Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Parera[a][pron 1] (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was
Rafael Nadal
ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and finished
as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal won 92 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including 22 major titles
(among which a record 14 French Open titles), as well as 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal.
Nadal is one of three men to complete the career Golden Slam in singles.[b] His 81 consecutive wins on
clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

For nearly two decades, Nadal was a leading figure in men's tennis, alongside Roger Federer and Novak
Djokovic, collectively known as the Big Three. Early in his career, Nadal became one of the most
successful teenagers in ATP Tour history, reaching No. 2 in the world and winning 16 titles before turning
20, including his first major title at the 2005 French Open. Nadal became the world No. 1 for the first time
in 2008 after defeating Federer in an historic Wimbledon final, his first major championship off clay. He
followed this with an Olympic singles gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. By defeating Djokovic in the
2010 US Open final, Nadal became the youngest man in the Open Era to achieve the career Grand Slam at
24, and the first man to win majors on three different surfaces in the same year.

Nadal won major singles titles in 10 consecutive years from 2005 to 2014, and again in a four year span Nadal in 2024
from 2017 until 2020. He also won 11 doubles titles during his career, including an Olympic gold medal at
Full name Rafael Nadal Parera
the 2016 Rio Olympics. Nadal surpassed his joint-record with Djokovic and Federer for the most Grand
Slam men's singles titles at the 2022 Australian Open, and became one of four men in history to complete Country (sports) Spain
the double career Grand Slam in singles, finishing his career with 22 major singles titles. Nadal retired Residence Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
from the sport after playing for Spain in the 2024 Davis Cup Finals. Born 3 June 1986
Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
As a left-handed player, one of Nadal's main strengths was his forehand, delivered with heavy topspin. He
frequently ranked among the tour leaders in return games, return points, and break points won. His game Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
was especially well-suited for clay courts, on which came 63 of his 92 singles titles. Nadal won the Stefan Turned pro 2001
Edberg Sportsmanship Award five times and was the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2011 and Retired 19 November 2024[2]
2021. Time named Nadal one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Representing Spain, Plays Left-handed (two-handed
he won two Olympic gold medals, and led the nation to five Davis Cup titles. Nadal has also opened a backhand)
tennis academy in Mallorca, and is an active philanthropist.[6]
Prize money US $134,946,100[3]

2nd all-time in earnings

Early life Official website rafaelnadal.com (http://www.ra
faelnadal.com/en/)
Rafael Nadal Parera was born on 3 June 1986 in Manacor on the island of Mallorca, Spain, to Ana María
Parera Femenías and Sebastián Nadal Homar.[7] His father is a businessman who owns an insurance Singles
company, a glass and window company, and a restaurant. His mother owned a perfume shop but gave it up Career record 1080–228 (82.6%)
to raise Nadal and his younger sister, María Isabel.[8] One of his uncles, Miguel Ángel Nadal, is a retired Career titles 92 (5th in the Open Era)
professional footballer who played for RCD Mallorca, FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.[9] As a Highest ranking No. 1 (18 August 2008)
child, he idolized Ronaldo, and through his uncle was given access to the Barcelona team dressing room to
Grand Slam singles results
have a photo taken with the Brazilian.[10] Another uncle, tennis coach Toni Nadal, introduced him to tennis
when he was three years old.[11] Australian Open W (2009, 2022)
French Open W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
Nadal started to play tennis at the Manacor Tennis Club, where Toni worked as a coach, hitting his first few 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
shots with his uncle.[8][11] At this stage Nadal's passion was football, which he often played on the streets 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
of Manacor with his friends.[8][12] He began to play tennis more regularly when he was five. Toni quickly
Wimbledon W (2008, 2010)
realized that his young nephew had both the passion and talent to be a serious player.[11] Nadal often
US Open W (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)
played tennis in a group, but Toni singled him out during sessions, shouting at him instead of the other kids,
and making him pick up the balls and sweep the courts.[8] In his 2011 autobiography, he admitted fearing Other tournaments
Toni and dreading solo practice sessions with him.[13] Nadal admitted he sometimes returned home from Tour Finals F (2010, 2013)
tennis lessons crying.[14] Olympic Games W (2008)

At age 8, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship while also being a promising football Doubles

player.[8][15] This victory inspired Toni to train Nadal more intensively. After studying Nadal's two-handed Career record 142–77 (64.8%)
forehand, Toni encouraged him to play left-handed for a natural advantage on the tennis court.[15][16] The Career titles 11
transition was difficult for Nadal, but Toni helped him make the change, getting him to try it for just 20 Highest ranking No. 26 (8 August 2005)
minutes per day before gradually increasing that time until he fully adjusted himself to it.[8]
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2004, 2005)
Career Wimbledon 2R (2005)
US Open SF (2004)
Other doubles tournaments
1997–2000: Juniors
Olympic Games W (2016)
Team competitions
Nadal won the Spanish junior championships in 1997 and 1998, beating Ricardo Villacorta and Marcel Davis Cup W (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011,
Granollers respectively.[17][18] In 1998 Nadal reached the final of the U14 Spanish championship at the age 2019)[4]
of 12, a feat that remains unmatched, losing to Juan Sanchez de Luna in straight sets.[17][19] In late 1998,
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Nadal won the season-ending U12 Junior Masters at Stuttgart, beating future world No. 5 Kevin Anderson
in the final.[20]

In February 1998, Nadal competed outside Spain for the first time and won the Open Super 12, an
unofficial world championship for U12 players in Auray. He beat 1997 winner Jamie Murray in the
final.[21] At the time, Nadal was torn between football and tennis, partly because his uncle Miguel Ángel
was preparing to compete in the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Spain.[22] Nadal said winning the Auray
tournament helped him make the decision to "opt for tennis and try an international career".[21][22] In 1998,
when Nadal was runner-up in the U14 event Spanish championship, he was still playing football.[8] Nadal's
father insisted he choose between football and tennis to so his schoolwork wouldn't suffer, leading Nadal to
Medal record
quit football.[15]
Representing Spain
In 1999, the 12-year-old Nadal was playing in the U14 circuit of the ETA Junior Tour (now the Tennis Olympic Games
Europe Junior Tour), winning the Tim Essonne,[23] and finishing the year at No. 69.[24] In 2000, Nadal
2008 Beijing Singles
dominated the U14 circuit, winning Les Petits As in Tarbes, beating Julien Gely in the final,[17][24][25] and
[17][26] 2016 Rio de Janeiro Doubles
the European Junior Masters in Prato. On the day he turned 14, Nadal won the Sport Goofy Trophy
in Getxo, beating Granollers in the final.[27][28] In July, Nadal won the U14 Spanish championships,
beating his friend and training partner Tomeu Salvá in the final,[17][29] despite breaking a finger on his left hand during the first round.[29][30] As a member of
the Spanish national team, Nadal won the 2000 ITF World Junior Championship for players under 14, winning his matches in both singles and doubles (paired
with Marcel Granollers) in a 3–0 win over Russia.[31] Nadal ended 2000 at No. 5 of the ETA rankings for U14s.[24]

His junior results secured Nadal a tennis scholarship in Barcelona, and the Spanish tennis federation requested that Nadal move to Barcelona to continue his
tennis training.[8] His family turned down this request, partly because they feared his education would suffer,[15] but also because Toni said, "I don't want to
believe that you have to go to America or other places to be a good athlete. You can do it from your home."[8][11] Nadal already was by then practicing three
times a week at Palma with former World No. 1 Carlos Moyá, who later became Nadal's mentor and confidant,[8][11] and whom Nadal beat in 2000, at the time
still a Top-10 player, in an exhibition match.[32] The decision to stay home meant less financial support from the federation; instead, Nadal's father covered the
costs.[15]

2001–2002: Start of professional career

Nadal turned professional at the beginning of 2001, at the age of 14. He reached the semi-finals of the junior singles
event at Wimbledon[33] and helped Spain defeat the US in the final of the Junior Davis Cup.[33][34]

In early 2001, aged 14, Nadal began playing the qualifying draws of professional tournaments. In May 2001, he defeated
former Grand Slam tournament champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match.[9][35] Nadal made his pro debut in Rafael Nadal singles-ranking history
chart through January 2020
the main draw at the Futures in Madrid on 11 September 2001, wasting 13 match points against Guillermo Platel-Varas
in the opening round.[30][36] He received a wild card into the main draw of the Challenger in Seville, his first Challenger
tournament, and beat world No. 751 Israel Matos Gil 6–4 6–4 to claim his first pro win and earn the first five ATP points
of his career to become world No. 1002.[37][30] At age 15, Nadal ended 2001 as the world No. 811.[37]

In 2002, Nadal, then ranked No. 762, received a wild card to the ATP 250 event on his home island of Mallorca,[38]
where on 29 April, Nadal won his first ATP match by defeating No. 81 Ramón Delgado,[39] and became the ninth player
in the Open Era to do so before the age of 16.[37][40] He did not compete for two months as he studied for school exams
and missed the junior French Open in June.[41] At junior Wimbledon, he reached the semi-finals before losing to Lamine Singles ranking composite history
chart through January 2020 (Roger
Ouahab.[42] Nadal then won six of the nine Futures events he entered from July until December, including 5 on clay and
Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak
1 on hard courts.[37][43] Nadal finished 2002 with a Futures record of 40–9 in singles and 10–9 in doubles.[44][45] In Djokovic)
October, Nadal achieved his first victory over a top-100 player by defeating No. 76 Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals
of a Challenger at Barcelona,[17] before losing to Albert Portas in the semi-finals.[46] Nadal ended 2002 as the world No.
199.

