After defeating Novak Djokovic in the 2023 Wimbledon final, Carlos Alcaraz’s popularity on social media is fast increasing.
Carlos Alcaraz has gained 4.87 million followers on Instagram making him 2nd-most active tennis player on social media after Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic is already well-known on social media while Carlos Alcaraz is currently earning more and more followers.
Alcaraz had 2.4 million Instagram followers and was ranked sixth among active tennis players before last month’s French Open. However, he has outperformed WTA stars like Naomi Osaka (who is presently on hiatus) and Emma Raducanu (who is injured) in just the past two months.
Current ATP Top 10 players' followers on social media (FB + IG + Twitter) 📊
🇷🇸 Djokovic 32.6M
🇪🇸 Alcaraz 4.87M
🇬🇷 Tsitsipas 2.52M
🇷🇺 Medvedev 1.4M
🇮🇹 Sinner 1.05M
🇺🇸 Tiafoe 741k
🇳🇴 Ruud 710k
🇩🇰 Rune 659k
🇷🇺 Rublev 573k
🇺🇸 Fritz 572k pic.twitter.com/u3ipKP4IP0— Relevant Tennis (@RelevantTennis) August 4, 2023
Novak Djokovic in 2023
WLWWWWWWWW Ranked world no.2, Novak played his last contest on the 16th of July when he lost to world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the final in Wimbledon (draw).
Until now, during this year Djokovic has a 33-5 record. The Serbian clinched 3 titles in 2023 in Adelaide, Australian Open and French Open. Djokovic was the runner-up in Wimbledon.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2023
WWWWWWWWLW At the moment ranked no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 16th of July when he overcame world no.2 Novak Djokovic 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the final in Wimbledon to win his 12th career title.
This season Carlos owns a composed 47-4 record. Carlos clinched 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Carlos reached the final in Rio de Janeiro.
He is also scheduled to play in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 13th of August and U.S. Open (U.S. Open) on the 28th of August.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz faced off 3 times. Their head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz. Before, the last time they squared off, Carlos Alcaraz won 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the final in London (Wimbledon) on the 16th of July 2023.
Here the video highlights.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz |
| Embed from Getty Images |
