{"id":2046099,"date":"2026-07-16T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046099"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:15:46","slug":"carlos-alcarazs-return-date-confirmed-as-his-name-appears-on-entry-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2046099","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s return date confirmed as his name appears on entry list"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s return date confirmed as his name appears on entry list<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/shahidaj\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n          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                     2025 Cincinnati Open winner Carlos Alcaraz with his trophy                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> is edging closer to making his long-awaited return to tennis as his name has finally appeared on the entry list for one of the upcoming events of the North American swing.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time Grand Slam winner last played a match on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\">ATP Tour<\/a> on 14 April when he won his opening match at the Barcelona Open, but his win over Otto Virtanen was a bittersweet one as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-comeback-date-wrist\"> he picked up a wrist injury<\/a> during the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>He withdrew from the tournament the following day and was subsequently also forced to miss the remainder of the clay-court season, which included the Madrid Open, Italian Open and his French Open title defence \u2013 and the grass-court campaign comprising of the Queen\u2019s Club Championship and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>And there is no doubt that his absence was felt on the tour with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-hell-tennis-alex-corretja\">two-time Roland Garros finalist Alex Corretja<\/a> saying: \u201cNot having Carlos on the courts is hell. We\u2019ve lost some of our magic, our essence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were high hopes he would make an appearance at the Canadian Open, which gets underway on 3 August, but his name was missing from the entry list, which raised concerns that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-update-boris-becker-wrist\">he could miss the remainder of the 2026 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Alcaraz News<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-wrist-injury-richard-krajicek-exclusive\">Richard Krajicek reveals if Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s wrist injury worries him as he makes prediction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/glad-jannik-sinner-won-wimbledon-mens-tennis-major-charisma-problem-without-carlos-alcaraz\"><strong>\u2018I\u2019m glad Jannik Sinner won Wimbledon but men\u2019s tennis has a charisma problem without Carlos Alcaraz\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But those fears have now been allayed as the Cincinnati Open organisers have revealed their player fields and Alcaraz\u2019s name is on the men\u2019s list.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-praised-for-making-beyond-smart-decision-during-his-absence-from-tennis\">renowned tennis coach Rick Macci<\/a> praised his decision to take the \u201clong road\u201d to recovery as the American stated: \u201cPlaying the long game with this injury was beyond smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce he returns and feels it and deals it in live action, his comeback will gain traction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is the defending champion as he won the title last year when Jannik Sinner retired due to illness with the score 5-0 in Alcaraz\u2019s favour. He then went on to win a second US Open title also beating Sinner in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Although organisers are confident that Alcaraz will play by confirming his name on the entry list, the 23-year-old is yet to officially reveal his return date as his team have vowed not to take any risks with his injury.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has dropped nearly 5,000 ranking points during his four-month enforced absence, resulting in a drop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-handed-more-bad-news-after-alexander-zverev-makes-the-wimbledon-final\">from No 2 to No 3 in the ATP Rankings<\/a> with Alexander Zverev moving ahead of him after Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>It does mean he will be seeded third for his title defence and could potentially face Sinner in the semi-final and Zverev in the final.<\/p>\n<p>The Cincinnati Open is likely to be his only event before the US Open with the season-ending Grand Slam \u2013 where he is also the defending champion \u2013 starting on 30 August at Flushing Meadows in New York.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s return date confirmed as his name appears on entry list Shahida Jacobs 16 Jul 2026 9:15 AM 2025 Cincinnati Open winner Carlos Alcaraz with his trophy Carlos Alcaraz is edging closer to making his long-awaited return to tennis as his name has finally appeared on the entry list for one of the upcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2046099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}