Carlos Alcaraz started hitting balls at four in his father's club in El Palmar, on the edge of Murcia, and grew into the rarest thing in the modern game: a player who wins everywhere. His tennis is a whirl of full-blooded forehands, feathered drop shots and speed that turns a defensive scramble into a winner, an all-court game with a different key for each surface. He announced it at the 2022 US Open, where the title lifted him to world No. 1 at 19 years and 4 months, the youngest man ever to top the ATP rankings.
The trophies followed on every kind of court. His 7 Grand Slam titles run two at Wimbledon, two at Roland Garros, two at the US Open and one at the Australian Open, a spread of range few reach in a whole career. The defining thread is his rivalry with Jannik Sinner. In the 2025 Roland Garros final Alcaraz saved three championship points and came back from two sets down to win 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6, the longest final in the tournament's history at five hours and 29 minutes, and one of the great matches the sport has produced.
Thirty. That is how many places Luca Van Assche gained after winning the Estoril title, from No. 78 to a career-best No. 48 in the ATP rankings. He was one of two Frenchmen with a tour-level title this week: Quentin Halys won Kitzbuhel and rose 31 places to No. 52. Neither result stirred the top of the list, where Jannik Sinner stayed unmoved at No. 1.
Ranking taleSeventy-eight. That is how many places Arthur Fery climbed in the ATP rankings this week, from 114 to 36, and every one of them came out of a single fortnight at Wimbledon. Above him the other big move was a return: Alexander Zverev, who beat Fery in the semi-final and lost the final, is back at No. 2, the highest he has ever been ranked.
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