ALCARAZ. Revelation of this 2022 season, Carlos Alcaraz is playing his second Wimbledon. The Spaniard is opposed this Monday, June 27 to the German Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round. Time, channel, discover all the information about the meeting.
Carlos Alcaraz on the courts of Wimbledon from day one. The seeded n°5 is opposed to the German Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the London Grand Slam. Arrived without any real preparation, the Spaniard is still treating pain in his right elbow which prevented him from playing in tournaments. Scheduled in the second rotation on court n°1, the meeting will be to be followed on the antennas of BeIn Sports, holder of the Wimbledon TV rights around 3:30 p.m. To follow the meeting on computer, telephone or tablet, you will need to take out a subscription on MyCanal Where BeIn Connect.
After losing in the third round to Matteo Berrettini at the Australian Open and in the quarter-finals to Alexander Zverev at Roland-Garros, the new phenomenon of world tennis is expecting a complicated start to the Grand Slam: “I always say it’s not easy to play on grass, and I haven’t had a chance to play a tournament before Wimbledon, so this week is going to be tough for me. The hardest thing is to move well on the grass.
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Biography Carlos Alcaraz. Carlos Alcaraz was born on May 5, 2003 in El Palmar, a town located in the municipality of Murcia, Spain. Influenced by his father, once in the Spanish top 40, Carlos Alcaraz began playing tennis at the age of four, where his talent and performance did not go unnoticed. He quickly develops a preference like his idol, Rafael Nadal for clay courts.
The Spaniard turned professional in 2018, then aged 15, and he appeared quite early in his early career as the heir and future of Hispanic tennis. He won his first match on the ATP circuit against Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Rio de Janeiro tournament in Brazil. This success against his compatriot propelled the notoriety of the native of El Palmar quite high since he was 406th in the world at this precise moment. Since then, Carlos Alcaraz has never stopped progressing, beating precocity records and emerging as the new nugget of world tennis.
What is Carlos Alcaraz’s track record?
Since turning professional in 2018, Carlos Alcaraz has won 5 titles on the ATP Professional Tour. The latest is the Masters 1000 in Madrid where the Spaniard brilliantly won in the final against the German Alexander Zverev. Before this trophy, the Iberian won the Umag tournament in Croatia on clay in 2021 as well as that of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2022 on clay, the Miami Masters 1000 and the Barcelona tournament.
What is Carlos Alcaraz’s ranking?
406th in the world in his first victory on the ATP circuit in 2020, Carlos Alcaraz is currently 6th in the standings. ATPhis best rank since the beginning of his career.
What is Carlos Alcaraz’s salary?
A professional since 2018, Carlos Alcaraz has amassed more than $5 million ($5,856,924m) since the start of his career in earnings from tournament performances, including more than $3 million in 2022 ($4,102,094m).
Who is Carlos Alcaraz’s idol?
The native of El Palmar has never hidden it, Rafael Nadal is his idol. Before facing the Mallorcan in the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells on March 19, 2022, Carlos Alcaraz recalled his admiration for his compatriot Spaniard: “It’s fantastic to play against Rafa. He’s been my idol since I was a kid, so it’s never easy to play against him, but I think it’s going to be a fantastic game. I don’t know what I have to do to win this semi‐final. I am already playing at a high level in this tournament. I know it will be a very difficult match, but everyone knows how Rafa plays. When he is in a bad situation, he can come back, raise his level of play and turn the game around.”
Who is Carlos Alcaraz’s coach?
Carlos Alcaraz’s coach is known in the tennis world. Former world number 1 and winner of Roland Garros in 2003, Juan Carlos Ferrero has been working with the prodigy Alcaraz for more than two years in his Equalite academy. A special relationship was born between the two men. An agreement that goes beyond the framework of tennis, as confirmed by Alcaraz after his coronation in Miami on April 3. “When we are together, we talk about everything. I consider him my coach and also my friend. I can talk to him about everything. It helps me a lot in all aspects of my life.”
The impressive physical transformation of Carlos Alcaraz
If since the beginning of his career, the talent of Carlos Alcaraz has not gone unnoticed on the tennis courts of the ATP circuit, his physical transformation is also visible. An evolution that the native of El Palmar has worked for a long time: “Being physically strong is important to feel comfortable and know that I can play long games. This pre-season, I focused on building muscle mass. It was a big change physical, but at the same time a very good change. I’m very happy to have worked on this with my team.”
Who is Carlos Alcaraz’s girlfriend?
The little Spanish nugget Carlos Alcaraz is very discreet about his private life. A Spanish media lends him a relationship with a certain María González for several months.