How Spanish 星／主役にする Carlos Alcaraz who grew up with poster of Federer on his 塀で囲む and still lives with his ex-広い地所 スパイ／執行官 dad is tennis's hottest 所有物／資産／財産 with 取引，協定s from Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex and an £18m fortune (and don't worry ladies, he's 選び出す／独身)

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Like his idol Roger Federer, he's the tennis エース with the makings of stardom who could 支配する the sport in the years to come.

Carlos Alcaraz is without 疑問 one of the hottest 商品／必需品s in tennis, having netted 多重の lucrative 裏書，是認 取引，協定s from Calvin Klein, BMW, Rolex and Nike - to 指名する a few.

His impressive footwork has been に例えるd to Federer, his ability to cover a 法廷，裁判所 to Rafael Nadal, and his mental 焦点（を合わせる） to ice-冷淡な Novak Djokovic.

They are 技術s which have seen the Spaniard make the dizzying ascent to world number one seed - a remarkable feat, made all the more 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の by the fact he's just 20.

From the small town in El Palmar, 負かす／撃墜する the coast from the sunny city of Alicante, the US Open 勝利者 is the youngest Number One in the history of the 現在の 最高位の system. And having seen off his childhood friend and one-time （テニスなどの）ダブルス partner, Denmark's Holger Rune, he now has his sights on his maiden Wimbledon 肩書を与える.

報告（する）／憶測s 示唆する that he is also 明らかに 選び出す／独身, having 以前 時代遅れの 素晴らしい tennis player Maria Gonza lez Gimenez and glamorous Spanish singer Ana Mena.

You might be forgiven for thinking the sudden 殺到する to fame would unsettle any youngster.??

But 非，不，無 of this comes as a surprise to anyone who knew the sportsman when he was growing up, the second of four sporty boys born to 充てるd dad Carlos and mum Virginia, who was until recently a shop assistant at IKEA.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz 反応するs during his fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する match against Italy's Matteo Berrettini at Wimbledon on July 10, 2023

This photo shows Alcaraz 提起する／ポーズをとるing topless for?Hearst Espa?a

Alcaraz of Spain celebrates with the 選手権 トロフィー after 敗北・負かすing Casper Ruud of Norway during their Men's （テニスなどの）シングルス Final match on Day Fourteen of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie ジーンズ King 国家の Tennis 中心 on September 11, 2022

Alcaraz's rumoured ex-girlfriend Maria Gonzalez Gimenez

Home is an unassuming two-床に打ち倒す penthouse flat, the second 床に打ち倒す of which is home to an office (for his dad) and space for the sportsman's ever-swelling collection of 道具.

His father, who is also called Carlos and used to run an 広い地所 機関, manages his accounts and Alcaraz says he has no need for flash bling or 急速な／放蕩な cars - after all, he gets a new BMW every year with his 後援.

He told Vogue: 'I'm やめる young and I've got my whims, but I'm very natural, normal, humble.

'I don't really 支払う／賃金 much attention to brands and cars. If I like something, I try to buy it, but in the end my father takes care of everything.'

Alcaraz - who preferred to 攻撃する，衝突する a ball around than go to the cinema - had a poster of his hero Roger Federer on the 塀で囲む as a child, and his coach says the only distraction that ever 脅すd his 焦点（を合わせる） from age nine to 17 was his 動きやすい phone.

In a （民事の）告訴 familiar with parents across the globe, his coach as a 十代の少年少女 Kiko Navarro sighed: 'It was いつかs a source of 緊張 when he was younger because he'd stay up late on the 動きやすい and wouldn't get the 量 of 残り／休憩（する） I thought he should.'

But sensibly these days he counts a psychologist の中で his sizeable 側近 - and has done since he was a child with a somewhat fiery temper.

In this photo Alcaraz 提起する／ポーズをとるs in Calvin Klein underwear for a Calvin Klein photoshoot??

This photo shows Alcaraz 提起する／ポーズをとるing next to a?BMW for a （選挙などの）運動をする?

Alcaraz 提起する／ポーズをとるing with his トロフィー in the locker room next to his father, Carlos Snr, after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Alex De Minaur in the Men's （テニスなどの）シングルス Final match at The Queen's Club on June 25, 2023?

