Carlos Alcaraz already has a very complete game, but Serena Williams' former coach, Rick Macci, gave ideas for improving his serve.
2024 was the most successful season of Alcaraz's career so far. He won the French Open and Wimbledon to take his total Grand Slam tally to four. The Australian Open is the only major title left for him to win.
However, Jannik Sinner was still the most outstanding player of the season, claiming the other two Grand Slams, the ATP Finals, and the Davis Cup with Italy and becoming the fastest player to secure the year-end No. 1 ranking since Novak Djokovic in 2015.
Sinner recorded multiple other insane achievements in 2024. It seems inevitable that he will get even better in 2025 unless the 23-year-old receives a ban in his doping case, which was appealed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Although the 2024 season was less successful for Djokovic, the Serbian showed how much he wants to challenge for the sport's most significant honors by hiring Andy Murray as his coach.
Djokovic also made a scheduling change for 2025 to try and challenge Alcaraz and Sinner's dominance from this year. The 10-time Australian Open champion should never be written off after proving people wrong so many times.
Sinner's breakthrough season and Djokovic's continued presence on the ATP Tour mean any improvements Alcaraz can make could be the difference between being the best player in 2025 and slipping slightly behind.
Alcaraz has a good serve, but it is the Spaniard's weakest and most inconsistent part of his game. Macci, a hall-of-fame coach, has some ideas for how he can improve with that crucial shot.
The American suggested on X (formerly Twitter) that Alcaraz make a few biomechanical adaptations to his serve and try the platform stance to simplify it, giving himself a better chance of making a higher percentage of first serves.
"The key for Alcaraz will be his serve and getting free lunches or setting the table to eat right away. If his spots and % get better on the first serve, and this is with a few biomechanical adaptations, the Spanish Magician, for many years, be in the pole position."
"He made a modification on serve last year and it did open up an earlier shoulder rotation to get optimal stretch. He should try the platform stance to simplify more, and his vertical will increase, and his first serve % will soar. Difference between great and good."
Macci is a massive fan of Alcaraz. He thinks the 21-year-old will win two or three Grand Slams in 2025 and end his career with double digits for major titles after experiencing some highs and lows and learning from that.
"Fasten your seat belt in 2025 as the young Carlos Alcaraz now has tasted the ups, downs, highs, lows, peaks, and valleys, and the magician will win 2 or 3 Slams and produce many epic jaw-dropping, breathtaking rallies."
"Alcaraz is the youngest ever to do what he has done. This guy so special in ways that the tennis world has never seen. He is a Generational Talent. There will be speed bumps. But at the end of that road, double-digit Grand Slams for the Spanish Magician."
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