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 10 NOVEMBER2023)
Youngest and first teenage World No. 1 and year-end No. 1 in Pepperstone 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. His 1st stint at No. 1 was for 20 weeks.After capturing 2023 Wimbledon crown with 5-set win over 7-time champion Djokovic,he remained at No. 1 and going into US Open for a total of 36weeks in his young career.Became 3rd Spanish man to win Wimbledon after Nadal (2008, 2010) and Manuel Santana (1966).
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.
Compiled a 6-2 record in finals in 2023 and overall has a 12-4 career finals reocrd from 2021-23.
Became youngest ATP 500 champion at 2022 Rio de Janeiro (165 events 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.
Improved to 4-0 in ATP Masters 1000 finals with repeat title at 2023 Madrid, 2nd-best start in Masters 1000 finals only behind Michael Chang and Jim Courier (both 5-0). Lost his 1st Masters 1000 final at 2023 Cincinnati where he fell to Djokovic in an epic 3h, 49m final (held 1 MP), longest best-of-3 final in ATP Tour era (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.
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