After reaching the top of the US Open, Spanish talented teenager Carlos Alcaraz successfully crowned the world's first, and Spain's "Marca" also summarized and counted six Spanish tennis players who had won the ATP world number one.
1. Arantesa Sanchez Bicario
The first Spanish tennis player to stand on the world number one throne, on 6 February 1995, Arantesa was named the world number one in women's singles for the first time, and spent a total of 12 weeks in this position. After winning three French Open titles and one US Open, the barcelona-based women's singles player announced her retirement.
2. Carlos Moya
The male singles player from Mallorca debuted as world number one on March 15, 1999, but he remained in this position for only two weeks.
3. Juan Carlos Ferrero
Ferrero is Carlos Alcaraz's mentor and has won the MEN's Singles title at the US Open. In 2003, Ferrero was promoted to ATP World No. 1 for the first time, and in this position, he stayed for a total of 8 weeks.
4. Raphael Nadal
The greatest tennis player in Spanish history, not one. On August 18, 2008, he was crowned the world number one in the men's singles for the first time, and that year, he also won the men's singles gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games. In total, Nadal stayed at number one in the world for 209 weeks, including various periods.
5. Mugulusa
In 2017, Mugulusa was crowned at Wimbledon, and from September 11 of that year, she stayed on the throne of the world number one for four consecutive weeks.
6. Carlos Alcaraz
The leader of the new generation of Spanish tennis, he won the Grand Slam title for the first time after the US Open victory over Caspar Rudd and became the youngest male single brother in ATP history.