Carlos Alcaraz had achieved a spectacular (and unprecedented) double blow by winning his 1st Grand Slam title and reaching the place of world No. 1 in September 2022. Alcaraz became, at 19, the youngest player to rise in place of world No. 1 since the development of the ranking (in August 1973) by erasing the Australian Lleyton Hewitt (20 years and 9 months in 2001).)
Alcaraz became the 4th Spaniard to reach the world No. 1 spot after Carlos Moya (in 1999), Juan Carlos Ferrero (his coach, in 2003) and Rafael Nadal (in 2008).
The Murcian needed just eight Grand Slam tournament appearances to win one, equaling Pete Sampras. They are only 8 players who have done better in the Open era: Edmondson, Wilander and Kuerten (3), Becker (4), Chang (5), Borg and Nadal (6), McEnroe (7).
The number of Grand Slam titles of the Serbian (including 2 Roland-Garros 2016 and 2021)
Djokovic has played 33 Grand Slam finals, only Chris Evert (34) has done better.
As a regular, the Serb plays this Friday 45th semi-final in a Major, the 12th Porte d’Auteuil For his young opponent, it is the first in Paris and the second in Grand Slam.
The Serb won 18 of his 93 titles on ochre. Of the 10 from the Spaniard, seven have been gleaned on earth, including three this season (Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Madrid). Only three have done better in the Open era: Connors (109), Federer (103) and Ivan Lendl (94). Rafael Nadal follows with 92 titles.
The number of weeks spent by Novak Djokovic at the head of the ATP circuit. An absolute record.
In millions of dollars Djokovic’s earnings since his first steps on the circuit in 2003. Pro since only 2018, Carlos Alcaraz has already gleaned 15.5 million dollars
Alcaraz has become the youngest player to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic (and the first to do so on clay) on the road to the Masters 1000 title in Madrid.
