Sunday’s victory marks the second major tournament win for up-and-coming Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz.
Topline
Up-and-coming Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz defeated Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men’s singles final Sunday, thwarting Djokovic’s bid to secure a 24th Grand Slam title and fifth Wimbledon win in a row.Key Facts
Alcaraz, 20, beat Djokovic, 36, a dominant force in tennis, in five sets in the final round of Wimbledon.
The Spaniard won 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Sunday’s win marks Alcaraz’s second Grand Slam title, after winning the U.S. Open last year, and his first Wimbledon title.
Big Number
$27.1 million. That’s how much Djokovic made from August 2021 to August 2022, including $7.1 million in on-court earnings and $20 million in sponsorships and other off-court deals, according to Forbes’ calculations. We estimate he was the world’s fifth-highest paid tennis star over that period, behind Roger Federer ($90 million), Naomi Osaka ($56.2 million), Serena Williams ($35.1 million) and Rafael Nadal ($31.
