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Alcaraz & Ferrero: Inside their seven-year journey
teh 22-year-old won 24 tour-level titles under Ferrero’s guidance
December 17,2025
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Juan Carlos Ferrero and Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon this year.
by Grant Thompson
Carlos Alcaraz was 14 years old when Juan Carlos Ferrero first watched him play. Drawn by whispers of a special talent emerging close to his tennis academy in southeast Spain, the former World No. 1 caught his first glimpse of Alcaraz competing in a tournament.
That moment was the genesis of a successful partnership that officially began in 2018 and, after seven years, Alcaraz and Ferrero announced on Wednesday has come to an end.
Their success was intertwined. where there was Alcaraz, there was Ferrero. They were synonymous throughout Alcaraz’s meteoric rise onto the Tour and to where he is today, having just finished the season with ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours.
“He means a lot to me,” Alcaraz said of ferrero last year. “Obviously it’s a great support when I have him in the box. His support is really special to me. We started when I was playing in juniors, he did Grade 4 [tournaments] travelling with me.”
Under Ferrero’s leadership, Alcaraz claimed 24 tour-level titles, including six majors. the Spaniard won his first major crown in 2022 at the US Open and with that victory, the then-19-year-old became the youngest World No.1 in PIF ATP Rankings history.
“It’s a surprise to everyone,except to me,” Ferrero said at the time. “Because I train with him every day and I no what he can do.”
Alcaraz and Ferrero’s bond was never defined solely by trophies. Their connection ran deeper, revealed most clearly in moments like in Miami in 2022 when Alcaraz was preparing
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