Carlos Alcaraz's Family Includes a Former Tennis Pro Dad

Professional tennis player Carlos Alcaraz comes from an athletic family that includes a former tennis pro dad.

A 2023 Vogue profile story on Alcaraz, 22, sketched out his family background.

The Spanish tennis phenom is playing in the French Open final on June 8 against Italian Jannik Sinner.

According to People, Alcaraz's family includes his father Carlos Alcaraz González and mother Virginia Garfia Escandon, and his three brothers, Álvaro, Sergio and Jaime.

Alcaraz was raised "in a village outside Murcia called El Palmar," Spain, which he still visits on weekends, according to Vogue.

"Some 40 years ago, his great-uncle built a tennis club there, on what was a clay-pigeon shooting range," according to Vogue, which said Alcaraz's dad played professional tennis "until he couldn't afford to continue."

Alcaraz told Vogue he was born "with tennis in my blood," and his dad "became the director" of the family tennis club. Alcaraz also has an older brother named Alvaro, who "played in tournaments before him" and two younger brothers who are "passionate about tennis."

According to that article, Alcaraz's mom "worked as a shop assistant at IKEA." Alcaraz "got his first racket at the age of four," and his father told Vogue he would cry as a kid when he had to stop playing tennis in order to have dinner.

“In my family, I think we have the sport in our blood,” Alcaraz told The New York Times. “We all played from the time we were young.”

He told Tennis.com: "You have to be surrounded by great people. I'm a lucky guy to have such a great team. I'm going to say the best team in the tour right now,” Alcaraz says. “But also my family, my friends are nice persons. For me, it's really, really important. As I said, doing great in tennis because of the people that I have around.”

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