Stat of the Day: Carlos Alcaraz has now won his first four career finals in straight sets

With his 6-3, 6-2 victory over Pablo Carreno Busta in the final of the ATP 500 clay-court event in Barcelona today, Carlos Alcaraz captured the fourth ATP title of his career—even more impressive is that he’s now 4-0 in his career in ATP finals, and even more impressive is that he’s won all of those finals in straight sets.

CARLOS ALCARAZ IN ATP FINALS: 4-0 (8-0 in sets)
d. Gasquet in 2021 Umag final, 6-2, 6-2
d. Schwartzman in 2022 Rio de Janeiro final, 6-4, 6-2
d. Ruud in 2022 Miami final, 7-5, 6-4
d. Carreno Busta in 2022 Barcelona final, 6-3, 6-2

To put this in a bit of historical perspective, none of the Big 3 even won their first four career finals, let alone all in straight sets—Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic both went 3-1 in their first four finals, while Roger Federer actually went 1-3 in his first four.

No one else in the current Top 10 of the ATP rankings—not Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger-Aliassime or Cam Norrie—won their first four career finals, either.