H2H data updated: 2026-09-06 00:00 UTC

Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev H2H: 7-6

Carlos Alcaraz holds a 7–6 lead over Alexander Zverev in their ATP head-to-head. Across 13 main-draw meetings, Alexander Zverev leads 5–4 on hard courts, while Carlos Alcaraz leads 3–1 on clay. Most recently, Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 Australian Open semifinal 6-4 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-7(4) 7-5.

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Carlos Alcaraz
Spain Age 23 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
7 – 6
13 main-draw meetings
Alexander Zverev
Germany Age 29 Right-Handed 198 cm / 6'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Carlos Alcaraz #1 6-4 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-7(4) 7-5 Alexander Zverev #3 Match data Jan 30, 2026 SF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #2 6-4 6-3 Alexander Zverev #3 Match data Aug 17, 2025* SF Cincinnati Open Masters 1000 Hard
Alexander Zverev #2 7-6(5) 6-4 Carlos Alcaraz #3 Match data Nov 11, 2024 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 Match data Jun 9, 2024* F Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #2 6-3 6-1 Alexander Zverev #6 Match data Mar 15, 2024* QF Indian Wells Open Masters 1000 Hard
Alexander Zverev #6 6-1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 Carlos Alcaraz #2 Match data Jan 25, 2024* QF Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Alexander Zverev #7 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 Carlos Alcaraz #2 Match data Nov 13, 2023 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #1 6-3 6-2 6-4 Alexander Zverev #12 Match data Sep 7, 2023* QF US Open Grand Slam Hard
Carlos Alcaraz #2 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #16 Match data May 3, 2023* R16 Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Alexander Zverev #3 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) Carlos Alcaraz #6 Match data Jun 2, 2022* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #9 6-3 6-1 Alexander Zverev #3 Match data May 8, 2022* F Madrid Open Masters 1000 Clay
Alexander Zverev #4 6-3 6-3 Carlos Alcaraz #42 Match data Oct 30, 2021* SF Vienna Open ATP 500 Hard
Alexander Zverev #7 6-3 6-1 Carlos Alcaraz #132 Match data Mar 17, 2021* R32 Mexican Open ATP 500 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Carlos Alcaraz #3 #1 13,650 2,406 293 67 81.4% 7 0 8 0 9 2 26
Alexander Zverev #2 #2 8,480 2,260 543 218 71.4% 1 1 7 2 6 8 25

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2013 0–1 0.0% #809 1,496 0 0
17 2020 1–1 50.0% #141 1,482 0 0 2014 4–6 40.0% #136 1,574 0 0
18 2021 27–17 61.4% #32 1,945 0 1 2015 14–17 45.2% #83 1,767 0 0
19 2022 55–12 82.1% #1 2,151 1 6 2016 44–22 66.7% #24 2,011 0 1
20 2023 65–12 84.4% #2 2,210 2 12 2017 54–21 72.0% #4 2,055 0 6
21 2024 49–13 79.0% #3 2,177 4 16 2018 55–18 75.3% #4 2,125 0 10
22 2025 70–8 89.7% #1 2,352 6 24 2019 41–24 63.1% #7 2,031 0 11
23 2026 26–4 86.7% #3 2,348 7 26 2020 28–8 77.8% #7 2,130 0 13
24 — — — — — — — 2021 58–13 81.7% #3 2,254 0 19
25 — — — — — — — 2022 25–10 71.4% #12 2,183 0 19
26 — — — — — — — 2023 54–24 69.2% #7 2,096 0 21
27 — — — — — — — 2024 64–19 77.1% #2 2,132 0 23
28 — — — — — — — 2025 54–23 70.1% #3 2,042 0 24
29 — — — — — — — 2026 48–12 80.0% #2 2,142 1 25

