Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is reportedly dating model Brooks Nader, the younger sister of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model said Friday.
"The rumors are true," Grace Ann Nader told E! News while attending the Raising Cane’s New York Fashion Week show, adding that "dating is such a loose term" and that Alcaraz is "the man of the hour." Grace Ann said she was "dying to" meet the 2025 U.S. Open champion and called him "such a cutie." Neither Alcaraz nor Brooks Nader has issued a public confirmation.
Alcaraz, 21, won the U.S. Open men’s singles title on Sept. 7, defeating Jannik Sinner in four sets. Brooks Nader, 28, was photographed watching the trophy presentation at Arthur Ashe Stadium on the day of the final and was seen in a Cadillac suite during the tournament on Aug. 31.
Nader has been linked in recent weeks to more than one high-profile tennis player. She was the subject of speculation after appearing at the tournament in a suite next to late-summer talk show appearances; during a Sept. 2 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, she deflected direct questions about seeing Sinner, saying, "Is this like an interrogation? I'm so scared right now," and later telling the host, "You're close, you're warm." She announced her divorce from husband Billy Haire, whom she married in her early 20s, in 2024.
Alcaraz has been linked with other players in 2025. In June it was announced he would pair with Emma Raducanu in a newly formatted mixed doubles event at the U.S. Open, and in July he told The Sunday Times that he was single and "looking for someone," saying the travel demands of professional tennis make relationships difficult.
The emergence of the reports follows several public sightings and social-media-fueled speculation but lacks direct confirmation from the two people at the center of the story. Grace Ann’s remarks at New York Fashion Week are the most explicit public acknowledgment to date that the two have been spending time together.
Representatives for Alcaraz and Nader did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Media attention on athletes’ private lives often increases around major tournaments, and in this case coincides with Alcaraz’s Grand Slam victory and Nader’s continued public profile as a model and television personality.