Carlos Alcaraz vs Corentin Moutet Prediction & Picks - ATP Australian Open

Prediction published on 1/22/26, 6:53 PM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 1/26/26 at 11:15 AM in ATP Australian Open Picks

Corentin Moutet has been calm and composed during this first week of the Australian Open. The Frenchman is playing with confidence, and the results are following suit, with positive outcomes. After defeating Tristan Schoolkate in the first round (6-4, 7-6, 6-3), the world number 37 then showed his strength in the second round, beating American Michael Zheng, who threw in the towel at the start of the fourth set (3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 2-0 ab). The French tennis player has not had to exert himself physically since the start of the tournament, which is good news for Corentin Moutet ahead of Friday's match against one of the big favorites of this 2026 edition, Carlos Alcaraz, for a place in the round of 16.

The world number one has not come to Melbourne to mess around and has made a very clean and controlled start to the tournament. After an opening victory over Australia's Adam Walton (6-3, 7-6, 6-2), the Spaniard put in another accomplished performance in the second round to defeat Germany's Yannick Hanfmann (7-6, 6-3, 6-2). Well established in the game but also physically, Carlos Alcaraz wants to save all his strength for the end of the tournament, where he will be eagerly awaited, having never shone in Melbourne in his career (quarter-finals last year). Corentin Moutet has been warned: Carlos Alcaraz has come to lift the trophy, and that's that.