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Carlos Alcaraz completed the career Grand Slam at the 2026 Australian Open, the youngest man ever to do it. A right wrist injury then cost him Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and the US Open is set to be his comeback.

By Alexandre Le Hégarat · stats people · Updated August 4, 2026

Carlos Alcaraz: youngest career Grand Slam, then the stoppage

In January 2026, Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 and completed what only eight men had completed before him: all four majors won at least once. He was 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old, younger than anyone in the history of the sport.

Three months later, on April 15, a right wrist injury stopped that trajectory dead. The absence stretched week after week: Madrid and Rome first, then Roland Garros where he was defending his title, and finally Wimbledon, withdrawn from with an unambiguous message, he was still not ready to compete. From the majors alone, that absence cost him 3,300 ranking points.

His tennis explains why the tour felt empty without him. He combines Rafael Nadal’s baseline grind with the touch at the net associated with Roger Federer and defensive resilience in the Djokovic mould, plus the best drop shot on tour. His matches go to five sets at a rate no other top-5 player approaches, which has pulled back an audience tennis had lost when the previous generation retired.

The question now is how he returns. The US Open in late August is the natural stage for it, with a title to defend and a rivalry against Jannik Sinner that has been waiting on his comeback since April.

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Seven, in this order: US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023, Roland Garros 2024, Wimbledon 2024, Roland Garros 2025, US Open 2025 and the Australian Open 2026. The Melbourne title completed the set of all four majors, something only eight men had managed before him.

A right wrist injury, sustained on April 15, 2026. It ruled him out of the Madrid and Rome Masters 1000 events, then Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Announcing his Wimbledon withdrawal, he said he was still not ready to compete. No firm return date has been officially confirmed, so any precise comeback schedule circulating online is speculation.

His return is expected on the North American hard court swing and at the US Open in late August. That is the logical stage: he is defending the 2025 title there, and it is the first major he can reach with the wrist healed. Until his entry is confirmed by his team, treat it as a projection rather than a fact.

He was world number 2 during the 2026 season, with a 22-3 record and two titles, in Doha and Melbourne. Missing Roland Garros and Wimbledon cost him 3,300 points from the majors alone, so his position is under pressure and may have shifted. The official ranking, updated every Monday on atptour.com, is the only reliable reference.

He was born on May 5, 2003 in El Palmar, in the Murcia region of Spain, which makes him 23. He was 19 when he won his first major and 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old when he completed the career Grand Slam, younger than anyone before him.

He beat Novak Djokovic in the final 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. He dropped the opening set and turned the match around, a recurring pattern in his biggest finals. It was his seventh major and the one he was missing to hold all four.

Winning all four major tournaments at least once over the course of a career, not necessarily in the same year. Alcaraz is the ninth man to achieve it and the youngest. In Spanish tennis, only Rafael Nadal had done it before him.

He lives in Villena, in the province of Alicante, next to the Equelite academy where he was developed and still trains. He is from El Palmar near Murcia and has deliberately kept his base in southeastern Spain rather than relocating to Monaco or Switzerland as much of the tour does.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, himself world number 1 in 2003 and Roland Garros champion that same year. In early 2025 they restructured how they work together so Ferrero could travel less, for family reasons and because of the punishing calendar. It was not a split: both framed it as an adjustment.

He is 6 feet 1 inch tall (185 cm) and weighs around 185 lbs (84 kg). He is not a serving giant like much of the top 10: his game is built on movement, variety and a drop shot that has become his signature.

It is the matchup that has defined men's tennis since the end of the Big Three era. The two have shared most of the recent major titles between them and their meetings have become the tour's biggest draw. Alcaraz missing the 2026 European swing put that contest on hold.

No audited, public figure exists, so any specific number you read is an estimate. What is documented: more than $30 million in on-court prize money and endorsement deals with Nike, Rolex, BMW and Babolat.

He has not publicly confirmed any relationship. He has said in interviews that he prefers to keep his private life separate from his career, and the names circulating on social media are unconfirmed speculation.