Carlos Alcaraz wants more Grand Slam title tattoos after defending Wimbledon trophy

Don't worry, Mom and Dad: Carlitos is cooling it on the ink. After his latest Wimbledon triumph, Carlos Alcaraz says he'll be tempering his tradition of immortalizing major wins on his body.

In each of his first two Grand Slam victories, the Spaniard joined his fellow 2023 Wimbledon champion, Marketa Vondrousova, in getting tattoos to commemorate the milestone. He has the date of his 2022 US Open win, which made him the youngest man to reach the world No. 1 ranking, near his right elbow, and the date of his 2023 Wimbledon victory sits above a strawberry on his right ankle. After winning for the first time at Roland Garros last month, he said he was hoping to add art of the Eiffel Tower to his growing collection, though he has yet to make good on that promise.

But after rolling to a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic in Sunday's final to improve to 4-0 in Grand Slam finals in his young career (only Roger Federer started off on a longer winning streak in major finals among men in the Open Era), the 21-year-old said he made a deal with his parents to tone down his collection ... but that his second Wimbledon win will be an exception to this new rule.

“I told my parents, just to calm them, that it’s just the first one in every major!” a laughing Alcaraz said post-match on Tennis Channel. “But I think this is a really big moment. I think I’m going to put the date of this one next to last year. I have to discuss it with them!"

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One thing Alcaraz did do, though, after his Roland Garros victory was vacation in Ibiza—something he hopes to make a “routine” every year—where his memorable karaoke rendition of "We Are the Champions" went viral online. But after joining Barbora Krejcikova for a dance at the traditional champions' ball on Sunday night, his plans for celebrating his second Wimbledon win are much lower key, he says.

“This one, I’m going to celebrate at home," he said. "I’m going to stay at home with my friends, my family, but I’m going to have my days off to celebrate it with everyone.”

And after taking home the gold trophy from the All England Club, Alcaraz's next chief objective involves gold of a different sort. The world No. 3 says he has "huge expectations" for his Olympic debut in two weeks, both on and off the court. In addition to singles, he'll also play doubles in Paris in a much-anticipated pairing with Rafael Nadal on the clay courts of Roland Garros.

"Being in the village with all the Spanish athletes is going to be awesome, a really beautiful moment for me," Alcaraz said. "Coming to the tournament, I’m going to go for the title. I’m going to go just thinking that I will be able to win it. That’s my goal, to bring a medal to my country, hopefully the gold medal.

"The doubles with Rafa is going to be a dream moment for me, and we will try to bring a gold medal again.”