Carlos Alcaraz is parting methods together with his longtime coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, the person who guided him to the head of males’s tennis throughout a seven-year partnership, the top-ranked participant introduced Wednesday on social media.
With Ferrero, Alcaraz claimed six Grand Slam titles: two French Open titles, two Wimbledon crowns and two US Opens. He amassed 24 tour-level titles, together with eight Masters 1000 trophies. The 22-year-old had a career-best and season-leading 71 match wins and claimed eight titles this season.
“After greater than seven years collectively, Juanki and I’ve determined to deliver our chapter collectively as coach and participant to an finish,” Alcaraz wrote. “Thanks for turning childhood desires into actuality. We began this journey once I was barely a child, and all through all this time you’ve got accompanied me on an unimaginable journey, on and off the courtroom. And I’ve loved each step of it a lot with you.”
Es muy difícil para mí escribir este submit… Tras más de siete años juntos, Juanki y yo hemos decidido poner fin a nuestra etapa juntos como entrenador y jugador.
Gracias por haber hecho de sueños de niño, realidades. Empezamos este camino cuando apenas period un chaval, y durante… pic.twitter.com/D4GSxYsZUY
— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) December 17, 2025
With Ferrero, Alcaraz turned the youngest participant to achieve No. 1 within the ATP rankings after profitable the US Open in 2022 at 19.
Ferrero additionally put out a press release on social media with out addressing the rationale for the cut up, saying: “At the moment is a tough day. A type of when it is laborious to seek out the proper phrases. Saying goodbye isn’t simple, particularly when there are such a lot of shared experiences behind it.”
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He added that he wished “I may have continued” as Alcaraz’s coach and that “I’m satisfied that good recollections and good individuals at all times discover a technique to cross paths once more.”
Ferrero, a former world No. 1 and French Open champion, had guided Alcaraz since he was 15 years previous and all through his skilled profession. Ferrero lately gained the ATP’s Coach of the Yr award together with Samuel Lopez, who joined Alcaraz’s teaching group in 2025. Ferrero additionally gained the coach of the 12 months award in 2022.
“I sincerely want you all the perfect in all the pieces that comes your manner,” Alcaraz wrote. “I am comforted by the information that we gave our all, that we supplied all the pieces to one another. Thanks for all the pieces, Juanki!”
The Related Press and PA contributed to this report.