2003: First ATP title and ascending to the top 50

Nadal continued his ascent in early 2003, reaching the finals of Challengers at Hamburg, Cherbourg and Cagliari, and winning at Barletta.[37] He scored a total
of 19 Challenger wins in the first three months of the season to find himself inside the Top 150.[47] He then qualified for his second career ATP event, the Monte
Carlo Masters, where in the second round he beat the 2002 French Open champion Albert Costa, then ranked No. 7 (his first top 10 career win) and he entered
the world's top 100.[37][48] Nadal reached his fifth Challenger final of the year in Aix-en-Provence, which he lost to Mariano Puerta.[49] In May, 16-year-old
Nadal entered his second Masters event at Hamburg, where he upset No. 4 Carlos Moyá before losing to future French Open Champion Gaston Gaudio in round
three.[50] Nadal postponed his French Open debut after injuring his elbow in a fall while training.[51] He then qualified directly to Wimbledon, having never
contested in a major qualifying event before.[52] In his major main draw debut in Wimbledon, Nadal defeated Mario Ančić, and reached the third round to
became the youngest man to do so since Boris Becker in 1984.[32][53]

At Umag, Nadal lost to Moyá in the semi-finals. This was Nadal's only loss at a clay-court semi-final for the next 12 years, as he then began a streak of 52
consecutive wins in semi-final matches on clay that ended at the 2015 Rio Open.[54] Nadal won his first ATP title (doubles or singles) at Umag, partnering Álex
López Morón to beat Todd Perry and Thomas Shimada in the final.[55] Nadal won his second Challenger title of the year in August at Segovia, thus entering the
top 50 and winning the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award.[37]
At the US Open, Nadal lost in round two to Younes El Aynaoui.[56] In September, Nadal entered the final Challenger event of his career, on hard courts in Saint-
Jean-de-Luz, retiring with an injury against Richard Gasquet, who never defeated Nadal again.[49][57] Nadal finished the year ranked as the world No. 49.[37]

2004: Davis Cup title

Nadal won Chennai Open doubles, with Tommy Robredo defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the final; Nadal's second doubles title and first on hard
courts.[58] In singles, Nadal had his 5th consecutive loss after a first round exit to Thierry Ascione; this remains the worst losing streak of his career.[59] At
Auckland he reached the first ATP final of his career, which he lost to Dominik Hrbatý.[60] Nadal reached the third round of the Australian Open, where he lost
in straight sets to former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt.[61] Ranked No. 34, Nadal faced No. 1 Roger Federer for the first time in the third round of the Miami
Open, winning in straight sets before losing to Fernando González in the fourth round.[62][63]

At Estoril, Nadal suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle during his round of 16 victory over Richard Gasquet, causing him to miss 3 months of play, the
French Open, and Wimbledon.[37][9] He won his first ATP singles title at the Prokom Open by defeating No. 105 José Acasuso in the final, but won hardly any
other match on the tour.[64] At the US Open, Nadal lost to defending champion Andy Roddick in the second round.[37] In the doubles he and Robredo upset the
No. 4 seeds in the third round and reached the semi-finals; Nadal's best performance in a grand slam doubles event.[65]

In the 2004 Davis Cup final, 18-year-old Nadal beat world No. 2 Andy Roddick on clay in Spain to help his nation clinch the title over the United States. In
doing so at 18 years and six months of age, he became the youngest player to register a singles victory in a Davis Cup final for a winning nation.[16][32][66]
Nadal finished the year ranked No. 51, mainly because he missed most of the clay court season.[37]

2005: First major title

2005 started with a doubles title alongside Albert Costa at the Qatar Open, defeating Andrei Pavel and Mikhail Youzhny in the final.[67] At the 2005 Australian
Open, Nadal lost in the fourth round to eventual runner-up Lleyton Hewitt. Two months later, he reached the final of the 2005 Miami Masters, but was defeated
by No. 1 Roger Federer.[68][69]

He dominated the spring clay-court season. He won 24 consecutive singles matches, breaking Andre Agassi's Open Era record of consecutive match wins for a
male teenager.[70] Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona defeating the former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final; which meant he was
ranked in the top 10 for the first time in his career.[71] He then beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters
and the 2005 Italian Open. These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5[72] and made him one of the favorites at his career-first French Open. On his 19th
birthday, Nadal defeated Federer in the French Open semi-finals, being one of only four players to defeat him that year. Then he defeated Mariano Puerta in the
final, becoming the second man to win the French Open on his first attempt.[35] He also became the first male teenager to win a major singles title since Pete
Sampras won the 1990 US Open at age 19.[9] His ranking rose to No. 3.[72]

Three days later, Nadal's 24-match winning streak was snapped in the first round on grass at Halle, Germany, where he lost to No. 147 Alexander Waske.[73] He
then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to No. 69 Gilles Müller.[74] Following his Wimbledon loss, Nadal won 16 consecutive matches and three
consecutive tournaments, the Swedish Open, Stuttgart Open, and the Canada Masters, defeating Agassi in the final of the latter to win the first hardcourt title of
his career and to bring his ranking to No. 2 on 25 July 2005, where he remained for the next three years behind Roger Federer.[37] His winning streak ended in
the first round of the Cincinnati Open at the hands of Tomáš Berdych.[75] Nadal was seeded second at the 2005 US Open, but was upset in the third round by
No. 49 James Blake.[76]

In September, he defeated Coria in the final of the China Open in Beijing and won both of his Davis Cup matches against Italy.[77] In October, he won his fourth
Masters title of the year, against Ivan Ljubičić at the 2005 Madrid Masters, his biggest indoor title to this day.[30][78] A foot injury prevented him from
competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup.[79]

Nadal (with 11 titles) broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage season record of nine in 1983.[16][80] Nadal was awarded ATP Most Improved Player of the Year
award.[37]

2006: Second French Open title

Nadal missed the Australian Open because of a foot injury.[81] In February, he lost in the semi-finals of Marseille. Two weeks later, he handed Roger Federer his
first loss of the year in the final of the Dubai Open, ending Federer's 56-match hard court winning streak.[82] Nadal was then upset in the semi-finals of Indian
Wells by James Blake, and in the second round of Miami by Carlos Moyá.

Nadal beat Federer in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters[83] and Tommy Robredo in the Barcelona final.[84] He won the Italian Open beating Federer in a
fifth-set tiebreak in the final, after saving two match points, and equaled Björn Borg's tally of 16 ATP titles won as a teenager.[32] At five hours and five minutes,
this was the longest match Federer and Nadal ever contested and it is considered to be where their rivalry began in earnest. The New York Times compared it to
the Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier rivalry in boxing.[85] Nadal then broke Argentinian Guillermo Vilas's 29-year male record of 53 consecutive clay-court match
victories by beating Robin Söderling in the first round of the French Open.[86][87] Nadal beat Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, the first-ever meeting of their
historic rivalry.[88] He won the final over Federer to become the first player to beat Federer in a major final.[89]

At Wimbledon, Nadal beat No. 20 Andre Agassi in Agassi's last ever match at Wimbledon.[90] Nadal won his next three matches to reach his first Wimbledon
final (the first Spanish man since Manuel Santana in 1966 to reach the Wimbledon final). Federer won the final and his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title.[91]

Nadal was upset in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto and in the quarterfinals of Cincinnati by Juan Carlos Ferrero. At the US Open he lost in the
quarterfinals to No. 54 Mikhail Youzhny.[92]

Nadal played only three tournaments for the remainder of the year. Joachim Johansson, ranked No. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm
Open[93] and he lost to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters. During the round-robin stage of the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, Nadal
lost to James Blake but defeated Nikolay Davydenko and Robredo. Nadal qualified for the semi-finals, where he lost to Federer. This was Nadal's third loss in
nine career matches with Federer.[94]
Nadal went on to become the first player since Andre Agassi in 1994–95 to finish the year ranked No. 2 in consecutive years.

2007: Third French Open title

At the Australian Open, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Fernando González.[95] After another quarterfinal
loss at Dubai, he won Indian Wells after beating Novak Djokovic in the final, before losing to Djokovic in the quarterfinals of
Miami.[96]

He won the titles at the Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome, before losing to Roger Federer in the final of Hamburg.[97] This
defeat ended his 81-match winning streak on clay, which is the male Open Era record for consecutive wins on a single surface.
He bounced back quickly in the French Open, not dropping a set en route to the final where he faced Federer once again, this
time winning in four sets to join Björn Borg as the only men to win three French Open titles in a row.[98] Between Barcelona and
Rome, Nadal beat Federer in the "Battle of Surfaces" exhibition match in Mallorca, with the court being half grass and half
clay.[99][100]

Nadal was upset in the quarterfinals at Queen's. Nadal then won consecutive five-set matches during the third and fourth rounds
of Wimbledon before being beaten by Federer in a five-set final. This was Federer's first five-set match at Wimbledon since
2001.[101] In July, Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka in the final of the clay-court Stuttgart Open.[102] Nadal was a semi-finalist in Nadal with the Coupe des
Montreal before losing his first match at the Cincinnati Open.[103] At 2007 US Open, he was defeated in the fourth round by Mousquetaires after
David Ferrer, and spent the tournament dealing with a knee injury.[104][105] winning the French Open in
2006.
At Madrid and Paris, David Nalbandian beat Nadal in straight sets in the quarterfinals and final.[106] Nadal won two of his three-
round robin matches to advance to the semi-finals of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, where Federer defeated him in straight
sets.[107]

2008: Two majors, Olympic singles gold, and world No. 1

Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time, losing in straight sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[108] He lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the
Miami final.[109]

At Monte Carlo, Nadal beat Federer in the final for the third year in a row to become the first player to win four consecutive titles there since Anthony Wilding
in 1914.[110] He also won the doubles event with Tommy Robredo, becoming the first player since Jim Courier in 1991 to win the singles and doubles titles at a
Masters Series event.[110] Nadal won his fourth consecutive title at Barcelona. Nadal won his first Masters Hamburg title, defeating Federer, to become the third
player to have won all three clay-court Masters Series titles, in Rome, Monte Carlo and Hamburg.[111] He then won the French Open, becoming the fifth man in
the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set.[112] He beat Federer in the final for the third straight year, losing only four games, and gave
Federer his first bagel since 1999.[113] This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying Borg's all-time record. Nadal became the fourth male player
during Open Era to win the same Grand Slam singles tournament for four consecutive years.[114]

