.jpg) Alcaraz in 2024 | |
| Full name | Carlos Alcaraz Garfia |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Spain |
| Residence | Villena, Alicante, Spain |
| Born | 5 May 2003 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Juan Carlos Ferrero |
| Prize money | US$34,187,185[2] |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 188–49 (79.3%) |
| Career titles | 15 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (12 September 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 3 (24 June 2024)[3] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2024) |
| French Open | W (2024) |
| Wimbledon | W (2023, 2024) |
| US Open | W (2022) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–3 (50%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 519 (9 May 2022) |
| Last updated on: 14 July 2024. | |
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos alkaˈɾaθ ˈɣaɾfja];[4] born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won 15 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including four Grand Slam titles and five Masters 1000 titles. Following his win at the 2022 US Open, Alcaraz became the youngest man and the first male teenager in the Open Era to top the singles rankings, at 19 years, 4 months, and 6 days old.[5][6][7]
Alcaraz began his professional career in 2018 aged 15, going on to win three titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and four on the ATP Challenger Tour. He broke into the top 100 in rankings in May 2021, and ended that year in the top 35 after reaching his first major quarterfinal at the US Open. In March 2022, Alcaraz won his first Masters 1000 title at the Miami Open at the age of 18, and then won his second at the Madrid Open where he defeated Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Alexander Zverev in succession. In late 2022, Alcaraz won his first major singles title at the US Open. Finishing the year as the youngest year-end No. 1 in ATP ranking history, he was later named the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year for his performance in the season.
In 2023, Alcaraz claimed two additional Masters 1000 titles at Indian Wells and Madrid and his second Grand Slam title at the Wimbledon Championships. In 2024, he won his third major title at the French Open[8] to become the youngest man in history to complete the Career Surface Slam.[9] He then went on to win his second consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Novak Djokovic for the second year in a row in the final in straight sets to complete the Channel Slam.[10]
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- ^ "Career prize money" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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- ^ "The pronunciation by Carlos Alcaraz himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Alcaraz becomes youngest world No. 1 in Pepperstone ATP rankings history". ATP Tour. 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Alcaraz wins US Open title & rises to world No. 1". ATP Tour. 11 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Alcaraz Youngest Year-End ATP No. 1 Presented By Pepperstone In History". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Alcaraz rewrites Grand Slam record books with Roland Garros triumph". ATP Tour. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Elbaba, Julia (9 June 2024). "Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man in complete the Surface Slam". NBC Los Ángeles.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ Carayol, Tumaini (14 July 2024). "Carlos Alcaraz blows past Novak Djokovic to retain Wimbledon title". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.