Carlos Alcaraz He manages to conquer number 1 on the tennis planet at 19 years, 4 months and 6 days after beating Casper Ruud in the US Open final. The earliest in history. Ahead of Lleyton Hewitt, who did it at 20 years and 8 months in 2001; Marat Safin, number 1 at 20 years and 10 months in 2000; John McEnroe, who at the age of 21 years and 1 month sat on the ATP throne in 1980; Andy Roddick, who did the same in 2003 at 20 years and two months, Bjorn Borg, leader of men’s tennis in 1977 at 21 years and three months.
The Murcian is the sixth Spanish player to put his name at the top of the ranking. the pioneer was Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, which hit #1 in 1995. It was at the top for 12 weeks. two was Carlos Moyawho achieved promotion in 1999, having won his Roland Garros title the previous year and being a finalist in Indian Wells.
In 2003 it was John Charles Ferrero who reached the top. He had won Roland Garros in June and, curiously, he reached number 1 after the US Open that year, when he played the final, which he lost against Andy Roddick. Alcaraz, who at that time was a few months old – he was born in May of that year – has surpassed the master because he has won the title. Ferrero stayed on top for eight weeks.
Rafael Nadal He is the one who, for the moment, has accumulated the most weeks as number 1. There are 209 weeks as the tennis leader distributed in different stages, because we must not forget that the Balearic has always had the competition of the other two greatest in history: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Garbiñe Muguruza He also conquered the stars and was number 1 for four weeks in 2017, the year in which he won the Wimbledon title. He had already won Roland Garros in 2016.
Now it is Carlos Alcaraz who puts Spanish tennis at the top. Which makes the national racket the second best in history, behind the United States.
