The Carlos Alcaraz dating history is short by celebrity standards and, by his own account, that is largely down to the demands of life on the tour. The world-class Spanish tennis player, who has held the No. 1 ranking in men’s singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, won two Wimbledon titles and a US Open, has been consistently candid about one thing off the court: finding the right person is genuinely hard when you are never in the same city for more than a fortnight.
María González Giménez: the childhood connection
The earliest name in the Carlos Alcaraz dating history is María González Giménez, to whom he was linked in 2022. According to the Daily Mail, several online reports have described them as childhood friends who both grew up in El Palmar, Murcia. The Sun reported she plays for Murcia Club de Tenis. The pair kept things private, though one image did surface publicly: Tennis Tonic shared a screenshot from Alcaraz’s Instagram story showing him kissing her cheek, captioned “I miss you” in Spanish.
Neither confirmed nor denied the relationship. In February 2023, Alcaraz gave the clearest signal yet that something had ended. Speaking to Vogue, he said he had been single for 18 months and explained: ‘It’s complicated, never staying in one place. It’s hard to find the person who can share things with you if you’re always in different parts of the world.’
Emma Raducanu and the US Open mixed doubles saga
The next chapter in the Carlos Alcaraz dating history arrived via the 2025 US Open mixed doubles draw, when Alcaraz was paired with fellow tennis player Emma Raducanu. Speculation from fans was swift. It was also, by both players’ accounts, wide of the mark.
Alcaraz had already set out his position clearly in July 2024. ‘I am single,’ he told The Times. ‘I am looking for someone. It can be difficult as a tennis player to meet the right person because you are traveling all the time.’ By June 2025, Raducanu was addressing the rumours directly at a Wimbledon press conference: ‘We’re just good friends.’ At a separate press conference that same month, she told The Guardian that playing with Alcaraz felt natural precisely because their connection predated fame. ‘When you become a bit more known or a bit more successful, you just find yourself reverting back to people you knew from a young age,’ she said, ‘because that’s a real genuine connection.’
The pair’s US Open run ended on 19 August 2025, when they lost to Jack Draper and Jessica Pegula. Alcaraz posted a photo of the two of them on Instagram afterwards with the caption: ‘That was fun @emmaraducanu! 🤝🏻🤩’
Brooks Nader and the ‘loose term’ era
September 2025 brought a rather different kind of story. Model Brooks Nader was linked to Alcaraz after her sister Grace Ann Nader confirmed a connection during an interview with E!, saying: ‘The rumors are true,’ before adding, ‘Dating is such a loose term. But I do know he’s the man of the hour.’
On 17 September 2025, Nader appeared on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen. An audience member asked whether Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, another name she had been linked to, knew about each other. Her response: ‘A lady never kisses and tells, especially twice. That’s just not nice.’ Grace Ann, watching from the crowd, called out, ‘Especially not to her other boyfriend.’ Nader’s comeback was characteristically breezy: ‘Dating is such a loose term these days. I don’t know. By the way, my only thing is, guys do it all the time, so why can’t I do it?’
Alcaraz, for his part, was unambiguous when asked about his own status around the same period. ‘No, I’m free. I’m free. I’m free,’ he said. In November 2025, when rumours continued to circle, he laughed them off and again confirmed he was single, according to the Carlos Alcaraz Fan Page. By March 2026, Nader had drawn her own line under it, telling ET: ‘I am single. As of right now, I’m single.’
Claudia Canals: the most recent name in the mix
The Carlos Alcaraz dating history has a new addition in 2026. According to Times of India, Claudia Canals is the newest name to be linked with Alcaraz. ELLE reports that dating rumours involving Canals first surfaced in July. As with several previous links, no confirmation has come from either party.
What is consistent across all of it is Alcaraz’s own framing: the schedule is relentless, genuine connection is hard to come by on the road, and when asked directly, the answer has repeatedly been some version of ‘I’m single.’ Whether Claudia Canals changes that calculation remains, by his silence on the matter, an open question.
