Carlos Alcaraz | Bio | ATP Tour

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Father, Carlos; mother, Virginia; siblings, Alvaro, Sergio and Jaime.
Began playing at age 4 thanks to his dad.
Favourite shot is forehand, surface is clay, tournament is Roland Garros and city on tour is New York.
Coached by countrymanJuan Carlos Ferrero, who won Roland Garros title and became World No. 1 soon after Alcaraz was born in 2003.
Tennis idol is countryman and former World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.
One of 5 athletes selected aspart of 2022 TIME100 Next, which recognisedrising stars throughout various professions around the world.
Received 2 ATP Tour awards in 2022: ATP No. 1 presented by Pepperstone and Most Improved Player of the Year.
Named ATP Newcomer of the Year in 2020 after jumping from No. 491 to No. 141 in Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
Also enjoys golf and football. Favourite football team is Real Madrid.
Likes listening to reggaeton music.
Favourite actor is Will Smith andmovie is Rocky Balboa.
Withdrew from 2022 Nitto ATP Finals and 2023 Australian Open after tearing an oblique muscle during 2022 Paris QF against fellow 19-year-old Holger Rune.

(UPDATED 30 JUNE 2025)

Youngest and first teenage World No. 1 and year-end No. 1 in PIF ATP Rankings history (since 1973), making record rise from No. 32 at end of 2021 to No. 1 at age 19 in September 2022, then remaining atop rankings through end of season and later earning a total of 36 weeks.
Beat Ruud in 2022 US Open final for No. 1 ranking, becoming youngest men’s champion at US Open since Sampras, 19, in 1990 and at any Grand Slam event since Nadal, 19, at 2005 Roland Garros.
Earned fifth set wins over Sinner in SF and Zverev in final to capture 2024 Roland Garros, becoming the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces.
Saved 3 championship points and rallied from 2 sets down for 1st time in career to defeat Sinner in longest Roland Garros final in tournament history (5H29M) to defend the title in 2025.
Defeated 7-time champion Djokovic in 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon finals to be the second man in Open Era to win his first 4 Grand Slam finals after Federer (7).
Became 3rd Spanish man to win Wimbledon after Nadal (2008, 2010) and Manuel Santana (1966).
At 2024 Paris Olympics, became the youngest man to play in a Olympic final in Open Era, earning silver medal (l. to Djokovic).
Became youngest ATP 500 champion at 2022 Rio de Janeiro (since 2009) and 3rd-youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion at 2022 Miami (since 1990).
Captured 9 titles as a teenager (9-3 in finals), behind Borg (17), Nadal (16), Wilander (14), Becker (12) and Agassi (10) and 6th-youngest to win 10 tour-level titles behind Wilander, Borg, Nadal, Becker and Agassi.
He is 7-1 in ATP Masters 1000 finals, only loss at 2023 Cincinnati, where he fell to Djokovic in a 3h49m final (held 1 MP), longest best-of-3 final in ATP Tour era (since 1990).
Won 2025 Monte-Carlo and Rome to join Nadal, Djokovic, Kuerten and Rios as only players to win 3 different ATP Masters 1000 events on clay in series history (since 1990).
Youngest player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic and 1st to do so at same clay-court event, beating them on back-to-back days en route to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 title at 2022 Madrid.
Reached 1st Grand Slam QF at 2021 US Open, becoming youngest men’s quarter-finalist at US Open since Koch, 18, in 1963 (Amateur Era) and at any Grand Slam since Chang, 18, at 1990 Roland Garros.