Nadal faced Federer in the final of Wimbledon for the third consecutive year, in the most anticipated match of their rivalry.[115][116] Nadal entered the final on a
23-match winning streak, including his first career grass-court title at Queen's. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, Federer was not the prohibitive
favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win.[116][117] At 4 hours and 48 minutes, they played the longest final (in terms of time on court, surpassed in 2019)
in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. The match was widely lauded as the greatest Wimbledon final
ever, with many tennis critics calling it the greatest match in tennis history.[118][119][120][121]

By winning Wimbledon, Nadal became the third man in the Open Era to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, as well as the second
Spaniard to win Wimbledon.[122] He also ended Federer's streak of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts.[122]

Nadal extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches by winning his second Canada Masters title in Toronto, and reaching the semi-finals at
Cincinnati, where he lost to Djokovic.[123] At the Beijing Olympics, he beat Fernando González in the final to win gold.[124][125] With the win, Nadal clinched
the world No. 1 ranking on 18 August, ending Federer's record four-and-a-half-year reign.[126]

At the US Open, Nadal was the top seed for the first time at a major. He lost in the semi-finals to Andy Murray.[127] Nadal helped Spain defeat the United States
in the Davis Cup semi-finals. At the Madrid Masters, Nadal lost in the semi-finals to Gilles Simon. He ended the year-end No. 1, making him the first Spaniard
to finish the year No. 1 in the Open Era.[128] At the Paris Masters, Nadal withdrew from his quarterfinal because of a knee injury and ended his season.[129]

2009: Australian Open and Davis Cup titles

At Qatar Open, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils. He won the doubles with Marc López, beating No. 1-ranked Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić
in the final.[130] At the Australian Open, Nadal won his first five matches without dropping a set, before beating Fernando Verdasco in the semis in the fifth-
longest match in Australian Open history (5 hours 14 minutes).[131][132] Nadal beat Federer in a five-set final (their first meeting in a hard-court major) to win
his first hard-court major singles title,[133] and was the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open.[134]

At Rotterdam, Nadal sustained a knee injury during the final, which he lost to Andy Murray.[135] In March, Nadal beat Janko Tipsarević and Novak Djokovic to
help Spain beat Serbia in Davis Cup round one.[136][137] At Indian Wells, Nadal won his 13th Masters tournament, beating Andy Murray in the final.[138] At the
Miami Masters, Nadal lost to del Potro in the quarterfinals.[139]

At Monte Carlo, Nadal beat Djokovic in the final to win a record fifth consecutive singles title.[140] He won Barcelona and Italian Open, defeating Ferrer and
Djokovic respectively.[141][142] In the semi-finals of the Madrid Open, Nadal saved three match points to defeat Djokovic in a deciding set tiebreaker to take his
career record over Djokovic to 14–4 and his clay record since 2005 to 150–4.[143] At 4 hours 3 minutes, it was at the time the longest three-set singles match on
the ATP Tour, and was voted the best match ever at the Madrid Open in 2022.[144] Exhausted, Nadal lost the final to Roger Federer. This was Nadal's first defeat
on clay in 33 matches and his first loss to Federer since the semi-finals of the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup.[145]
 By beating Marcos Daniel in the first round of the French Open, Nadal broke Björn Borg's 28-year male record of 28
consecutive victories at the French Open,[146] and he then broke Chris Evert's overall record of 29 by beating Teymuraz
Gabashvili in round two.[147] This run came to an end on 31 May 2009, when Nadal was upset by the eventual runner-
up, Robin Söderling in the 4th round.[148] This was Nadal's first loss at the French Open. Former champion Mats
Wilander stated after the match that "Everybody's in a state of shock, I would think. At some point, Nadal was going to
lose. But nobody expected it to happen today, and maybe not this year."[149] Nadal withdrew from Queen's and
Wimbledon due to suffering from tendinitis in both knees.[150][151] Nadal dropped back to No. 2 behind Federer on 6
July 2009.[152]

Nadal at the 2009 Australian Open At the Montreal, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to del Potro,[153] meaning he dropped outside the top two for the first
time since July 2005.[154] He lost in the semi-finals of Cincinnati to Djokovic in straight sets.[155] At the US Open Nadal
lost in the semi-finals to eventual champion Juan Martín del Potro.[156] At the ATP Finals, Nadal lost all three of his
matches to Robin Söderling, Nikolay Davydenko, and Djokovic without winning a set.[157] In December, Nadal beat Tomáš Berdych in the Davis Cup
final.[158] Spain secured its fourth Davis Cup victory.[159]

Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years.

2010: Majors on all three surfaces, year-end No. 1, and Career Golden Slam
In his first ATP tournament of the year, Nadal reached the final of the Qatar Open, losing to Nikolay Davydenko.[160] At the Australian Open, Nadal reached the
quarterfinals, where he retired at 3–0 down in the third set against Andy Murray.[161]

Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Open and Miami Masters, losing to the eventual champions.[162][163] Nadal won Monte Carlo, beating
Fernando Verdasco in the final. It was his first title in 11 months, having lost only 14 games en route to become the first player in the Open Era to win the same
tournament for six straight years.[164] At Italian Open, he defeated David Ferrer in the final for his fifth title.[165] At Madrid, Nadal beat Federer in straight sets
to become the first man to complete a clean sweep of the three clay-court Masters 1000 titles[166] and was his 18th Masters title, breaking Andre Agassi's all-
time record.[167] He moved back to No. 2 in the rankings.[168]

At the French Open, Nadal beat Söderling in the final in straight sets to win his fifth French Open championship. This marked the second time that Nadal won
the title without dropping a set.[169] Nadal regained the world No. 1 ranking from Federer.[170]

At Queen's, his 24-match winning streak was snapped by Feliciano López in the quarterfinals.[171] At Wimbledon, Nadal needed five sets to defeat Philipp
Petzschner in the third round, receiving warnings and a $2,000 fine for coaching during the match.[172][173] He beat Tomáš Berdych in the final to win his
second Wimbledon title and his eighth major title.[174][175]

In Canada, Nadal lost in the semi-finals to Murray.[176] He also played doubles with Djokovic in a one-time partnership,[177] losing in the first round. At
Cincinnati, he lost in the quarterfinals to Marcos Baghdatis.[178] At the US Open, Nadal reached his first final without dropping a set and then beat Novak
Djokovic to complete his first Career Grand Slam while also becoming the second male after Andre Agassi to complete a Career Golden Slam.[179] He also
became the first man to win majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in the same year, and the first to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in the
same year since Rod Laver in 1969.[180] Nadal's victory also clinched him the year-end No. 1 ranking for 2010.[181]

In Bangkok he was upset by Guillermo García-López in the semi-finals despite creating 26 break points.[182] Nadal won the Japan Open after saving two match
points against Viktor Troicki in the semi-finals and then beating Gaël Monfils in the final for his seventh title of the season.[183] At Shanghai, he lost to Jürgen
Melzer in the third round. Nadal won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the first time.[184] At the ATP Finals in London, Nadal won all of his round-
robin matches for the first time in his career. In the semi-finals, he defeated Murray in three sets, before losing to Roger Federer in the final.[185]

Nadal called 2010 his best year. Djokovic said that Nadal had "the capabilities already to become the best player ever", and that "he has the game now for each
surface, and he has won each major. He has proven to the world that he is the best in this moment".[186]

2011: Sixth French Open title and Davis Cup crown

At Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event in Abu Dhabi, Nafal beat Roger Federer in the final.[187] At the Qatar Open, Nadal lost in straight
sets to Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals but went on to win the doubles title alongside Marc López.[188][189] At the Australian Open, Nadal suffered a
hamstring injury against David Ferrer early in his quarterfinal match and lost in straight sets, thus ending his attempt to win four major tournaments in a
row.[190]

In March, Nadal helped Spain defeat Belgium in a 2011 Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in the Spiroudome in
Charleroi, Belgium. He beat Ruben Bemelmans and Olivier Rochus.[191][192] Nadal reached the finals at Indian Wells
and Miami, losing to Novak Djokovic in three sets.[193][194]

Nadal won Monte Carlo with the loss of one set. In the final he beat Ferrer.[195] Nadal won his sixth Barcelona crown,
again defeating Ferrer in straight sets. This was the 31st clay court title of his career, thus breaking a tie that he jointly
held with Björn Borg and Manuel Orantes for the third most clay titles in the Open Era.[196] He then lost to Novak
Djokovic in the finals of the Italian Open and Madrid Open, which ended his 37-match winning streak on clay.[197]
Nadal at the 2011 Australian Open.
However, Nadal retained his No. 1 ranking during the clay-court season and won his sixth French Open title by defeating
Roger Federer.[198]

At Wimbledon, Nadal faced Novak Djokovic in the final. Djokovic's victory in the semi-finals meant that he was going to replace Nadal as the world No. 1 at
the end of the tournament, regardless of the result at the final, which Nadal lost in four sets. This was Nadal's first defeat at Wimbledon since the 2007 final and
ended his 20-match winning streak there.[199] After resting for a month from a foot injury sustained during Wimbledon, he entered the Canadian Open and lost a
deciding set tiebreaker to No. 41 Ivan Dodig in the quarterfinals.[200] At Cincinnati, he defeated Fernando Verdasco in a third round clash that lasted three hours
and 38 minutes with three tiebreaks. This was the fifth time that Nadal played in a three tiebreak match, winning all five.[201] In the quarterfinals, Nadal was
hampered by burns to his right hand after an accident at a Japanese restaurant and lost to Mardy Fish in straight sets.[202]

