A breakout year for the 19-year-old Alcaraz was 2022, when he won 57 out of 70 singles matches and captured his debut Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open. Additionally, Alcaraz won the Rio Open, Miami Open, Barcelona Open, and Madrid Open.
The Spanish player finished the year as the quickest World No. 1 to finish an ATP season. He has maintained his top spot for 16 weeks.
Dominance of Alcaraz
Although the setbacks, his domination in winning five championships last year shown that he is still on track to be one of competition’s titans ahead.
Alcaraz, 19, is tennis’ greatest prospect. Since capturing the US Open in September 2022, he has held the top spot in the world ranking. In light of this, the man from Murcia remarked, “Any kid who starts to play tennis dreams of becoming the best in the world.
It is a breath taking and wonderful emotion. Additionally, he has two ATP 500s and two Masters (Madrid and Miami) on his resume (Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona). Carlito enthralled everyone with his fierce competitiveness, the one that won’t let him give up a ball for dead, as well as his amazing strength and proficiency on clay courts.
Alcaraz won back-to-back matches against tennis greats Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal throughout his Spanish Open title run, he won’t be 20 until May.
Carlos Alcaraz on Australian Open
Djokovic will be welcomed back to the competition after being banned from Australia the year before due to a visa issue after trying unsuccessfully to participate in the competition due to his decision to forego receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
In November, Australia removed the star’s three-year suspension, and he will now attempt to win a record tenth men’s Australian Open championship. He would tie Rafael Nadal for the most Grand Slam male’s singles titles ever with a major victory, giving him his 22nd.
The world number one continues to pay attention to what is going on near Melbourne. He can lose the title to Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas. “I sometimes observe the games and imagine myself on the court, if only I could”.
Alcaraz is closely watching games of Tsitsipas and Djokovic but is not worried if either of the two overtakes him as the world’s number one.