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev
Yr HardClayGrass Yr HardClayGrass
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
17 2020 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2014 0 1 1 0.0% 4 5 9 44.4% — — — —
18 2021 15 10 25 60.0% 11 6 17 64.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 2015 5 10 15 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6%
19 2022 26 7 33 78.8% 26 4 30 86.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 2016 25 13 38 65.8% 13 7 20 65.0% 6 2 8 75.0%
20 2023 28 9 37 75.7% 25 3 28 89.3% 12 0 12 100.0% 2017 29 14 43 67.4% 16 4 20 80.0% 9 3 12 75.0%
21 2024 24 8 32 75.0% 17 4 21 81.0% 8 1 9 88.9% 2018 33 13 46 71.7% 20 3 23 87.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
22 2025 37 6 43 86.0% 22 1 23 95.7% 11 1 12 91.7% 2019 23 13 36 63.9% 16 8 24 66.7% 2 3 5 40.0%
23 2026 21 2 23 91.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2020 25 7 32 78.1% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 40 7 47 85.1% 14 4 18 77.8% 4 2 6 66.7%
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 10 5 15 66.7% 15 5 20 75.0% — — — —
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 29 15 44 65.9% 20 7 27 74.1% 5 2 7 71.4%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 35 11 46 76.1% 23 6 29 79.3% 6 2 8 75.0%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 30 13 43 69.8% 18 7 25 72.0% 6 3 9 66.7%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 19 6 25 76.0% 20 4 24 83.3% 9 2 11 81.8%
Career — 151 42 193 78.2% 107 21 128 83.6% 35 4 39 89.7% — 303 128 431 70.3% 186 65 251 74.1% 54 25 79 68.4%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 347/360 of Carlos Alcaraz's and 744/763 of Alexander Zverev's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
16 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 1/1 1.0 7.0 35.9% 50.0% 24.0% 25.0% 33.3% 33.3% 39.3%
17 2020 2/2 3.0 4.5 63.6% 68.8% 42.1% 55.6% 24.8% 58.7% 42.5% 2014 10/10 3.9 3.5 53.6% 58.1% 49.6% 50.1% 32.4% 54.3% 37.3%
18 2021 44/44 2.7 2.3 62.2% 67.8% 52.6% 51.4% 42.9% 62.1% 40.0% 2015 31/31 6.5 4.5 60.6% 71.8% 48.2% 59.3% 47.3% 62.4% 33.3%
19 2022 67/67 3.9 2.6 66.0% 73.0% 56.1% 62.1% 43.0% 67.3% 42.6% 2016 66/66 6.3 4.5 61.4% 72.5% 51.2% 63.7% 45.9% 64.3% 38.6%
20 2023 77/77 4.1 2.2 66.2% 73.1% 57.2% 64.7% 44.9% 67.7% 42.8% 2017 75/75 8.1 3.5 64.4% 75.3% 54.1% 62.6% 50.9% 67.9% 37.7%
21 2024 56/62 4.7 2.1 65.1% 73.1% 57.5% 61.3% 44.2% 67.9% 43.0% 2018 73/73 7.5 2.9 64.3% 75.7% 54.2% 54.8% 47.0% 67.8% 40.4%
22 2025 73/78 6.0 2.9 64.3% 75.3% 57.7% 56.8% 47.7% 69.0% 43.5% 2019 65/65 10.7 5.9 66.8% 75.6% 45.7% 58.9% 42.5% 65.5% 39.0%
23 2026 28/30 4.6 2.5 69.1% 73.0% 56.7% 56.8% 44.4% 68.1% 43.4% 2020 36/36 11.3 5.3 68.6% 78.3% 47.9% 61.1% 45.3% 68.8% 40.5%
24 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 64/71 10.4 3.8 68.0% 77.8% 52.9% 56.1% 43.9% 69.8% 40.6%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2022 34/35 7.4 4.0 71.6% 73.7% 48.5% 56.4% 51.2% 66.5% 39.7%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 78/78 8.1 2.8 70.8% 74.5% 50.6% 62.7% 37.4% 67.3% 37.9%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2024 79/83 9.6 2.3 70.8% 78.3% 57.0% 68.1% 43.1% 71.9% 38.5%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2025 73/77 7.3 2.0 71.8% 74.3% 53.2% 52.9% 41.9% 68.7% 38.5%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2026 59/62 10.0 2.4 72.4% 76.5% 56.1% 51.3% 39.6% 71.0% 37.4%
