In 11 points: How Carlos Alcaraz became the world’s youngest No. 1 | Tennis News – Times of India

Carlos Alcarazu has been talked about for some time as a possible future Tennis supper star. The 19-year-old has been living up to those expectations for some time now and has won her first Grand Slam title. US Open Now definitely turns out to be a pivotal moment in his youthful career which has already seen some big highlights.
Incredibly, Alcarz, who turned professional in 2018, finds himself as the new world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis. Wimbledon did not award any ranking points this year, after Russian and Belarusian players were banned from participating because of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

As the tennis world celebrates turning 19, TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at some of the big Alcaraz rankings and other trivia to tell the story of how the Spaniard, who idolized Rafael NadalRanking out of the world’s top 50 last year climbed to the top of the charts:
1. 4 set win vs Alcaraz casper rudd The US Open men’s singles final was his 51st Tour level win of the season – the most by any player this season. He is 5 wins clear of Stefanos Tsitsipas (46 wins).
2. Alcaraz won three straight 5 set matches (vs Marin Cilic, Janic Sinner and Frances Tiafo) to reach their first Grand Slam final. He spent up to 20 hours and 19 minutes on the court en route to the final.

3. Overall, Alcaraz spent 23 hours and 39 minutes on the court at the US Open, surpassing Kevin Anderson at Wimbledon 2018 for the most time (since 1999) on the court in a single Grand Slam on record.
4. Alcaraz is now the youngest Grand Slam champion as his compatriot Rafael Nadal won the 2005 French Open, also at the age of 19. Alcaraz is also the youngest US Open champion since Pete Sampras (19) in 1990.

5. Alkaraj is the youngest ever (19 years and 4 months) to become the men’s singles world No.1. He has broken the previous record set by Layton Hewitt (20 years and 9 months in November, 2001). Alkaraj is the first Teenage World No.
6. Alcaraz is the fourth Spanish player to be ranked No. 1 in the men’s world after Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moya and Rafael Nadal.
7. Incredibly, Alcaraz was ranked 55th in the world at the 2021 US Open last year.

8. Alcaraz made his 2022 US Open debut, this year, finishing fourth in the world.
9. Alcaraz holds the record for the biggest jump to No. 1 in ATP ranking history. He is the fourth player to move from World No. 4 to World No. 1 in terms of an ATP ranking update (a tournament). Alcaraz joined the list with Carlos Moya (March 1999), Andre Agassi (July 1999) and Pete Sampras (September 2000).

10. Alcaraz is the first player after Novak Djokovic to save a match point for the Grand Slam title at Wimbledon 2019. Alcaraz saved a match point against Janik Sinar in the quarter-finals. Djokovic saved two match points against Roger Federer in the final of Wimbledon 2019.
11. Alcaraz now has a tour-leading 5 titles this season. Prior to the US Open title, he also won the ATP Masters 1000 titles in Miami and Madrid.
*Stats Courtesy: ATP