Alcaraz’s final against Medvedev in Indian Wells has many edges. Carlitos can become the youngest tennis player in history to win the first two Masters 1,000 of the season, Indian Wells and Miami. A little over a month before turning 20, Carlitos can sign a double that Djokovic, Chang and Courier achieved in their twenties. Besides If he lifts the title, he would take the number one in the world from the Serbian.
There is more. Alcaraz is one step away from surpassing the best percentage of finals won in the history of the ATP. It is true that the Murcian’s career has only just begun, but the figures are scary. The victory against Medvedev would place Alcaraz with a 72.72 percent success rate in disputed finals. That means that he would leave behind the best record of all time signed by a certain John McEnroe with 71.02 percent of wins in final matches.
The American myth added 76 wins in 107 games with a title at stake. Alcaraz adds up to today an impressive 7/10, which places him only behind Nadal (he has 92 victories in 130 games for 70.76 percent) and Djokovic (92/131, 70.22%).. Roger Federer has 103 titles in 156 finals (65.18 percent).
In the ATP calculation, the player with the most finals played and won is the American Jimmy Connors, with 158 (109 wins and 49 losses for 68.98 percent) and is followed by Federer, the Czech nationalized American Ivan Lendl, with 142 finals and 92-50 (64.78%), Djokovic, Nadal and McEnroe. The Romanian Ilie Nastase, with 64-40 (61.53%) and the Argentine Guillermo Vilas, with 62-40 (60.78%) are the other tennis players who fought more than 100 times for a title.
Medvedev, number 6 in the world, has reached the Indian Wells final with a record of 24 wins and two losses so far this year and three titles won (Rotterdam and Dubai and Doha). His success rate in the finals is 60: 18 titles in 30 games.