{"id":166325,"date":"2025-09-18T22:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/166325\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:24:07","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-through-the-eyes-of-andre-agassi-patrick-rafter-hes-like-a-combination-of-the-big-three-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/166325\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz through the eyes of Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter: He&#8217;s like a combination of the Big Three | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        No 1 Club<br \/>\n    Alcaraz through the eyes of Agassi, Rafter: He&#8217;s like a combination of the Big Three<\/p>\n<p>ATP No. 1 Club members share thoughts on Spaniard<\/p>\n<p>September 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/alcaraz-agassi-roland-garros-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Alcaraz receives the 2025 Roland Garros trophy, the Coupe des Mousquetaires, from Andre Agassi.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        Carlos Alcaraz receives the 2025 Roland Garros trophy, the Coupe des Mousquetaires, from Andre Agassi.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p>Explosive firepower, seamless movement  and echoes of the \u2018Big Three\u2019 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/carlos-alcaraz\/a0e2\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> has impressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/andre-agassi\/a092\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andre Agassi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/patrick-rafter\/r255\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patrick Rafter<\/a>, two ATP No. 1 Club members who know what it takes to reach the top of the PIF ATP Rankings.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/laver-cup\/9210\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laver Cup<\/a>, Team World captain Agassi marveled at how Alcaraz has captured the hearts of fans worldwide while blending qualities from the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/novak-djokovic\/d643\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/roger-federer\/f324\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/rafael-nadal\/n409\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s not a place in the world where he goes and he\u2019s not the crowd favourite,\u201d Agassi said, speaking exclusively with ATPTour.com. \u201cAnd for obvious reasons. What he\u2019s brought to the game is a mixture of the last generation we had. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI know Novak is still playing, but Novak, Roger and Rafa \u2014 he\u2019s like a combination of all of them in one, with the RPMs he can put [on the ball], the defence that he has like Novak, the feel that he has like Federer. To see that in one person on a tennis court is remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/alcaraz-no-1-club-journey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz back on tennis\u2019 throne: Relive the Spaniard\u2019s stints at No. 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nAgassi spent 101 total weeks atop the PIF ATP Rankings, ninth-most all time. Alcaraz, 22, is already more than a third of the way there. The Spaniard reclaimed No. 1 honours following his sixth major title at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/us-open\/560\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> this month. Now in his fifth stint as World No. 1, Alcaraz has held the top spot for a total of 38 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz first rose to No. 1 in 2022, when he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/us-open\/560\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a>, which came with a double prize. Alcaraz became the youngest No. 1 (19 years, four months) in PIF ATP Rankings history.<\/p>\n<p>\nRafter, who is vice captain for Team World, rose to World No. 1 for a single week in 1999 and remains the only ATP No. 1 Club member to never play a match while holding the position. An 11-time tour-level titlist, Rafter is impressed by Alcaraz\u2019s all-around repertoire. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cHe can produce power from anywhere and no one has that power,\u201d Rafter said. \u201cHe\u2019s probably one of the greatest movers we\u2019ve ever seen in the game of tennis. That combination is pretty impressive, plus he&#8217;s got all the shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAgassi and Rafter will have an up-close look at Alcaraz this weekend when they guide Team World against Team Europe, which features the World No. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201c[He is] one of the most explosive, dynamic players that the game has ever seen,\u201d Agassi said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him play live a few times, but to be down there on the court next to it will be something special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No 1 Club Alcaraz through the eyes of Agassi, Rafter: He&#8217;s like a combination of the Big Three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-166325","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\/166325","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=166325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}