Carlos Alcaraz’s latest up-and-down Wimbledon performance began with a dropped set. Later Sunday, he was in danger of getting broken to fall further behind in the third. And then, as he so often does,

Alcaraz is establishing a Grand Slam pattern which spells danger for the rest of the field: get him early, or risk not getting him at all.

Last month, Alcaraz won the Queen's Club after beating Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7 (5), 5-2 in the final. He started the 2025 season with a quarter-final exit at Australian Open. He won the ATP Rotterdam title thereafter. Alcaraz was ousted early in Miami before he captured the Monte-Carlo Masters. He won the Italian Open and Roland Garros titles next.