Alcaraz: "I get overwhelmed if I think I have 15 years of career left"

Fernando Murciego | 13 May 2026 | 11.52

Alcaraz: "I get overwhelmed if I think I have 15 years of career ahead of me." Source: Vanity Fair

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Even though he is currently off the circuit, Carlos Alcaraz continues to give interviews, even to non-sports media. His recent interview with Vanity Fair has generated a great impact, both for its content and for its photographs.

Yesterday, everyone was talking about the images of Carlos Alcaraz covered in clay from the photo shoot he did a few months ago with this fashion magazine. Quite striking, to say the least. Now we have finally been able to read the complete interview with the El Palmar player, and as always, we have wanted to extract the most interesting sections where we see him projecting himself into a distant future. In the absence of seeing him compete on our screens, the least we can do is continue reading his words.

This is what Carlos Alcaraz said in his interview with Vanity Fair

“I know I am living a dreamed life, the life I dreamed of, but sometimes I wish I had more moments for myself, to do things a 22-year-old would do. I am aware that I have a lot ahead of me, and I try not to think that I have 12 or 15 more years of a career because it overwhelms me. I don't want to call it vertigo, but I also don't want to end up leading a monotonous life that turns me into a tennis slave”.

Disconnecting on the court

“I think nowadays we have to be much more careful about what we say and do, but at the end of the day, we are human, right? It is stressful because you have to think about what you do, when you do it, and where you are all the time. As the people we are, we have good and bad days. Sometimes we wake up not wanting to do anything, but we still have to show up, and sometimes we don't react as we should”.

Healthy rivalry with Jannik Sinner

“We are showing the world that we can go out to play and give our best, try to harm each other as much as possible in a sports sense, try to beat each other, and then off the court just be two guys who get along very well. We help each other to bring out our best version, we are fighting for the same goal, but there is no need to hate each other for wanting the same thing. However, when you compete at this level, having a close friendship is complicated. It can be had, I am totally in favor of it, but they are long processes. It is not comparable to the historical rivalries of tennis because we still have many years ahead of us. Hopefully, we will continue to play many more times, many finals, and share the big tournaments”.

Carlos Alcaraz in his photo shoot with Vanity Fair.

Caring for the body and mind

"There have been times when I didn't stop to rest, and that led me to not play well, to get injured or... let's just say it didn't end well. I believe that taking care of mental health is equally important, or even more so, than taking care of the body. There are people obsessed with physical appearance, and for me, it is just as important to take care of the mind”.

Pursuing records as Carlos Alcaraz

“There are records that I want to achieve and pursue, but rather to be able to look back at the end of my career and see what I have done and where I stand compared to others. I have to admit it is nice to see your name in certain places, although we have reached a point where the comparisons have already ended. It is nice to hear them, yes, but I always go for my own style. It is what I have created and what I have trained to perfect, I have not copied anyone, people already know that I am Carlos Alcaraz”.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Alcaraz: “Me agobio si pienso que me quedan 15 años de carrera”