Alcaraz or fourth in teen history

Alcaraz will turn 20 on May 5, two days before the final of the Madrid Masters - the event that the Spaniard attends to defend his championship title. At the age of 19, Alcaraz has nine professional titles - something very few have done, even with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Federer won only one championship before the age of 20, in the indoor hard court tournament in Milan in early 2001. The Swiss legend is not the type of player that has emerged as an early prodigy like Alcaraz.

Novak Djokovic was better in his teens than Federer, winning five titles – including the Masters 1000 in Miami in 2007. But at that time Nole had not reached a Grand Slam final. He did this at the age of 20, at the 2007 US Open losing to Federer in three sets.

There are three people in their teens who are more successful than Alcaraz. Topping this number is Bjorn Borg – who has 17 championships before his 20th birthday. Borg won two Roland Garros in those 17 titles. He announced his retirement at the age of 26, the event that shocked the football village in 1982. To this day, Borg is still eighth in the list of the most champions of the Open Era with 66 titles, including 12 Grand Slams, Although only playing at the top for about 9 years.

As a teenager, Nadal was only one championship behind Borg. The "King of Clay" won Roland Garros and six Masters 1000s, including two hard court events. Nadal won his second Roland Garros title just eight days after his 20th birthday.

Boris Becker is behind Nadal with 12 teenage ATP titles, including two Wimbledons. Some other typical prodigies are Michael Chang (six titles), Pete Sampras and Stefan Edberg (with five titles).

For Spanish players alone, Alcaraz at the age of 19 ranked 17th in the ranking of the most successful people. He is only two championships behind the old general Bautista Agut. Nadal leads the way with a collection of 92 cups, far ahead of Manuel Orantes (34) and David Ferrer (27).