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\n Alcaraz named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year<\/p>\n
Spaniard is fourth ATP Tour player to win prize after Federer, Nadal and Djokovic<\/p>\n
April 20, 2026<\/p>\n
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Carlos Alcaraz is the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at the annual Laureus World Sports Awards, which took place on Monday evening in Madrid. <\/p>\n The 22-year-old Spaniard enjoyed a standout 2025 season on the ATP Tour. He won a Tour-leading eighth titles, including majors at Roland Garros<\/a> and the US Open<\/a>, and finished as ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF after a back-and-forth battle with his great rival, Jannik Sinner<\/a>. <\/p>\n The other nominees for World Sportsman of the Year were the 24-year-old Italian Sinner, football star Ousmane Dembele, pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, motorcyclist Marc Marquez and cyclist Tadej Pogacar.\u00a0<\/p>\n Alcaraz joins the \u2018Big Three\u2019 of Roger Federer<\/a> (2005-08, 2018), Rafael Nadal<\/a> (2011, 2021) and Novak Djokovic<\/a> (2012, 2015-16, 2019, 2024) in winning the award. It is not the first time the Spaniard has been recognised at the ceremony organised by Laureus, a global organisation that celebrates sporting excellence and uses the power of sport to transform the lives of children and young people. <\/p>\n In 2023, Alcaraz won the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year Award after his historic 2022 season in which he became the youngest No. 1 in PIF ATP Rankings history at just 19. <\/p>\n Alcaraz finished 2025 with a 71-9 record, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. As well as his Roland Garros<\/a> and US Open<\/a> triumphs, he also won ATP Masters 1000 events in Monte-Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati, and ATP 500 crowns in Rotterdam, London and Tokyo. In November, he reached the championship match at the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> for the first time before falling to Sinner. <\/p>\n