What's at stake for Carlos Alcaraz at 2025 Wimbledon?

Carlos Alcaraz activated "grasscaraz" mode a week after his second straight French Open title, setting his sights on a Wimbledon three-peat, and with it, a chance to enter rarefied air.   

A lot is at stake for Alcaraz, the young phenom on pace to become the greatest of all time, according to Boris Becker. If he wins Wimbledon, he'll attain three extraordinary feats.

Fourth to three-peat at SW19

Alcaraz can become the fourth player in the Open Era to three-peat at Wimbledon, joining Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He beat Djokovic in the Finals in 2023 and 2024, with the latter win ending the Serb's streak of four consecutive titles at SW19. 

Sampras is the only player to have three-peated twice. Federer and Borg are the only players to win five straight Wimbledon titles.

Second to consecutive Channel Slams

The French Open-Wimbledon double — the Channel Slam — is widely regarded as the toughest back-to-back in tennis, primarily due to the distinct differences in surface and playing style. 

Only six have ever pulled it off — Rod Laver (1969), Borg (1978, 1979, 1980), Rafael Nadal (2008, 2010), Federer (2009), Djokovic (2021) and Alcaraz (2024). Borg is the only player to do it twice in a row, a rare club that Alcaraz could join.

Youngest to win six major titles

If you thought joining Borg as just the second to win consecutive Channel Slams was impressive, get a load of this: Alcaraz, at 22 years and two months, will become the youngest in the Open Era to win six grand slams, surpassing Nadal, who was 22 years and 10 months when he won the 2009 Australian Open. Even Borg didn't win his sixth major until his 23rd birthday, as did Sampras. Mind you, Alcaraz trailed Borg, Mats Wilander and Nadal for most slams before 22, but he seems primed to zoom past all of them. 

Every analyst and oddsmaker is picking Alcaraz to three-peat, and understandably so. The Spaniard is on an 18-match winning streak and has a relatively easy path, as he'll avoid Jannik Sinner and Djokovic until the final. He could face Holger Rune or Frances Tiafoe in the QF and Alexander Zverev or Taylor Fritz in the SF, four men he shouldn't have trouble dispatching on his beloved surface, where he was pushed to five sets only twice en route to his titles in 2023 and 2024.

Alcaraz begins his title defense against Fabio Fognini on Monday.