Who is Carlos Alcaraz who made his name in tennis history at the age of 19?
The Spanish tennis player took the first place in the world rankings of the Professional Tennis Association (ATP) on September 12, 2022, from Russian Daniil Medvedev and became the new owner of the record for the youngest tennis player (19 years, 4 months, 6 days) to put his name on the summit. Who is Carlos Alcaraz?
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was born in 2003 in Spain. He started tennis at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, where his father was the director. In 2018, he started playing at Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite JC Ferrero Sports Academy.
CARLOS ALCARAZ'S TENNIS CAREER
He entered the top 100 as the youngest player at the age of 18 in the Oeiras III Challenger tournament at the 2021 Open. Alcaraz advanced to the fourth round at the US Open in the biggest win of his career, defeating world No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in a fifth set tiebreak. At the Erste Bank Open, he defeated world number 7 Matteo Berrettini for his second win over the top 10 player. As a result, he made his debut on November 1 as the youngest player in the top 35. First seeded at a Grand Slam at the Australian Open as the 31st seed, Alcaraz advanced to the third round before losing in five sets to Matteo Berrettini. The New York Times described him as "one of the most exciting next-generation talents in the sport."
Alcaraz, which was in 133rd place of the world ranking, which is not well known by the tennis world, showed the signals of its journey to the top at the beginning of this season.
Alcaraz made the big break in his career after leaving the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the season, in the third round.
The Spanish racket partnered with his predecessor Nadal in the record for the youngest tennis player to reach the top 10 in the world rankings by reaching the trophy at the Rio Open, Miami Open (ATP 1000 tournament) and Barcelona Open.
After performing one of the unforgettable performances of tennis history at the Madrid Open, the ATP 1000 tournament he attended, Carlos Alcaraz reached the cup by beating Nadal in the quarter-finals, Djokovic in the semi-finals, and German Alexander Zverev in the final.
BEATED TWO LEGENDARY TENNIS PLAYERS IN FASTER
Alcaraz, who managed to attract the attention of tennis fans with the title of the first tennis player to defeat Djokovic and Nadal consecutively in a tournament, succeeded in making it to the quarter finals of the French Open, one of the grand slam tournaments.
Alcaraz, who received great praise from two legendary tennis players after these successes, lost in the finals of the Hamburg Open and the Croatian Open, which he participated after being eliminated in the last 16 rounds at Wimbledon, and rose to the top 4 in the world rankings.
12 SEPTEMBER 2022
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz became the champion in the men's singles final of the US Open Tennis Tournament. Alcaraz won its first grand slam title by beating its Norwegian rival Casper Ruud 3-1 and rose to number 1 in the world rankings for the first time.