He is currently ranked as the world No. 1 player in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won eight ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2022 US Open and three Masters 1000 titles. With the US Open win, Alcaraz became the youngest man to top the singles rankings at 19 years, 4 months and 6 days old, and the first teenager in the Open Era to top the men's rankingsAs a junior, Alcaraz was ranked as high as world No. 22 and won two titles on the ITF Junior Circuit. After turning professional in 2018, he won three titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and four on the ATP Challenger Tour and broke into the top 100 in rankings in May 2021. Two months later, Alcaraz reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2021 Croatia Open, an ATP 250 tournament, where he won his first title. He later entered the top 50 after reaching the quarterfinals at the following US Open and won the year-end 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan. After winning his first ATP 500 title at the Rio Open in February 2022, Alcaraz won his first Masters 1000 title at the Miami Open and his second ATP 500 title at the Barcelona Open in April, propelling him into the top 10.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Open in September, didn’t drop a set in the hard-court tournament.
Djokovic has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any man or woman in tennis history. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, replacing Novak Djokovic, and Rafael Nadal dropped out of the top 10 for the first time in 18 years.
Alcaraz rose one spot, swapping places with Djokovic, a day after ending Daniil Medvedev’s 19-match winning streak by beating him in straight sets in the final at Indian Wells, California. Terrill)
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. He also will miss the Miami Open that begins this week; Alcaraz is the defending champion there.
Nadal has been sidelined since January by an injured hip flexor and he slipped four spots to No. It is the longest such run in the ATP; Jimmy Connors is next on the list with about 15 years.
Djokovic and Nadal currently share the men’s record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles.
Elena Rybakina’s straight-set victory over Aryna Sabalenka for the Indian Wells trophy pushed Rybakina up three spots to a career-high No. Alcaraz, a 19-year-old from Spain who first ascended to No. 7 in the WTA rankings. 13 on Monday, ending a stay in the top 10 that began in April 2005. Iga Swiatek remained at No. (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz returned to No. 1 by winning the U.S. Alcaraz at No. 1, followed by Sabalenka, who defeated Rybakina in the Australian Open final in January. 1; Nadal out of top 10, 1st time in 18 years
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Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, in the men's singles final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Indian Wells, Calif. He did not play in Indian Wells because he is not allowed to enter the United States as a foreign citizen who is not vaccinated against COVID-19
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