Carlos Alcaraz continues to impress on the ATP Tour, winning his second title of the season in Monte-Carlo recently.
The world number two won his first-career indoor title earlier this year, when Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur in the final of the Rotterdam Open.
He had to wait two months to add another trophy to his collection before Alcaraz won the Monte-Carlo Masters, taking down Lorenzo Musetti in the final.
Both of the Spaniard’s 2025 title wins have come at tournaments his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, chose not to attend, leading many to question whether Alcaraz’s coaching team may need changing.
As those rumors continue to circulate, one former Spanish ATP star has revealed whether he would consider coaching Alcaraz in the future.
David Ferrer thinks it would be ‘arrogant’ for him to say he’d coach Carlos Alcaraz but doesn’t count it out
During an interview with Eurosport, former world number three David Ferrer was asked whether he could imagine himself as a member of Alcaraz’s team.
“No… I don’t know,” said Ferrer.
“You know what? I don’t think that far ahead.
“Life is made up of stages, and you have to know how to start and end them. I’ve learned that very well.”
Ferrer didn’t rule out coaching Alcaraz in the future but insisted the 21-year-old has a good team around him.
“In Carlos’s case, I think he’s very well surrounded,” he said.
“He has a balanced team with Juan Carlos [Ferrero] and Samuel [Lopez], his family, everything close to home.
“Could I coach him? Honestly, it would be a bit arrogant of me to say yes.
“I love watching Carlos [Alcaraz], I really enjoyed having him on the Davis Cup team.
“He reminds me a bit of Rafa [Nadal] in that he gives off something special. I love that.
“But today, I think Carlos is well taken care of.”
Ferrer has been Spain’s Davis Cup captain since 2022, with Alcaraz playing under him for the first time last November, winning four of his five matches.
- 2024 Davis Cup Finals QF – Carlos Alcaraz/Marcel Granollers lost to Botic van de Zandschulp/Wesley Koolhof, 6-7, 6-7
- 2024 Davis Cup Finals QF – Carlos Alcaraz beat Tallon Griekspoor, 7-6, 6-3
- 2024 Davis Cup GS – Carlos Alcaraz beat Ugo Humbert, 6-3, 6-3
- 2024 Davis Cup GS – Carlos Alcaraz/Marcel Granollers beat Jakub Mensik/Adam Pavlasek, 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
- 2024 Davis Cup GS – Carlos Alcaraz beat Tomas Machac, 6-7, 6-1 (RET)
Spain were knocked out of the Davis Cup by the Netherlands at the quarterfinal stage, when Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers lost the deciding doubles tie.
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Ferrer previously coached one of Alcaraz’s biggest ATP rivals, Alexander Zverev, during the 2020 season.
The Spaniard initially joined the German’s team on a trial basis in July, and the pair worked together for the remainder of the year, parting ways ahead of the 2021 Australian Open.
Zverev won two tour-level titles in 2020, at the Cologne Indoors and Cologne Championships.
Ferrer took to X to congratulate the world number two after he won tournaments in back-to-back weeks.
“Bravo family,” said Ferrer on X.
Zverev also achieved his career-best Grand Slam result under the guidance of Ferrer, reaching the final of the 2020 US Open.
Leading by two sets to love, Zverev failed to convert his advantage, as his close friend Dominic Thiem came back to win in five.
The German has returned to two Grand Slam finals since, but has never been closer to lifting his first Major title.
In an interview with Punto de Break in 2021, Ferrer revealed that it was his decision not to continue their coaching relationship.
“I spoke with Sascha [Zverev] and told him that I prefer not to continue, that we were not going to continue next season,” said Ferrer.
“Absolutely nothing has happened between us, everything is still fine.
“In fact, I am very grateful to him for the opportunity he gave me to travel with him.
“I’m sure that when some time passes, I will train someone again, that’s for sure.”
Ferrer hasn’t coached anyone since, although it will be interesting to see if he does one day join forces with his fellow Spaniard, Alcaraz.
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