Carlos Alcaraz At Roland Garros he became the first sub-21 to win all three surfaces of the Grand Slams: he opened his history on hard court at the US Open (2022), continued it on grass at Wimbledon (2023) and succeeded on the clay of Paris in 2024.
At the age of 21, he repeated at the All England Club, conquering the fourth Grand Slam that puts him at the head of the historical professional classification of the category under 21, the German equivalent. Boris Becker and the Swedes Mats Wilander and Bjorn Borg.
It was a feat to illustrate the fact that he chained Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same season. He is only the thirteenth male tennis player of all time to achieve this. The difficulty is evidenced by the fact that the most recent doubles were signed by members of the ‘Big 3’, Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. In addition to Swedish Bjorn Borgwho turned chaining both ‘bigs’ into an art, eventually falling short of the US Open.
At the young age of 21, only René Lacoste and Lewis Hoad. Nadal achieved it for the first time at the age of 23. His dictatorship at Roland Garros meant that Federer and Djokovic had to wait until they were 27 and 34, respectively.
Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion in the same year
René Lacoste (France) 1925
Jack Crawford (Australia) 1933
Fred Perry (Great Britain) 1935
Don Budge (USA) 1938
Budge Patty (USA) 1950
Tony Trabert (USA) 1955
Lewis Hoad (Australia) 1956
Rod Laver (Australia) 1962 and 1969
Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 1978-1980
Rafa Nadal (Spain) 2008 and 2010
Roger Federer (Switzerland) 2009
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 2021
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 2024
The Murcian is the ninth professional tennis player to retain the Wimbledon crown from one edition to the next. Rafael Nadal He went undefeated two times in a row, but between his victories in 2008 and 2010 there was an injury setback in 2009.
Tennis players who revalidated Wimbledon from one year to the next (professional season)
Rod Laver (Australia) 1968-69
John Newcombe (Australia) 1970-71
Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 1976 to 1980
John McEnroe (USA) 1983-84
Boris Becker (Germany) 1985-86
Pete Sampras (USA) 1993 to 1995, 1997 to 2000
Roger Federer (Switzerland) 2003 to 2007
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 2014-15, 2018-2022*
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) 2003-04
*In 2020 it was not played due to Covid
“Why not play until 38 and be in the debate for the best of all time?” Carlos Alcaraz after Roland Garros. Ambition without limits, his aspirations are supreme.
Equalized Roger Federer In another concept, 4 out of 4 in his first Grand Slam finals.
Source: La Verdad
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