Alcaraz wins 2025 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
Carlos Alcaraz has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. Winning the honour for the second time, the Spaniard continues to be celebrated for his exemplary behaviour on and off the court.
The 22-year-old, who first won the award in 2023, finished this season as ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF. He lifted eight trophies in 2025, including two majors. Alcaraz tallied a season-high 71-9 match record, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.
One of Alcaraz’s standout moments of sportsmanship came this year at Roland Garros, where he called a foul on himself in his fourth-round clash against Ben Shelton. Alcaraz went full stretch for a volley and appeared to hit a clean winner. The point was initially awarded to Alcaraz, but he immediately alerted the umpire that he had lost his grip on the racquet mid-stretch and had made contact with the ball while it was no longer in his hand. By rule, that meant the point belonged to Shelton. “I would have felt guilty if I didn’t say anything about it,” Alcaraz said post-match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime and previous winners Grigor Dimitrov and Casper Ruud were also nominated in this category. Sportsmanship nominees were determined by an International Tennis Writers’ Association (ITWA) vote, and for the first time, the winner was selected in a vote by members of the exclusive ATP No. 1 Club – the 29 current and former players to have reached World No. 1.
Edberg won the sportsmanship award five times between 1988 and 1995, with the honour named after the Swede from 1996. From 2004-21, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were the only winners, with Federer honoured 13 times and Nadal on five occasions.
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