Carlos Alcaraz reaches a fantastic final in Madrid after beating back to back Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
This amazing run allowed Carlito to dramatically improve his live rankings. Carlito is now the new world no.6 in the live rankings and no.2 in the year-to-date (or race) live rankings.
Counting the “live points” in 2022, Carlito is only behind Rafael Nadal and ahead of Stefanos Tsitsipas. It’s interesting to notice that Novak Djokovic is only no.26 in the year-to-date rankings.
Here are the top10 of the year-to-date live rankings. Click here to see the full list.
Alcaraz in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWWWWWWW Currently the world no.9 (career-high), Alcaraz owns a 27-3 win-loss record in 2022. Alcaraz is now having a run in Madrid where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-5, Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-74 6-3, Rafael Nadal 6-2 1-6 6-3 and Novak Djokovic 6-75 7-5 7-65.
Carlos Alcaraz will face the world no.3 Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday at 6:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. Their actual record is 2-0 for Zverev.
Carlos has won 3 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, in Miami and in Barcelona.
Alcaraz won 4 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 3 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Rafael Nadal in 2022
At the moment ranked no.4, Nadal played his last match on the 6th of May when he surrendered to world no.9 Carlos Alcaraz 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid (draw).
This year Nadal owns a composed 22-2 win-loss record. The Spaniard clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, at the Australian Open and in Acapulco. Nadal was the finalist in Indian Wells.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal fought against each other 3 times. Their current record is 2-1 for Nadal. Before, the last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 6th of May 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
Currently the world no.5, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 7th of May when he lost to world no.3 Alexander Zverev 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the semifinal in Madrid (draw).
Currently, during this season Stefanos has a 27-9 match record. This year, Stefanos clinched 1 title in Monte-Carlo. The Greek was the runner-up in Rotterdam.
Novak Djokovic in 2022
LWWWLWLWWW Ranked no.1, Novak played his last match on the 7th of May when he lost to world no.9 Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (draw).
This season Novak has a 7-4 match record. Novak Djokovic’s most significant result of the year was getting to the final in Belgrade.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic played each other 8 times. The head to head is 6-2 for Djokovic. The last time they competed against each other, Novak Djokovic won 6-7(6) 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final in Paris (French Open) in June 2021.
Here the highlights.
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