The 2026 Barcelona Open will run from April 13 to 19 at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, with the ATP 500 clay-court event returning for its 72nd edition and a draw built around one of the deepest fields of the European spring. Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud are among the former champions set to compete, while Rafael Jodar is the only player to have received a wildcard so far.
The main draw will feature 32 players, eight seeds and no opening-round byes, with six places reserved for qualifiers and four wildcards on offer. Jodar, 19, is ranked 57th and is the youngest name currently confirmed through the wildcard list. The prize money pot will total €2,950,310, with 500 ranking points for the champion, 330 for the runner-up, 200 for a semifinalist, 100 for a quarterfinalist, 50 for a second-round exit and none for a first-round loss.
The field is expected to be led by eight players in the top 20 of the ATP Rankings, including Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ruud, Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. The entry list also includes Learner Tien, Cameron Norrie, Valentin Vacherot, Jack Draper, Brandon Nakashima, Arthur Fils, Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Corentin Moutet, Ugo Humbert, Jaume Munar, Adrian Mannarino, Tomas Machac and Nuno Borges.
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Holger Rune will not defend the title he won in 2025, when he beat Alcaraz in the championship match to claim his first Barcelona Open crown. Rune is still working his way back to the tour after an Achilles injury in October, leaving the tournament without the reigning champion as the draw takes shape.
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That absence matters because Barcelona has long been one of the signature stops on the clay-court calendar, staged each year at a venue whose centre court was named after Rafael Nadal in 2017. Nadal finished his career with a record 12 Barcelona Open titles, a mark that still defines the event’s history even as a new generation takes over. With Alcaraz back in the field after titles in 2022 and 2023, and Ruud returning after his 2024 victory, the 2026 edition already has the outline of a high-stakes clay-court test.
