Carlos Alcaraz was born in El Palmar, Murcia (Spain) on 5/5/2003. Carlos Alcaraz grew up in a family of tennis enthusiasts. His grandfather was a member of a tennis club. Meanwhile, Carlos Alcazar’s father is a semi-professional tennis player who finished second in the Spanish Championship. He also runs the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia tennis academy.

With the above background, it is no wonder that Carlos Alcaraz and his three brothers played tennis since childhood. At the age of 3, Carlos Alcaraz got his first tennis racket and his journey with this sport began from there. Carlos Alcaraz is coached by Juan Carlos Ferrero, former world No. 1 tennis player and French Open champion. Ferrero has coached Carlos Alcaraz since Summer 2018.

In an interview with Teledeporte after Alcaraz won the Miami Masters 1000, Ferrero said about his student: “Carlos Alcaraz is a different player than the others I have worked with. With Carlos, I have everything to do. He is a young player with great potential but has not yet been fully exploited, and I think I can help Carlos improve. I feel that Carlos’s playing level is only 60% of his potential.”

At Madrid Open 2022, Carlos Alcaraz won the championship after defeating a series of famous players such as Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. Carlos Alcaraz is even the only player in history to ever defeat Nole and Nadal in the same clay court tournament.-Became a professional tennis player in 2018.

-Highest career ranking: No. 1 in the world (September 12, 2022). Carlos Alcaraz is also the youngest world No. 1 tennis player in Pepperstone ATP Rankings history (19 years old).

-Wins US Open 2022. He is the youngest player to win this tournament since Pete Sampras (1990). Carlos is also the youngest player to win a Grand Slam after Nadal (2005).

-Won 2 ATP Masters 1000 championships in Miami and Madrid. Carlos Alcaraz wins both of these tournaments in 2022, thereby becoming the second youngest player to win more than one Masters 1000 tournament, after Nadal in 2005.

-Carlos Alcaraz won his first ATP Tour title, Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag, in 2021. Thanks to that, Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest ATP Tour champion after Kei Nishikori (18 years old) in 2008.

-Carlos Alcaraz wins 4 ATP titles in 2022. In addition to the two Masters 1000 events, Alcaraz won his first ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro. In 2022, Carlos also won the title at the Conde Godó tennis tournament (Barcelona).

-Records: This year, Carlos Alcaraz established 4 special records: Youngest tennis player to win Rio Open, Youngest tennis player to win Miami Open, Youngest tennis player to win Madrid Open and Youngest tennis player to win holds the number 1 position in the world.