Carlos Alcaraz will face Taylor Fritz in the semi-finals of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships on Friday, as the Spaniard looks to continue his title defense. Alcaraz, the two-time reigning champion at the All England Club and current world No. 2, enters the match having defeated Fritz in both of their previous meetings. But despite the record, his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero isn’t underestimating the American.
“Fritz is a very dangerous player,” Ferrero told Spanish outlet 20 Minutos, published on July 10. “He likes to move the ball around. I think from the baseline and in terms of pure tennis, we’re slightly superior. On serve, he may have the edge over us. It’s going to be a great battle that will be decided from the baseline. I expect a long match.”
Alcaraz won their 2023 Miami Open match 6-4, 6-2 and beat him again at the 2024 Laver Cup. While Fritz has enjoyed a great record on grass this season, Ferrero is content with how his pupil has been facing the tournament.
“He’s gone from strength to strength since the first match, gradually raising his level,” he told reporters at Wimbledon on Wednesday. “I think the conditions have been different from Queen’s, and he needed some time to adapt. As he advances through the rounds, he’s playing better and better.”
Fritz says that he on grass is an equalizer
Speaking after his win over Khachanov, Fritz talked about Alcaraz, and how he preferred to meet him on grass. “Yeah, I think grass is very much so an equalizer. It can be an equalizer,” he told the media. “So trust in how I’m playing. I truly know the way that I played the first two sets today, there’s not much any opponent on the other side can do.”
With the quarter-final win, Fritz became the first American to reach three ATP-level semi-finals on grass in a single calendar year since the ATP Tour began in 1990. His 2025 grass campaign includes titles in Stuttgart and Eastbourne, and he holds a 13-1 record on the surface this year. According to ATP Tour data, he has a 63.8% career win rate on grass, with a 41-24 record overall.
Although Fritz has yet to beat Alcaraz, the context is different this time. If he defeats the Spaniard, he could become the first American man to reach the Wimbledon final since Andy Roddick in 2009, when he lost to Roger Federer.