Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won 17 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including four major titles and five Masters 1000 titles.

Early life

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was born on 5 May 2003, in El Palmar, Murcia, Spain, to parents Carlos Alcaraz González and Virginia Garfia Escandón. Alcaraz has one older brother, Álvaro, and two younger brothers, Sergio and Jaime.[8]

Alcaraz started playing tennis at the age of four at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia, where his father was a tennis coach and club administrator.[9] His mother worked as a sales assistant at IKEA.[10] Alcaraz's father had played tennis but stopped as a teenager as he could not afford to continue.[11][12]

Alcaraz was discovered as an eleven-year old by Albert Molina, who convinced IMG to sign him and eventually introduced him to future coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.[13] In September 2018, Alcaraz moved to Villena to begin training at the Ferrero Tennis Academy.