Djokovic Beats Alcaraz: Updated Australian Open 2025 Men's Tennis Bracket, Results

Seventh-seeded Novak Djokovic punched his ticket to the 2025 Australian Open semifinals on Tuesday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, win over No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz in Melbourne.

With the win, Djokovic moved to the semis for a sixth consecutive Aussie Open he has played in, and he denied Alcaraz the first Australian Open semifinal appearance of his young and successful career.

Djokovic has now reached the semis Down Under on 12 occasions, and he is two wins away from his 11th career Aussie Open title, which would add to his all-time record.

Following Djokovic's victory, here is a look at the Australian Open men's quarterfinal results and upcoming schedule, as well as the bracket:

Men's Quarterfinal Results

(7) Novak Djokovic def. (3) Carlos Alcaraz; 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

(2) Alexander Zverev def. (12) Tommy Paul; 7-6(1), 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-1

(21) Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Sonego; Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. ET

(1) Jannik Sinner vs. (8) Alex De Minaur; Wednesday at 3:30 a.m. ET

Men's Semifinal Bracket

(1) Sinner/(8) De Minaur vs. (21) Shelton/Sonego

(7) Djokovic vs. (2) Zverev

The 37-year-old Djokovic fell behind early against Alcaraz, and things did not look promising when he required a medical timeout late in the first set.

Alcaraz closed out the set once Djokovic returned the court, but Djoker looked like a completely different player from that point forward.

Although Alcaraz is the much younger player at just 21 years of age, Djokovic managed to keep up with him and mounted an impressive comeback.

Nole took the next two sets and had Alcaraz on the ropes in the fourth after breaking him, but Alcaraz showed plenty of mettle in winning arguably the point of the tournament to prevent a second break:

Alcaraz ended up winning the game to get it back to 4-3 in the fourth, and he had two break points in the next game, but Djokovic staved them off.

Djokovic ended up holding serve to go up 5-3, and after Alcaraz made it 5-4 with a hold of his own, the Serbian superstar closed it out on serve.

Despite losing in four sets, Alcaraz got the better Djokovic in several statistical categories, including aces (10-5) and winners (50-31), but Djoker made far fewer mistakes.

Djokovic had just 27 unforced errors to Alcaraz's 40, and he was excellent on his second serve, winning 58 percent of those points, compared to Alcaraz winning just 33 percent of his second-serve points.

With Tuesday's win, Djokovic now holds a 5-3 career record against Alcaraz, including winning four of their past five meetings.

Alcaraz did beat Djokovic in the 2024 Wimbledon final during that stretch, but Djokovic prevailed in final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and followed that up with Tuesday's triumph in Melbourne.

Djokovic now moves on to the semis to face second-seeded Alexander Zverev, who is arguably the best active men's player who has yet to win a Grand Slam singles title.

The German is through to his third career Aussie Open semifinal, but he has yet to make it to a final.

While Djokovic has a career record of 8-4 against Zverev, they have split their past four meetings, which suggests Thursday's clash could be one of the best of the tournament.