{"id":149685,"date":"2025-09-11T19:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149685\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:38:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-on-pace-to-overtake-novak-djokovic-as-the-ultimate-tennis-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/149685\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz ‘on pace’ to overtake Novak Djokovic as the ultimate tennis GOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seemed as if the incredible Grand Slam statistics of Novak Djokovic<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Roger Federer<\/a> may never be beaten, but Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> is wasting little time in suggesting he is on course to track down the game\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n

At the tender age of 22, Alcaraz is already placing his name alongside some of he game\u2019s greatest champions after he lifted a sixth Grand Slam title by winning the US Open on Sunday.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Spaniard\u2019s second US Open win was arguably his most emphatic yet<\/a>, as he bounced back from losing the Wimbledon final against Jannik Sinner<\/a> in July to lift the title in New York and gain revenge on the Italian in the last match in New York for 2025.<\/p>\n

This was a moment when Alcaraz elevated his already exalted status to a new level, with some even suggesting it may not be long before he puts himself in the debate to be considered the greatest male tennis player of all-time.<\/p>\n

He still has some way to go to break Djokovic\u2019s record of 24 Grand Slam wins<\/a>, but if he continues to collect the biggest prizes in tennis at his current rate of around two a year, he will be getting into double figures for Grand Slams by the time he hits 25.<\/p>\n

More Tennis News<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz reveals what designs he will pick for his latest tattoos after US Open win<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch: Aryna Sabalenka accidentally calls Carlos Alcaraz \u2018Jannik\u2019 as they reflect on US Open glory<\/a><\/p>\n

The debate over whether Alcaraz and Sinner have raised the levels in mens tennis beyond the amazing heights achieved by Djokovic, Federer and Nadal has been raging for some time and now leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou has waded in on whether the \u2018Big 3\u2019 are set to be overtaken by the new guns leading men\u2019s tennis as he made his comments in a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the stats, now that he has won six Grand Slams on three different surfaces, Carlos Alcaraz is ahead compared to anybody else in the history of men\u2019s tennis. Including Rafael Nadal,\u201d declared Mouratoglou, who is the former coach of Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s only 22.5 years old. Since his first Grand Slam win at the 2022 US Open, he\u2019s won one Grand Slam out of every two he\u2019s played. There were 13 events \u2013 he won six, Sinner four, Novak three.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he literally won six out of 12 because Alcaraz didn\u2019t play the 2023 Australian Open due to injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s an incredible rhythm. If Carlos plays ten more years, which is probable, he\u2019s on track to beat the all-time record set by Djokovic with 24 trophies.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, it\u2019s early to think about that. But if you consider the quality of his game, his physical abilities, and his incredible motivation, we can already put it on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mouratoglou went on to suggest Alcaraz and Sinner could be winning Grand Slam titles for the next 10 to 15 years and if they do that, there is a chance both of them could get close to 20 or more majors.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything can happen,\u201d he added. \u201cAlcaraz can get injuries. Sinner can find durable solutions. But those two guys are constantly pushing each other. This is going to be the story of the next 10 to 15 years \u2013 a fight between two players progressing, knowing each other better, and finding solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe a third guy will enter. Who knows? That\u2019s what Federer and Nadal had to deal with when Novak popped up.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s not my point. I just want people to realise that Carlos is on pace to become the best of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Djokovic fans will always insist their man is the ultimate GOAT of men\u2019s tennis, but Alcaraz is eyeing up a shot at the biggest champions in tennis as he continues to take his game to new heights.<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Does Jannik Sinner have a girlfriend? Rumours swirl over new romance for world No 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seemed as if the incredible Grand Slam statistics of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-149685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}