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Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 66 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025. Alcaraz has won 26 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the ninth and youngest man in history to complete the caree…
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sports · Spanish tennis player (born 2003) · tennis player · also Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz
Born 5 May 2003 · Q85518537
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2026· 19 entries
The Guardian: Doubts grow over Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open defence after latest withdrawal
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Public attention spiked: 20,233 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 5,570, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: ranking updated on 13 July
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Public attention spiked: 159,018 Wikipedia readers in one day, 28.5× the usual 5,570, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by ~2026-39158-69 (talk) to last revision by Fyunck(click)
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Public attention spiked: 20,430 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 5,570, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Added 1 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see :Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from July
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Public attention spiked: 27,968 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5× the usual 5,570, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Nadal, Alcaraz and now Jodar: how Spain’s school of ‘suffering’ forges the stars of men’s tennis
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz ruled out of Wimbledon as recovery from wrist injury goes on
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open title defence due to wrist injury
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The Guardian: Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz to reclaim world No 1 spot: Monte Carlo Masters final highlights
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The Guardian: Jannik Sinner beats Carlos Alcaraz at Monte Carlo Masters to reclaim world No 1 spot
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz cuts through the noise to ease past Joao Fonseca at Miami Open
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz stays positive after winning streak ended by Daniil Medvedev at Indian Wells
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The Guardian: Alcaraz makes strong case for being the best young male player tennis has seen | Tumaini Carayol
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz celebrates Australian Open triumph by gaming with brother - video
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The Guardian: Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic: Australian Open 2026 men’s singles final – as it happened
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Alcaraz won his seventh major at the Australian Open, becoming the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam, at 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old
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Presented the FIFA World Cup Trophy for Louis Vuitton prior to the Spain–Argentina final
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In the final of the Australian Open, which Alcaraz won in four sets to end Djokovic's undefeated 10–0 record in Australian Open finals and become the youngest male player to complete the Career Grand Slam
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2025· 8 entries
Won the ATP Italian Open with ATP Mens (2025).
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Won the ATP Cincinnati Open with ATP Mens (2025).
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Alcaraz and Sinner met in three consecutive major finals
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Supported fellow Spanish player Sara Sorribes Tormo's decision to take a break from the sport for her health
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Admitted to having felt "nervous the whole day", and following a win in Monte Carlo a month later, that he had been "struggling stepping on the court" and had considered taking an extended break from tennis
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At the Italian Open and the Cincinnati Open, both won by Alcaraz; and the final of the 2025 ATP Finals, where Sinner defeated Alcaraz in straight sets
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Alcaraz appointed childhood friend Fran Rubio as an additional physiotherapist
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Defeated Jannik Sinner in a historic final to win the French Open, as well as the US Open
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2024· 11 entries
Alcaraz inaugurated his foundation's exhibition "Los Pies en la Tierra" in Murcia, highlighting the importance of equal opportunities for children
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Won the ATP Indian Wells Open with ATP Mens (2024).
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Met for the French Open final, where Zverev was hunting for his first major title
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Alcaraz won his first French Open and defended his title at Wimbledon, becoming the youngest man to win the "Channel Slam"
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With Alcaraz winning all three matches, including the tightly contested final of the China Open
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As he did to all other players on tour combined
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Won nearly a third of his opponents' service games
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A media controversy arose when Alcaraz publicly broke a racket for the first time during a match in Cincinnati
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Spoke out several times against the length of the tennis calendar, stressing the frequency of injuries and joking that "probably they are going to kill us in some way"
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During which Alcaraz and Juan Carlos Ferrero also ran a charity auction to raise funds for those affected
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In April 2024, Alcaraz announced the launch of the Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Foundation, with the aim of improving the lives of disadvantaged children.
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2023· 3 entries
Won the ATP Indian Wells Open with ATP Mens (2023).
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Defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in an epic final
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Said, "Obviously, I want to win every match that I play, but at the same time, I want to have fun, try different things, make the people enjoy watching tennis and watching my matches
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2022· 3 entries
Won the ATP Madrid Open with ATP Mens (2022).
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Alcaraz won two Masters events and his first major title at the US Open
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Where Alcaraz swept past defending champion Zverev in one hour and four minutes
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2021· 1 entry
With Zverev dismantling a 17–18 year old Alcaraz in both matches
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2017· 2 entries
Alcaraz enjoyed a breakthrough season at the under-14 level
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And the youngest man to have won both legs of the Sunshine Double
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2015· 1 entry
Alcaraz won the under-12 division of the Rafa Nadal Tour Masters, and the following year captured the competition's under-14 title
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2013· 1 entry
At age 10, Alcaraz signed his first contract with Babolat
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2004· 1 entry
And the only player ever to defeat Nadal and Djokovic back-to-back on clay
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2003· 2 entries
Born 2003-05-05.
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To win an ATP Tour match, and also achieved this feat before anyone born in 2002
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1990· 1 entry
And the first man born in the 2000s to win a major singles title
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1963· 1 entry
And the youngest at any major since Michael Chang at the 1990 French Open
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