2022 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season explained

See main article: Carlos Alcaraz.

Fullname:Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Calendarprizemoney:$10,102,330[1]
Singlestitles:5
Yearendsinglesranking:No. 1
Australianopenresult:3R
Frenchopenresult:QF
Wimbledonresult:4R
Usopenresult:W
Currentdoublesranking:No. 560
Next Season:2023

The 2022 Carlos Alcaraz tennis season officially began on 17 January 2022, with the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Winning 5 titles, he won his first Grand Slam at the 2022 US Open, defeating Casper Ruud in the final and becoming World number 1.[2]

He clinched the world number 1 ranking for 16 weeks in 2022.

Yearly summary

Early hard court season

Australian Open

See also: 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles.

All matches

See main article: Carlos Alcaraz career statistics.

This table chronicles all the matches of Carlos Alcaraz in 2022.

Singles matches

Schedule

Per Carlos Alcaraz, this is his current 2022 schedule (subject to change).

Singles schedule

DateTournamentLocationTierSurfacePrev.
result
Prev.
points
New
points
Result
17 January 2022–
30 January 2022
Melbourne (AUS) Hard 2R 45 90 Third round (lost to Matteo Berrettini, 2–6, 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2, 6–7(5–10))
14 February 2022–
20 February 2022
Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Clay 2R 45500Champion (defeated Diego Schwartzman, 6–4, 6–2)
10 March 2022–
20 March 2022
Indian Wells (USA) Hard 2R 45 360 Semifinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6)
23 March 2022–
3 April 2022
Miami Gardens (USA) Masters 1000 Hard 1R 10 1000 Champion (defeated Casper Ruud, 7–5, 6–4)
10 April 2022–
17 April 2022
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (FRA) Masters 1000 Clay N/A 0 10 Second round (lost to Sebastian Korda, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6)
18 April 2022–
24 April 2022
Barcelona (ESP) Clay 1R 0 500 Champion (defeated Pablo Carreño Busta, 6–3, 6–2)
2 May 2022–
8 May 2022
Madrid (ESP) Masters 1000 Clay 2R 45 1000 Champion (defeated Alexander Zverev, 6–3, 6–1)
22 May 2022–
5 June 2022
Paris (FRA) Grand Slam Clay 3R 90360 Quarterfinals (lost to Alexander Zverev, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9))
27 June 2022–
10 July 2022
London (GBR) Grand Slam Grass 2R 45 0 Fourth round (lost to Jannik Sinner, 1–6, 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 3–6)
17 July 2022–
24 July 2022
Hamburg (GER) Grass N/A 0300 Final (lost to Lorenzo Musetti, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6)
25 July 2022–
31 July 2022
Umag (CRO) 250 seriesClay W 250 150 Final (lost to Jannik Sinner, 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6)
8 August 2022–
14 August 2022
Toronto (CAN) Masters 1000 Hard N/A 0 10 Second round (lost to Tommy Paul, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(7–9), 3–6)
14 August 2022–
21 August 2022
Cincinnati (USA) Masters 1000 Hard 1R 10 180 Quarterfinals (lost to Cameron Norrie, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 4–6)
29 August 2022–
11 September 2022
New York (USA) Grand Slam Hard QF 360 2000 Champion (defeated Casper Ruud, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3)
3 October 2022–
9 October 2022
Astana (KAZ) 500 series Hard (i)N/A 0 0 First round (lost to David Goffin, 5–7, 3–6)
24 October 2022–
30 October 2022
Basel (SUI) Hard (i) N/A 0180 Semifinals (lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime, 3–6, 2–6)
31 October 2022–
6 November 2022
Paris (FRA) Masters 1000 Hard (i)3R 90 180 Quarterfinals (lost to Holger Rune, 3–6, 6–6(1–3) ret.)
13 November 2022–
20 November 2022
Turin (ITA) Hard (i) N/A 0 0 Withdrew[3]
Total year-end points10356820 5785 difference

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Carlos Alcaraz has a ATP match win–loss record in the 2022 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings is . Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at the time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Top 10 wins

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Category
Grand Slam (1–1)
ATP Finals (0–0)
Masters 1000 (6–0)
500 Series (2–0)
250 Series (0–1)
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Wins by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (5–0)
Grass (0–0)
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Wins by setting
Outdoor (9–0)
Indoor (0–0)
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1/4. Matteo Berrettinibgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"6Rio Open, BrazilClayQF6–2, 2–6, 6–229
2/5. Stefanos Tsitsipasbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"5Miami Open, United StatesHard4R7–5, 6–316
3/6. Hubert Hurkaczbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"10Miami Open, United StatesHardSF7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)16
4/7. Casper Ruudbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"8Miami Open, United StatesHardF7–5, 6–416
5/8. Stefanos Tsitsipasbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"5Barcelona Open, SpainClayQF6–4, 5–7, 6–211
6/9. Rafael Nadalbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"4Madrid Open, SpainClayQF6–2, 1–6, 6–39
7/10. Novak Djokovicbgcolor=lime align="center"1Madrid Open, SpainClaySF6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(7–5)9
8/11. Alexander Zverevbgcolor=99ccff align="center"3Madrid Open, SpainClayF6–3, 6–19
9/12. Casper Ruudbgcolor=EEE8AA align="center"7US Open, United StatesHardF6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–34

Finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Category
Grand Slam (1–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
Masters 1000 (2–0)
500 Series (2–1)
250 Series (0–1)
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Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
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Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Rio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Diego Schwartzman6–4, 6–2
Win2–0Miami Open, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Casper Ruud7–5, 6–4
Win3–0Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Pablo Carreño Busta6–3, 6–2
Win4–0Madrid Open, SpainMasters 1000Clay Alexander Zverev6–3, 6–1
Loss4–1Hamburg European Open, Germany500 SeriesClay Lorenzo Musetti4–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss4–2Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Jannik Sinner7–6(7–5), 1–6, 1–6
Win5–2US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Casper Ruud6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

Earnings

Singles
Event Prize money Year-to-date
A$ 221,000 $159,208
Rio Open $317,400 $476,608
$343,985 $820,593
Miami Open $1,231,245 $2,051,838
€39,070 $2,092,862
Barcelona Open €467,150$2,585,284
Madrid Open €1,041,570 $3,683,202
€380,000$4,088,054
Wimbledon Championships£190,000 $4,321,260
€178,170 $4,508,338
€47,430 $4,563,460
$42,760 $4,606,220
$157,995$4,764,215
US Open $2,600,000 $7,364,215
$14,820$7,379,035
€114,505 $7,491,892
€136,225 $7,627,613
Bonus pool $2,447,200 $10,074,813
$10,074,813
Doubles
Event Prize money Year-to-date
$ 3,480 $3,480
$8,790 $12,270
€14,465 $27,517
$27,517
Total
$10,102,330
Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ATP Prize Money Leaders. Protennslive.com. 12 September 2022. 6 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221206054400/https://www.protennislive.com/posting/ramr/current_prize.pdf. bot: unknown.
  2. Web site: Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud for 2022 US Open title, world No. 1 ranking. Arthur. Kapetanakis. 11 September 2022. US Open. 12 September 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220912091653/https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-09-11/carlos_alcaraz_defeats_casper_ruud_for_2022_us_open_title_world_no_1_ranking.html. 12 September 2022.
  3. Web site: 15 November 2022 . Carlos Alcaraz confirmed as youngest year-end No. 1 as Rafael Nadal is eliminated from ATP Finals . 18 November 2022 . eurosport.com . Eurosport.