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Alcaraz named Laureus Global Sportsman of the Yr
Spaniard is fourth ATP Excursion participant to win prize after Federer, Nadal and Djokovic
April 20, 2026
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Carlos Alcaraz is the Laureus Global Sportsman of the Yr.
By means of ATP Body of workers
Carlos Alcaraz has been named Laureus Global Sportsman of the Yr at the once a year Laureus Global Sports activities Awards, which came about on Monday night time in Madrid.
The 22-year-old Spaniard loved a standout 2025 season at the ATP Excursion. He received a Excursion-leading 8th titles, together with majors at Roland Garros and the US Open, and completed as ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by means of PIF after a back-and-forth fight along with his nice rival, Jannik Sinner.
“3 years in the past, I won the Laureus Leap forward Award in Paris and met one in every of my heroes, Leo Messi, who received the Laureus Sportsman Award. On the time, I dreamt that possibly in the future I’d sign up for the good Leo Messi at the Sportsman checklist, and lately, I’ve. Messi, Federer, Djokovic, Usain Bolt, and naturally the good Rafa Nadal. I’m following within the footsteps of giants. That makes this second so particular.
“I in reality perceive why those Awards imply such a lot to the most productive athletes on the earth. That comes with all my fellow Laureus nominees — the best sportsmen on the earth — however I particularly want to thank Jannik Sinner. If we hadn’t been around the internet from every different, pushing the opposite one so exhausting, I do not believe both folks would have discovered the degrees we did.
The opposite nominees for Global Sportsman of the Yr had been the 24-year-old Italian Sinner, soccer megastar Ousmane Dembele, pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, motorcyclist Marc Marquez and bike owner Tadej Pogacar.
Alcaraz joins the ‘Giant 3’ of Roger Federer (2005-08, 2018), Rafael Nadal (2011, 2021) and Novak Djokovic (2012, 2015-16, 2019, 2024) in profitable the award. It isn’t the primary time the Spaniard has been recognised on the rite organised by means of Laureus, an international organisation that celebrates wearing excellence and makes use of the ability of game to become the lives of kids and younger other people.
In 2023, Alcaraz received the Laureus Leap forward of the Yr Award after his historical 2022 season by which he changed into the youngest No. 1 in PIF ATP Ratings historical past at simply 19.
Alcaraz completed 2025 with a 71-9 document, in keeping with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. In addition to his Roland Garros and US Open triumphs, he additionally received ATP Masters 1000 occasions in Monte-Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati, and ATP 500 crowns in Rotterdam, London and Tokyo. In November, he reached the championship fit on the Nitto ATP Finals for the primary time ahead of falling to Sinner.
Alcaraz and Sinner weren’t the one ATP Excursion stars nominated for an award on Monday in Madrid. #NextGenATP Brazilian Joao Fonseca, whose fast upward push to a career-high Global No. 24 used to be one of the crucial tales of the 2025 season, used to be nominated for Laureus Global Leap forward of the Yr.