50 Fun Facts About Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz was born in El Palmar, a district of which Spanish city?

Murcia. He started at four at the local tennis club where his father was a director and his grandfather and great-uncle had been members, so the sport ran in the family.

Alcaraz's father coached at the local tennis club, while his mother Virginia was a sales assistant for which retailer?

IKEA. Virginia Garfia was a sales assistant there, and with money tight the family relied on sponsors to pay for Carlos's coaching and his junior trips abroad.

Which racket company signed Alcaraz to his first contract at age 10?

Babolat. The French firm has kept him ever since, and in 2023 he signed a long extension that runs to 2030.

Which brother of Alcaraz travels the tour with him as his hitting partner?

Álvaro. The eldest of the four brothers, he has long been his confidant on tour, and after the coaching split of late 2025 Alcaraz said he would take on more prominence in the team.

Which former world No. 1 became Alcaraz's coach when he moved to Villena in 2018?

Juan Carlos Ferrero. The 2003 French Open champion took him on at 15, and their seven-year partnership ended in a shock split in December 2025.

Who became Alcaraz's head coach for 2026 after his split from his longtime coach?

Samuel López. He had joined as second coach in December 2024, so when the shock split came a year later he was already inside the team to take over.

Where did Alcaraz win his first grass-court title in 2023, three weeks before his first Wimbledon crown?

Queen's Club. He beat Alex de Minaur in the London final to retake the No. 1 ranking, then declared himself a favourite for the title at the All England Club.

At which 2020 event did a 16-year-old Alcaraz win his first ATP main-draw match?

Rio Open. Given a wildcard, he outlasted world No. 41 Albert Ramos Viñolas over three hours and 37 minutes, the first tour-level win by any player born in 2003.

Alcaraz first met Nadal in 2021, losing on his 18th birthday at which tournament?

Madrid. Two days earlier the wildcard had become the event's youngest match winner, taking a record his idol had set in 2004; on the birthday itself he won just three games.

Where did Alcaraz win his first ATP title in July 2021?

Umag. In the Croatian resort's final he routed Richard Gasquet, a former top-ten player 17 years his senior, to become the youngest ATP champion since 2008.

Which world No. 3 did Alcaraz beat in a fifth-set tiebreak at the 2021 US Open?

Stefanos Tsitsipas. Ranked 55th, the 18-year-old lost the fourth set 6–0 yet came back to win the deciding tiebreak, then called it a dream come true.

Which season-ending title did an 18-year-old Alcaraz win in Milan in 2021?

Next Gen ATP Finals. When the two higher-ranked qualifiers pulled out of the under-21 event he became top seed, and as the youngest player in the draw he beat Sebastian Korda in the final.

Alcaraz's first Masters 1000 title came in 2022 at which event, as the first Spaniard to win it?

Miami Open. Spanish men had reached the final there eight times and lost every one; at 18 years and 333 days he was also the event's youngest men's champion.

In 2022, Alcaraz became the only man to beat which two players back-to-back on clay?

Nadal and Djokovic. He beat them on consecutive days, the first player ever to do so on clay, then swept the final in little over an hour.

Whom did Alcaraz beat in the 2022 US Open final for his first major?

Casper Ruud. Either finalist would have become world No. 1 by winning, so the four-set victory made Alcaraz, at 19, the youngest top-ranked man in ATP history.

Who ended Alcaraz's 2026 US Open title defence in a five-set quarter-final that finished after 3am?

Ben Shelton. He sealed the deciding tiebreak with an ace at 3.33am, the latest finish the US Open had seen, handing Alcaraz only the second five-set defeat of his career.

Whose record as youngest ATP No. 1 did Alcaraz break in 2022?

Lleyton Hewitt. The Australian was 20 when he reached the top in 2001, and the mark stood for 21 years until a 19-year-old took it by winning the US Open.

Alcaraz's 2023 Indian Wells win made him the second-fastest player to 100 wins, behind whom?

John McEnroe. The American needed 131 matches and Alcaraz 132, which put the Spaniard ahead of every member of the Big Three on the way to 100 wins.

Which world No. 135 stunned Alcaraz in straight sets at the 2023 Italian Open?

Fabian Marozsan. The Hungarian qualifier was playing in the first ATP Tour main draw of his career, yet he won 6–3, 7–6 for his first victory over a top-ten player.

Why did Alcaraz fade in the 2023 French Open semifinal against Djokovic?

Cramps. At one set all his hand and then his legs locked up, and he admitted afterwards that the nerves of the occasion had brought them on.

Before Alcaraz in the 2023 final, who was the last man to beat Djokovic on Wimbledon's Centre Court?

Andy Murray. He won the 2013 final, and the Serb then went a full decade unbeaten on Centre Court until Alcaraz recovered from losing the first set 6–1 to win in five.

Whom did Alcaraz beat in five sets in the 2024 French Open final for his first Roland Garros title?

Alexander Zverev. The German led by two sets to one, then won only three more games as Alcaraz, at 21, became the youngest man to win majors on all three surfaces.

Winning the French Open and Wimbledon in 2024 made Alcaraz the youngest man to achieve what?

Channel Slam. He was 21 when he retained his Wimbledon title in straight sets, and that same evening he celebrated Spain beating England in the Euro 2024 final.

Alcaraz's Netflix series My Way showed his team objecting to his post-French Open trips to which party island?

Ibiza. A few days there after the clay season became his yearly ritual, and in 2024 he followed the break with his second Wimbledon title.

Whom did Alcaraz beat in the Indian Wells final in both 2023 and 2024?

