Renowned tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou believes World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz and World No.2 Jannik Sinner can go on to break John McEnroe’s long-standing record. In 1984, the former American player registered 82 wins in 85 matches with a win percentage of 96.5.
Meanwhile, Sinner and Alcaraz have dominated on the tour in the last two years, winning four Slams each. The duo have ticked the right boxes on the tour and they seem to be ahead of the rest of the peck on the ATP tour.
Mouratoglou said on Instagram, “The percentage of matches won by John McEnroe in 1984 is unbelievable. He was so dominant that year. Out of the three defeats of 1984, I think there’s only one that is crazy painful, and he still remembers that day. It was the final of Roland Garros against Ivan Lendl. John McEnroe was two sets up, 6-3, 6-2. So close to winning, but he did not.”
The French coach reckons Alcaraz and Sinner can secure a better win-loss record in a particular season if one of them is out with injury.
“I think this record is beatable. When you see the dominance of Carlos and Jannik at the moment, I think that if one year, one of those two is injured in the near future and the other one is extremely focused, I think they can beat that record,” the Frenchman added.
On the other hand, Nick Kyrgios reckons Carlos Alcaraz can surpass Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam tally. Alcaraz has a lot of catching up to do as he has won six Slams in his young career whereas Djokovic has won 24 Majors in his glorious career.
The Australian said on Unscripted podcast, “Sinner and Alcaraz don’t have any weaknesses. You just have to beat them, you just have to raise your level to ridiculous proportions. I think at the rate that Alcaraz is going, he could do it. He’s already got six at 22 years old. He’s winning two a year, so yeah, he could do it.” (via The Tennis Gazette)
