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lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic with Juan Carlos Ferrero inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Juan Carlos Ferrero has weighed in on whether Carlos Alcaraz can surpass the Grand Slam totals of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\">Djokovic<\/a> has captured 24 Grand Slam titles, which is the all-time men\u2019s singles record, while Nadal and Federer are second and third on the list with 22 and 20 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> has already won seven majors, having become the youngest man in history to complete the career Grand Slam with his 2026 Australian Open victory.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrero, who coached Alcaraz from 2018 until the end of 2025, was asked if he thinks the 22-year-old can become the player with the most Slam titles in history in an interview with El Cafelito.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love for him to do it. I have always thought that if he works well, he can achieve it,\u201d said the former world No 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key will be that when motivation drops, discipline will guide him. That\u2019s what Novak has done brilliantly throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning, everything is enthusiasm, but there comes a time when you lose some freshness, and that\u2019s where work and discipline take charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/atp-miami-open-entry-list-2026\"><strong>ATP Miami Open 2026 Entry List: Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic headline as 30 of top 32 set to star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/atp-tour\/carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-compared-federer-nadal-djokovic-murray\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s levels compared to \u2018Big 4\u2019 legends by leading coach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2003 French Open winner also revealed the ways in which he believes Alcaraz is similar to each of the Big Three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe class that Carlos has, that ability to hit any shot, is comparable to Federer,\u201d Ferrero assessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Novak, he has the grit in the background and how smart he is at covering gaps and anticipating where the opponent will hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Rafa, he has the mindset, that permanent belief that he can win, that he has to fight until the end. He has always admired Nadal a lot for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Lopez, who coaches at Ferrero\u2019s academy, is now Alcaraz\u2019s head coach, having previously worked in tandem with Ferrero.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, the world No 1, holds a 13-0 record since his split with Ferrero in December.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrero addressed how he feels seeing Lopez as Alcaraz\u2019s main coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the first one to encourage Samu to accept being Carlos\u2019s coach,\u201d Ferrero divulged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a person I trust completely; I am very happy for him, and it makes me very content and relaxed to know that he is familiar with all the work that has been done over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, seeing someone I trust so much coaching Carlos hurts a bit, but I\u2019m getting used to it more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/juan-carlos-ferrero-reveals-if-he-would-coach-carlos-alcaraz-again-as-he-debunks-claims-about-split\">Juan Carlos Ferrero reveals if he would coach Carlos Alcaraz again as he debunks claims about split<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Carlos Ferrero answers if Carlos Alcaraz can win more Grand Slams than Novak Djokovic Ewan West 10 Mar 2026 6:00 AM Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic with Juan Carlos Ferrero inset Juan Carlos Ferrero has weighed in on whether Carlos Alcaraz can surpass the Grand Slam totals of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1817189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1817189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1817189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1817189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1817189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}