Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) 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 27 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 career Grand Slam in singles.
A teen phenomenon, Alcaraz won the Next Gen ATP Finals and was the 2020 ATP Newcomer of the Year. In 2022, Alcaraz won his first major title at the US Open. He became the youngest man in the Open Era to be ranked world No. 1, at old, and finished the year as the youngest year-end No. 1 in ATP rankings history. Alcaraz claimed the Wimbledon Championships in 2023, defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in an epic final.
In 2024, Alcaraz won his first French Open and defended his title at Wimbledon, becoming the youngest man to win the "Channel Slam". In 2025, he defeated Jannik Sinner in a historic final to win the French Open, as well as the US Open, and finished as the year-end world No. 1 for a second time. In 2026, Alcaraz won his seventh major at the Australian Open, and became the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam, at old. He is known for his aggressive playing style and varied shotmaking.
Early and personal life Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was born on 5 May 2003, in El Palmar, Murcia, Spain, to parents Carlos Alcaraz González and Virginia Garfia Escandón. Alcaraz has one older brother, Álvaro, and two younger brothers, Sergio and Jaime.
Alcaraz started playing tennis at the age of four at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, where his father was a tennis coach and club administrator. His mother worked as a sales assistant at IKEA. Alcaraz's father had played tennis but stopped pursuing a professional career as a teenager, as he could not afford it. In 2013, at age 10, Alcaraz signed his first contract with Babolat. After watching him compete at age 11, IMG agent Albert Molina recognized Carlos as a standout talent and sought to persuade his parents to work with him; his father ultimately agreed when Carlos was 12.
Alcaraz is frequently accompanied to tournaments by his father and by his brother Álvaro, who works as his hitting partner and assistant coach. During the tennis off-season, he lives at his parents' home in Murcia. His friends and family call him "Carlitos" or "Charly". He is Catholic, and has received blessings from priests before important tournaments.
Junior career At the age of 10, Alcaraz competed outside Spain for the first time at the under-10 World Championship in Croatia, where he lost in the final. That same year, he became an official member of the Babolat team, later joining the brand's international roster at age 13.
In 2015, Alcaraz won the under-12 division of the Rafa Nadal Tour Masters, and the following year captured the competition's under-14 title.
In 2017, Alcaraz enjoyed a breakthrough season at the under-14 level. He won the XIV Taça Internacional Maia Jovem, defeating Daniel Rincón in the final, and later captured the Babolat Cup. That summer, he helped Spain win the 14-and-under European Summer Cup and was part of the Spanish team that finished runner-up to Switzerland at the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals.
Alcaraz continued his rise in 2018. In July, he won the Dutch Junior Open, defeating Filip Kolasinski in the final, and weeks later captured the European 16-and-under Championship by defeating Elmer Møller. Later that year at the Junior Davis Cup in Budapest, he played a key role in Spain's title run, saving match point while trailing against Harold Mayot in singles before returning to win the decisive doubles match after France had taken an early lead.
In March 2019, Alcaraz won the J300 Villena, defeating Illya Beloborodko in the final, and was ranked No. 1 on the Tennis Europe Junior Tour during the year. As a junior, he achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 22.
Professional career
2018–2020: Pro debut In February 2018, aged 14, Alcaraz played his first professional tennis event as a qualifier at the Spain F5 ITF Futures in Murcia. He knocked out second seed and world No. 292 Federico Gaio in the first round, and ultimately reached the quarterfinals. He collected his first two ATP points from this tournament, and entered the rankings as world No. 1414 on 26 February 2018.
In April 2019, aged 15, Alcaraz made his Challenger debut at the JC Ferrero Challenger in Villena. He won his first round match against a 17-year old Jannik Sinner, who was on a sixteen-match winning streak. With this victory, Alcaraz became the first player born in 2003 to win a Challenger match. He was defeated by eighth seed Lukáš Rosol in the second round. One week later at the Murcia Open, he defeated fifth seed and world No. 140 Pedro Martínez in the second round. Alcaraz went on to win four Challenger titles, three of them before the age of 18. He was the first player born in 2003 to reach a Challenger title match.
In February 2020, aged 16, Alcaraz made his ATP main-draw debut at the Rio Open after receiving a wild card for the singles main draw. He defeated world No. 41 Albert Ramos Viñolas in a marathon three-setter that lasted three hours and 37 minutes. Alcaraz became the first player born in 2003 to win an ATP Tour match, and also achieved this feat before anyone born in 2002. He was defeated in the second round by Federico Coria.
In September 2020, aged 17, Alcaraz played his first qualifying round at a major tournament at the postponed French Open. He held two match points to defeat Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets, but ended up losing in three.
2021: First ATP title, Next Gen champion
Alcaraz made his debut in the main draw of a major as a qualifier at the 2021 Australian Open. He was the youngest man to qualify for the tournament since Novak Djokovic in 2005. As the main draw was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alcaraz played the Great Ocean Road Open in early February, where he was defeated by Thiago Monteiro. In his first main draw match at the Australian Open, Alcaraz defeated fellow qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets. He was the only teenager in the draw to progress past the first round, and the first person born in 2003 to win a match at a major. In the second round, Alcaraz was defeated by Mikael Ymer.