Career — 347/360 4.4 2.4 65.3% 72.9% 56.4% 59.6% 44.6% 67.2% 42.6% — 744/763 8.5 3.5 67.6% 75.2% 52.1% 59.1% 44.0% 67.7% 38.6%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Carlos Alcaraz Alexander Zverev
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1486 92.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2019 1483 98.5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1497 101.5 +0.17 -1.12 0.589 36.8% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.05
17 2020 1482 107.0 -0.50 -2.06 1.030 50.1% — — — 50.0% -0.34 1–1 2–0 — +0.27 2014 1574 121.3 -3.93 -0.69 0.816 45.7% — +27 — 40.9% -1.05 1–1 1–2 (33%) — -0.23
18 2021 1946 152.8 -0.39 +3.12 1.056 50.8% -84 -134 — 56.5% +0.57 10–4 (71%) 12–10 (55%) 109.1 -0.30 2015 1768 138.7 -1.35 -1.51 0.885 48.3% -73 -98 -78 44.7% -0.32 10–7 (59%) 7–10 (41%) 105.2 -0.65
19 2022 2152 173.2 +4.22 +6.15 1.303 54.3% -39 -5 -428 73.5% +1.49 17–7 (71%) 20–15 (57%) 108.5 -1.73 2016 2011 165.0 +0.87 +2.35 1.080 51.5% -35 -158 -148 59.6% +0.51 17–10 (63%) 19–12 (61%) 113.1 -1.23
20 2023 2210 173.2 +4.42 +7.26 1.326 54.7% -46 +78 -84 77.7% +1.59 12–6 (67%) 19–9 (68%) 105.7 -2.16 2017 2055 170.5 +4.24 +3.03 1.173 52.7% -35 -1 -103 66.0% +0.83 18–10 (64%) 19–13 (59%) 105.2 -0.40
21 2024 2178 171.8 +3.87 +7.51 1.337 54.7% -56 +142 +137 73.8% +1.61 7–3 (70%) 17–12 (59%) 102.8 -1.46 2018 2126 170.2 +3.79 +4.87 1.253 53.4% -14 +77 -205 70.0% +1.05 12–10 (55%) 15–6 (71%) 101.4 +2.37
22 2025 2353 173.1 +5.38 +7.90 1.402 55.5% -76 +49 -15 78.8% +1.89 16–4 (80%) 16–10 (62%) 103.9 -3.35 2019 2031 164.5 +1.72 +3.34 1.133 51.9% +27 +88 -162 59.0% +0.50 12–10 (55%) 19–13 (59%) 98.0 +2.74
23 2026 2349 166.8 +3.53 +6.88 1.363 55.1% -44 +44 — 82.4% +2.07 4–1 (80%) 7–6 (54%) 98.7 -0.53 2020 2130 170.0 +5.36 +3.59 1.298 53.8% +21 -50 — 69.7% +1.16 7–3 (70%) 11–8 (58%) 102.2 -0.61
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 2255 175.2 +6.59 +4.64 1.343 54.3% +32 -37 -344 75.8% +1.53 11–8 (58%) 20–10 (67%) 103.6 -1.85
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 2184 161.5 +2.95 +3.25 1.185 52.8% +15 +81 — 70.2% +1.06 6–3 (67%) 11–2 (85%) 105.3 +0.04
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 2096 163.2 +3.63 +2.62 1.161 52.2% +12 +96 -130 61.7% +0.76 18–5 (78%) 18–20 (47%) 101.0 -1.77
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 2132 169.5 +7.35 +3.38 1.373 54.4% +6 +88 -104 71.6% +1.32 12–11 (52%) 29–18 (62%) 99.1 +2.00
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 2043 164.3 +4.61 +2.86 1.228 52.9% +52 +81 -56 67.0% +0.88 10–11 (48%) 26–16 (62%) 94.6 -0.71
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2026 2143 163.7 +6.46 +2.46 1.289 53.2% -22 +66 -51 71.4% +1.27 13–6 (68%) 27–14 (66%) 105.4 -1.25
Career — 2407 173.9 +3.78 +6.61 1.300 54.3% -58 +33 -45 74.1% +1.54 67–26 (72%) 93–62 (60%) 111.7 -2.59 — 2260 170.2 +4.00 +3.04 1.196 52.7% +3 +39 -122 66.0% +0.90 147–95 (61%) 222–144 (61%) 106.9 -0.21

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.