The professional relationship between Carlos Alcaraz and Juan Carlos Ferrero is now history after forming one of the best duos in the world of tennis, and have won numerous titles together. Now Samuel López, his second coach to date, will be the one to take the reins at least until the Australian Open. Then we’ll see what happens.
López has been part of the Murcia team for a year, when he started working with him after coaching Pablo Carreño. Samu López has extensive experience as a coach and has also been, for for a few years, sports director of the Ferrero Academy.
In fact, this means that, even if he has only been training the El Palmar player for a year, he knows his development very well since then. that he began his journey in the academy of Valencian tennis players.
Besides Carreño, Samu has trained several Spanish tennis players like Santiago Ventura, Nicolás Almagro and Guillermo García López.
In 2025, together with Ferrero, they were awarded as the best technicians of the season. Ferrero was the visible leader of the team of the number one who managed and advised the Murcian player.
Ferrero and López accompanied Carlos Alcaraz throughout this course in which the Spaniards He finished at the top of the rankings as the player with the most titles won, eight; among them, Roland Garros and the United States Open as well as the Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, Rome and Cincinnati.
“Everything has been easy, because the results have been good. I have known Juan Carlos since he was ten years old and Carlos since he took his first steps at the Ferrero Tennis Academy. I have been with Pablo Carreño throughout this period, but we have shared many moments. The work environment has been very easy, because we always knew each other and we understood what Carlos needed”, declared Samuel López upon receiving this distinction.
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