Six majors on three surfaces before 23: Alcaraz’s landmarks are stunning
At just 22 years old, Carlos Alcaraz has already won six Grand Slam titles—on all three surfaces—putting him on track to challenge some of the most legendary records in tennis history.
Carlos Alcaraz, US Open 2025 | © Imago / PsNewz
This is a game he doesn’t like to play – and you can understand why. But facts are facts, and Carlos Alcaraz’s, winner of the 2025 US Open, continued dominance at the Grand Slam level reveals something extraordinary: he is already on track to chase down the almost untouchable records of the Big Three.
Consider this: since the US Open in 2022, Alcaraz has won six Grand Slam titles out of thirteen possible. And when you factor in that he missed the 2023 Australian Open due to injury, he’s effectively won half of the majors he’s competed in during that stretch.
Here’s how the timeline looks:
- Alcaraz: US Open 2022
- Djokovic: Australian Open 2023 (Alcaraz injured)
- Djokovic: Roland-Garros 2023 (Alcaraz SF)
- Alcaraz: Wimbledon 2023
- Djokovic: US Open 2023 (Alcaraz SF)
- Sinner: Australian Open 2024 (Alcaraz QF)
- Alcaraz: Roland-Garros 2024
- Alcaraz: Wimbledon 2024
- Sinner: US Open 2024 (Alcaraz 2R)
- Sinner: Australian Open 2025 (Alcaraz QF)
- Alcaraz: Roland-Garros 2025
- Sinner: Wimbledon 2025 (Alcaraz F)
- Alcaraz: US Open 2025
Just nine months before his 23rd birthday, Alcaraz has become the first player in history – since the introduction of hard courts in the Grand Slam calendar – to win six majors across all three surfaces with two on each of them before turning 23, on hard, clay, and grass.
Only three other players have managed that feat at any age: Mats Wilander (1988), Rafael Nadal (2010), and Novak Djokovic (2012).
In terms of total major wins before age 23, only one player is ahead of him: Björn Borg, who had claimed 7 Grand Slam titles (on his futur total of 11) by that age – 6 on clay and 1 on grass. Nadal also had 6 majors before turning 23, but not across three surfaces.
At 22 years and 4 months, Carlos Alcaraz’s “real age”, the Spaniard has a pace unmatched by Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic at the same age. At this stage, Nadal had 5 (finished with 24), Federer 1 (finished with 20), and Djokovic 1 (currently holding 24).
At 22, Alcaraz has now matched the career Grand Slam tallies of Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker. Only ten players in the Open era have won more Grand Slam titles than he has:
- Mats Wilander, John McEnroe: 7
- Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Andre Agassi: 8
- Björn Borg: 11
- Pete Sampras: 14
- And, of course, the Big Three: Federer (20), Nadal (22), and Djokovic (24)
