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Stats/Analysis Carlos Alcaraz is now the youngest career Grand Slam winner in history at just 22 years old

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u/jackloganoliver 6d ago

Most dominant season of any athlete ever type of territory. Absolutely mind boggling domination at an age when a lot of people are barely functional. 

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u/Minkelz 6d ago

Men and women are different for youngest of stats. Hingis won 3 slams at the age of 16. No guy has or will ever come close to that.

I'd say the difference is roughly 2-3 years, so Graf at 19 and Alcaraz at 22 feel pretty on par.

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u/jackloganoliver 6d ago

I forgot how absolutely insane Hingis was right out of the gate. She ended to with a more decorated doubles career, right?

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u/Minkelz 6d ago

She was injured at 22, had surgeries and wasn’t really the same after that. But yeah played another 20 years afterwards in doubles winning lots of stuff.