Grand Slam First: 2 Chances to Dominate Tennis History

Carlos Alcaraz won his sixth Grand Slam. With 22 years, only Rafa Nadal and Bjorn Borg had come so far. The particularity of the Murcian is the variety: it has two titles on each surface. He dominated the hard track at the US Open, in 2022, and has now repeated in 2025; He dominated the grass, defeating Ogro Djokovic in two finals (2023 and 2024) and swept the plug land, the most natural terrain for him, with the double in Roland Garros (2024 and 2025). He lacks a drink in the collection: the Open of Australia. «My first objective, to be honest, is to complete the career of Grand Slams. I thought about preseason. I’m going to try next year, but if it doesn’t come out, I hope you do it in two, three or four, ”acknowledges El Palmar’s boy.

In Melbourne is where Worst results has had in a surprising palmarés at its age. He has participated in 19 Grand Slams, for the six victories. The only one that has been lost since 2021 was precisely Australia, in 2023, due to injury. In addition, it has not yet gone from the rooms, its limit the last two courses. In the former, too young, before his explosion, he said goodbye in the second round and third, respectively.

“If I’m not the first, I don’t care …”

Since 1968, when the so -called “Era Open” began, the fusion of the amateur circuit with the professional, tennis as is known today, more or less, the men who have won the four Grand Slams are not so many: Rod Laver (the only one who got them the same season, in 1969), Agassi and, of course, the “Big 3”. The one who previously achieved it was Nadal, with 24 yearsafter lifting the US Open of 2010. Federer (27 years old) and Djokovic (29) Roland Garros choked. Alcaraz has two bullets to become the most premature, because if he does in 2026 he will have 22, and if he succeeds in 2027, 23. “If I’m not the first, I don’t care, I want it, no matter when,” The Murcian admits. Agassi succeeded with 29 and Laver with 31, but the case of the Australian genius is special, because he began to compete before the “Open Era.”

Good rhythm of Alcaraz with the Grand Slams

Carlos’s six “great” are already at the height of Edberg and Becker, two players who are in the imaginary of any tennis fan. Keep up and the next step would match him with Mcenroe and Wilander. Beyond are Connors, Lendl and Agassi (8), Borg (11), Sampras (14), Federer (20), Nadal (22) and Djokovic (24), which will try to expand it in 2026. Alcaraz carries good rhythm. It’s already four years in a row winning at least one Grand Slamand double in two of them. Nadal was 10 seasons in a row with at least one (2005-2014), Federer, 8 (2003-2010) and Djokovic, 6 (2011-2016).