Novak Djokovic will begin his 2026 campaign at the Adelaide International, while Jack Draper and Stefanos Tsitsipas are also set to feature at the event.<\/p>\n
The Adelaide International, which was founded in 2020, is one of the lead-in tournaments to the Australian Open in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
The ATP 250 tournament is staged on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre in Adelaide.<\/p>\n
Felix Auger-Aliassime won the 2025 edition of the event, but he has opted not to defend his title as he is not on the 2026 entry list.<\/p>\n
Djokovic<\/a> and Draper<\/a> are the two top 10 stars who have signed up, while Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Jiri Lehecka and Tommy Paul\u2019s presence means there will be five top 20 players in the field.<\/p>\n It will be Djokovic\u2019s first tournament of the year, while it is scheduled to Draper\u2019s second after the United Cup.<\/p>\n The men\u2019s singles draw at the Adelaide International features 28 players, with the top four seeds receiving a bye into the second round.<\/p>\n There have been 19 direct entrants confirmed, while there will also be four qualifiers and three wildcards.<\/p>\n 4) Novak Djokovic The 2026 Adelaide International ATP tournament will be held from January 12 to 17.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic warned his records could be matched as his biggest current rival is revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What constitutes a successful 2026 season for Novak Djokovic?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Djokovic won the Adelaide International on his only previous appearance in 2023, beating Sebastian Korda in the final.<\/p>\n Lehecka is the other former champion on the entry list, with the Czech having overcome Draper in the 2024 final.<\/p>\n After his thrilling 6-7(8), 7-6(3), 6-4 victory over Korda in the 2023 Adelaide title match, Djokovic said:\u00a0\u201cIt was a great week obviously.<\/p>\n \u201cConcluding the week with the trophy, better than losing in the finals. But it was anybody\u2019s match today. I thought, what I said on the court, that he was closer to win it. He had match point. He was a break up, 40-love in the first set, he managed to win the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Korda) was quite in control. I wasn\u2019t playing my best at all. But found a way to win.<\/p>\n \u201cI think in the tough days, when you\u2019re not maybe striking the ball, not feeling your best on the court, and you win the match, particularly if it\u2019s like latter stages of the tournament, like the finals, it just gives you even more confidence and satisfaction for achieving that.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Andy Murray makes Roger Federer practice revelation as he shares Novak Djokovic insight<\/a> The post 2026 Adelaide International ATP Entry List: Novak Djokovic, Jack Draper & Stefanos Tsitispas to star<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Novak Djokovic will begin his 2026 campaign at the Adelaide International, while Jack Draper and Stefanos Tsitsipas are also set to feature at the event. The Adelaide International, which was founded in 2020, is one of the lead-in tournaments to the Australian Open in Melbourne. The ATP 250 tournament is staged on outdoor hard courts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How many players will compete?<\/h2>\n
2026 Adelaide International ATP Entry List<\/h2>\n
\n10) Jack Draper
\n14) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
\n17) Jiri Lehecka
\n20) Tommy Paul
\n21) Francisco Cerundolo
\n24) Joao Fonseca
\n25) Tallon Griekspoor
\n29) Arthur Rinderknech
\n31) Valentin Vacherot
\n32) Tomas Machac
\n33) Brandon Nakashima
\n34) Stefanos Tsitsipas
\n35) Corentin Moutet
\n36) Jaume Munar
\n37) Ugo Humbert
\n40) Arthur Fils
\n41) Gabriel Diallo
\n54) Alexei Popyrin<\/p>\nWhen will the event take place?<\/h2>\n
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