Andy Roddick pinpoints changes Carlos Alcaraz has made in his game following Queen’s triumph

Carlos Alcaraz claimed his second Queen's Club Championship after beating Jiri Lehecka in three sets in the final.

Andy Roddick pinpoints changes Carlos Alcaraz has made in his game following Queen’s triumph

Andy Roddick, Carlos Alcaraz (Image via X/The New York Times, Carlos Alcaraz Brazil)

Carlos Alcaraz earned his fifth title of the season after beating Jiri Lehecka at the Queen’s Club Championships. The Spaniard looks unstoppable at the moment having won 18 consecutive matches on tour. Tennis legend Andy Roddick pinpoints what the 22-year-old is doing differently that has made him successful in the last three months.

Alcaraz has not lost a match since May. The last time he lost was at the Barcelona Open final against Holger Rune. The World No.2 has been the best player in the men’s circuit this season and continued with his excellent form on grass. He won five consecutive matches at the Queen’s Club Championships to claim the title.

The win was his 12th consecutive victory on grass, which dates back to the beginning of the Wimbledon Championship last year. Also, in his victory at the ATP 500 tournament, Alcaraz found his service rhythm by the end of the tournament, delivering 18 aces in the final against Lehecka.

In fact, Alcaraz did not lose serve in his final three matches of the week. That was an excellent display from Alcaraz, who had struggled with his service at Roland Garros. During a conversation on Tennis Channel, Andy Roddick revealed that Alcaraz’s great serve was the propeller behind his victory at Queen’s:

He serves great on grass. This isn’t the first time. He dominated in the Wimbledon final last year against Novak. I kind of touched on it a little bit the other day, but they rounded out the bottom of his swing of his serve during the off-season. And I said he used to go up and down on like a jackknife right, which meant that that one wide on the deuce side, I don’t think it had as much tail away, right? As much sliced spin on it. Now he can spot serve all four corners, which is just brutal if you’re trying to return, because you know if you leave anything hanging at all in the middle of a court, it’s curtains.

Following his win over Lehecka, Alcaraz became the third man in the Open Era to win the Roland Garros and Queen’s Championships in the same season. He follows Ilie Nastase and fellow compatriot Rafael Nadal, who completed the feat in 1973 and 2008. Also, he’s tied with Nadal in total titles won on grass.

Carlos Alcaraz is happy to smoothly transition from clay to grass

For so many players on tour, transitioning from clay to grass is a big problem as they take a longer time to adapt. But that hasn’t been the case for Carlos Alcaraz, who quickly adjusted to the grass-court in a short period and claimed his first title of the season on the surface at the Queen’s Championships.

Carlos Alcaraz Queen's 2025
Carlos Alcaraz (image via HSBC Championships)

After his triumph at the tournament, he revealed that he’s feeling great on the surface and he’s seeking to improve in every aspect of his game:

I’m going to say it’s really complicated, [switching] from clay to grass in just a few days, because that’s the time I had before the tournament began. [I had] just two days of practising and then I had to compete here. So I came here with no expectations at all. I just came here with a goal to play two, three matches, [trying] to feel great on grass moving, and give myself the feedback of what I had to improve, what I had to do better.

Alcaraz is in the best run of form in his career having won 18 consecutive matches. He’s the favorite to win the Wimbledon Championship and if he does win it, it will be his sixth Grand Slam of his career.

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