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Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player

Born
May 5, 2003
Age in 2026
23
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
2003

About Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 66 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025. Alcaraz has won 26 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the ninth and youngest man in history to complete the career Grand Slam in singles. A teen phenomenon, Alcaraz won the Next Gen ATP Finals and was the 2020 ATP Newcomer of the Year. In 2022, Alcaraz won two Masters events and his first major title at the US Open. This made him the youngest man and first male teenager in the Open Era to be ranked world No. 1, at 19 years, 4 months and 7 days old, and he finished the year as the youngest year-end No. 1 in ATP rankings history. For this, he won Breakthrough of the Year at the Laureus Awards. Alcaraz claimed his second major title at Wimbledon in 2023, defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in an epic final. In 2024, Alcaraz won his first French Open and defended his title at Wimbledon, becoming the youngest man to win the "Channel Slam". In 2025, he defeated Jannik Sinner in a historic final to win the French Open, as well as the US Open. He finished as the year-end world No. 1 for the second time, and was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. In 2026, Alcaraz won his seventh major at the Australian Open, becoming the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam, at 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old. Alcaraz has won 26 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including seven majors and eight Masters titles. In 2026, Alcaraz won the Australian Open, becoming the youngest man in history to complete the Career Grand Slam, at 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old. He became the youngest man and the first male teenager in the Open Era to be ranked world No. 1, at 19 years, 4 months and 7 days old, and finished the year as the youngest year-end No. 1 in ATP rankings history. He is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025.

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Carlos Alcaraz timeline

  1. He is currently ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025.
  2. In 2026, Alcaraz won the Australian Open, becoming the youngest man in history to complete the Career Grand Slam, at 22 years, 8 months and 27 days old.

The world when Carlos Alcaraz was born

Carlos Alcaraz was born in 2003. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 2003

  • #1 song"In Da Club" – 50 Cent
  • Top movieThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Top TV showCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  • Best-selling bookThe Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentLeBron James drafted #1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Top headlineUS-led coalition invades Iraq
  • Technology milestoneSkype launched
  • Defining fadLow-rise jeans
  • Notable inventionMySpace
  • World population6.31 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge W. Bush
  • Sports championFlorida Marlins (World Series)
  • Also wonSan Antonio Spurs (NBA)
  • U.S. population290.1M

2003 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Carlos Alcaraz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure20032026
Gas$1.59$3.45/gal
Average home$170,000$435,000
Average income$52,680$67,500
Minimum wage$5.15$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$6.03$11.95
Postage stamp$0.37$0.73
Population290.1M341 million

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