Juan Carlos Ferrero has been voted Coach of the Year within the 2022 ATP Awards for his efforts in serving to Carlos Alcaraz obtain a record-breaking season on Tour.
The 19-year-old Alcaraz grew to become the primary teenager and youngest participant to complete No. 1 within the 50 editions of the year-end Pepperstone ATP Rankings following a standout season that noticed him seize two ATP Masters 1000 titles and his maiden Grand Slam crown on the US Open.
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The Spaniard, who additionally received titles in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona, completed the 12 months holding a 57-13 report. Under the steerage of Ferrero, Alcaraz additionally made the largest soar to year-end No. 1 in historical past, rising from No. 32 on the finish of 2021.
“This year has been an amazing year,” stated Ferrero, upon his choice by fellow coaches because the ATP Award winner. “Gladly, all the hard work has been rewarded with results and now with this amazing prize. I’m extremely happy to win the ATP Coach of the Year award. Thank you all of you for the support.”
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Ferrero first set eyes on Alcaraz on the Equelite Sport Academy when the 2021 Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals champion was simply 13 years previous. He witnessed the Spaniard earn his first ATP Tour level aged 14, earlier than the pair began formally working collectively in 2018.
“I noticed him at 13,” stated Ferrero. “He got here to the academy, we educated someday, he was very small, however everybody was speaking about him. He had the whole lot he has now, however in miniature. Officially, I noticed him when he obtained his first ATP level at 14 years of age, then you can see how he competed.
“When he arrived on the academy at 15, he was a stick, he was quick however didn’t have any muscle groups. Even so, we noticed one thing very particular.”
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Alcaraz’s rise to the highest of males’s tennis has caught the world’s consideration. However, it has not come as a shock to Ferrero, a former World No. 1.
“It’s taking place in a short time, it’s a shock to everybody, besides to me, as a result of I practice with him daily and I do know what he can do,” Ferrero stated following Alcaraz’s US Open triumph. “I used to be certain that if it wasn’t this 12 months, it will be the subsequent. Now we need to preserve going.”