Carlos Alcaraz says there’s one all-time tennis record he’s aiming to break, ‘it’s something that sticks in my mind’

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Carlos Alcaraz was the outstanding player on the ATP Tour throughout 2025, and deservedly finished the year atop the world rankings.

It is just the second time that the Spaniard has ever managed this feat, with the first cementing his place as the youngest-ever year-end world number one in history.

Since then, he has toppled records with alarming speed, forging a path to greatness that has already seen him amass six Grand Slam titles.

However, there is one that eludes him, and Carlos Alcaraz is not afraid of piling the pressure on the upcoming Australian Open and the prospect of completing the career Grand Slam in Melbourne.

At a press conference ahead of the ‘Racquet at the Rock’ and the ‘Miami Invitational’, Alcaraz was directly asked by The Tennis Gazette about just how much achieving this feat, and potentially being the youngest to ever do it, means to him.

Carlos Alcaraz says how important winning the career Grand Slam is for him

The question was born due to comments Alcaraz had made earlier just last week, where he insisted that he’d rather win just the Australian Open in 2026 than two alternative major titles.

That alone indicated just how highly this piece of history ranks in his priorities.

“It would be a great record, to be honest,” he began. I’m really looking forward to win Australia one day, I’m really excited about it.”

Alcaraz then explained why the fast start to the season could have a positive and negative impact on his road to glory.

He continued: “The good part of it is that it’s the first Grand Slam. I start the season playing a Grand Slam straight away, which could be tricky with not a lot of competition rhythm, but I’m going to do a really great pre-season to be ready for that, and obviously, having that record of being the youngest player to complete the Calendar Grand Slam, it is something that sticks in my mind.”

Elsewhere at the press conference, Alcaraz named the two players on the ATP Tour who stood out for him in 2025, aside from himself and Jannik Sinner.

Carlos Alcaraz provides an update on his hamstring injury

Later in the press conference, the 22-year-old was quizzed by the media about his fitness.

After all, it was one of the overwhelming topics, especially after Alcaraz pulled out of the Davis Cup Finals.

Citing a hamstring injury, he admitted: “It’s a bit disappointing, not being able to play at the Davis Cup, to be honest.

“I was really looking forward to playing for Spain, but, you know, the season has been really long. Highs, lows, but right now, I mean, I’m just getting treatment to be as good as soon as I can, feeling a little bit of pain in the hamstrings.

“But yeah, I mean, a bit sad, but you know, at the same time, the season is over.”

Then asked how worried he was about the nature of the injury, and whether it would impact his ability to play at the two aforementioned exhibition events, he concluded: “I’m not worried at all, because as I said I really wanted to play there in the Davis Cup but then my body didn’t feel good at all to compete there, so I have one more week just to recover, to be good.

“So I’m gonna have two weeks before playing there, with the same thing, I’m going to be fully recovered to the day of the match.”