Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest man in Open Era to reach Grand Slam finals on every surface

Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest man in the Open Era to reach Grand Slam finals on every surface—hard, grass and clay—after battling into his first Roland Garros final on Friday.

The 21-year-old has already won majors on hard and grass, at the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023, and with his 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of Roland Garros, he completes his career set of major finals on every surface.

The previous record belonged to Andre Agassi, who was 22 years old when he reached the final of Wimbledon in 1992, having already reached Roland Garros and US Open finals in his career.

YOUNGEST MEN IN OPEN ERA TO REACH MAJOR FINALS ON ALL THREE SURFACES (Grand Slam event listed where set completed):

• Carlos Alcaraz: 21 years & 1 month [2024 Roland Garros]
• Andre Agassi: 22 years & 2 months [1992 Wimbledon]
• Bjorn Borg: 22 years & 3 months [1978 US Open]
• Rafael Nadal: 22 years & 7 months [2009 Australian Open]
• Jim Courier: 22 years & 10 months [1993 Wimbledon]

It should come as no surprise that Alcaraz has already excelled at Grand Slams on every surface—not only has he already won ATP titles on every surface, he’s won multiple ATP titles on every surface.

He’s won seven of his 13 career tour-level titles on clay, the biggest ones being two Masters 1000 titles, both in Madrid in 2022 and 2023. He’s also won three ATP 500s on the surface, at Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona in 2022 then Barcelona again in 2023, and finally a pair of ATP 250s at Umag in 2021 and Buenos Aires in 2023.

He’s a four-time champion on hard courts, including his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 US Open and three Masters 1000 titles at Miami in 2022 and Indian Wells in back-to-back years in 2023 and 2024.

And he's won two tour-level titles on grass, both last year, at Queen’s Club (an ATP 500) and Wimbledon (his second Grand Slam title).

He has a 75.2% career winning percentage on hard courts (88-29), 88.9% on grass (16-2) and 81.5% on clay (74-17).