Alcaraz: Best Ever on Grass?

After 30 career matches on the surface, the Spaniard has outpaced all competition. 

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday June 20, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz has stepped into rarefied air with his latest win at Queen’s Club. The 22-year-old Spaniard has now won 27 of his first 30 matches on grass, and is the only former or current No.1 to have a winning percentage that high.

Not even Roger Federer, John McEnroe, Novak Djokovic and Pete Sampras – players that have combined for 25 Wimbledon titles, can boast a winning percentage as high.

He’s also far and away outpaced some of the greatest grass-court players through their first 30 matches.

Roger Federer – 19-11
Pete Sampras – 20-10
Novak Djokovic – 22-8
John McEnroe – 24-6
Bjorn Borg – 21-9

Here is how Alcaraz compares to all the other No.1s in ATP history on grass, stats compiled by Tennis.com.

.900: Carlos Alcaraz [27-3]
.869: Roger Federer [192-29]
.858: John McEnroe [121-20]
.857: Novak Djokovic [120-20]
.835: Pete Sampras [101-20]
.830: Jimmy Connors [185-38]
.823: Boris Becker [116-25]
.818: Bjorn Borg [72-16]
.799: Andy Murray [119-30]
.796: Andy Roddick [86-22]
.792: Rafael Nadal [76-20]
.786: Stefan Edberg [99-27]
.785: John Newcombe [164-45]
.759: Lleyton Hewitt [129-41]
.750: Ivan Lendl [81-27]
.747: Patrick Rafter [74-25]
.746: Mats Wilander [50-17]
.735: Andre Agassi [50-18]
.724: Ilie Nastase [84-32]
.697: Yevgeny Kafelnikov [46-20]
.688: Jannik Sinner [22-10]
.685: Daniil Medvedev [50-23]
.622: Jim Courier [28-17]
.612: Juan Carlos Ferrero [30-19]
.578: Marat Safin [26-19]
.500: Marcelo Rios [6-6]
.467: Gustavo Kuerten [7-8]
.464: Carlos Moya [13-15]
.412: Thomas Muster [7-10]

The Spaniard will look to continue his grass court run on Saturday when he faces Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinals at Queen’s Club on Saturday.



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