After defeating David Nalbandian in the fourth round of the US Open, Nadal collapsed in his post-match press conference due to severe cramps.[203] Nadal then
played Djokovic in their second successive major final, losing the match in four sets.[204] Nadal reached the final of the Japan Open, where he was defeated by
Andy Murray.[205] At Shanghai, he was upset in the third round by No. 23 ranked Florian Mayer. At the ATP Finals, Nadal was defeated by Roger Federer and
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the round-robin stage, and was eliminated from the tournament.[206] In the Davis Cup final in December, he helped Spain win the title
with victories over Juan Mónaco and Juan Martín del Potro.[207]

2012: Seventh French Open title

At Qatar Open, Nadal lost to Gaël Monfils in the semi-finals.[208] At the Australian Open, Nadal won his semi-final match against Roger Federer to set up a
third successive major final against Novak Djokovic, which he lost in a five-set epic that lasted 5 hours and 53 minutes, the longest Grand Slam final match (by
duration) in history.[209] It is considered to be one of the greatest tennis matches of all time.[210][211][212][213] It was the longest match of both Nadal and
Djokovic's careers, and was the only time that Nadal lost a major final after winning the first set.[214] Nadal called it "one of the toughest moments in my
career".[215]

Nadal then reached the semi-finals of both the Indian Wells, where he was beaten by Federer, and Miami, where he withdrew because of knee problems.[216] At
Monte Carlo, Nadal did not lose a set en route to the title to become the first man in the Open Era to win the same tournament eight consecutive times. In the
final, he defeated No. 1 Novak Djokovic to end a streak of seven straight final losses to him.[217] This was the most lopsided of all their matches, as Nadal only
lost four games.[218] Nadal then beat David Ferrer in a three-set final to clinch his seventh title in eight years at Barcelona.[219] At Madrid, Nadal lost to
Fernando Verdasco, whom he held a 13–0 record against. He criticized the new blue clay and threatened to skip future events if the surface wasn't changed back
to red clay, a sentiment echoed by several players, including Novak Djokovic.[220] He beat Djokovic in a tight straight-set final at the Italian Open.[221]

At the French Open, Nadal won his semi-final match against Ferrer to set up another final against Novak Djokovic. This marked only the second time in tennis
history (after Serena and Venus Williams between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open), two players played four consecutive major singles
finals against each other. After rain delays pushed the conclusion of the final into a second day, Nadal emerged victorious in four sets. Nadal became the most
successful male player at the French Open (overtaking Borg) with seven titles.[222][223][224] Nadal lost a total of only three sets in the 2012 clay court season.

As a warm-up ahead of Wimbledon, Nadal played in Halle, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the quarterfinals.[225] At Wimbledon, Nadal was upset in the
second round by Lukáš Rosol in five sets. This was the first time since the 2005 Wimbledon championships that Nadal failed to pass the second round of a
Grand Slam.[226]

Nadal then ended his season early due to tendinitis in his knee.[227][228] Nadal ended 2012 ranked No. 4, the first time in eight years that he was not ranked 1st
or 2nd at the end of the year.

2013: Two majors and return to No. 1

Nadal withdrew from Australian Open with a stomach virus[229] and dropped out of the ATP Top 4 for the first time since 2005.[230] He returned at the VTR
Open in Chile,[231] where he was upset by Argentine No. 73 Horacio Zeballos in the final. At the Brasil Open, Nadal beat David Nalbandian in the final.[232] In
the final in Acapulco, Nadal defeated David Ferrer, losing just two games.[233]

At the Indian Wells, he lost only one set en route to the title, defeating Roger Federer, Tomáš Berdych and Juan Martín
del Potro in the final.[234] Nadal was beaten by Djokovic in straight sets in Monte Carlo to end his eight-year reign at the
tournament.[235] He then won his eighth title at Barcelona beating Nicolás Almagro in the final.[236] Nadal went on to
win Madrid, beating Stan Wawrinka in the final.[237] This was the 40th clay court title of his career, equal second in the
Open Era with Thomas Muster. Nadal then overtook him when he beat Federer for his 7th title at the Italian Open.[238]
These victories raised his ranking to No. 4.

Nadal won the French Open beating Novak Djokovic in the semi-final and David Ferrer in the final, breaking the record
for the most match wins in the tournament with his 59th victory, surpassing the previous record held by Guillermo Vilas
and Roger Federer.[239] Nadal also became the first man in history to win any major eight times, and tied Roy Emerson
for the third-most major titles in history.[240] His semi-final match against Djokovic has been called one of the greatest
clay court matches ever, with Nadal rallying from a break down in the fifth set to win after 4 hours and 37 minutes.[241]
This was only the second time Nadal had been pushed to five sets at the French Open (the first was against John Isner in
the first round in 2011).[242] This victory meant that since returning from seven months out due to injury, Nadal had
reached eight consecutive finals, won 7 titles, and compiled a 43–2 record in 2013. However, Nadal then lost his first-
round match at Wimbledon in straight sets to Steve Darcis, his first loss in the first round of a major. At the time, he was
the lowest-ranked player ever to beat Nadal in a Grand Slam tournament.[243]
Nadal serving at the Indian Wells
Open in 2013. In August, Nadal won a close semi-final match in Montreal against Djokovic[244] and won the final over Milos Raonic in
straight sets.[245] He won his 26th Masters title in Cincinnati beating John Isner in the final.[246] He won his 4th hard
court title of the year, defeating Djokovic in the US Open final in four sets to achieve the Summer Slam and clinch the
US Open Series. He became only the third player in history, after Patrick Rafter and Andy Roddick, to win all three events in succession.[247] This granted him
$3.6 million in prize money, the most money earned by a male tennis player at a single tournament.[248]
Nadal helped Spain secure a Davis Cup World Group place for 2014, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky and winning a doubles win with Marc Lopez. In October, he
reached the final of the China Open and regained the No. 1 ranking.[249] In the final, he was beaten by Djokovic in straight sets.[250] He lost in the Shanghai
semis to Del Potro. In November, at the ATP Finals in London, he secured the year-end No. 1. He beat David Ferrer, Stan Wawrinka, and Tomáš Berdych in the
round-robin and Roger Federer in the semis before losing in straight sets to Djokovic in the final.[251]

2014: Ninth French Open title and sustained injuries

At the Qatar Open, Nadal won the title beating Gaël Monfils in the final.[252] At the Australian Open, he defeated Roger Federer to reach his third Australian
Open final. In the final, he faced Stanislas Wawrinka, against whom he entered the match with a 12–0 record. However, Nadal suffered a back injury during the
warm-up, which progressively worsened as the match wore on.[253] Nadal lost the first two sets, and although he won the third set, he lost the match in four sets.
At the inaugural Rio Open he beat Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final. However, at the Indian Wells Open, Dolgopolov would avenge his loss, defeating Nadal in
three sets in the third round. He reached the final of the Miami Masters, losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

Nadal began his clay court season with a quarterfinal loss to David Ferrer at Monte Carlo. He was stunned by Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals of the
Barcelona Open. Nadal then won his 27th masters title at Madrid after Kei Nishikori retired in the third set of the final.[254] Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in
the Men's Singles French Open final to win his 9th French Open title and a 5th straight win. Nadal equaled Pete Sampras' total of 14 Grand Slam wins.[255]
Nadal then lost in the second round of Halle to Dustin Brown.[256]

At the Wimbledon Championships he was upset by Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios in four sets in the fourth round.[257] Nadal withdrew from the American
swing owing to a wrist injury.[258] He made his return at the 2014 China Open but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Martin Klizan in three sets.[259] At
Shanghai, he was suffering from appendicitis and lost his first match to Feliciano Lopez in straight sets.[260] He was upset by Borna Ćorić at the quarterfinals of
the 2014 Swiss Indoors. He skipped the rest of the season to undergo surgery for his appendix.[261]

2015: Continued struggles and rankings drop

At Qatar Open, Nadal lost in three set to Michael Berrer in round one.[262] He won the doubles title with Juan Mónaco. At the Australian Open, Nadal lost in
straight sets to Tomáš Berdych in the quarterfinal, ending a 17-match winning streak against the seventh-seeded Czech.[263]

In February, Nadal lost in the semi-finals to Fabio Fognini at the Rio Open,[264] before winning his 46th career clay-court title against Juan Mónaco at the
Argentina Open.[265] At Indian Wells and Miami he suffered early defeats to Milos Raonic and Fernando Verdasco, in the quarterfinals and third round
respectively.[266][267] At Monte Carlo he lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the semi finals,[268] at Barcelona he lost to Fognini in the quarterfinals[269]
and at Madrid he lost the final to Andy Murray in straight sets, resulting in his dropping out of the top five for the first time since 2005.[270][271] He lost in the
quarterfinals of Rome to Stan Wawrinka in straight sets.[272]

Nadal lost to Djokovic in the quarterfinals of the French Open, ending his winning streak of 39 consecutive victories in Paris since his 2009 defeat by Robin
Söderling.[273] Nadal went on to win the 2015 Mercedes Cup against Serbian Viktor Troicki, his first grass court title since he won at Wimbledon in 2010.[274]
He lost in the first round of the Aegon Championships to Alexandr Dolgopolov in three sets.[275] He lost in the second round of Wimbledon to Dustin
Brown.[276]

In the third round of the 2015 US Open, Nadal again lost to Fognini, despite an early two set lead.[277] This early exit ended Nadal's record 10-year streak of
winning at least one Grand Slam.

2016: Olympic doubles gold medal

Nadal lost to Djokovic in straight sets in the final in Doha. This was their 47th match, after which Djokovic led their head-to-head with 24 matches won. At the
Australian Open, Nadal lost in five sets to Fernando Verdasco in round one (his first opening round exit at the Australian Open).[278]

In April he won his 28th Masters title in Monte Carlo.[279] He won his 17th ATP 500 in Barcelona, winning the trophy for the
ninth time in his career.[280] At Madrid, he lost to Murray in the semi-final.[281] At Italian Open he lost in the quarterfinals to
Djokovic in straight sets.[282]

At the French Open, he became the eighth male player in tennis history to record 200 Grand Slam match wins when he won his
second round match.[283] Following the victory, Nadal had to withdraw from competition owing to a left wrist injury initially
suffered during the Madrid Open,[284] handing Marcel Granollers a walkover into the fourth round.[285] The same wrist injury Nadal at the 2016 Rio
forced him to withdraw from the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.[286] At the Rio 2016 Olympics, Nadal achieved 800 career Olympics.
wins with his quarterfinal victory over the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci. Partnering Marc López, he won the gold medal in men's
doubles event for Spain by defeating Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in the final.[287] This made Nadal the second
man in the Open Era to have won gold medals in both singles and doubles. Nadal lost the bronze medal match in men's singles to Kei Nishikori.

