FLASHBACK: Last year, Jaime Alcaraz participated in the IMG Future Stars exhibition event in Greece.

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Move over, Carlitos? Maybe not just yet. But Carlos Alcaraz's younger brother Jaime is already making his own name in tennis after triumphing at a Rafa Nadal Tour junior event in Madrid, Spain.

The Rafa Nadal Tour is a junior tennis tournament series that launched in 2014 and benefits Nadal's eponymous foundation. Held annually, it consists of seven tournaments in various locations around Spain, and has events for boys and girls in the under-12, under-14 and under-16 age divisions. This year's tour had stops in Alicante, Barcelona, Gran Canaria, Madrid and Seville and Valldoreix-Barcelona, and the season's top performers will be invited to Nadal's academy in Mallorca to compete in a year-end 'Masters' event.

Jaime Alcaraz, born in 2011, was seeded No. 4 in the under-12 boys' draw in Madrid, played from July 21-29, and won five matches to take the title. In his semifinal and final, he won three-setters decided in a match tiebreak.

It's not the first time that the younger Alcaraz has rubbed shoulders with the top names in the sport. A fixture in his brother's player box at Wimbledon, Jaime Alcaraz was spotted on the practice court with him, and met players including Jannik Sinner. He also has twice been invited to participate in the IMG Future Stars exhibition event, held each April in Greece with Marcos Baghdatis at tournament director.

But with his win in Madrid, he's truly following in his brother's footsteps: Carlos Alcaraz also participated in the competition in his youth, and was a winner in an under-14 event in 2016.

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While it's too early to tell if Jaime Alcaraz will rise through the ranks and join his brother on the ATP Tour when he's old enough, Carlos Alcaraz joked last year that the youngest of his three brothers already has the better forehand of the two, and that he's not his brother's idol. Instead, it's Dominic Thiem.