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Alcaraz breaks a new record on CF of the US Open
He is the youngest of the open era to reach 13 quarters of Grand Slam
August 31, 2025
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Carlos Alcaraz has a record of victories and defeats of 21-3 in the US Open.
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Carlos Alcaraz’s prompt explosion at the ATP Tour promised a meteoric career. And the Spanish is not disappointing the most optimistic. At 22 years and 3 months, this Sunday at the US Open became the youngest player of the era open to reach 13 presences in the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam.
The second series in New York beat Arthur Rinderknech, debutant in the fourth round of a major, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 12 minutes, to sneak among the eight best in Flushing Meadows for the fourth time (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025).
Alcaraz also snatched a record of precocity that until now was in the hands of Boris Becker: no one at his age had added so many quarterfinals in a Grand Slam. The Murcia distributes the figure between the Australian Open (2), Roland Garros (4), Wimbledon (3) and the US Open (4).
Younger with 13 quarters of Grand Slam final
In addition, this edition brings together a significant peculiarity for the US Open champion in 2022. It is the first time in its short trajectory that advances to the quarterfinals without leaving a set. Alcaraz has drawn an impeccable path in front of Reilly Opelka (1r), Mattia Bellucci (2R), Luciano Darderi (3R) and Rinderknech (4R).
In front of the Frenchman, whom he had defeated in his three previous clashes, he went from less to more, without great feelings at the beginning but finally deploying a tennis that allowed him to dominate him for the fourth time. 85% of points won with the first service, 36 winning blows and only two breaks (distributed in each of the last two sets) decorated their statistics.
“At the beginning of the first set, we were very matched. We did not have break points, but it did not mean that we were taking out well, because the percentage was very low by both of them,” Alcaraz acknowledged. “I found a good rhythm, a good position to the rest … I tried to take advantage of most of the opportunities I granted me, but there were not many.”
Of course, nothing prevented from the beginning to show. “Sometimes I train, I’m not going to lie to you,” Alcaraz confessed over a blow to the back in the first set that has become one of its hallmarks. “I don’t train it too much; if the opportunity is given, I try. Then in the game, the same. If I have the opportunity, why not? I think people like … I like playing tennis like that, I get naturally.”
The Spanish, who has chained the quarterfinals in all Grand Slam in the same season for the first time, has the opportunity in New York to recover No. 1 of the PIF ATP Rankings since September of last year. To do this, you need to match or improve the result of the current champion Jannik Sinner in the tournament. Both could be in the last round, in a duel with much more than a title at stake.
But before, Alcaraz will be measured in front of the head of series No. 20 Jiri Leheckka. The Czech managed to resist the veteran Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (4), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in three hours and 14 minutes in the first duel that recorded the rivalry Lexus ATP Head2head between them.
Leheckka, at 23, will play about a quarterfinals in a Grand Slam for the second time, after premiering in the Australia Open 2023 (p. With Stefanos Tsitsipas). His great performance in this US Open has catapulted him until No. 15 of the PIF ATP Live Rankings, ensuring his premiere in the World Cup 20 after the tournament.
Did you know what …?
Carlos Alcaraz is the player who has won the most parties this season at the ATP Tour with an index of victories and defeats Infosys ATP of 58-6, in addition to leading the classification of titles with six crowns in Rotterdam, Montecarlo, Rome, Roland Garros, Queen’s and Cincinnati.
