Carlos Alcaraz has battled past Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3, to not only improve to 2-0 in their round-robin group and inch closer to qualifying for the semifinals, but to hit a major milestone.
His victory over the No. 6-ranked American was the 50th Top 10 win of his career, and he’s one of the youngest men ever to hit that number.
At 22 years and six months, he’s younger than any of the Big 3 were when they reached that milestone—Rafael Nadal came the closest, doing it at 22 years and nine months in 2009, but Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were both 23 when they did it, in 2005 and 2011.
Alcaraz is actually the youngest man to achieve the feat since Boris Becker, who achieved the feat at 21 years and nine months with his victory over then-No. 1 Ivan Lendl in the 1989 US Open final.
YOUNGEST PLAYERS TO RECORD 50 TOP 10 WINS IN ATP RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973):
- Bjorn Borg, 21 years & 5 months [1977]
- Boris Becker, 21 years & 9 months [1989]
- Carlos Alcaraz, 22 years & 6 months [2025]
- Rafael Nadal, 22 years & 9 months [2009]
- Ivan Lendl, 22 years & 10 months [1983]
More to come…
