How Alcaraz is making Grand Slam history quicker than Federer, Nadal Djokovic
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a is making Grand Slam history quicker than the legendary Big Three of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a./ppBy winning his fourth major title on Sunday, defeating Djokovic in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a final, Alcaraz has lifted four Slam trophies at the age of 21. Djokovic, Federer nor Nadal accomplished the feat that young./pp/ppstrongAlcaraz amp; The Big Three's Fourth Major Title/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strong4thnbsp;Major Title/strong/td tdnbsp;strongAge/strong/td tdnbsp;strongRecord In Major Finals/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/anbsp;/td tdnbsp;2004 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a/td tdnbsp;23/td tdnbsp;4-0/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a/td tdnbsp;2008 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a/td tdnbsp;22/td tdnbsp;4-2/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a/td tdnbsp;2011 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a/td tdnbsp;24/td tdnbsp;4-2/td /tr tr tdnbsp;stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a/strong/td tdstrongnbsp;2024 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a/strong/td tdstrongnbsp;21/strong/td tdstrongnbsp;4-0/strong/td /tr /tbody/tablepDjokovic, a record 24-time major champion, did not win his fourth Slam until the 2011 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, when he was 24. Nadal was 22 when he earned his fourth Slam crown at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a in 2008 and Federer was 23 when he reached the four-major mark at the 2004 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a./p[ATP APP]pNot only did Alcaraz accomplish the feat at a younger age than Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, but the Spaniard did so in significantly fewer Grand Slam matches. The 21-year-old has taken just 69 Slam matches (59-10) to win his fourth trophy at the level./ppstrongAlcaraz amp; The Big Three: Slam Matches To Earn 4th Major Title/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strongSlam Matches At 4th Major/strong/td tdnbsp;strongGrand Slam Winning %/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/anbsp;/td tdnbsp;79/td tdnbsp;77.2% (61-18)/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a/td tdnbsp;81/td tdnbsp;84% (68-13)/td /tr tr tdnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a/td tdnbsp;134/td tdnbsp;82.1% (110-24)/td /tr tr tdstrongnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a/strong/td tdstrongnbsp;69/strong/td tdstrongnbsp;85.5% (59-10)/strong/td /tr /tbody/tablepFederer needed 79 matches (61-18), Nadal took 81 matches (68-13) and Djokovic played 134 Grand Slam matches (110-24) before he claimed his fourth major title./ppAlcaraz's winning percentage at the majors at the time of his fourth major triumph (85.5%) is better than Nadal (84%), Djokovic (82.1%) and Federer's (77.2%) according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index/ppAlcaraz has won his first four Grand Slam finals, becoming just the second player in the Open Era to claim his first four major menrsquo;s singles finals. The only other player who did so was Federer, who was victorious in his first seven major finals./ppThe Spaniard is just the sixth man in the Open Era to complete the Roland Garros-a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a double, joining a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rod-laver/l058/overview'Rod Laver/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/a, Nadal, Federer and Djokovic./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p