Tennis owns six of the last 11 Laureus awards. 🎾🏆
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year winners from 2016 through 2026 have Carlos Alcaraz listed for 2026 after Mondo Duplantis in 2025, Novak Djokovic in 2024, Lionel Messi in 2023 and Max Verstappen in 2022.
That stretch also includes Rafael Nadal in 2021, a shared 2020 award for Messi and Lewis Hamilton, Roger Federer in 2018 and Usain Bolt in 2017. Across those 11 award years, tennis takes six titles, while football, Formula 1 and athletics account for the rest.
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Tennis owns six of the last 11 Laureus awards. 🎾🏆
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year winners from 2016 through 2026 have Carlos Alcaraz listed for 2026 after Mondo Duplantis in 2025, Novak Djokovic in 2024, Lionel Messi in 2023 and Max Verstappen in 2022.
That stretch also includes Rafael Nadal in 2021, a shared 2020 award for Messi and Lewis Hamilton, Roger Federer in 2018 and Usain Bolt in 2017. Across those 11 award years, tennis takes six titles, while football, Formula 1 and athletics account for the rest.
#Laureus #WorldSportsAwards #Tennis #Athletics #Formula1