At the US Open Nadal advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets. The defeat meant that 2016 was the first year since
2004 in which Nadal had failed to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.[288] After losing in the second round of the Shanghai Masters, he ended his 2016 season.

2017: La Décima, third US Open title, and year-end No. 1

At Brisbane International Nadal lost to Milos Raonic in three sets in the quarterfinals.[289] Nadal began the Australian Open with straight-set wins over Florian
Mayer and Marcos Baghdatis, before more difficult wins over Alexander Zverev and Gaël Monfils, to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal since the 2015
French Open. Nadal beat Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov (the latter lasting for five sets over five hours), to set up a final against Roger Federer, his first Grand
Slam final since he won the 2014 French Open. Nadal lost to Federer in five sets; the first time that Nadal had lost to Federer in a Grand Slam since the final of
the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.
At Acapulco lost to Sam Querrey in the final. Nadal lost to Federer in straight sets in the fourth round at Indian Wells and the Miami final.[290] Nadal then won
his 29th Masters title in Monte Carlo; his tenth title, the most wins by any player at a single tournament in the Open Era.[291] Nadal won Barcelona without
dropping a set (his 10th title).[292] At Madrid, he beat Dominic Thiem to tie Novak Djokovic's all-time Masters record of 30 titles.[293]

Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets to win a record tenth French Open title. This marked his first Grand Slam title since 2014.[294] Nadal won every set
that he played in the tournament, dropping a total of only 35 games in seven matches, which is the second-fewest by any male player en route to a major title in
the Open Era. The title "La Décima" ("the tenth" in Spanish) was used to proclaim Nadal's achievement in becoming the first player to win 10 titles at a single
major in the Open Era. Nadal also climbed to second on the all-time major singles titles list, with 15, placing him one ahead of Pete Sampras.[295]

Nadal lost in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, 13–15 in the fifth set, to Gilles Müller.[296]

In August he retook the ATP No. 1 ranking from Andy Murray. Nadal earned his third US Open title against Kevin Anderson, winning the final in straight sets.
This marked the first time that Nadal had captured two Grand Slam tournaments in a year since 2013. Nadal extended his winning streak by winning the China
Open, beating Nick Kyrgios in straight sets in the final.[297] On 11 September 2017, Nadal and Garbiñe Muguruza made Spain the first country since the United
States 14 years earlier to simultaneously top both the ATP and the WTA rankings.[298]

After defeating Hyeon Chung in the second round of the Paris Masters Nadal secured the year-end No. 1. He became year-end No. 1 for the fourth time in his
career, tying him for fourth all-time with Novak Djokovic, Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe, behind Pete Sampras (6), and Roger Federer and Jimmy Connors (5).
He became the first player aged over 30 to finish as year-end No. 1 and the first to finish in the top spot four years since he last achieved the feat; he also broke
a number of other historical records, all of which he broke again in 2019.[299]

2018: 11th French Open and Monte Carlo titles

At the Australian Open, Nadal retired in the fifth set of his quarterfinal against Marin Čilić due to a hip injury.[300]

On 16 February, Nadal dropped to the No. 2 ranking after 26 weeks at the top when Roger Federer overtook him. Nadal was then
sidelined with an injury. He regained the No. 1 ranking on 2 April due to Federer's second-round Miami loss. After recovering
from injury, Nadal helped secure the Spain Davis Cup team a victory over Germany in the quarterfinal. He beat Philipp
Kohlschreiber and Alexander Zverev.[301]

Nadal won his 11th Monte Carlo title without losing a set (beating Kei Nishikori in the final, a then-record-breaking 31st
Masters title).[302] He won his 11th title in Barcelona, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets, becoming the first player in the
Open Era to win 400 matches on clay and hard.[303][304] It was his 20th ATP 500 series title (tied at the top with Federer).

At Madrid, he beat Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, to extend his record to 50 consecutive sets won on clay and broke John
McEnroe's record of 49 straight sets won on a single surface.[305] Nadal lost in straight sets to Dominic Thiem in the quarters,
ending his 21-match and record 50-set winning streaks on clay. Federer overtook him as world No. 1.
Nadal serving at the 2018
US Open.
At Rome, Nadal won his 8th title beating Alexander Zverev in three sets, to reach fourth place (overtaking McEnroe) on the
men's singles titles in the Open Era leaderboard with 78.[306] It was Nadal's record 32nd Masters title and he also regained the
No. 1 spot from Federer.

At the French Open, Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title. This tied Margaret Court's record for singles titles at a Grand Slam event (Court won 11 Australian
Opens). Nadal dropped only one set at the event, beating Dominic Thiem in the final in three sets.[307] Nadal became the fourth man in the Open Era to win
three or more major titles after turning 30.

At Wimbledon, Nadal beat Juan Martín del Potro in five sets in the quarters. In the semi-finals he faced rival Novak Djokovic. The match lasted 5 hours 17
minutes, spread over two days, the second-longest Wimbledon semi-final ever. Djokovic won in the fifth set 10–8.[308] It was Nadal's first loss in the semis of a
major since US Open 2009 and his first Wimbledon semi final since 2011, ensuring Nadal retained his No. 1 ranking.

He won the Rogers Cup, a record-extending 33rd Masters title[309] and his first Masters title on hard court since 2013. At US Open he first beat David Ferrer in
Ferrer's last Grand Slam match, who retired due to injury. In his semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro, Nadal retired after losing the second set 6–2 due to
knee pain. He withdrew from the Paris Masters due to an abdominal injury. As a result Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1.[310]

2019: Fourth French-US title double, Davis Cup, and year-end No. 1
At Australian Open, Nadal progressed to his fifth Australian Open final without losing a set, then won only eight games against Novak Djokovic, which was
Nadal's first straight-sets defeat in a major final.[311] After losing in the second round of the Mexico Open to Nick Kyrgios, he was sidelined with a right hip
injury.[312][313]

At Monte Carlo, he lost in the semi-finals to Fabio Fognini in straight sets.[314] At Barcelona, he lost to Dominic Thiem in straight sets in the semis. At Madrid,
he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets in the semi-finals.[315] He won his first tournament of the year in Rome, with a three-set win over Djokovic in the
final.[316]

At the French Open, Nadal beat Kei Nishikori and Roger Federer (their first meeting at the tournament since 2011) en route to the final, dropping only one set
en route. Nadal won in four sets against Thiem to claim his record-extending twelfth French Open title.[317] He broke Margaret Court's all-time record of singles
titles won at the same major.[318]

At Wimbledon he reached the semi-finals, where he faced Federer for the first time at Wimbledon since the 2008 final and lost in four sets.[319] At the Rogers
Cup, by defeating Fabio Fognini in the quarterfinals, he surpassed Roger Federer's record of 378 victories at Masters tournaments.[320] In the final, Nadal lost
three games to Daniil Medvedev. This victory marked the first time he defended a title on a surface other than clay.[321] At the US Open, Nadal lost one set
(against Marin Čilić) en route to the final, where he beat Medvedev in five sets to win his fourth US Open title and 19th major title overall, and completed his
second-best Grand Slam year.[322] At the Paris Masters, Nadal reached the semi-finals, but withdrew due to an abdominal injury.[323]
 At the ATP Finals, Nadal beat Tsitsipas and Medvedev in the round-robin stage, but failed to progress to the semi-
finals.[324] Nadal secured the year-end No. 1 ranking when Djokovic was also eliminated in the round-robin stage. This
was Nadal's fifth time as the year-end No. 1 player, drawing level with Jimmy Connors, Federer and Djokovic behind
Pete Sampras (six). He became (at the time) the oldest person to finish as the year-end No. 1 player, and created a record
eleven-year gap between his first and last year-end No. 1 seasons (2008 and 2019, respectively).[325]

At the 2019 Davis Cup Finals, Nadal helped Spain win its sixth Davis Cup title, beating Canada. Nadal extended his
winning streak in Davis Cup singles matches to 29 (29–1 record overall), without dropping a set or having his serve
Nadal at the 2019 ATP Finals in broken;[326][327][328] he also won the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.[328]
London.

2020: 13th French Open title

At the inaugural ATP Cup Nadal helped Spain reach the final where they lost to Serbia, with Nadal losing to Djokovic in straight sets.[329] At the Australian
Open Nadal won his first three matches in straight sets against Hugo Dellien, Federico Delbonis and Pablo Carreño Busta. In the fourth round, he defeated Nick
Kyrgios in four sets and lost in the quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Dominic Thiem in four sets.[330] Nadal won his third Mexican Open title, defeating
Taylor Fritz in straights sets in the final.[331]

Nadal won his 13th French Open, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the final, only losing seven games. In doing so, he won his 20th Grand Slam title,
equalling Roger Federer's men's singles record.[332][333] It also marked his 100th win at the tournament, losing only twice in 16 years, and was the 4th time that
he won a Grand Slam without losing a set, doing it also at the French Open in 2008, 2010 and 2017.[334]

At the Paris Masters, Nadal defeated Feliciano López in the second round to get his 1,000 victory on the ATP Tour, becoming the fourth man in the Open Era to
achieve that milestone.[335] He lost in the semi-finals to Alexander Zverev in straight sets.[336]

On 9 November 2020, Nadal reached his 790th back to back week as one of the ten highest placed players on the ATP rankings and surpassed the record held by
Jimmy Connors.[337]

At the ATP Finals, Nadal defeated Rublev and defending champion Tsitsipas progressing to the semi-finals and securing ending the year as No. 2.[338] Nadal
lost his semi-final to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in three sets.[339] This was the seventh time that Nadal had finished Year-end No. 2 and now led the
"Big Three" with 12 Top 2 finishes.[340]

2021: 12th Barcelona Open and 10th Italian Open titles, and injury-shortened season
At the Australian Open, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite being two sets to love up.[341] Nadal next played at Monte
Carlo and reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Andrey Rublev in three sets.[342] On 25 April, Nadal won a record-extending twelfth Barcelona Open
trophy with a three-set victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, saving a championship point in the third set.[343] At 3 hours and 38 minutes, this was the
longest best-of-three-set ATP Tour final since ATP began publishing statistics in 1991.[344] In May he reached the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open. He won a
record-extending tenth Italian Open title,[345] saving two match points against Denis Shapovalov before beating Novak Djokovic in the final.