Alcaraz played a mix of Challenger and ATP Tour-level tournaments throughout the spring, including the Gran Canaria Challenger II and the Open Occitanie. He received wildcards at the Mexican Open, where he lost to eventual champion Alexander Zverev in the first round; at the Barcelona Open, where he lost to Frances Tiafoe in the first round; and at the Andalucía Open, where he defeated Nikola Milojevic, Feliciano Lopez, and third seed Casper Ruud to make the deepest ATP tournament run of his career. He lost to compatriot Jaume Munar in the semifinal.
Alcaraz received a wildcard at the Miami Open, where he lost in the first round to Emil Ruusuvuori. This was his first appearance at a ATP Masters 1000 tournament. He was given another ATP 1000 wildcard at the Madrid Open. Alcaraz became the youngest match winner in tournament history after his first round defeat of Adrian Mannarino, breaking a record set by Rafael Nadal in 2004. He then met Nadal for their first career meeting, and lost to him in two short sets on the day of his eighteenth birthday. Alcaraz entered the Challenger Oeiras III as an unseeded player, and defeated Facundo Bagnis in the final to claim the fourth Challenger title of his career. On 24 May 2021, he rose from 114th to 94th in the ATP rankings. He became the youngest player inside the top 100, as well as the youngest inside the top 500.
Alcaraz easily qualified for the French Open and reached the third round, where he was defeated by Jan-Lennard Struff. He was the youngest man to reach the third round at Roland Garros in 29 years, and the youngest to do so at any major since Nadal in 2004. Alcaraz then made his debut at Wimbledon via a wildcard. In the first round, he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in the first five-set match of his career. He was defeated in the second round in straight sets by world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev. In July, Alcaraz won the Umag Open, defeating Richard Gasquet to claim the first ATP title of his career. He was the youngest ATP champion since Kei Nishikori in 2008.
In the third round of the US Open, Alcaraz defeated world No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in a dramatic fifth-set tiebreak on Arthur Ashe Stadium. At 18 years and four months, Alcaraz became the youngest man to beat a top 3 ranked-player in singles at the US Open since the ATP rankings began in 1973. He also became the youngest man in a major fourth round since 17-year-old Andrei Medvedev at the 1992 French Open, and the youngest man in the US Open fourth round since 17-year-old Michael Chang in 1989. Alcaraz then reached the quarterfinals by defeating qualifier Peter Gojowczyk. He became the youngest US Open men's quarterfinalist in the Open Era, the youngest all-time since Thomaz Koch in 1963, and the youngest at any major since Michael Chang at the 1990 French Open. He retired against Félix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals after injuring his leg.
At Indian Wells, Alcaraz was seeded (30th) for the first time at an ATP Masters 1000 event, but lost in the first round to Andy Murray. At the Vienna Open two weeks later, Alcaraz met Murray for a rematch and defeated him. He then defeated world No. 7 Matteo Berrettini to claim a second career top 10 win, and entered the top 35 on 1 November. He lost to Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. At the Paris Masters, Alcaraz took a third top 10 win against eighth seed Jannik Sinner in their first ATP meeting. However, in the round of 16, Alcaraz was unable to cope with a raucous home crowd backing Frenchman Hugo Gaston and lost in straight sets. Alcaraz ended his season at the Next Gen ATP Finals; he had qualified as third seed behind Sinner and Auger-Aliassime, but became first seed after their withdrawals. He dominated the draw to win the title, dropping just one set.
2022: US Open champion, world No. 1
Alcaraz was seeded for the first time in a major at the Australian Open. He reached the third round, where he was defeated in a fifth set tiebreak by Matteo Berrettini. This would later prove to be an unusual blemish on Alcaraz's standout five-set winning record. At the Rio Open, Alcaraz won his first ATP 500 title by defeating Diego Schwartzman in the final. He became the youngest winner of an ATP 500 event since the category was created in 2009. He entered the ATP top 20 for the first time on 21 February 2022.
At Indian Wells, Alcaraz defeated defending champion Cameron Norrie to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal and semifinal, which he lost to Rafael Nadal. Two weeks later, at the Miami Open, Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud to win his first 1000 title. He was the youngest men's singles winner in tournament history, as well as the youngest men's ATP Masters 1000 champion since Rafael Nadal at Monte-Carlo in 2005. He was also the first Spaniard to win Miami. At Monte-Carlo, Alcaraz was upset by Sebastian Korda. Alcaraz beat top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open to enter the world top 10 for the first time on 25 April 2022. He became the youngest man to break into the top 10 since Nadal on 25 April 2005, exactly 17 years earlier. Alcaraz defeated Pablo Carreño Busta to win the Barcelona title.