A to Z Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (El Palmar, May 5, 2003) is the second son of the marriage between Carlos Alcaraz, former tennis player and sports director of Real Sociedad Club de Campo, and Virginia Garfia of Seville descent. His older brother Álvaro joined the technical team. Two little ones, Sergio and Jaime, also play tennis.

FOR BARCELONA

Carlos Alcaraz belongs to the Royal Tennis Club of Barcelona, ​​which entered the “top 10” for the first time thanks to this victory in 18 years, 11 months and 22 days, won by the Count of Godó on its courts last May. One month and two days after Nadal.

C FOR HEAD, HEART AND BALLS

Carlos Alcaraz Lerma is the paternal grandfather of the tennis player. He was the secretary of the Pigeon Shooting Club, now the Country Club, and has always instilled in his grandson that he needs to play with his head, heart and balls. Alcaraz Lerma was a draftsman for Bernal Pareja and started playing tennis at the age of 30. All three of his children gave him a racket.

D FOR PERMISSION

Carlos Alcaraz’s favorite hit and the kick shot that made him famous on the track. His silk wrist allows him to master this shot that forces his opponents to make a tremendous effort to reach the net. “I do them out of strategy because I’m mentally blocked and I don’t know what to do,” he admitted about the drops.

FOR EFFORT

The philosophy of labor has always been marked by fire in Carlos Alcaraz’s values. The hardworking and disciplined child always wants to raise more. When a session is over, he thanks the coaching team.

F FOR FERRERO (JUAN CARLOS)

Juan Carlos Ferrero became the coach of Carlos Alcaraz when the tennis player was 16 years old. The principal of the Equelite Academy played with a boy who aims very high but lacks the physique. The binomial worked perfectly and now the man from El Palmar has no qualms about saying “he’s my second dad and I wouldn’t trade him for anything in the world”.

FOR GRAND SLAM

The US Open is the first Grand Slam to be won by Carlos Alcaraz, the seventh youngest player in history to achieve this in 19 years and 4 months. The record belongs to Michael Chang, who won Roland Garros 1989 at the age of 17 years and 3 months.

H (EL) FOR ANTIER

The Murcian actor twice became the hero of the popular program El Hormiguero in Antena 3, presented by Pablo Motos. He explained that the first time he had negotiated with his father to buy a car; The second is to receive daily offers from women on Instagram.

FROM INSTRAGRAM

The Instagram account @carlitosalcaraz has seen a phenomenal increase in follower count, as expected. Within a year, she had 50,000 followers and over two million, thus becoming the most influential character on social networks in the Region of Murcia.

JUANJO (LOPEZ)

A Murcian with long ties to the sport, Dr. There’s Juanjo López. Since its inception, it has practically monitored the health of the tennis player. He recently left his job in Arrixaca to devote himself to his private practice and better serve Alcaraz.

K FOR KIKO (NAVARRO)

Kiko Navarro was the first coach of Carlos Alcaraz. He took it at the age of 9 when the tennis player went to Croatia to play a junior tournament and left at 16 after the player needed limited opportunities in Murcia. Then Juan Carlos Ferrero appeared.

FOR PEACE

Colegio La Paz in El Palmar was where Carlos Alcaraz worked. Loli Moreno, her primary school teacher, reminds her how hardworking a hard-working child who aims to become a tennis player is, so it doesn’t matter to her that she quit watching cartoons.

MOSCOW M

In July 2018, Carlos Alcaraz, just 15 years old, was declared European champion in the under-16 category in Moscow, becoming the sixth Spaniard in history to win the title. Yannick Noah, Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, Tommy Robredo, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fabio Fognini, Marin Cilic and Andrey Rublev all have this title.

FOR NIKE

Multinational Nike spotted Carlos Alcaraz and signed a long-term contract with him three years ago, before he even won a Challenger tournament. The American wing company has always dressed the best tennis players on the pro track, including Rafa Nadal.

Ñ ​​YOUR CHILD

When he entered the professional circuit only a year and a half ago, he was recognized as a child. His precocity quickly gained attention in the tennis world, especially for a maturity unbecoming of a teenager.

OR OEIRAS

He won a Challenger tournament in Oeiras, Portugal, in May 2021 and entered the “top 100” at 18 years and 17 days – Trieste, Villena, Barcelona and Oeiras – after winning four titles at the same track in less than a year.

pawn pawn

Carlos Alcaraz likes to play chess. Master the pawns, queens and bishops. His grandfather, Carlos, with whom he played regularly, instilled in him a passion for sports that also helped him develop his mind.

S FOR DEAR

Alcaraz has an innate ability to pocket the public. Since childhood, he was loved by the public, who always considered him a breath of fresh air. Wherever he went, he connected with the stands with incredible ease, even when he wasn’t in the world’s “top 50.”

R FOR QUEEN (SWEETS)

Alfonso López, president of the Postres Reina company in Caravaca, chose Carlos Alcaraz when he was 9 years old. He paid for a trip to Croatia to play the Smirka Bowl U10, where he finished second, and has been its main sponsor from then on. Your financial support has been very important for many years.

SEVIL

Virginia Garfia is the mother of Carlos Alcaraz. He was from Seville and came to Murcia as a child when his father, Manuel Román Garfia Cano, one of the organizers of the Rocío de Murcia fraternity, was transferred to work at El Corte Inglés. Their origins are in Gines in the Aljarafe region, but they have moved to the heart of Seville, the Triana neighborhood.

T TARBES

In 2016, as a first-year boy – aged 13 – he qualified for the Les Petic As tournament held at the children’s Roland Garros in Tarbes, France. She did not shine in the French town, but has already cleared her class.

U of UMAG

The Umag Tournament was his first career ATP 250 title. Nadal was just 8 days away from breaking the record for being the youngest Spaniard to win his first ATP title. Considering that Alcaraz’s career has been interrupted for months due to the pandemic, his action has a larger dimension.

FOR WAWRINKA

Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka was one of the first veterans of the circuit to surrender to the talent of Alcaraz. “He is a player who can win on any floor. He is young, very good and very confident. He will continue to work, keep improving and win on any track,” he said.

X FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

He was the youngest participant in the ATP Finals Next Gen for new generations, which brought together eight of the world’s best U-21 athletes. And Carlos Alcaraz masterfully triumphed in November 2021.

AND YATRA

Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra, who made a name for himself with the song Red Heels, announced that he is a fan of Carlos Alcaraz, whom he met at the US Open. Both showed off their new friendships on Instagram.

Z FOR ZIPI AND ZAPE

Carlos and his brother Álvaro Alcaraz were known as Zipi and Zape as children. Good but mischievous boys, just before a tournament when the tennis player was about 16, a football party between the two ended with a sprain of the world’s current number one ankle, which caused serious distaste for Ferrero.