed ranking 2Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) (Seed ranking 5) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 5) beat Maya Joint (Australia) and Matthew Romios (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 4Set 2: 6 – 3Set 3: no score – no score

Krunic

Aleksandra Krunic

(5)Seed ranking 5

Pavic

Mate Pavic

(5)Seed ranking 5John Cain ArenaEna Shibahara (Japan) and Vera Zvonareva (Russian athlete) beat Asia Muhammad (United States) (Seed ranking 6) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) (Seed ranking 6)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 3 – 6Set 3: 6 – 1

Muhammad

Asia Muhammad

(6)Seed ranking 6

Routliffe

Erin Routliffe

(6)Seed ranking 6Amanda Anisimova (United States) (Seed ranking 4) beat Xinyu Wang (China)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 4Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: no score – no score

Anisimova

Amanda Anisimova

(4)Seed ranking 4Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and James Tracy (United States) beat Leylah Fernandez (Canada) and Nick Kyrgios (Australia)Set 1: 6 – 3Set 2: 6 – 1Set 3: no score – no score

Fernandez

Leylah Fernandez

Ben Shelton (United States) (Seed ranking 8) beat Casper Ruud (Norway) (Seed ranking 12)Set 1: 3 – 6Set 2: 6 – 4Set 3: 6 – 3Set 4: 6 – 4Set 5: no score – no score

Shelton

Ben Shelton

(8)Seed ranking 8

Ruud

Casper Ruud

(12)Seed ranking 12ANZ ArenaMarcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) (Seed ranking 4) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 4) beat Austin Krajicek (United States) (Seed ranking 16) and Nikola Mektic (Croatia) (Seed ranking 16)Set 1: 7 – 5Set 2: 4 – 6Set 3: 7 – 6, tie break 10 – 7

Arevalo

Marcelo Arevalo

(4)Seed ranking 4

Pavic

Mate Pavic

(4)Seed ranking 4

Krajicek

Austin Krajicek

(16)Seed ranking 16

Mektic

Nikola Mektic

(16)Seed ranking 16Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) and Sem Verbeek (Netherlands) beat Shuai Zhang (China) (Seed ranking 6) and Tim Puetz (Germany) (Seed ranking 6)Set 1: 4 – 6Set 2: 6 – 2Set 3: 10 – 8

Zhang

Shuai Zhang

(6)Seed ranking 6

Puetz

Tim Puetz

(6)Seed ranking 6

Siniakova

Katerina Siniakova

Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Manuel Guinard (France) beat Demi Schuurs (Netherlands) (Seed ranking 3) and Julian Cash (Great Britain) (Seed ranking 3)Set 1: 7 – 6, tie break 7 – 3Set 2: 5 – 7Set 3: 10 – 2

Mladenovic

Kristina Mladenovic

Schuurs

Demi Schuurs

(3)Seed ranking 3

Cash

Julian Cash

(3)Seed ranking 3

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