At the French Open, he beat Jannik Sinner and Diego Schwartzman before losing in the semis to eventual champion Djokovic in four sets, in only his third-ever
loss at the French Open and his first loss in the semi-finals. After several weeks out with a left foot injury that had flared up at the French Open, Nadal returned
to action at the 2021 Citi Open.[346] He beat Jack Sock in a tight three-set match before being upset by 50th ranked Lloyd Harris in the 3rd round.[347] On 20
August 2021, Nadal announced that would be ending his 2021 season due to the left foot issue that had been troubling him for most of the year. His ranking fell
to No.6 due to his injury.[348]

2022: 21st and 22nd majors, and double Career Grand Slam
In January, Nadal won Melbourne Summer Set 1, beating Maxime Cressy in the final. He won his second Australian Open title, 21st major title and 90th ATP
title beating Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final, coming back from two sets down.[349] With the win, Nadal surpassed a tie with Novak Djokovic and Roger
Federer for the most men's singles major titles of all time[350] and became the second man in the Open Era, after Djokovic, to complete the double Career Grand
Slam.

At the Mexican Open, Nadal won the title without dropping a set, including a win over new world No. 1 Medvedev. He extended his winning streak to 15
matches, his best ever start to a season. At Indian Wells he beat Nick Kyrgios and Carlos Alcaraz to reach his fourth final of the year and extend his winning
streak to 20 matches.[351] Nadal had a rib injury and lost to Taylor Fritz in straight sets in the final.[352]

Nadal returned at the Madrid Open, where he beat Miomir Kecmanović and David Goffin and lost to Carlos Alcaraz. At Rome, he beat John Isner in straight
sets, but lost to Denis Shapovalov in three sets despite leading by a set and a break.

At the French Open, Nadal recorded his 106th win defeating Jordan Thompson in the first round, becoming the player with most wins at a single major. He beat
Corentin Moutet in round two (his 300th win in majors).[353][354] He beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the fourth round (his third five setter ever at the French
Open). Nadal met Djokovic for the 59th time in the quarterfinals[355] and won in four sets to advance to his 15th French Open semi-final.[356] He faced
Alexander Zverev and after more than three hours with two sets played, Zverev retired due to an ankle injury. In the final, he defeated Casper Ruud in three sets
to win his 14th French Open title and 22nd major title overall and reached world No. 4. He became the then-oldest French Open champion ever, and the third
man to earn four Top-10 wins en route to a major title since the ATP rankings started in 1973, after Mats Wilander (1982 French Open) and Federer (2017
Australian Open).[357]

After treating his foot injury, Nadal returned to Wimbledon for the first time in three years. He beat Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinal, but aggravated an abdominal
injury, and had to withdraw from the tournament.[358]

Nadal lost in round one at Cincinnati to eventual champion Borna Ćorić.[359] Nadal returned to the US Open for the first time since 2019. He lost in round four
to Frances Tiafoe, his only loss at a major in 2022, and his earliest major defeat since the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.[360]
At the Laver Cup, Nadal competed for Team Europe alongside Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray.[361] He played doubles with rival Federer
(Roger's final professional match), losing to Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe.[362] At the ATP Finals, Nadal won his last match of the year against Casper Ruud
after losing his first two matches. Nadal finished the year ranked No. 2, becoming the oldest year-end top-2 player in the history of the ATP rankings.[363]

2023: Injury struggles and exit from top 100 after 20 consecutive years
Nadal was the defending champion at the 2023 Australian Open, but lost in straight sets to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round.[364][365] During the
match, Nadal was severely hampered by a hip injury. Nadal withdrew from Indian Wells and Miami to recover from his Australian Open injury and didn't play
on tour again in 2023.[366] As a result, he exited the Top 10 for the first time since 25 April 2005 on 20 March 2023, ending the longest Top-10 streak in ATP
rankings history.[367]

2024: Return to the tour and retirement

Nadal began his season at the 2024 Brisbane International, defeating Dominic Thiem and Jason Kubler before losing to Jordan Thompson.[368] During the
match, he sustained a muscle injury that forced him to miss the Australian Open.

Following a second-round loss to Alex de Minaur at the Barcelona Open, Nadal reached the fourth round at the Madrid Open, defeating de Minaur en route. He
lost in round two at the Italian Open. In May, Nadal lost in the first round of the French Open to world No. 4 and eventual runner-up Alexander Zverev.[369]
This brought his final Roland-Garros record to 112–4.

At the Swedish Open in July, he reached his last career ATP Tour final with wins over Leo Borg, Cameron Norrie, Mariano Navone in a marathon match lasting
four hours, and Duje Ajduković.[370] He lost to Nuno Borges in straight sets.[371]

Nadal then competed in the Summer Olympics, where he served as a torch bearer during the opening ceremony. In singles, he lost in the second round to
eventual champion Novak Djokovic in their record 60th professional meeting. In the doubles with Alcaraz, he reached the quarterfinals.

On 10 October 2024, Nadal stated his intention to retire from the sport after playing for Spain in the Davis Cup Finals in Málaga, Spain, in
November.[372][373][374] Later that month he participated in the exhibition 6 Kings Slam, losing his matches against Alcaraz[375] and Djokovic.[376]

At the Davis Cup Finals in Málaga, Botic van de Zandschulp beat Nadal as Spain lost to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.[377][378] After the conclusion of
the tie, Nadal gave a speech and a video montage was played of career highlights and personal messages, including from Federer, Djokovic, Serena Williams,
Andy Murray, footballer Andrés Iniesta and golfer Sergio García.[379]

Rivalries

"It's true that with Novak I played more matches

Nadal vs. Federer
than with Roger, but I started it with him
Roger Federer and Nadal played each other from 2004 to 2019, and their rivalry was a significant part (Federer). Someone I have admired, whom I
of both men's careers.[381][382][383] They held the top two rankings on the ATP Tour from July 2005 to have rivaled and also with whom I have shared
14 August 2009,[384] and again from 11 September 2017 to 15 October 2018. They are the only pair of many beautiful things on and off the court. A part
men to be consistently ranked in the Top 2 for four years continuously (from July 2005 to August of my life left with him."
2009).[385][386] Nadal ascended to No. 2 in July 2005 and held this spot for a record 160 consecutive
weeks before surpassing Federer in August 2008.[387] Nadal and Federer are also the only pair of men to –Nadal, on his rivalry with Roger Federer following his
have ever finished six consecutive calendar years at the top 2 positions (from 2005 to 2010).[388] retirement in November 2022.[380]

Nadal and Federer faced each other 40 times, with Nadal leading 24–16 overall and 10–4 in Grand Slam
matches. Nadal had a winning record on clay (14–2) and outdoor hard courts (8–6), while Federer led on indoor hard courts (5–1) and grass (3–1).[389]

24 of their matches were in tournament finals, including a joint-record nine major finals (tied with Djokovic–Nadal).[113] From 2006 to 2008, they played in
every French Open and Wimbledon final, and also met in the title matches of the 2009 Australian Open, the 2011 French Open and the 2017 Australian
Open.[113] Nadal won six of the nine, losing the first two Wimbledon finals and 2017 in Australia. Four of these matches were five-set matches (2007 and 2008
Wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever.[118][390][391][392] Nadal was the only
player to defeat Federer in the final of a major on all three surfaces (grass, hard court, and clay).

Nadal vs. Djokovic

Novak Djokovic and Nadal met 60 times, more than any other pair in the Open Era. Nadal led 11–7 at Grand Slam events but trailed 29–31 overall.[244][393]
They played a record 18 Grand Slam matches and a joint-record nine Grand Slam tournament finals (tied with Nadal–Federer). Nadal led on clay (20–9), while
Djokovic led on hard courts (20–7), and they were tied 2–2 on grass.[244][393] In 2009, this rivalry was listed as the third greatest of the previous 10 years by
ATPworldtour.com.[394] Djokovic was one of only two players to win at least ten match wins against Nadal alongside Federer and was the only person to defeat
Nadal seven consecutive times, doing so twice. They also played in a record 14 ATP Masters finals.

