The young Spaniard, winner of the US Open, sits (already) at the age of 19 at the top of world tennis. A long-awaited event. Details in figures.
Carlos Alcaraz, at the end of suspense and out of breath is, on the night of Sunday to Monday, emerged victorious 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 of a showdown long undecided with the Norwegian Casper Ruud. He will sit at the top of world tennis, registering as the youngest to wait for the place of world No. 1.
1
Alcaraz achieves a spectacular (and unprecedented) double blow by winning its 1er title in Grand Slam and to reach the place of world n°1. Alcaraz becomes, at 19, the youngest player to rise to the place of world No. 1 since the development of the ranking (in August 1973). He erases the Australian Lleyton Hewitt (20 years and 9 months in 2001). Did better than Marat Safin (20 years and 10 months in 2000) or John McEnroe (21 years and 1 month in 1980), when they reached the top of the world rankings. The Spaniard, on the road to the title in New York, saved 1 match point during an epic marathon against Jannik Sinner, in the quarter-finals. He composted his ticket for the Masters (he will be the youngest participant since Andreï Medvedev in 1993) at the end of a tournament during which he will have beaten only a Top 10. In the final.
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2.5
In millions of euros. The amount of winnings won with the title at the US Open.
4
It fits as the 4e Spaniard to reach the place of world No. 1 after Carlos Moya (in 1999), Juan Carlos Ferrero (his coach, in 2003) and Rafael Nadal (in 2008). Like Carlos Moya (March 1999), Andre Agassi (July 1999) and Pete Sampras (2000), he climbed the rankings to go directly from 4e (he was seeded #3 in New York) to #1 in the world.
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6
The number of titles on the young Spaniard’s list.
28
He succeeds, this Monday, Danill Medvedev and settles as the 28e world number 1.
57
Titled at the US Open, he became the 57e player (from the Open era) winner of a major tournament.
2018
His great professional debut.
2022
Became, this year, the youngest player to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (and the first to do so on clay), on the road to the title in Masters 1000, in Madrid.