Carlos Alcaraz's January plan before facing the Australian Open 2025

We published a few hours ago that Carlos Alcaraz will play a couple of exhibitions in the United States before the end of the year. Well, ahead of the start of the season, where he will focus his efforts on trying to win the only Grand Slam he has not yet managed to win, the Australian Open, he will play another pair of matches. According to Marca, the matches will take place at the Rod Laver Arena on January 8 and 10.

His opponents have not been confirmed yet, although players like Alex de Miñaur, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic or Alexei Popyrin are in the line-up. Carlitos will not play any tournament before the first big one of the year, so these friendly matches will be important to get some form before starting the competition in a season in which he hopes to be more solid and with less cracks than a 2024 in which he has won Roland Garros and Wimbledon, but in which he has also shown a low level in a somewhat disappointing end of the season.

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Carlos Alcaraz 2024 records

• His first French Open title (third Grand Slam overall).
• His second Wimbledon title (fourth Grand Slam overall).
• Becoming the first player in the Open Era to win his first three Grand Slams on different surfaces.
• Becoming the youngest player to win a Grand Slam final on three different surfaces, at 21 years, 1 month, and 4 days.
• Becoming the youngest player to achieve the "Channel Slam" (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year), at 21 years, 2 months, and 9 days.
• Becoming the second man in the Open Era to win his first four Grand Slam finals, after Roger Federer.
• Winning his fifth Masters 1000 title, entering the top 10 players with the most Masters 1000 titles (tied with seven others).
• Breaking into the top 10 for career earnings, reaching ninth place.
• Becoming the youngest Olympic finalist in men's singles history, at 21 years, 2 months, and 30 days.
• Recording his 200th career victory, becoming the second-fastest man in the Open Era to reach that milestone.
• Becoming the first man to win ATP 500 tournaments on all three surfaces (clay, grass, and hard court).
• Finishing the season ranked world No. 3, the first man in the Open Era to do so after winning two Grand Slam tournaments in the same year