Carlos Alcaraz, the world’s top-ranked tennis participant, is becoming a member of Sunreef’s prestigious record of movie star yacht house owners together with compatriot Rafa Nadal, who received 22 Grand Slam males’s singles titles earlier than retiring in 2024. Alcaraz’s fellow skilled tennis peer and mentor Nadal obtained his 80 Sunreef Energy in his native Mallorca in 2020.
Nonetheless solely 22, Alcaraz is on his solution to becoming a member of the all-time tennis greats, having this 12 months received his seventh Grand Slam males’s singles title together with his maiden Australian Open victory. The triumph in Melbourne accomplished a profession Grand Slam for Alcaraz, who earlier received the French Open (2024, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024) and US Open (2022, 2025).
Alcaraz has signed a contract for the development of a totally customised Ultima 88, which Sunreef states marks the Spaniard’s entry into the world of luxurious yachting. The brand new Ultima line of powercats, which began with the 55 that debuted final 12 months, are constructed at Sunreef’s new manufacturing facility in Ras Al Khaimah within the UAE.
“I made a decision to order the Ultima 88 with Sunreef as a result of I really feel they don’t seem to be solely specialists in luxurious catamarans however true trendsetters,” Alcaraz stated. “Constructing with them offers me confidence that this would be the good yacht to unwind and recharge. I really feel that Sunreef and I share the identical dynamic spirit — we’re an excellent match.”
Complementing the Sunreef Energy vary (60, 70, 80, 100), now in its ‘Subsequent’ era, the Ultima sequence are slimmer and quicker. That includes a prime velocity of 26 knots, the Ultima 88 has an total size of 88ft and a beam of 30ft, which is 5ft narrower than the 60 Sunreef Energy Subsequent. Alcaraz’s yacht will embody a full-beam proprietor’s suite ahead plus 4 visitor cabins.
Designed with an energetic way of life in thoughts, the Ultima 88 includes a spacious ‘Ocean Lounge’ on the stern. That includes a big storage and hydraulic platform, the world offers direct entry to storage for a jet-ski and watersports gear, whereas unfolding facet terraces increase the waterside zone.
Turning 23 on Might 5, Alcaraz is the youngest of Sunreef’s movie star house owners, which embody Nadal (39), present Barcelona and Poland footballer Robert Lewandowski (37) and two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso (44), presently racing for Aston Martin. Sunreef ambassadors have included explorer Mike Horn (59) and 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg (40).
Francis Lapp, founder and President of Sunreef Yachts, said: “Carlos is one other exceptional character becoming a member of the Home of Sunreef — a neighborhood of visionary house owners whose achievements encourage the world and convey recent vitality to the yachting way of life.”
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