Carlos Alcaraz has already broken this Rafael Nadal record o_O

[weakera]

Rafael Nadal career record in the round of 32 on clay:
102-3 (Ferrero 2008, Gonzalez 2003, Corretja 2003)

Carlos Alcaraz career record in the round of 32 on clay:
11-6 (Marozsan 2023, Korda 2022, Erler 2021, Struss 2021, Nadal 2021, Cilic 2021)


Alcaraz has already surpassed Nadal's career loss total in the round of 32 on clay

 

[RS]

Healthy Nadal wins Rome 2008 too

 

[mahatma]

There is nit picking and above that there is this post

 

[mahatma]

Healthy Nadal wins Rome 2008 too

Healthy Rafa is yet to be defeated

 

[mehdimike]

Healthy Nadal wins Rome 2008 too

Maybe he semi-tanked?!

 

[TheNachoMan]

I don’t think Carlos is a clay court specialist. He’s an all surface player.

 

[CoolCoolCool]

You can't expect him to be the godly beast Rafa was on clay, it will never happen.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Young one tried! Not enough to surpass the king though. Still a very bright future for Carlos!

 

[Deleted member 798069]

He probably won't ever win Roland Garros. His game doesn't suit that type of clay. Rune will win a truckload of RGs.

 

[Razer]

In DC comics if Rafa is superman on clay then Alcaraz is probably an aquaman level character on clay, can't expect them to ever draw parallel.

 

[Mike Sams]

Healthy Nadal wins Rome 2008 too

Winning Madrid and Rome back to back is very difficult. Nadal only managed it twice. Djokovic only once.

 

[a10best]

I don’t think Carlos is a clay court specialist. He’s an all surface player.

He best on hard courts, or fast clay in high altitude like Madrid.
On grass; he was bounced by Sinner last yr Wimbledon. He's not a grass ct player
Rome & Roland Garros he hasn't ever done well as people thought. It's slower clay.
IW, Miami and USO. he did great.
The proof is right there.
I don't expect him to win RG 5 times or ever come close to the legend and real-life mythical figure Nadal.
I do expect Carlos to have more HC slam wins than Nadal.