Carlos Alcaraz breaks silence on Juan Carlos Ferrer’s shocking breakup
last month, Carlos Alcaraz shocked the tennis world announcing his split with his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Now, while competing in the Australian OpenIt’s Alcaraz finally explaining which led to the split after seven years, according to Jose Morgado of the Record.
“I’m very grateful for the work he did with me,” Alcaraz said. “I’m very happy with the team I’ve built.”
“We have both decided to end our partnership.”
More than seven years, Alcaraz became one of the best tennis players in the world under Ferrer’s leadership. He won six Grand Slam titles, including two Wimbledons, two US Opens and two French Opens. Also, Alcaraz won eight ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles under Ferrer’s coaching.
Along the way, Alcaraz became the youngest No. 1 in the world and finished the year at No. 1 in 2022 and 2025.
Juan Carlos Ferrero is a former No. 1 player from Spain who won the French Open in 2003. He compiled a singles record of 479–262 and won 16 singles titles. In addition, Ferrero won three Davis Cup titles representing Spain in 2000, 2004 and 2009.
In 2017, Ferrero became the coach of Alexander Zverev, who was then ranked 11th in the world. Two years later, he trained the then 15-year-old Alcaraz. From there, Ferrero was nominated for four ATP Coach of the Year awards, winning twice in 2022 and 2025.
At one point, Alcaraz officially recognized Ferrero as “second father”. According to Sauramita Debarma of Essentially Sports/Yahoo Sports, tennis legend Roger Federer was kicked out Swedish legend Mats Wilander as head coach of Alcaraz.
However, there is no official statement from Federer confirming his intentions to coach Alcaraz.
2026-01-16 16:31:00