Daniil Medvedev. The first final was a 6–3, 6–2 rout, and in the rematch a year later Alcaraz fell 3–0 behind before again winning in straight sets.

Where did a losing Alcaraz smash his racket into the court in 2024, then publicly apologise?

Cincinnati. Frustrated while losing to Gaël Monfils, he beat the racket out of shape on the court, then apologised and called it the worst match of his career.

Who knocked Alcaraz out of the 2024 US Open in the second round?

Botic van de Zandschulp. Alcaraz had beaten the Dutchman in his very first match at a major in 2021; three years later he lost to him in straight sets as the French Open and Wimbledon champion.

At which 2024 tournament did Alcaraz end the world No. 1's 15-match winning streak in a final-set tiebreak?

China Open. The Beijing final lasted three hours and 21 minutes, and the title came only weeks after his shock second-round exit in New York.

Alcaraz's first indoor hardcourt title came in 2025 at which event?

Rotterdam. Entering the Dutch event for the first time, he beat Alex de Minaur in three sets: it was his 17th title, but the first he had ever won indoors.

Alcaraz's 2025 French Open final win was his first career comeback from what deficit?

Two sets. He had never won from there before, and at 0–40 on his own serve in the fourth set he saved three championship points in a row before winning a deciding tiebreak.

Alcaraz won the 2026 Qatar Open final in just 50 minutes against which Frenchman?

Arthur Fils. The 6–2, 6–1 rout in Doha was the quickest completed win of Alcaraz's career, and his beaten opponent smashed a racket midway through the second set.

Alcaraz's 24-match win streak in 2025 ended with his first major-final loss, to whom at Wimbledon?

Jannik Sinner. Five weeks after losing their five-hour French Open final, the Italian won in four sets to take his first Wimbledon title and end Alcaraz's perfect record in major finals.

Alcaraz reached the 2025 US Open final without dropping a set, the first man since whom in 2015?

Roger Federer. Unlike the Swiss, who lost his 2015 final, Alcaraz finished the job, dropping only one set all fortnight and reclaiming the world No. 1 ranking.

In 2025 Alcaraz beat Djokovic for the first time on which surface?

Hard courts. He had already beaten the Serb on clay and on grass, but had lost every earlier meeting on the surface before winning their US Open semifinal in straight sets.

Which British player was Alcaraz's mixed-doubles partner at the 2025 US Open?

Emma Raducanu. Given a wildcard into the revamped event, with sets played to four games and $1 million for the winners, they lost their opening match to the top seeds.

In 2026, Alcaraz became the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam at which tournament?

Australian Open. He beat ten-time champion Novak Djokovic, who had never before lost a final in Melbourne, in four sets to complete the set of four majors at 22.

Which injury forced Alcaraz to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon in 2026?

A wrist injury. It flared up in Barcelona in April, so he could not defend his Paris title, and he stayed off the tour until the US Open in late August.

Whose 1993 record did Alcaraz break by becoming the youngest man to reach all four major finals?

Jim Courier. The American was a slightly older 22 when he completed his set by reaching the 1993 Wimbledon final; he lost that one, whereas Alcaraz went on to win his.

Who handed Alcaraz his first five-set defeat, in 2022?

Matteo Berrettini. It stayed the only five-set loss of Alcaraz's career for more than four years, a run that finally ended at the 2026 US Open.

Which former player called Alcaraz's drop shot 'the best in the history of tennis'?

Andy Roddick. He said it on the eve of the 2024 Wimbledon final; Alcaraz himself says the trick is the heavy shot before it, which pushes his opponent a few steps back.

Djokovic said Alcaraz blends his own game with those of which two players?

Federer and Nadal. Just after losing the 2023 Wimbledon final to him, Djokovic said the 20-year-old had 'basically the best of all three worlds', plus a 'Spanish bull mentality'.

Alcaraz is a fan of which Spanish football club?

Real Madrid. Several of the club's stars, among them Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo, came to watch him at his home Masters event in 2023, which he went on to win.

Which website created a dedicated Alcaraz bot that users can challenge?

Chess.com. His grandfather taught him the game as a boy, and he says it keeps his mind quick for tennis, where a moment's lapse can also cost you the match.

Which luxury fashion house made Alcaraz a brand ambassador in June 2023?

Louis Vuitton. In 2026 he carried out the World Cup trophy in one of the house's bespoke trunks, alongside Andrés Iniesta, before Spain beat Argentina in the final.

Alcaraz partnered which fellow Spaniard in doubles at the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Rafael Nadal. On the clay where the older man won 14 French Opens, the pair won two rounds before losing in the quarter-finals to an American pair who went on to the final.

Friends call Alcaraz 'Carlitos', but which English-sounding nickname does he say he uses for himself?

Charlie. He has said that plain 'Carlos' sounds so serious it makes him feel he has done something wrong, so he would rather go by either nickname.

Alcaraz stripped to his underwear for which fashion brand's global campaign in January 2023?

Calvin Klein. The American label unveiled the 19-year-old world No. 1 as the face of its campaign in the same month that a hamstring injury was keeping him off the court.

What did Alcaraz take home from men's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Silver. He lost a final of two tiebreaks in which Djokovic saved all eight break points he faced, and both men were in tears when it ended.

Which awards named Alcaraz World Sportsman of the Year in 2026?

Laureus. Their Breakthrough prize in 2023 marked his first major and rise to No. 1; the top honour followed a 2025 of two more majors and a return to the top of the rankings.

How does Alcaraz commemorate his major titles?

With tattoos. He has the date of his first US Open win, an Eiffel Tower for the French Open and a strawberry for Wimbledon.