Carlos Alcaraz was in warrior mode from start to finish at Roland Garros this year, not only working his way back into top form in the first few rounds after an arm injury had kept him out of most of the clay-court lead-up season, but then finishing the tournament off with back-to-back comebacks from two-sets-to-one down, against Jannik Sinner in the semifinals and Alexander Zverev in the final.
Here are 10 things Alcaraz achieved with his run to the title in Paris:
He’s the first man in the Open Era to win back-to-back five-setters in the semifinals and final of Roland Garros. He beat Sinner, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, and then Zverev, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, to become the first man to achieve the feat since Rod Laver in 1962, six years before the Open Era began—and 41 years before Alcaraz himself was born.