Carlos Alcaraz Becomes Youngest Player To Reach Men’s Singles Grand Slam Semi-Finals On All Three Surfaces In Multiple Seasons, Achieves Milestone During US Open 2025
World Number 2 Carlos Alcaraz created history, becoming the youngest tennis player, aged 22 years and 111 days, to reach the men’s singles semi-final on all three surfaces - turf, grass, and clay - at Grand Slam events in multiple years. Alcaraz will meet Novak Djokovic in the US Open 2025 semi-final on September 6.
World Number 2 Carlos Alcaraz created history, becoming the youngest tennis player, aged 22 years and 111 days, to reach the men’s singles semi-final on all three surfaces - turf, grass, and clay - at a Grand Slam event in multiple years (2023 and 2025) after booking a place in the US Open 2025 semifinals. Alcaraz continued his stellar run in the US Open 2025, beating Jiri Lehecka in straight sets 6-4,6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. On both occasions in 2023 and 2025, Alcaraz had advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open, respectively. Alcaraz will meet Novak Djokovic in the US Open 2025 semi-final on September 6. Novak Djokovic Advances to Men’s Singles Semi-Final in US Open 2025; Serbian Legend Thrashes Taylor Fritz By 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in Quarter-Final.
Carlos Alcaraz Creates History
1 - Since 1978, Carlos Alcaraz (22 years 111 days) is the youngest player to reach Men’s Singles semi-finals on all three surfaces in multiple seasons (2023 and 2025) at Grand Slam events. Peaking. #USOpen | @usopen @atptour pic.twitter.com/nyL8ytYMDG
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