Carlos Alcaraz will miss the Italian Open and the French Open due to injury.
And there are growing concerns that Alcaraz could miss the grass-court season, too.
How worried are you about Carlos Alcaraz’s injury?
Carlos Alcaraz will miss Rome and Roland Garros…
Former world number one Andy Roddick has now shared whether he is worried Alcaraz might miss Wimbledon.
Andy Roddick says there is ‘definitely’ a concern that Carlos Alcaraz will miss Wimbledon
During the latest episode of ‘Served with Andy Roddick‘, the 2003 US Open champion shared his thoughts.
“Of course, because we don’t know anything,” he said.
“If you’re pulling out of tournaments four weeks in advance, yeah, you’re definitely concerned.
“We’re guessing, we’re guessing based on context clues. If you finished a match in Barcelona, I know you called the trainer during that, it feels like wear and tear.
“We’re hoping it’s not a major injury; the context clues don’t suggest that it was something that was ripped, torn in a major way, and we hope that’s the case.
“But f– I do podcasts, I’m not a doctor!”
Roddick then suggested a schedule change could be on the cards for Alcaraz in 2027.
“By the way, he has not been scared to take tournaments off going into Roland Garros the past two years,” he said.
“So maybe don’t play back-to-back weeks on clay anymore. You’ve gotten hurt in Barcelona while trying to tack it on to Monte Carlo the last couple of years.
“I know it’s easier said than done, local pressures, it’s in your hometown, and everything else. Curious if you kind of take a step back and start scheduling maybe a little bit differently.”
The American also reacted to Alexander Zverev’s comments on Alcaraz’s injury, and previewed this year’s French Open.
“[Alexander] Zverev almost epitomised it. ‘On the plus side, it’s one less to go through if I want to win a Grand Slam. I’m not going to sugar-coat it and say my path isn’t easier if he’s not there. Beating one of them is different than two of them,” said Roddick.
Can anyone now stop Jannik Sinner from winning Roland Garros after Carlos Alcaraz’s withdrawal?
If yes, who?
“And, he’s like, I’m sad and understand that when Carlos [Alcaraz] isn’t there, it’s a major hit to tennis.
“Two things can be true.
“I thought he threaded that needle pretty well with his response.
“But it opens it up for someone like a Zverev or this aged version of Novak [Djokovic].
“It may give you a little bit of hope, going through one. Novak has gone through one; he went through one in Australia.
“If you’re Novak, you’re going ok, maybe 25? And Zverev equally is going, maybe one?”
Zverev has yet to win a Grand Slam title, despite playing three major finals.
With Alcaraz on the sidelines, this might be his best chance in years.
Roddick’s co-host, Jon Wertheim, was also keen to weigh in on Alcaraz’s injury.
“It’s hard to spin this positively. One thing we could say is that it does look like this is not a tear,” he said.
“You hear wrist in tennis, and immediately, where does your mind go?
“To some really dark places: Juan Martin del Potro, Dominic Thiem, never the same player.
“On the other hand, no pun intended… Ten years ago, Novak was trying to win Roland Garros for the first time. What happened? Is he going to beat Rafa? Then Rafa has a wrist injury. We all say ‘ay, ay, ay…’ Rafa misses Wimbledon, then by August, he’s winning gold medals in doubles and playing the US Open.
“So we hope that’s what this is. You don’t mess around in tennis with wrists.”
Only time will tell if Alcaraz will fully recover from the wrist injury that forced him out of Rome and Roland Garros.
What happens if Carlos Alcaraz misses Wimbledon?
If Alcaraz were to miss the grass-court season, he would likely surrender his chances of finishing 2026 as the world number one.
Jannik Sinner currently leads Alcaraz by over 500 points in the ‘Live ATP Rankings’, and will extend that gap over the next few months.
Live ATP Rankings
| Rank | Name | Country | Points |
| 1 | Jannik Sinner | Italy | 13,550 |
| 2 | Carlos Alcaraz | Spain | 12,960 |
| 3 | Alexander Zverev | Germany | 5,255 |
| 4 | Novak Djokovic | Serbia | 4,700 |
| 5 | Felix Auger-Aliasime | Canada | 4,050 |
The Italian will defend 1,950 points in Rome/Roland Garros, while his rival, Alcaraz, will drop 3,000 points from his tally.
Even if Sinner fails to win a match at either event, he would extend his gap to Alcaraz by over 1,000 points.
Having lost to Sinner in last year’s Wimbledon final, Alcaraz has a chance to claw some of those points back at the All England Club this summer.
But if he misses the grass-court season, Sinner will have a clear path to his second year-end number-one finish in three years.
