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Factbox-Tennis-Wimbledon men's singles champion Carlos Alcaraz

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Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 14, 2024 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz is awarded with the trophy by Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales after winning his men's singles final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic /Hannah Mckay
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 14, 2024 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz is awarded with the trophy by Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales after winning his men's singles final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic /Hannah Mckay

LONDON - Factbox on Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Serbian second seed Novak Djokovic 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) in the Wimbledon final on Sunday to win his fourth Grand Slam title.


Age: 21


Country: Spain


ATP ranking: 3


Seeding: 3


Grand Slam titles: 4 (2022 U.S. Open, 2023 Wimbledon, 2024 French Open, 2024 Wimbledon)


ROAD TO FINAL


First round: Mark Lajal (Estonia) 7-6(3) 7-5 6-2


Second round: Aleksandar Vukic (Australia) 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2


Third round: 29-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) 5-7 6-2 4-6 7-6(2) 6-2


Round of 16: 16-Ugo Humbert (France) 6-3 6-4 1-6 7-5


Quarter-finals: 12-Tommy Paul (U.S.) 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-2


Semi-finals: 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4


EARLY LIFE


* Born in El Palmar, #Alcaraz started playing tennis at the age of four at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, where his father was the tennis academy director.


CAREER TO DATE


* Made his ATP main-draw debut aged 16 at the 2020 Rio Open.


* In 2021 Alcaraz became the youngest man in the professional era to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals.


* Became the first teenager to beat compatriot Rafa #Nadal and Serbian Djokovic, who head the list of men's Grand Slam winners, in the same tournament — and on consecutive days — to win his second #ATP Masters 1000 title at the 2022 Madrid Open.


* Outclassed Norwegian Casper Ruud to clinch his first major title at the 2022 U.S. Open, becoming the youngest champion at Flushing Meadows since American Pete #Sampras (19) in 1990. That year, at 19 years, four months and six days, he became the youngest world number one in ATP rankings history.


* Went on to win nine titles as a teenager, behind only Bjorn #Borg, Nadal, Mats #Wilander, Boris #Becker and Andre #Agassi.


* Defeated Djokovic to win the 2023 Wimbledon. He became the first man outside the 'Big Four' of Djokovic, Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray to win at the All England Club since 2002.


* Beat Alexander Zverev in the 2024 French Open final to become the youngest man, at 21, to win Grand Slam titles on all three surfaces -- hard, grass and clay.


* Beat #Djokovic again at the 2024 Wimbledon final, taking his Grand Slam final win-loss record to 4-0. He became just the sixth man in the professional era to win the French Open-Wimbledon double in the same year after Rod Laver, Borg, Nadal, Federer and Djokovic.


- (Reuters)

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