Spain’s Alcaraz won Wimbledon for the second time in a row: defeated Serbia’s Djokovic, he had also won the first Wimbledon by defeating him

Carlos Alcaraz with the trophy after winning the Wimbledon 2024 title.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz has won the Wimbledon title for the second consecutive time. He defeated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who has won 24 Grand Slams, in the final held on Sunday at the Centre Court in London.

In this match that lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes at the Center Court, Alcaraz defeated Djokovic in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6. Alcaraz also won the Wimbledon title in 2023. Here too, Novak Djokovic was in front of him in the final.

Top moments from the Wimbledon 2024 Men’s Final match…

Alcaraz (left) with the winner’s trophy and Djokovic with the runner-up trophy.

Djokovic (left) congratulates Alcaraz after the match.

Alcaraz celebrated in this style after winning the first set.

Djokovic (left) and Alcaraz pose before the match.

Novak Djokovic (right) and Carlos Alcaraz in the gallery at the England Club before the start of the final match.

Britain’s Princess of Wales Kate Middleton arrived at the All England Club on Sunday to watch the men’s singles final.

American actress Zendaya had come to watch the men’s singles final.

After the match, champion Alcaraz laughed and said, ‘I have already done my part.’ Runner-up Djokovic said, ‘Thank you everyone for bringing a smile to my face every day.’

Alcaraz won the first Grand Slam in 2022, also became world number-1
2022 was Alcaraz’s year. He entered the Australian Open for the first time as a 31st seed. He lost in the third round, but won four ATP titles including Miami, Madrid, Rio and Conde Godo Open. In the US Open final this year, he defeated world number-5 Casper Ruud 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 and won his first Grand Slam.

He ended the year as world number-1 and continued the same form in 2023 and also won the Wimbledon final. Alcaraz won the French Open title this year by defeating Alexander Zverev.

Who is Alcaraz?
Carlos was born on 5 May 2003 in Spain. Carlos started playing tennis at the age of 4. He got inspiration for this from his father Carlos Alcaraz Gonzalez, who was counted among the top-40 tennis players of Spain. Alcaraz’s coach is top ranked former player Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Under his guidance, Carlos started playing professional tennis at the age of 15. Alcaraz is one of the few players in tennis history who did not lose in the first round of their debut Grand Slam.

Djokovic First player to win 24 Grand Slams in the Open Era
Serbia’s Djokovic has reached the Wimbledon final for the 10th time. Djokovic is the first player to win 24 Grand Slams in the Open Era. Djokovic was earlier tied with Serena Williams (23 Grand Slams) in terms of winning the most Grand Slams (men’s and women’s singles). Margaret Court has also won a total of 24 Grand Slams, but 13 of those titles were won before the Open Era.

The Open Era in tennis began in 1968 when all players (amateurs and professionals) were allowed to participate in all four Grand Slams. This is called the Open Era.

Barbora Krejcikova won the women’s singles title
Czech Republic star tennis player Barbora Krejcikova won the Women’s Singles title at Wimbledon 2024. 31st seed Krejcikova defeated 7th seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the final match played at Centre Court in London on Saturday (July 13).

Barbora was playing her second Grand Slam singles final and won the Grand Slam title for the second time. Earlier, she won the French Open title in the year 2021. This was also Jasmine’s second Grand Slam final. However, Jasmine could not win the title this time too. If Jasmine had won the title, she would have created history. So far no Italian player has won the singles title at Wimbledon.

The women’s singles title was won by Czech Republic’s star tennis player Barbora Krejcikova.

It is the third Grand Slam of the year. wimbledon
There are 4 Grand Slams in tennis. All four are held every year, starting with the Australian Open in January. The French Open is in May and June. Wimbledon is in July and the US Open in August-September. The US Open is the last Grand Slam of the year.

Wimbledon is hosted by the All England Club
Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament which is not organized by any National Tennis Association. It is organized by the All England Club. The club was founded in 1868. Tennis was earlier called croquet. 6 members together started the All England Tennis and Croquet Club and later they started the Wimbledon tournament in 1877.

Today it is a private club and has 565 members. The Princess of Wales is the owner of this club.

The trophy has not been changed, a replica is given to the champion
The trophy has been given to the winner of the men’s singles at Wimbledon since 1887. The male champion receives a cup that is 18.5 inches long and 7.5 inches wide. The player who becomes the champion is given a replica of the trophy, on which the names of the previous champion players are written, while the real trophy is kept in the museum of the All England Club.