Carlos Alcaraz: Tennis’ youngest world number one now challenging Djokovic

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz secured his first title on grass last weekend, securing the Queens Club title in a win against Alex de Minaur.

After securing his first grass title, the 20-year-old Spaniard will go into Wimbledon as world number one, according to the ATP World Rankings.

Alcaraz will now hope to repeat the same success as his Spanish counterpart Rafael Nadal achieved in 2008, winning the Queen's Title and then winning Wimbledon.

According to bbc.co.uk, Alcaraz said: "It helps a lot to be the top seed at Wimbledon; it's amazing. It wouldn't be possible without the support of the people throughout the whole week.

The Spanish ace will consider himself a favorite to win Wimbledon, but he will have to battle with the man who's been challenging him all year for the number one spot, Novak Djokovic.

Alcarez has a slender 80-point lead at the top of the world rankings, heading into Wimbledon. He is guaranteed to hold the number one spot for three weeks, taking his total time at the top to 28 weeks.

Novak Djokovic must advance to the third round at Wimbledon and outperform Alcaraz to regain the number one spot and Daniil Medvedev must win the title to have any chance of securing the pole position.

Djokovic has his own piece of history to deal with in the matter against Alcaraz, as he pushes to become the first male or female to reach 400 weeks at world number one of the ATP rankings.

The Serbian has already reached 389 weeks at the summit of tennis, 79 more weeks than his closest compatriot, Roger Federer, in second place.

Carlos Alcaraz will have something to say about that as he continues to create history and fend off the greatest tennis player ever.

Alcaraz created his first significant piece of history in November 2022, becoming the first teen and youngest player in tennis history to become world number one.

Before Alcaraz's impressive feat, Australia's Lleyton Hewitt was the previous record holder for youngest world number one at 20 years and 275 days.

The Spanish superstar became the first player outside the 'Big Four' (Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray) to reach the summit since 2003.

Since turning professional in 2018 at the age of 15, Alcaraz has won 11 career titles, including the 2022 US Open, in which he became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam.

At just 20 years old, Alcaraz has the ability, humbleness, and tennis IQ to become a great of the game, potentially challenging Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic in Grand Slam victories in the future.

First, he will have to take care of Wimbledon, which kicks starts on Monday the third of July.