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<\/p>\n ATP Tour
\n Ferrero & Lopez win Coach of the Year in the 2025 ATP Awards<\/p>\n
The Spanish duo guided Alcaraz to a season-leading eight tour-level titles<\/p>\n
December 11, 2025<\/p>\n
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By ATPTour.com\/es Staff<\/p>\n
Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> and Samuel Lopez<\/a> have been named Coach of the Year in the 2025 ATP Awards. The Spaniards helped Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> regain the No. 1 spot in the PIF ATP Rankings and earn ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours.<\/p>\n \nFerrero is the first coach to win the award twice, having been named to the same honour in 2022. Lopez joined Alcaraz\u2019s coaching team before the 2025 season and there was never any doubt there would be good chemistry between him and Ferrero.<\/p>\n \n\u201cI\u2019m so happy with the award,\u201d Ferrero told ATPTour.com. \u201cI was in no doubt that Samuel would fit our working philosophy really well, because we\u2019ve been working together for many years and he knows exactly what I want for Carlos [Alcaraz]. He\u2019s done great work from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n Lopez added: \u201cEverything was easy, because the results came,\u201d he said with a smile. \u201cI\u2019ve known Juan Carlos since he was ten years old and Carlos since he took his first steps at the [Ferrero Tennis] Academy. I was with Pablo [Carreno Busta] during that period, but we\u2019d shared a lot of moments together. The working atmosphere is very relaxed because we\u2019ve always known each other and we understood what Carlos needed.\u201d<\/p>\n \nAlcaraz finished the year with a season-leading eight titles, including trophies at Roland Garros<\/a> and the US Open<\/a>, as well as the ATP Masters 1000s in Monte Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati.<\/p>\n \nSince the Coach of the Year category was added to the ATP Awards in 2016, Ferrero has been nominated for the accolade four times and won it twice. The award is voted on by fellow coaches.<\/p>\n \n\u201cHonestly, since I started this project, it\u2019s never been a goal to win Coach of the Year,\u201d said Ferrero. \u201cBut for the work to be recognised by other coaches who understand as we do how complicated it is… it means a lot to me to have won it twice now. This year it\u2019s doubly fulfilling because I\u2019m sharing it with Samuel.\u201d<\/p>\n \nThe Spanish duo helped Alcaraz claim a career-best and season-leading 71 matches wins, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. Ferrero and Lopez were on the same page with their messages.<\/p>\n \n\u201cMaybe I freshened things up, because Juan Carlos has been with him for seven years and I\u2019m new,\u201d said Lopez, who had previously coached Ferrero himself, as well as Pablo Carreno Busta<\/a> and Nicolas Almagro<\/a> before formally joining Alcaraz\u2019s team. \u201cI know the team and we\u2019ve all contributed equally, but in different ways. Above all, we\u2019ve really insisted that the work has to be fun.<\/p>\n \nFerrero added: \u201cThe goal is for Carlos to work at 100 per cent and get everything out of the talent he has within him. We do that through hard work and discipline, but also with fun and joy while we\u2019re doing it. In that regard, I\u2019m maybe a bit stricter and more serious. And Samuel is the joker, he\u2019s more open. But he also has the serious side you need when it comes to work.\u201d<\/p>\n \nEven in a season during which Alcaraz finished atop the PIF ATP Rankings, there was a fair share of setbacks for the team. The ATP Masters 1000 hard-court swing in Indian Wells and Miami proved to be a turning point for Alcaraz, particularly when he bowed out to David Goffin<\/a> in his opener in Florida.<\/p>\n \n\u201cCarlos had just won in Rotterdam, when he did great. But in Indian Wells and Miami he lost a little confidence,\u201d said Ferrero. \u201cIt was a tough time, not because of the defeat, but the way it happened. He was affected by the tournament and we had a chat when we got back. We talk to him a lot, but when you see that he\u2019s short tempered or weak at some point of the season, we always talk a little more from a psychological point of view and as friends, more than as a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n \nAnd then everything clicked, specifically at the ATP Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo. <\/p>\n \n\u201cWinning in Monte Carlo, without playing that well, but having a 10-out-of-10 attitude really helped him have clarity about the rest of the season,\u201d said Ferrero. \u201cFrom there he reached a lot of finals, had incredible results in the Grand Slams… But Monte Carlo was a lightbulb moment. It gave him the confidence he needed and from there he was able to get some amazing results.\u201d<\/p>\n \nMonte-Carlo was just Alcaraz\u2019s first step in an unforgettable clay season. He earned two more titles on the surface, in Rome and at Roland Garros<\/a>. He also reached the final in Barcelona, tallying a 22-1 clay-court record. But apart from the spectacular results, Lopez highlights an important step taken by Alcaraz in terms of his maturity.<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Alcaraz wins 2025 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award<\/a><\/p>\n \n\u201cCarlos has matured and he has realised the importance of expressing his feelings,\u201d said Lopez. \u201cAfter Monte-Carlo, he was talking much more about how he was feeling and it really helped him to express himself more, in terms of any difficulties, fears, and everything that comes with being there and handling the pressure of the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n \nAlcaraz\u2019s ability to withstand the pressure was, in all probability, the key to him ending the season as the ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF in Turin, a moment that Lopez will never forget.<\/p>\nJuan Carlos Ferrero and Samuel Lopez<\/a> at Roland Garros<\/a>.” style=”width:100%;” src=”https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/-\/media\/images\/news\/2025\/12\/10\/15\/40\/ferrero-lopez-roland-garros-2025.jpg”>
\nJuan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> and Samuel Lopez<\/a> at Roland Garros<\/a>. Credit: Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n