Carlos Alcaraz dropped the top three seeds of the tournament to become, in 19 years and 3 days, the youngest champion of the Mutua Madrid Open, lowering Rafa Nadal’s record, the best in 19 years and 5 months when The event. at the Madrid Arena, in the month of October and indoors and on the fast track.
This is his fourth crown of the season, after opening his ATP 500 account in Rio de Janeiro and ATP 1000 in Miami. He then won 500 in Barcelona. He made his ATP 250 land debut in Umag (Croatia) in 2021.
In his second involvement in Madrid, after debuting in 2021, requiring an invitation since he was 120 in the world, he equaled the record of his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, the first champion in Spain, in 2003. Then came the season of Rafa Nadal, who added five wins, one on hard (2005) and four on clay (2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017). He also lost three more finals.
In 2023 there will be an exit challenge for Carlos Alcaraz in the Magic Box. Only Rafa Nadal was able to retain the crown from one year to the next, in 2013 and 2014.
Palmares del Masters 1000 ATP
all champion
MadridArena. October, internal and hard courts
2002 Andre Agassi (USA) to Jiri Novak (Che) wo
2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) to Nicolás Massú (Chi) 6-3, 6-4 and 6-3
2004 Marat Safin (Rus) to David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3
2005 Rafael Nadal (ESP) to Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (3)
2006 Roger Federer (Sui) to Fernando González (Chi) 7-5, 6-1 and 6-0
2007 David Nalbandian (Arg) defeated Roger Federer (Sui) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
2008 Andy Murray (GBR) d Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Magic Box. April-May, clay
2009 Roger Federer (Sui) to Rafa Nadal (Esp) 6-4, 6-4
2010 Rafael Nadal (ESP) to Roger Federer (Sui) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
2011 Novak Djokovic (Srb) to Rafa Nadal (Esp) 7-5, 6-4
2012 Roger Federer (Sui) defeated Tomas Berdych (Che) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
2013 Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Stan Wawrinka (Sui) 6-2, 6-4
2014 Rafael Nadal (ESP) to Kei Nishikori (Jap) 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 and ret.
2015 Andy Murray (GBR) defeated Rafa Nadal (ESP) 6-3, 6-2
2016 Novak Djokovic (Srb) vs. Andy Murray (GBR) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2017 Rafael Nadal (ESP) d Dominic Thiem (Aut) 7-6 (8), 6-4
2018 Alexander Zverev (Ale) to Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-4, 6-4
2019 Novak Djokovic (Srb) d Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-3, 6-4
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19
2021 Alexander Zverev (Ale) to Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3
2022 Carlos Alcaraz (Spa) with Alexander Zverev (Ale)
Source: La Verdad
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