{"id":352464,"date":"2025-12-18T03:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352464\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T03:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T03:31:10","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-parts-ways-with-coach-juan-carlos-ferrero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352464\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz parts ways with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, right, poses with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after winning the final match of the French Open against Italy’s Jannik Sinner at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, earlier this year.Thibault Camus\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men\u2019s tennis during a remarkably successful seven-year partnership.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz announced the decision to end their collaboration on Wednesday in a message on his social networks. Ferrero, in a separate statement, thanked his protege and said he wished he \u201ccould have continued.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Ferrero, who coached the Spaniard since he was 15 years old, Alcaraz claimed six Grand Slams: two French Open titles, two Wimbledon crowns and two US Opens. He amassed 24 tour-level titles, including eight Masters 1000 trophies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter more than seven years together, Juanki and I have decided to bring our chapter together as coach and player to an end,\u201d the 22-year-old Alcaraz wrote. \u201cThank you for turning childhood dreams into reality. We started this journey when I was barely a kid, and throughout all this time you\u2019ve accompanied me on an incredible journey, on and off the court. I\u2019ve enjoyed every single step with you immensely.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Ferrero, Alcaraz became the youngest player to reach No. 1 in the ATP rankings after winning the U.S. Open in 2022 at 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is a difficult day,\u201d Ferrero said. \u201cOne of those when it\u2019s hard to find the right words. Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when there are so many shared experiences behind it. We have worked hard, grown together, and shared unforgettable moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz did not say whether he would hire a new coach as a replacement. Last year, Alcaraz hired Samuel Lopez to work alongside Ferrero.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Ferrero and Lopez were named coaches of the year in the ATP awards after helping Alcazar reclaim the No. 1 spot. In yet another prolific season, Alcaraz won a career-best and season-leading 71 matches and finished with eight titles, including trophies at Roland-Garros and the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been an incredible team despite the difficulties, and I am sure you will continue to achieve great success,\u201d Ferrero said. \u201cI wish I could have continued. I am convinced that good memories and good people always find a way to cross paths again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, right, poses with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,593,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-352464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-tennis","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}