The 21st century
Spain · born El Palmar, Murcia, 2003 · right-handed · twice Wimbledon champion
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2
Wimbledon singles titles, 2023 and 2024
24-3
Wimbledon match record, 2021 to 2025
2
Queen's Club titles, 2023 and 2025
4-2
Grass match record before Queen's 2023
4h 42m
Length of his first Wimbledon final
Born in El Palmar, Murcia, on 5 May 2003, Alcaraz played his first professional event as a 14-year-old in 2018 and that year began working with Juan Carlos Ferrero at his academy in Villena. He won the 2022 US Open and on 12 September 2022 became, at 19, the youngest world No. 1 of the Open Era. He has won seven major singles titles: the US Open in 2022 and 2025, Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024, Roland Garros in 2024 and 2025, and the 2026 Australian Open, which completed the career Grand Slam. He took Olympic singles silver in Paris in 2024 and finished 2022 and 2025 as year-end No. 1. In 2026 a right wrist injury, diagnosed as tenosynovitis, kept him off grass entirely, and he returned at the US Open after 139 days away.
| Wimbledon singles | Champion 2023 and 2024; runner-up 2025. Second round 2021, fourth round 2022; withdrew injured 2026. Match record 24-3 |
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| Wimbledon finals | 2023: beat Novak Djokovic 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in 4 hours 42 minutes. 2024: beat Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4). 2025: lost to Jannik Sinner 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 4-6 |
| Queen's Club | Champion 2023 on his first appearance, beating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4; champion 2025, beating Jiří Lehečka 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2; withdrew 2026 |
| Wimbledon records | Third-youngest men's champion, after Boris Becker and Björn Borg; in 2023 the first champion from outside the Big Four since Lleyton Hewitt in 2002 |
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| 2023 | Men's singles | |
| 2024 | Men's singles | |
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| 2025 | Men's singles | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I haven't played a player like him ever, to be honest."
The person behind the player.
Queen's Club 2023
He arrived at Queen's in 2023 with four wins and two losses on grass. He left with the title, beating Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 in the final, and with the world No. 1 ranking back from Djokovic. "It means a lot to me," he said of winning on his first visit.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon 2023 · Final
After 4 hours 42 minutes he beat Djokovic in five sets, with King Felipe VI in the crowd. On court he paid tribute to the beaten champion, "I started playing tennis watching you", then teased him about his age: "36 is the new 26." Djokovic called the defeat a "tough one to swallow".
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2024 · Semi-final
After beating Daniil Medvedev he told the Centre Court crowd that Sunday, the day of his final and of the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England, would be "a good day for Spanish people". The boos were loud. He pressed his hands together, grinning: "I didn't say Spain is going to win!"
Source: CNNWimbledon 2024 · Final
He beat Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 to keep the title. Asked at the trophy ceremony where he would watch the football, he said: "I've already done my job. So, let's see the football." The boos turned to applause. That evening Spain beat England 2-1, Mikel Oyarzabal scoring the winner in the 86th minute.
Source: OpenWimbledon 2025 · First round
The two-time defending champion opened against Fabio Fognini, 38 and playing his last Wimbledon, and needed five sets to win 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Alcaraz could not see why the Italian was stopping. Fognini, he said, "can still play three or four more years. Unbelievable."
Source: Associated PressQueen's and Wimbledon 2026
He hurt his right wrist in his first match at Barcelona on 14 April, and the problem was diagnosed as tenosynovitis. On 19 May he withdrew from Queen's, where he was defending champion, and from Wimbledon: "They are two truly special tournaments for me and I will miss them a lot."
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