Alcaraz Urged to Tweak Serve for Next Level
Hall of Fame Coach Identifies Key Adjustment for Young Star
Fresh off a dominant 2025 season that saw him clinch his second consecutive Roland Garros title, Carlos Alcaraz is being advised to experiment with a specific element of his game to ascend further. Despite accumulating five titles this year and remaining world number two, Hall of Fame coach Rick Macci believes a serving adjustment could be crucial.
Macci’s Serve Strategy for Alcaraz
The former coach of five world number ones, including **Serena Williams** and **Maria Sharapova**, **Rick Macci**, took to social media to offer his insight. He highlighted that while **Alcaraz’s** serve possesses significant power, consistency in percentage can fluctuate.
Carlos serve has more juice. % sometimes is up down. Needs free lunches to set the table and eat. Should experiment with a platform stance to have less movement and see if that facilitates a better angle of decent over the net. Greatness always tweaks on off week and then…
— Rik Micca (@crimmacci)
July 18, 2025
Macci specifically suggested **Alcaraz** consider a platform stance. This approach, he believes, could reduce movement and potentially improve the angle of his service descent over the net.
“Should experiment with a platform stance to have less movement and see if that facilitates a better angle of descent over the net. Greatness always tweaks on off week and then speaks.”
—Rick Macci
Analyzing Alcaraz’s Serving Performance
While **Alcaraz** is widely recognized as one of the most complete players in the game, his serve has been a focal point for potential improvement among fans. This season, the young Spaniard has registered a 64% first serve percentage and won 73% of points on his first serve.
His statistics for 2025 show 311 aces against 165 double faults. **Alcaraz** has secured 86% of his service games and 67% of total service points. He has successfully saved 68% of the 304 break points he has faced.
In comparison, **Jannik Sinner**, the current world number one, maintained a first serve percentage of 66% in the lead-up to Wimbledon 2025, winning 75% of those points (ATP Tour). This indicates that **Alcaraz** still has room to grow even against his closest rival.
Despite narrowly missing out on a Wimbledon three-peat, being defeated by **Jannik Sinner** in a thrilling final, **Alcaraz** has a prime opportunity to close the gap at the top of the rankings during the upcoming North American hard-court swing, an area where he experienced a dip in form last year.
