Carlos Alcaraz’s Family: All About the Tennis Champion’s Parents and Siblings
Get to know the Spanish tennis player’s parents, Carlos Sr. and Virginia, and brothers, Álvaro, Sergio and Jaime
By Lynsey Eidell Updated on July 14, 2024 01:25PM EDT
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain with his father Carlos Snr, his mother Virginia Garfia and brother Alvaro Alcaraz at the the Mutua Madrid Open in 2023
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain with his father Carlos Snr, his mother Virginia Garfia and brother Alvaro Alcaraz at the the Mutua Madrid Open in 2023. Photo: Clive Brunskill/Getty
Carlos Alcaraz is busy taking the tennis world by storm — and his family couldn’t be prouder.
The Spanish prodigy won the US Open in 2022, shooting him from No. 32 at the start of the year to the No. 1 tennis player in the world by that September. Just 19 years old at the time, he became the youngest men’s player ever to hold the top spot. He followed that up with back-to-back wins at Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024, and a victory at the French Open in June 2024.
Watching Alcaraz realize his dreams is his supportive family, which includes his parents, Carlos Alcaraz González and Virginia Garfia Escandon, and his three brothers, Álvaro, Sergio and Jaime.
The Alcaraz clan has been a tennis family for generations: His grandfather helped convert a hunting club in their hometown of El Palmar, Spain, into a tennis and swimming club, and his father has been the tennis director there for decades after his own brief professional career.
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“In my family, I think we have the sport in our blood,” Alcaraz told The New York Times about his family’s history with tennis. “We all played from the time we were young.”
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