In their first Grand Slam final at the 2010 US Open, Nadal beat Djokovic in four sets, achieving the career Grand Slam.[395] In 2011–12, they contested four
consecutive major finals, with Djokovic winning the first three at Wimbledon,[396] the US Open, and the Australian Open, the last being the longest Grand Slam
final in history at 5 hours and 53 minutes.[209] It remains the longest match of both Nadal and Djokovic's careers, and the only time Nadal lost a major final
after winning the first set.[214] In 2013, Djokovic defeated Nadal in straight sets in the final at Monte Carlo, ending Nadal's record eight consecutive titles there,
but Nadal earned revenge in the French Open semifinals in an epic five-setter.[241] Later that year, Nadal defeated Djokovic in the US Open final to complete
the Summer Slam.[393]
Many of their matches are considered among the greatest in tennis history by analysts, such as 2009 Madrid Masters semifinal,[144] 2011 Miami Masters
final,[193][194] the 2012 Australian Open final,[209] the 2013 French Open semifinal,[241] 2018 Wimbledon semifinal,[397] and the 2021 French Open
semifinal.[398]

Legacy
Nadal won the second-most major men's singles titles (22) in tennis history and the second-most "Big"
titles (59) since 1990. He appeared in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings consecutively from April 2005 to Nadal is, without a doubt, the best athlete in the
March 2023 – a record spanning 912 weeks. He stands alone in the Open Era as the player with the history of Spain. Spain has to pay him a tribute
most clay court titles (63), consisting of an all-time record 14 French Open titles, 12 Barcelona Open for many, many years. Nadal is the king of
titles, 11 Monte-Carlo Masters titles, and 10 Italian Open titles. His 14 French Open titles are a record at Roland Garros and of world tennis. He has
any single tournament, and he holds the open era records for the longest single-surface win streak in achieved a record that is very difficult to beat.
matches (81 on clay) and in sets (50 on clay). Nadal holds the men's all-time records for the most
majors won without losing a set (4), the most match wins at a single major (112 at the French Open), — Felipe VI, on Nadal's legacy after he won his 22nd
Grand Slam at the French Open in 2022.[399]
and the highest match-winning percentage at clay court majors (96.6%), among many others. Nadal's
[c]
dominance on clay is reflected by his honorific title as the "King of Clay", and he is widely regarded
as the greatest clay-court player in history.[d] Nadal is considered by many to be the greatest player in tennis history.[e]

Nadal is one of three men, along with Agassi and Djokovic, to win the Olympic gold medal as well as the four majors in singles in his career, a feat known as a
Career Golden Slam. He is the only male player in history to complete the Career Grand Slam and win an Olympic gold medal in both singles and doubles.[f]
He is one of four men in history, along with Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Djokovic, to complete the double Career Grand Slam in singles.

Among numerous career accolades, Nadal was the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year in 2011 and 2021, and was 2010 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of
the Year.[424] He is an honorary recipient of the Grand Cross of Royal Order of Sports Merit, Grand Cross of Order of the Second of May, the Grand Cross of
Naval Merit, the Princess of Asturias Award, and the Medal of the City of Paris. He was ranked as one of the world's highest-paid athletes by Forbes magazine
in 2014 and named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2022.[425]

In 2019, former world No. 1 and 1995 French Open champion Thomas Muster stated: "Rafael Nadal is the best clay-court player ever".[426] Former world No. 1
Carlos Moyá stated in 2010 that Nadal was "one of the greatest ever. But he is on his way to become, who knows, maybe the greatest".[427] Former world No. 1
Juan Carlos Ferrero: "Rafa is the king of knowing how to adapt to any situation in the match".[30] Former world No. 1 and rival Novak Djokovic: "Our
encounters have made me the player I am today".[30] Former world No. 1 and rival Roger Federer: "I have always had the utmost respect for my friend Rafa as
a person and as a champion. I believe we have pushed each other to become better players".[30]

Nadal played an instrumental role in the sport's revival, ushering in the Golden Age of tennis, which saw increased interest and higher revenues across tennis
venues globally. The Djokovic–Nadal and Federer–Nadal rivalries are widely considered by players, coaches, and pundits to be among the greatest rivalries in
sports history.[428][429]

Player profile

Playing style
Nadal generally played an aggressive, behind-the-baseline game based on heavy topspin groundstrokes, consistency and shrewd court coverage; an aggressive
counterpuncher.[430]

Known for his athleticism and speed around the court in his 20s, Nadal was an excellent defender[431] who hit well on the run,
constructing winning plays from seemingly defensive positions. He also played very fine dropshots, which worked well because
his heavy topspin often forced opponents to the back of the court.[432]

Nadal employed a semi-western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow-through, where his left arm hit through the ball
and finished above his left shoulder.[433][434] Nadal's forehand allowed him to hit shots with heavy topspin – more so than his
contemporaries.[435]

San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the average number
of revolutions of a tennis ball hit full force by Nadal. Yandell concluded:

The first guys we did were Sampras and Agassi. They were hitting forehands that in general were spinning about 1,800
to 1,900 revolutions per minute. Federer is hitting with an amazing amount of spin, too, right? 2,700 revolutions per
minute. Well, we measured one forehand Nadal hit at 4,900. His average was 3,200.[436] Nadal hitting a forehand.

While Nadal's shots tended to land short of the baseline, the characteristically high bounces his forehands achieved tended to mitigate the advantage an
opponent would normally gain from capitalizing on a short ball.[437] Although his forehand was based on heavy topspin, he hit the ball deep and flat with a
more orthodox follow through for clean winners, but instead of being admired for his finesse and angles, it was the brutality of his groundstrokes that caught the
public eye.[30]

Nadal's serve was considered a weak point in his game, although his high number of first-serve points won and break points saved allowed him to consistently
compete for and win major titles on faster surfaces. Before the 2010 US Open, he altered his service motion. He arrived in the trophy pose earlier, pulled the
racket lower during the trophy pose and modified his service grip to a more continental one, [186] He increased his average speed by around 10 mph during the
2010 US Open, maxing out at 135 mph (217 km/h), allowing him to win more free points on his serve.[438] After the 2010 US Open, Nadal's serve speed
dropped to previous levels and was again cited as in need of improvement.[439][440][441] From 2019 onwards, several analysts praised Nadal's improvement on
the serve, noting the speed of his serve had increased.[442][443][444]

Nadal, a clay court maestro, was also successful on hard courts. However, Nadal himself admitted that playing a lot on them is tiring and takes a physical toll on
ATP Tour players, so he repeatedly requested for a reevaluated tour schedule featuring fewer hard court tournaments and increasing the weeks of rest.[445]

Early in his career some questioned his longevity in the sport, citing his build and playing style as conducive to injury.[446] After winning the 2010 US Open,
former world No. 1 Pete Sampras stated: "The only question with Rafa is physically how much his body can handle the pounding with how hard he works for
every point. You just watch him play, the kid is relentless".[447] This "longevity" narrative was proven inaccurate, and pundits later admired his resilience to
come back from devastating injuries and his ability to play with physical pain.[448]

Attitude and demeanor

Despite his success, his uncle Toni ensured that Nadal remained as normal, modest, and down to earth
Freezing cold water. I do this before every
as possible and believed these qualities had a tremendous impact on his results and motivation.[8] He
match. It's the point before the point of no return.
rarely if ever touted his achievements, refused to put down his rivals, and lingered after matches and
Under the cold shower I enter a new space in
practices to sign autographs.[450] For instance, in 2007, Nadal would often interrupt his training sessions
which I feel my power and resilience grow. I'm a
on the public courts of Manacor, just to hit a few balls with fans and foreign tourists that had asked him
different man when I emerge. I'm activated. I'm
to, even though they were not very good, and even against his uncle Toni’s wishes.[11]
in "the flow"... Nothing else exists but the battle
Nadal was also noted for his visceral delight in competing, whether he won or lost.[450] He also had a ahead.
rare philosophical approach to tennis and life that one sportswriter described as a "model of humility,
empathy, and perspective".[450] –Nadal, on his pre-match rituals.[449]

Nadal was known for his on-court rituals including specific bodily movements and the positioning of
items courtside.[451][452] At changeovers, he always waited until his opponent crossed the net, refused to step on the lines, and lined up his drinks bottles in
precise positions near his chair, labels always facing out, before stepping back into action.[453] His water-bottle routine was so well-known that when they fell
over during a match at the 2015 Australian Open, a ball boy dashed over to return the bottles to their upright position, with the labels facing the court as Nadal
had intended.[450] Nadal explained that such rituals were meant to work as a psychological mechanism to help him stay calm in stressful situations.[450][454]

There was a pattern to the way he approached a serve. He usually took three balls, examined them, discarded one, shook the strands of hair that were not
corralled by his headband out of his eyes, and then served.[455] Nadal's extensive time taken between points received criticism from other players including
Roger Federer and Denis Shapovalov,[456][457] with the latter wanting Nadal to be given a code violation for pushing the 25-second serve clock to the limit,
stating that he was being given preferential treatment because of his status in the game.[453]

Coaching and personal team

Nadal's first and most important coach was his uncle Toni Nadal, who coached him from 1990 to 2017 (aged 4 to 31).[458] Though strong physically as a player,
Toni Nadal struggled to be aggressive with his forehand and possessed no big shots. Along with working on the mental and physical sides, he ensured that his
nephew developed a good technical, all-round aggressive game, became competent at the net, and developed his forehand into a weapon.[8]

Aged 12, Nadal began attending the Balearic Islands training centre 50 kilometers away from Manacor in Palma.[8] He and his uncle trained there three times a
week, so that Nadal could train with the best boys in the Balearic Islands. There, he was trained along with his uncle Toni, by Toni Colom, who travelled with
Nadal at mainly Futures events for the next four years, between 1999 and 2003.[8] Colom explained that he "was traveling to those tournaments because I had a
bigger availability of traveling [than Toni] and not because I was more experienced".[459] After 2005, Nadal left the structure of the Balearic School and created
his own team.[460]

Nadal worked with the same team from 2006 to 2017, which consisted of members from his family and professional staff, whom Nadal also considered his
family.[461] Besides Toni, the first members of his team were Joan Forcades, Nadal's instructor since childhood,[461] and doctor Ángel Ruiz Cotorro.[462]
Cotorro, who also worked with Juan Martín del Potro and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, helped him play after facing injuries and his suggestions were pivotal to his
game.[462] Nadal said of his doctor that: "I trust Dr. Cotorro with my life".[462] Forcades was the lead fitness expert for Nadal and developed his training
program.[461]

Toni has described his coaching style as 'hard', saying that he occasionally put too much pressure on Nadal, but that he did so because he wanted him to
succeed.[463] Together, they won 16 major titles between 2005 and 2017, making them the second most successful tennis coach-player partnership only behind
Marián Vajda and Novak Djokovic.[463]

