Alcaraz’s First Title on Grass

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday June 25, 2023

Carlos Alcaraz expanded his growing empire to the grass on Sunday at Queen’s Club, winning his first title on the surface – and 11th overall – with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the final. The 20-year-old Spaniard will return to the top of the ATP ranking for the fourth time on Monday, and head to Wimbledon as the No.1 seed as a result.

And the list of impressive milestones ticked by Alcaraz goes on from there. Here are some of the key numbers that define Alcaraz’s latest shining achievement.

2000 – Alcaraz becomes the youngest Queen’s Club champion since Lleyton Hewitt in 2000, and the fifth youngest of all-time.

17 – Alcaraz, who won the final 10 sets he contested at Queen’s Club after dropping his first set in the first round to Arthur Rinderknech, becomes the 17th active player to have won titles on all three surfaces, and the fifth youngest player to achieve the feat.

Carlos Alcaraz is the 5th youngest player to win a title on all three surfaces:

Bjorn Borg (17) 🇸🇪
Mats Wilander (19) 🇸🇪
Layton Hewitt (19) 🇦🇺
Jimmy Connors (19) 🇺🇸

This is quite a legendary list to join. 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/0BNKOvq8yD

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 25, 2023

2005 – Alcaraz becomes the youngest ATP player to win his maiden title on grass since Richard Gasquet, 18 years ago.

18 – Claiming the Queen’s Club title, Carlos Alcaraz is the first player to win their maiden ATP tournament final on grass before turning 21 in 18 years, after Richard Gasquet defeated Max Mirnyi at Nottingham in 2005. Wait.#cinchChampionships | @QueensTennis @BBCSport @the_LTA pic.twitter.com/jw5pbAwG5D

— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 25, 2023

1 – Alcaraz will return to No.1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, beginning his fourth stint at the top of the table. He will be the No.1 seed at Wimbledon, which begins in one week, on Monday July 3.

40-5 – The Spaniard improves to 40-4 on the season with five titles, thanks to his performance in London.

11-3 – Alcaraz has won 11 of the 14 finals he has contested at ATP level. When it comes to playing finals at age 21 and younger, only one player (Rafael Nadal) has held a higher winning percentage in ATP finals in the Open Era (at least 10 finals played).

78.6 – Excluding the NextGen Finals, Carlos Alcaraz now holds a win rate of 78.6% in ATP event finals. Among those with 10+ ATP event finals before turning 21 in the…