{"id":441852,"date":"2025-09-21T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441852\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T22:03:11","slug":"andy-roddick-predicts-what-would-happen-to-carlos-alcarazs-game-if-he-played-more-doubles-there-is-no-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/441852\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Roddick predicts what would happen to Carlos Alcaraz’s game if he played more doubles, ‘there is no doubt’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carlos Alcaraz does not spend much time competing on the doubles court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alcaraz played alongside Emma Raducanu at the US Open<\/a>, but their partnership only lasted one match after they lost in the first round of the revamped mixed doubles event.<\/p>\n

That was the only time the Spaniard had played on the doubles court this year, before Alcaraz partnered Jakub Mensik at the Laver Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz<\/a> and Mensik<\/a> won their doubles match together, and now Andy Roddick<\/a> has made a claim about the US Open<\/a> champion.<\/p>\n

\"JakubPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images for Laver CupAndy Roddick claims that Carlos Alcaraz could be one of the best doubles players in the world<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Mensik beat Taylor Fritz<\/a> and Alex Michelsen<\/a> in their first-ever doubles match together on the first day of action at the Laver Cup<\/a> in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

There is often a big discussion over whether singles players would be better than doubles specialists at doubles, and now Roddick has made a big claim about Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

When speaking on a live edition of his \u2018Served with Andy Roddick\u2019 podcast, the former world number one claimed that Alcaraz could become one of the best doubles players if he wanted to, while his co-host Jon Wertheim<\/a> drew comparisons to Rafael Nadal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember we all said about Nadal. \u2018Boy, he\u2019d be really good at doubles if we saw more of him\u2019,\u201d said Wertheim. \u201cAnd then in turn, he ended up winning a gold medal and he\u2019s really good at doubles. I sort of feel the same way. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the first, I believe this was the first doubles match he played all year, Carlos. But that was a lot of the Carlos show for a lot of that match and the touch we see in singles was very much apparent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roddick responded, \u201cSome singles players you can look at and you\u2019re going, okay, that skill set whether it\u2019s defending or getting sideline to sideline is not something that would translate to the doubles court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt in my mind that if Carlos actually you know focused on doubles a little bit that he wouldn\u2019t be one of the best doubles players in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s doubles record?<\/p>\n

There is not much data from Alcaraz\u2019s previous doubles experience, having only played 12 matches on the ATP Tour<\/a>, Davis Cup<\/a> or Laver Cup.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz played his first four doubles tournaments alongside his compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, but they have only ever won one match together.<\/p>\n

The six-time Grand Slam champion has partnered four other men since then, including Alcaraz playing with Nadal at the Paris Olympics<\/a>, which is actually the only time he has won more than one match with one partner.<\/p>\n\nTournament <\/strong><\/td>\nCarlos Alcaraz\u2019s Doubles Partner <\/strong><\/td>\nResult<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBarcelona Open 2021<\/td>\nPablo Carreno Busta<\/td>\nLost in the first round (0-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIndian Wells 2021<\/td>\nPablo Carreno Busta<\/td>\nLost in the first round (0-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRio Open 2022<\/td>\nPablo Carreno Busta<\/td>\nLost in the quarterfinal (1-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nIndian Wells 2022<\/td>\nPablo Carreno Busta<\/td>\nLost in the first round (0-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nMadrid Open 2022<\/td>\nMarc Lopez<\/td>\nLost in the second round (1-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nParis Olympics 2024<\/td>\nRafael Nadal<\/td>\nLost in the quarterfinal (2-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDavis Cup Finals 2024<\/td>\nMarcel Granollers<\/td>\nWon one, lost one (1-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLaver Cup 2025<\/td>\nJakub Mensik<\/td>\nWon match (1-0)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Winning in doubles alongside Mensik was the only match that he has won at the Laver Cup so far, as Alcaraz was beaten by Fritz<\/a> in singles.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz is scheduled to return to the doubles court again at the Laver Cup, as he will partner Casper Ruud<\/a> against Michelsen and Reilly Opelka<\/a>, as he looks to lead Team Europe to a comeback victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz does not spend much time competing on the doubles court. Alcaraz played alongside Emma Raducanu at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[5065,4294,6359,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-441852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-andy-roddick","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115244552983458760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}