Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest tennis player to become number 1 in the ATP ranking

The Spaniard beat Casper Ruud to win the US Open and the most coveted position in the sport at just 19 years old.

Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(1) and 6-3 in Casper Ruud to be the champion of US Open and be crowned like him number one in the ATP world rankingbeing the youngest tennis player in history to achieve this.

In only 19 years, 4 months and 6 days, the Spaniard surpassed Lleyton Hewitt’s mark Yes too the first player in history to achieve the highest placement without even turning twenty.

Alcaraz just one year ago was ranked 55th in the ranking, further enhanced its impressive ascent. From that moment, won two ATP Masters 1000s (Miami and Madrid), the ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro in the view of Diego Schwartzmann in the final of the carioca tournament.

Born in Murcia is the fourth Spaniard in history to take the top ranking position and join the select list of Juan Carlos Ferrero (his coach), Carlos Moyá and Rafael Nadal.

It’s fair nadal sent him a meaning of the message through your personal Instagram account at congratulations on your victory at Flushing Meadows. “Congratulations Carlos Alcaraz for your first Grand Slam and for number 1 which is the culmination of your first great season I’m sure there will be many more“wrote the highest number of winners of Grand Slam tournaments in history with 22 conquests.

The list of the youngest number 1 in the history of the ATP ranking

• 1- Charles Alcaraz (Spain) 19 years, 4 months, and 6 days
• 2- Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) 20 years, 8 months and 23 days
• 3- Marat Safin (Russia) 20 years, 9 months and 24 days
• 4- John McEnroe (USA) 21 years and 15 days
• 5-Andy Roddick (USA) 21 years, 2 months and 4 days
• 6- Bjorn Borg (Sweden) 21 years, 2 months and 17 days
• 7- Jim Courier (USA) 21 years, 5 months and 24 days
• 8- Pete Sampras (USA) 21 years and 8 months
• 9- Jimmy Connors (USA) 21 years, 10 months and 27 days
• 10- Raphael nadal (Spain) 22 years, 2 months and 15 days

The new Top 10 of the ATP Rankings after the US Open

• 1- Charles Alcaraz (Spain) (+3)
• 2- Casper Ruud (Norway) (+5)
• 3- Raphael nadal (Spain)
• 4- Daniel Medvedev (Russia) (-3)
• 5- Alexander Zverev (Germany) (-3)
• 6- Stephen Chillies (Greece) (-1)
• 7- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) (-1)
• 8-Cameron Norry (Great Britain) (+1)
• 9- Andrew rubles (Russia) (+2)
• 10-Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)

Argentines in the Top 100 in the ATP Rankings after the US Open

• 17- Diego Schwartzmann (-1)
• 27-Francis Cerúndolo
• 37- Sebastian Baz
• 57- Peter Cachin (+9)
• 70- Frederick Coria (+8)
• 89- Thomas Martin Etcheverry (-3)