MELBOURNE – Winning the Australian Open is not enough. Becoming the youngest man in history to win all four Grand Slams is not enough either. Success in Melbourne did not quench Carlos Alcaraz’s thirst, and after touching the sky, the Spaniard wants more.
“Right now, having this one, I’m already thinking about Roland Garros. I’m not going to give anything away there — we’re going to try,” said the world number one, with the Norman Brookes Trophy by his side.
“I already have Australia. I’m going to celebrate it, enjoy it, savour the moment, because we know how difficult it is to win trophies like this, but my head is already in Paris,” he added to Spanish-speaking media after beating Novak Djokovic in the final.
“It’s a dream come true. I need to realise what I’ve done, give myself the space to understand what I’ve achieved. That’s the best thing I can do in order to keep working afterwards and keep fighting for more big titles,” he confessed.
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The 22-year-old said at the start of the tournament that he would rather win Australia even if it meant losing the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2026. It was merely a way of illustrating his desire to settle his one remaining great debt.
Like Djokovic did, Alcaraz wants to win everything in tennis. He also spoke about his ambition to win the Davis Cup for Spain.
And to achieve what the Serb — the most successful of all time — could not. What Rod Laver did in 1969, and more recently, in 1988, Steffi Graf. She, even younger than Alcaraz, won the Grand Slam at 19, claiming all the major titles in a single year.
For the first time in his life, Alcaraz will have the chance to do it. “Win them all in one year? It would be absolute madness to fight for it one year.”
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