Who is behind the success of Carlos Alcaraz?

from Madrid to Rio, from Miami to Paris, the stands for Carlos Alcaraz are almost always full. The recent Roland Garros final in Paris, where he surpassed the world's number one player Jannik Sinner with the score of 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 and 7-6 sets, nor exception. Nearly all details related to this team are doubled: two places of residence (including home Murcia and Villena Academy), two coaches, two physical experts, two physiotherapist experts. All were almost present in Paris over the weekend. They burst into joy when Alcaraz won a decisive point, then burst into tears in his arms or during the awards ceremony

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Here are 8 key members and their role in the large team contributes to the success of Alcaraz.

coach Juan Carlos Ferrero. Having won the Roland Garros and the world's number one player in 2003, Ferrero was now a coach at the Academy where he was trained in Villena, near the Spanish Alicante. He started leading Alcaraz when his juniors were only 15 years old, and is now the head of the crew to support the Spanish star.

"I want to develop myself as a coach and build a player with excellent potential play ", Ferrero once said. "I love discipline and order. When leading a player like Alcaraz, you must be the captain who drives the ship in the right direction ".

The relationship between the two teachers and students is very attached. "Me and Carlos just need one eye to understand each other", Ferrero once revealed.

coach Samuel Lopez. Samuel Lopez officially became the coach of Alcaraz from the end of last season, replacing Antonio Martinez Cascales - founder of Ferrero Academy. Earlier, Lopez worked with Pablo Carreno Busta in 9 seasons and led Nicolas Almagro and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Ferrero and Lopez combined well, sharing the weeks of competition. Sometimes, they also train Alcaraz, as at Roland Garros this year. "For me, Samuel is one of the best coaches, " Alcaraz once talked about the person who accompanied him through many tournaments.

The representative of Albert Molina. Molina was the one who discovered Alcaraz, taking him to the Ferrero Academy. He was the coach of Spanish female players like Conchita Martinez, before becoming the representative of IMG - David Ferrer's non -business management group.

Molina is in charge of all aspects of Alcaraz's career, from sponsorship contracts with Nike, Babolat, Rolex, BMW ... to the relationship before the media. He was always on the training ground, at the press conferences, and often sitting in the front row in the stands, constantly exchanging with Ferrero in Alcaraz's matches.

his brother Alvaro Alcaraz. Last Sunday, Alvaro, 25 years old, sat in the front row in the stands, next to the two coaches of the younger brother and the representative of Molina. Having played a single match and a professional match, Alvaro officially accompanied her younger brother from the end of 2022.

Alvaro could act as a friend who practiced with her brother, but the main task is to support spiritual support. "My presence is mainly to bring a family feeling, so that Carlos feels comfortable at home ", Alvaro mentioned above Plaza Deportiva.

In the tournaments, the two brothers used to live in the hotel room. As if they used to sleep on a bunk bed at home in El Palmar childhood, when "carlitos " sleep the lower floor and "alvarito " then on the upper floor.

physical expert Alberto Lledo. Lledo is a physical shape for Alcaraz, especially from the end of 2021 after a heavy training period. He helped Alcaraz gain weight and muscles, taking him to Australian to expand 2022 with stronger bodybuilding than ever.

At Ferrero Academy, Lledo conveys values: "Discipline, work, effort and healthy body ". He regularly accompanies Alcaraz at the tournament.

"The first memory of Carlos in Villena is a skinny boy like Spaghetti ", Lledo recalled. Thanks to the physical molding of Alberto Lledo, Alcaraz is now ready to play more durable than five hours like the top final with Sinner recently.

Psychological expert Isabel Balaguer. She has been a psychologist of Alcaraz since 2019. When the world's number two player practiced in Villena, Balaguer sometimes moved from Valencia to work with.

In the tournament, Balaguer mainly contacts Ferrero and rarely appears directly in events. Without flaunting, Balaguer has never given an interview about Alcaraz.

Dr. Juanjo Lopez. This Murcia man learned tennis from Carlos Alcaraz Sr., Carlos's father, and health care, medical examination for the Roland-Garros champion since he was 8 years old. As a sports injury expert, Lopez used to work for Real Murcia football club, and at My La Lakers professional basketball team for Pau and Marc Gasol brothers.

He often accompanies Alcaraz and is present on the training ground in the tournament, in charge of monitoring pain and injury. "We are close friends and fully trust each other", Lopez once told La Vanguardia.

Juanjo Moreno physiotherapist. After passing the Ferrero test at Villena, Moreno enrolled in the Academy and became Alcaraz's main physiotherapist, with the support of Fran Rubio in Murcia. He is almost present in every tournament of the compatriot.

"When he first met, he was very thin, his body was not complete. I was surprised that Ferrero noticed him ", Moreno said at the end of 2023.