Alcaraz clinches Vienna Open title, extending perfect ATP 500 record

According to ESPN, Carlos Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur to win the Vienna Open, his fourth title of 2026. The BBC reported that the victory kept Alcaraz’s perfect ATP 500 record intact. Sky Sports noted that the triumph came at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

Who is Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player born on 5 May 2003 in El Palmar. He has held the world No. 1 ranking in men’s singles for 66 weeks and finished as the year‑end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025. Alcaraz has claimed 28 ATP Tour‑level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the ninth and youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam in singles.

Lesser‑known facts

The Index records that Alcaraz shares a 5 May birthday with Karl Marx and Søren Kierkegaard.

He received his tennis education at the Ferrero Tennis Academy.

The Index also lists Spanish and English as the languages he speaks and records his height as 183 cm., Alcaraz’s Wikipedia article appears in 67 languages and he is listed at No. 1427 in the People and Position Index.