Carlos Alcaraz achieves unique milestone after winning Monte-Carlo Masters

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz achieves yet another milestone after winning the Monte-Carlo Masters. The 21-year-old, who is already regarded as one of the best players currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category, finally returned to some good form after a lean patch, according to his own high standards.

Alcaraz lifted the Monte-Carlo Masters after beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the final with a score of 3-6, 6-1, 6-0. It was his sixth ATP 1000 title in his career, and with that, he achieved a unique milestone of becoming the first player to be born in the 2000s to win prize money in excess of $40 million, according to Tennis.com. His closest rival in that list is the reigning world number one, Sinner, who is currently serving a three-month ban. In the women’s category, reigning world number two Iga Swiatek leads the charts with career prize money worth more than $35 million.

1.     $40,231,787: Carlos Alcaraz [born in 2003]

2.     $39,389,088: Jannik Sinner [born in 2001]

3.     $35,224,252: Iga Swiatek [born in 2001]

4.     $23,162,470: Coco Gauff [born in 2004]

5.     $15,141,403: Felix Auger-Aliassime [born in 2000]

Overall, Alcaraz has become the only 11th player in the history of men’s or women’s tennis to hit career prize money worth $40 million or more.

1.     Novak Djokovic: $186,933,983

2.     Rafael Nadal: $134,946,100

3.     Roger Federer: $130,594,339

4.     Serena Williams: $94,816,730

5.     Andy Murray: $64,687,542

6.     Alexander Zverev: $52,045,455

7.     Daniil Medvedev: $45,970,918

8.     Pete Sampras: $43,280,489

9.     Venus Williams: $42,648,578

10. Simona Halep: $40,236,618

11. Carlos Alcaraz: $40,231,787

Talking after the match, Alcaraz highlighted the kind of approach he took which helped him in lifting the title. “A lot of people have really high expectations on me, on having a really good clay season. Probably they want me to win almost every tournament, so it's [going to] be difficult to deal with it, I guess,” said Alcaraz as per ATP’s official website. “But one thing that I learned the last month is I have to think about myself. I have to think about myself. I have to just think about my people, my team, my family, my friends, my close friends. No matter what happens on court — if I win, if I lose — I just have to leave the court happy. I'm proud about everything I have done. So that's something that I learned, and I think I did it this week and it paid off.”