Alkaras repeated the achievement of Nadal and Djokovic on victories at the Masters
Carlos Alcaras defeated Ben Shelton in the Masters final in Paris. The Spaniard is the only tennis player to have won at least one Masters in each of the last five seasons. Previously, only Djokovic and Nadal succeeded
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaras won the Masters tournament in Paris for the first time, beating American Ben Shelton in the final with a score of 7:6 (7:5), 7:5.
The third racket of the world won the second tournament in a row, the fifth in the season and the 29th in his career. He became only the second Spaniard in 40 years after David Ferrer (2012), who won the tournament in Paris.
Alcaras, 23, has won his ninth Masters trophy and is the only tennis player to win at least one trophy in each of the last five seasons. Previously, five years in a row, only Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic managed to win the tournaments of the series.
Alcaras has been ahead of Yannick Sinner in the total number of trophies of Grand Slams and Masters since 2020 - he has 16 titles, the Italian has 15.
Since the introduction of the ATP rating in 1973, Alcaras is second only to Sweden’s Bjorn Borg (72.2%) in terms of winning percentage over top 10 rivals (69.4%).