This childhood photo shows Alcaraz playing tennis as a boy

'When he was a kid he would break ゆすりs when he lost a point or a game and I'd have to let him walk around the club on his own and cry and relax before I could talk to him about his 態度,' Navarro 追加するd.

'But that sort of character is 根底となる to someone becoming a 勝利者. Carlos wants to 勝利，勝つ at everything he does, even board games.'

A 技術, incidentally, he also counts の中で his talents - his grandfather, 80 and also called Carlos, taught all his grandchildren to play chess, and credits it with helping Alcaraz to think tactically during his games.

Away from the 法廷，裁判所, he is a 抱擁する Real Madrid fan and has 交流d texts with their players, Vinicius Jnr watching him play live a couple of times.

He also has a charity to help people with 負かす／撃墜するs Syndrome and auctioned his US Open-winning trainers to raise money for charity Assido.

But it is his 態度 that stands out - another thing he 相続するd from his family.

If he 解除するs the 選手権 トロフィー on Sunday, eagle-注目する，もくろむd テレビ視聴者s will be able to see a small tattoo on his powerful forearm.

Three 'c's, standing for cerebro, corazon and cojones - brains, heart and balls - are a touching nod to his grandfather's mantra.

But if it were not for the 財政上の 支援 of Alfonso Lopez Rueda, the tennis-loving 大統領，／社長 of Spanish cake and yoghurt 巨大（な） Postres Reina, Alcaraz Jnr's tale might have ended up the same as his father, a 約束ing player 妨害するd by a 欠如（する） of 基金ing.

Lopez Rueda 設立する out about the young talent when he was asked to watch young Alcaraz after 存在 implored to do so by a friend at the tennis club.

Seeing the armoury of 発射s that belied his 10 years of age, he put up ?2,000 for Alcaraz to travel to a junior tournament in Croatia. He lost in the final but Postres Reina continued to 基金 him until he turned professional, with their logo on his sleeve.

Alcaraz as a young boy pictured with his coach, Kiko Navarro

Alcaraz pictured 提起する／ポーズをとるing with Roger Federer (left) and?Rafael Nadal (権利)

Now Alcaraz is 注目する，もくろむing up a rematch with Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon.

The pair met for the first time at a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム in the 半分-決勝戦 of the French Open last month in the most 心配するd match of the year so far.

For two pulsating 始める，決めるs it lived up to its 法案ing before Alcaraz was struck 負かす／撃墜する by cramp, which he later せいにするd to the 緊張 of the 状況／情勢.

With Alcaraz and Djokovic the 最高の，を越す two seeds at the All England Club, a rematch could only come in the final, where the young Spaniard would be eager to show he has learned from what happened in Paris.

The 20-year-old is far いっそう少なく experienced than his 競争相手 on grass in particular but showed how exceptionally quickly he learns by 解除するing the トロフィー at Queen's Club, propelling him 支援する past Djokovic to 埋め立てる the world number one 最高位の.

Alcaraz celebrates with the トロフィー after winning the final against Australia's Alex de Minaur at the Queens Club tennis tournament in London, Britain, June 25, 2023?

Alcaraz celebrates （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Chile's Nicolas Jarry in a men's （テニスなどの）シングルス match on day six of the Wimbledon tennis 選手権s in London, Saturday, July 8, 2023?

'I started Queen's with no 期待 to 勝利，勝つ Queen's and I won it,' he said. 'I feel 広大な／多数の／重要な playing such a 広大な／多数の／重要な level. The 信用／信任 grew a lot.

'I'm coming here to Wimbledon with a lot of 信用／信任, thinking that I'm able to do good results here. But, 明白に, for me, the main favourite is Djokovic.

'My 期待s are high. I think I will be able to put the 圧力 on the other players, even Djokovic 同様に. But all I can say is I feel with a lot of 信用／信任 and I feel ready to do good things here.'

As the player who 収容する／認めるs to 熟考する／考慮するing ビデオs of Federer and Murray to hone his grass 法廷，裁判所 技術s said earlier this year: 'I've always been a very talented kid. But I've always worked hard, because if you're talented and don't make an 成果／努力 you get nowhere.'

But does Alcarez see himself as the new Federer or Nadal?

'I don't want to be the next Rafa or Roger,' he says. 'I want to be the new Carlitos.'