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From completing the rare Roland Garros-Wimbledon double to staying perfect in Grand Slam finals and surpassing the Big 3 in two key stats, the 21-year-old achieved A LOT with his latest Wimbledon triumph.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Jul 17, 2024

TITLE DEFENDED! Carlos Alcaraz seals straight-set win over Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon final

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With his latest trumph at Wimbledon, 21-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz achieved a lot—here are just 20 of those things:

He’s the first tennis player born in 2000 or later, or even 1990 or later, to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year. Nobody born after Novak Djokovic in 1987 had done it.

He’s now 4-0 in his career in Grand Slam finals. He’s just the second man in the Open Era to win his first four major finals in a row, after Roger Federer, who won his first seven in a row.

He’s now 6-0 against Top 5 players this year. He beat No. 3 Jannik Sinner and No. 4 Daniil Medvedev in the last two rounds of Indian Wells, No. 2 Sinner and No. 4 Alexander Zverev in the last two rounds of Roland Garros, and now No. 5 Medvedev and No. 2 Djokovic in the last two rounds of Wimbledon.

He’s the first man other than the Big 3 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year since Bjorn Borg in 1980. None of the Big 3 were even born when Borg did it that year.

He’s the first man other than the Big 3 to win any two Grand Slams in a row since Andre Agassi at the 1999 US Open and 2000 Australian Open. Alcaraz was born three years later.

He’s now won three of the last five majors. And four of the last seven he’s played, dating back to his 2022 US Open title run.

Alcaraz stayed at No. 3 on the ATP rankings, but has no titles to defend until Indian Wells next year.

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With his 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory in the final, he's just the fifth player to beat Djokovic in straight sets in a Grand Slam final. The first four players to do it were Roger Federer (2007 US Open), Andy Murray (2013 Wimbledon), Rafael Nadal (2020 Roland Garros) and Medvedev (2021 US Open).

He's just the second player to concede 10 or fewer games to Djokovic in a Grand Slam final. Nadal’s the only other one with his 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 victory in the 2020 Roland Garros final.

He now has a better winning percentage on grass—88.8%—than any of the Big 3. He was already above Nadal (79.2%), but he surpasses both Djokovic (85.7%) and Federer (86.9%).

He now has a better winning percentage at Wimbledon—90.0%—than any of the Big 3. He was already above Nadal (82.9%) but passes Federer (88.2%) and Djokovic (89.0%).

Having beaten him in last year’s Wimbledon final, too, he becomes just the fourth player to have beaten Djokovic in more than one Grand Slam final. The first three players to achieve that incredible feat were Nadal (five finals), Murray (two finals) and Stan Wawrinka (two finals).

He's the first player to beat Djokovic in more than one Wimbledon final. The Serb is now 7-3 in Wimbledon finals, only falling to Murray (2013) and Alcaraz (2023 and 2024).

He’s now an even 3-3 against Djokovic in their head-to-head series. The Spaniard is 2-1 against him at Grand Slam events, but 1-2 against him at regular tour events.

He’s now the only man in the Top 15 without a losing record against Djokovic. You have to go all the way down to No. 18-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime to find the next man who’s even with Djokovic—the Canadian is 1-1 against him at tour-level

Alcaraz is currently No. 2 on the Race To Turin, just 250 points behind Sinner—6,200 to 5,950.

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He's just the fourth man in the Open Era to win four Grand Slam titles aged 21 or under. The first three were Borg, Mats Wilander and Boris Becker, who also won four before 22.

He's just the third man in the Open Era to win two Wimbledon titles aged 21 or under. Only Borg (1976 and 1977) and Becker (1985, 1986 and 1989) achieved that feat before Alcaraz.

He’s the first man born in the 2000s to capture 15 tour-level titles in his career. Sinner is right behind him with 14.

He’s just the second Spanish player ever, male or female, to win more than one Wimbledon title. Nadal’s the only other one, winning the grass-court major twice in 2008 and 2010.

With his 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 victory over Frances Tiafoe in the third round, he improved to 12-1 in his career in five-setters. And the only loss was almost a win, as he fell to Matteo Berrettini in a fifth set tie-break in the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (5).

He’s now 3-0 in finals this year. Zverev pushed him to five sets at Roland Garros, but he won the other two—Indian Wells over Medvedev, Wimbledon over Djokovic—in straights.

And finally, he’s now won 30 of his last 32 matches at majors. And 42 of his last 45, dating back to his 2022 US Open title run.