Tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz had another sport on his mind just hours before his Wimbledon quarterfinal match.
Ahead of his showdown with Cam Norrie at the All England Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday, July 8, Alcaraz, 22, ran into actor Tom Holland near the practice courts.
“Tom, I saw you playing golf as well,” Alcaraz told Holland, 29, in a video shared by Wimbledon on Tuesday. “Good swing, man.”
Holland responded, “We should play!”
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The Spider-Man star told Alcaraz he’d find a way to give him his phone number so they could set up a tee time.
“For sure,” Alcaraz said, as Holland walked away while giving a thumbs up.
Holland is a notoriously big sports fan, including being a regular attendee of the Wimbledon tournament over the years.
The actor and his now-fiancée, Zendaya, attended the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, together last May.
Holland, a London native, even attended Wimbledon College, which is just two miles away from the All England Club, site of the iconic tennis tournament of the same name.
In addition to his love of tennis, Holland is also a huge golf nut.
The actor posted a video via Instagram last month of a trip with a bunch of friends, which included some time on the links.
“Nothing but good times,” Holland wrote.
“I think golf has been really helpful for me in terms of networking within the industry because it’s a very golf-heavy business,” Holland told Golf Digest in January. “I’ve actually got a deal point across in my contract playing golf. I met the producer I was negotiating with on a par 3. I stuck it closer than he did and won the deal point. It was something minor that we were fighting over, like agreeing to a driver or something like that.”
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Holland explained that golf “keeps me out of trouble” and has been a useful tool on his sobriety journey.
“I think getting sober was a big reason why my handicap got better because I would go to bed early and would strive to wake up and shoot low scores,” he said. “What used to happen to me is if I was playing badly, I would drink at the turn and then I would play worse, so I would drink more. Having cut that out has made for some more complete rounds.”
As his professional schedule has become more robust, he’s found less time to get out on the course — but he said it’s all about balance.
“It’s something I took into account for sure,” Holland said. “My game will take a hit, but I need to work, so it is what it is.”
