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Alcaraz in 2022, Celso Pupo /bigstock.com
Birth Name: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Place of Birth: El Palmar, Murcia, Spain
Date of Birth: 5 May, 2003
Ethnicity: Spanish, as well as small amount of French and Alsatian German
Carlos Alcaraz is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has a career high ranking in men’s singles by the ATP of world No. 1. He finished as year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 2025, and has won twenty-five ATP Tour singles titles, including two at the US Open, two Wimbledon Championships, two at the French Open, and the Australian Open. He is the youngest man to ever complete a Career Grand Slam.
Carlos is the son of Virginia Garfia Escandon and Carlos Alcaraz González, who was tennis academy director and coach at the Real Sociedad Club de Campo de Murcia.
Carlos’ paternal grandfather is named Carlos Alcaraz González.
Carlos’ paternal grandmother is named Teresa “Paquita” Ozores.
Carlos’ maternal grandfather is named Manuel Román Garfia Cano (the son of María Teresa Cano). Manuel was born in Sevilla, Andalusia. María Teresa was the daughter of Andrés Cano and Felisa Fernández.
Carlos’ maternal grandmother is named Victoria Escandón Egler (the daughter of a father surnamed Escandón, and of Maria Egler Harillo). Carlos’ great-grandmother Maria was the daughter of Carlos Egler Yeanot/Jeannenot, whose father was born in Gondrexange, Moselle, Alsace-Lorraine, and whose mother was from Besançon, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; and of Maria Harillo Ruiz.
Source: Family history of Carlos Alcaraz – https://blog.myheritage.com