One of the biggest challenges in tennis is to win in the same year on the clay of Roland Garros and the grass of Wimbledon. The short distance between tournaments, just three weeks, makes the challenge even more complicated.
In the Open Era, only five tennis players have been able to achieve it: Rod Laver, Bj�rn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer y Novak Djokovic. The Australian Laver was the first to 1969. Borg was later the one who showed a better adaptation to the change of surfaces because he chained crowns three consecutive seasons, from 1978 to 1980.
Almost three decades later, Nadal joined that select club in 2008. He finished with Federer twice in the finals in Paris and London. The All England Club grass had changed and allowed playing without problems from the back of the court.
Federer followed Rafa a despu�s act. The Swiss resisted Roland Garros and finally lifted the Musketeers Cup against Robin Söderling. The Swede had acted as Nadal’s executioner in the round of 16. The last to successfully complete the connection between clay and grass of the two greats was Djokovic.
The Serbian joined that prestigious club in 2021. He could not repeat in 2023 because of Carlos Alcaraz. Now it is the Murcian who aspires to repeat the crown at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year. Carlitos will spare no effort to achieve this. That is why from June 17 to 23 he will attend the Queen’s Open 500 to defend his title.
House in Wimbledon
Alcaraz is faithful to the routines that work for him and He has rented the same house in Wimbledon that saw him win last season. He will also stay there during his participation in Queens.
Nadal has been the only tennis player who has been able to sign the triplet in the same campaign between the big clay court, Queen’s and the big grass court.. It was in 2008.
Alcaraz, who regains second place in the ATP ranking this Monday to the detriment of Djokovic, He will be the second seed in the Wimbledon draw behind Jannik Sinner, his victim in the Paris semifinals.. Both could only see each other’s faces in a hypothetical final.
