The Spanish tennis player won the title of the world’s number one tennis player by beating Norwegian Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1) and 6-3 at the United States Open. Thanks to this victory, Alcaraz is in the majority of national and international media coverage and will be a hot topic when it comes to sports.
But not everything is known about the Murcian tennis player. At the age of 19, he became the youngest tennis player to win this tournament.. These are some of the facts you didn’t know about Carlos Alcaraz (May 5, 2003).
Average height of tennis players
Murcian Alcaraz Measures 1.85 metersHe places himself above the average height of the top 100 tennis players in the ATP rankings. The average height is 1.80 meters. Only twelve tennis players are below this average, and there are others who have touched or crossed the barrier.
First steps in El Palmar
At the age of four, the Spanish tennis player took his first steps with the racket at the El Palmar Country Club (Murcia), where his grandfather and father also built, and hit the racket, the latter becoming the director of these installations. Also, his father, who was among the top 40 in Spain, was a reference for him.
Born in the year his coach was #1
19 years ago, on September 8, 2003, the Murcian coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero failed to win the US Open title after losing to American Andy Roddick. With 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) and 6-3. However, that didn’t stop the Valencian from being #1 in the world. This is the last tournament, Alcaraz managed to “revenge” the defeat of his coach.
‘Pure Aero VS’, the racket of victory
This racket model Weighs 305 gramsFive less than Rafa Nadal and five more than Djokovic.
everything is not tennis
Carlos Alcaraz does more sports as a hobby besides tennis. Among them Golf Y Fishingwho trains with friends on the days off between tennis tournaments.
Madridista in the heart
The tennis player does not hide his great love for football and more specifically Real Madrid. Murcian was at the Bernabéu in the 2021/22 season and the Champions League final with the players celebrating the team’s victory in LaLiga.
Among the 10 most followed tennis players
In the social network Instagram, Alcaraz has 1.8 million followers It’s behind Nick Kyrgios (3.1 million), Roger Federer (9.8 million), Novak Djokovic (11.3 million) and Rafa Nadal (16.1 million). This social network also includes tennis players Andy Murray and Alexander Zverev, who have the same number of followers as Murcian.
Yatra, the only singer on Instagram
She is the only famous Colombian singer who does not belong to the world of sports and has managed to infiltrate her ‘feed’, browsing the photos posted on the tennis player’s Instagram. Sebastian Yatra. The singer participated in one of the matches of the Spaniards during his participation in the US Open.
Relationship with Rafael Nadal
The young man already knew Majorcan before competing against him on the tennis court. Alcaraz joins Mapfre’s Rafa Nadal Tourwhere did he win Under 12 years old in 2015 and a year later, under 14 champion. Rafa Nadal has been a reference point for Alcaraz since he was little.
Your first year behind the wheel
Alcaraz managed to get his driver’s license approved, as he shared with his followers on Instagram in February of this year. While still a novice at the wheel, the tennis player is already an expert at handling the racket, as he demonstrated against the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the US Open final.