Carlos Alcaraz Wins Sportsmanship of the year award

Carlos Alcaraz has won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award after been selected by his fellow players.

Carlos Alcaraz win the award which symbolises fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court.

This comes as no surprise for the Spaniard who became the youngest World No. 1 in the history of the ATP World Rankings a year ago.

“I’m so happy to win the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award,” said Alcaraz. “I’m especially happy that it’s an award chosen by my colleagues on the circuit. It means a lot to me, so thank you all very much.”

By winning the award, Alcaraz became the fourth Spanish player to receive the prestigious ATP Awards honour, joining Jose Higueras (1983), Alex Corretja (1996, 1998) and five-time winner Rafael Nadal (2010, 2018-21).

The 20-year-old has already taken home three player-voted ATP Awards, having won Most Improved in 2022 and Newcomer of the Year in 2020.

Six championships were won by Alcaraz in 2023, with the most notable being a five-set victory over two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. He also won in Madrid, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, and London (Queen’s Club). The baseliner spent a total of 36 weeks at the top of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, making him the World No. 1 going into the US Open.

Grigor Dimitrov, Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner were also nominated in this category. Sportsmanship nominees are determined by an International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) vote, and the winner is selected by players from the shortlist.

ATP Award lists:

Comeback king of the year – Jan-Lennard Struff

Newcomer – Arthur Fils

Humanitarian – Felix Auger-Aliassime

Sportsmanship – Carlos Alcaraz

Most Improved – Jannik Sinner

Coach of the Year – Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, Jannik Sinner coach.

Singles Fan Favourite – Jannik Sinner

Doubles Fan Favourite – Andrey Rublev/ Karen Khachanov.