What Alex de Minaur once claimed the Australian Open were getting all wrong for Australian players.

Alex de Minaur has enjoyed a fantastic career on the ATP Tour, with further success now on the cards in 2026.

De Minaur is ranked sixth in the world, which represents a career-high for the 26-year-old Australian ATP star.

Playing in front of his own fans, De Minaur is impressing at the United Cup at this moment, where he is representing Australia in Sydney.

Fittingly, it was indeed in that city where he won his first-ever ATP title, beating Andreas Seppi in the final of the 2019 Sydney International.

Alex de Minaur once claimed the Australian Open were punishing Australian players
Remarkably, De Minaur was forced to play his semifinal and final on the same day after rain cancelled the former.

Sharing his thoughts on the situation at the time, he said: “Well, it’s things that happen. I think what’s more annoying is me having to play on Monday at the Australian Open and not getting helped out as a fellow Aussie at your pretty much home slam.

“I think they’re punishing Aussies for playing deep in their home tournaments, and I think that should not be what they should be doing.”

And when asked if he put a request in to have it delayed, he said: “Yeah. I mean, they came out with the schedule before they even saw who was in the final in weeks past. So I think that’s pretty poor.

“But, you know, I’m still here. I’ve got a final now. I’ve got to reset and do everything I can here and we will see what happens.”