{"id":354141,"date":"2025-12-17T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354141\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:30:09","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-splits-with-coach-juan-carlos-ferrero-after-six-grand-slams-and-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354141\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz splits with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero after six Grand Slams and seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> has confirmed that he has split with coach Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> after six Grand Slam titles and seven years together.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz, the world No. 1, issued a statement<\/a> on social media in which he said that the duo made the decision together and thanked his compatriot for \u201cmaking my childhood dreams come true\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have made it to the top, and I feel that if our sporting paths had to part, it should be from up there,\u201d the 22-year-old said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many memories come to mind that it wouldn\u2019t be fair to choose just one. You have made me grow as an athlete, but above all as a person. And something I value greatly: I have enjoyed the process. I will remember that, the journey we have taken together.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow times of change are coming for both of us, new adventures and new projects. But I am certain that we will face them in the right way, giving our best, as we have always done. Always adding value.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative for Alcaraz declined to comment on the reasons for the split, and how his coaching set-up will now look.<\/p>\n

Ferrero, a former world No. 1 and French Open champion, issued his own statement on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is a difficult day,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of those when it\u2019s hard to find the right words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz joined Ferrero\u2019s academy in Spain in 2018, when he was just 15, and they formalized their partnership a year later.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Ferrero, 45, won their first Grand Slam title together at the 2022 U.S. Open<\/a>, crowning Alcaraz\u2019s first rise to the top of the world rankings at 19. But it is their work since then to establish Alcaraz as a consistently dominant force \u2014 most notably through improving his serve<\/a> in the past year \u2014 that stands out, alongside the return to world No. 1 this year and the five more Grand Slam titles, including two at Wimbledon, two at the French Open and this year\u2019s U.S. Open title.<\/p>\n

At the Australian Open, which begins next month, he will aim to become the youngest man to win the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s split has stunned the tennis world, with the pair only a month ago celebrating Alcaraz finishing as the year-end world No. 1 at the ATP Tour Finals in Turin<\/a>. During a news conference in September, after Alcaraz had won that U.S. Open final against Jannik Sinner, the demanding Ferrero was fulsome in his praise for his player, describing his performance in beating his biggest rival as \u201cperfect\u201d.<\/p>\n

Any signs of tension between the two came earlier, principally in the Netflix documentary \u2018Carlos Alcaraz: My Way\u2019<\/a>, which was released in April. The three-part series chronicled Alcaraz\u2019s 2024 season and showed friction between Alcaraz, Ferrero and the player\u2019s agent Albert Molina about how to manage the need for downtime with what\u2019s required to consistently win Grand Slams.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Ferrero have a frank discussion at one point, which the former was asked about at the Italian Open in May shortly after the series\u2019 release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conversation we have, coach and player, we all have it,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cWe all have that conversations about everything: about the tournaments, the practices, the things that I want to do that I probably don\u2019t have to. Whoever says they don\u2019t have it, they lie.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series also demonstrated disagreements between Alcaraz and his team about a forearm injury that threatened to derail his 2024 clay-court season. At that year\u2019s French Open, which Alcaraz won, he said that his team was trying to convince him that the pain he felt did not put him in danger. He spoke of trying to adjust his brain to trusting them and the health of his arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been an incredible team despite the difficulties, and I am sure you will continue to achieve great success,\u201d Ferrero wrote in his statement.<\/p>\n