Carlos Costa was Nadal's agent from 2005.[464][465] In 2006, Costa and Nadal's father convinced Benito Pérez Barbadillo, who had been working as the press
officer of the ATP since the late 1990s, to open his own company (B1PR) to work with them as Nadal's communications director (PR manager).[464][466] Nadal
then hired physiotherapist Rafael Maymó, who designed his physical preparation with Forcades and who was one of Nadal's closest friends, thus also acting as
a psychologist.[461][464]

After signing his new coach Carlos Moyá in December 2016,[467] Nadal's game style acquired a more offensive approach. Under Moyá's direction, Nadal
improved his serve,[468][444] and incorporated serve-and-volley as a surprise tactic in some of his matches.[469] Moyá, who has known Nadal since he was 12,
was more a friend than a coach, and when he realized that Nadal was going through a bad time, he left his duty as a coach and acted like a friend with whom
Nadal could speak to.[463]

Francisco Roig, who was hired by Nadal in 2005, acted as the alternate coach.[463][470]

Equipment and apparel

 Nike served as Nadal's clothing and shoe sponsor. Nadal's signature on-court attire entailed a variety of sleeveless shirts
paired with 3/4 length capri pants.[471] For the 2009 season, Nadal adopted more-traditional on-court apparel. Nike
encouraged Nadal to update his look in order to reflect his new status as the sport's top player at that time.[472] In 2009,
Nadal played matches in a polo shirt specifically designed for him by Nike,[473] paired with shorts cut above the knee.
Nadal wore Nike's Air CourtBallistec 2.3 tennis shoes,[474] with various customizations throughout the season, including
his nickname "Rafa" on the right shoe and a stylized bull logo on the left.

Nadal used an AeroPro Drive racquet with a 41⁄4-inch L2 grip. As of the 2010 season, Nadal's racquets were painted to
resemble the Babolat AeroPro Drive with Cortex GT racquet in order to market a current model that Babolat
sold.[475][476] Nadal used no replacement grip, and instead wrapped two overgrips around the handle. He used Duralast
Nadal wearing his signature Nike
15L strings until the 2010 season, when he switched to Babolat's new, black-colored, RPM Blast string. Nadal's rackets
sleeveless shirt at the French Open were always strung at 55 lb (25 kg), regardless of which surface or conditions he played on.[477][478]
in 2007, while holding his Babolat
racquet
Off the court

In popular culture
Nadal's autobiography, Rafa, written with John Carlin, was published in August 2011.[479]

In February 2010, Rafael Nadal was featured in the music video for Shakira's "Gypsy", filmed in Barcelona. Both later denied rumours of a romantic
relationship.[480] In 2016, Nadal was one of many celebrities making a cameo in the music video for RedOne's "Don't You Need Somebody".[481]

In 2018, Nadal was featured in a new ad for the 2018 tennis game Mario Tennis Aces, part of the Mario Tennis series.[482]

Nadal appeared in the 2024 documentary Federer: Twelve Final Days about Roger Federer's final tournament before his retirement, the 2022 Laver Cup.

Homages and tributes

In April 2017, the centre court of the Barcelona Open was named Pista Rafa Nadal.[483] In 2021, prior to the tournament, the French Open paid tribute to Nadal
by installing a 3-metre tall steel statue at Stade Roland Garros, created by Spanish sculptor Jordi Díez Fernández.[484]

128036 Rafaelnadal is a main belt asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca and named after Nadal.[485]

At both the London and Rio Olympic Games, Nadal was chosen as Spain's flag bearer. Although he had to forfeit the role in 2012 due to injury, he carried the
flag during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games, describing it as an "incredible experience".[486][487]

Philanthropy
In November 2007, Nadal launched the nonprofit Fundación Rafa Nadal with an official presentation in February 2008, at the Manacor Tennis Club in
Mallorca. The foundation was created to help disadvantaged children and teenagers, offering them opportunities through sports. His wife Maria Perello works
as the director of the foundation.[488]

In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Nadal played in a special charity event alongside fellow top tennis players during the 2010 Australian Open called Hit
for Haiti, with proceeds going to Haiti earthquake victims.[489] He participated in a follow-up charity exhibition during the 2010 Indian Wells Open, pairing
with Andre Agassi in an eventual loss to Roger Federer and Pete Sampras; it raised $1 million.[490] In late 2010, Nadal played his rival Roger Federer in the
two-match exhibition Match for Africa for the Roger Federer Foundation and the Rafa Nadal Foundation. The first match took place in Zürich on 21 December,
and was won by Federer, while the following match was played in Madrid, and it was won by Nadal.[491]

His foundation and academy have frequently come to the aid of those in need, especially in Spain. During the Majorca flood in October 2018, Nadal, who was
recovering from injury at home in Majorca, opened his tennis academy centre to the victims.[492] One day after the flood he worked personally with some
friends to help the victims, being photographed lending his hand in the cleaning up process once the flood waters had receded.[493][494] Later, Nadal donated
€1 million for rebuilding Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, the most affected town.[495][496] Nadal also organized other charitable activities to help repair the damage
of the disaster, such as the Olazábal & Nadal charity golf tournament.[497][498][499]

To combat the ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nadal joined with Pau Gasol and the Red Cross in June to help raise 11 million euros.[500] The proceeds
in their entirety were directed towards the people suffering from the effects of the deadly virus.[500] In 2020, the Fundación Rafa Nadal pledged to support the
Food Bank of Mallorca, announcing that it would aim to collect 3,000 kg of food to support 25,000 individuals in Mallorca.[501]

On the International Day of Sport on 6 April 2023, the Fundación Rafa Nadal announced that they would partner with UNESCO through its Fit for Life project,
a sport-based flagship program designed to tackle physical inactivity, such as accelerating the recovery from COVID-19, mental health issues, and
inequality.[502]

In 2024, The Rafa Nadal Foundation received the Laureus Sport for Good Award at the Laureus World Sports Awards 2024.[503][504]

Nadal supports or has supported other charities, such as City Harvest, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and Small Steps
Project.[505][506] Nadal was awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award for 2011.[507]

Sponsorships and endorsements

Nadal was sponsored by Kia Motors since 2006. He appeared in advertising campaigns for Kia as a global ambassador for the company.[508]
He became the face of Lanvin's L'Homme Sport cologne in April 2009.[509] Nadal was the international ambassador for Quely, a company from his native
Mallorca that manufactures biscuits, bakery and chocolate-coated products.[510] In 2010, luxury watchmaker Richard Mille announced that he had developed an
ultra-light wristwatch in collaboration with Nadal.[511]

Nadal was the face of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collection.[512][513] This was the first time that the label had
chosen a tennis player for the job.[514]

In June 2012, Nadal joined the group of sports endorsers of the PokerStars online poker cardroom.[515] Nadal won a charity poker tournament against retired
Brazilian football player Ronaldo in 2014.[516]

In August 2023, Nadal signed up as the brand ambassador for the Indian IT major Infosys.[517]

Rafa Nadal Sports Centre

Nadal owns and trained at the Rafa Nadal Sports Centre (40,000 m2, 430,000 sq ft) in his hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. The centre houses the Rafa Nadal
Academy, where the American International School of Mallorca is located.[518] The academy is used by both young Spanish tennis players as well as players
from other countries. For instance, in 2017, the Australian tennis federation agreed to partner with Nadal's Academy to allow their players use it as their
European training base.[518][519] Nadal's coach and uncle Toni Nadal is the head of the academy, his agent Carlos Costa is the head of business development,
and fellow Majorcan Carlos Moyá is involved as a technical director.[518]

In 2021, a four-episode series about the Rafa Nadal Academy was aired on Amazon Prime and Movistar and was broadcast in 244 countries.[520] Nadal also
owns and operates three other similar Rafa Nadal Academy/Centre facilities: the Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait,[521] the Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre Mexico[522]
and the Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre Greece.[523] The Mexico and Greece Centres opened in 2019 and the Kuwait Academy opened in 2020.[524]

As of 2024, Nadal will promote tennis in Saudi Arabia and open a Rafa Nadal Academy there.[525]

Involvement in football and other sports

Nadal is an avid football fan and his favorite clubs are RCD Mallorca and Real Madrid CF,[513] stating "when my uncle (Miguel Ángel) was playing for
Barcelona, we wanted Barcelona to win. Before that, my whole family was for Real Madrid. After my uncle left the Barcelona team, then we’re all for the Real
Madrid again. I have got nothing against Barcelona, but I prefer Real Madrid to win".[526] He is a fervent supporter of the Spanish national team, and he was
one of six people not affiliated with the team or the national federation allowed to enter the team's locker room following Spain's victory in the 2010 FIFA
World Cup Final.[527] Nadal has made several honorary kick-offs for various teams.[528][529][530][531]

In December 2007, in the "Friends of Iker v Friends of Rafa" charity sports event, the two teams contested a tennis match and a football match.[532] In
December 2008, Nadal and Casillas staged a similar event, this time including an indoor football match, a tennis match, and a go-kart race.[533][534]

In July 2010, it was reported that he had become a shareholder of RCD Mallorca (owning 10%).[535] He was offered the role of vice president, which he
rejected.[536] His uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal became assistant coach. Shortly after acquiring his interest in Mallorca, Nadal called out UEFA for apparent
hypocrisy in ejecting the club from the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League for excessive debts.[527]

Nadal enjoys playing golf and poker.[537][538] In October 2020, Nadal competed in the professional-level Balearic Golf Championship, obtaining a World
Amateur Golf Ranking in the process.[539][540]

Personal life

I love fishing for three reasons: the calm and

Family and beliefs
tranquillity, the beauty of the sea –- and, of
In June 2009, reports emerged that Nadal's parents, Ana María and Sebastián, had separated, following course, the satisfaction of catching your dinner. I
weeks of speculation about his recent struggles on the court.[541] Nadal later stated "My parents' divorce can forget about everything. No one can call me,
made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, I couldn't play Wimbledon, it was because I keep my mobile switched off, so I can
tough."[380] relax and not think about tennis.[380]

Nadal met his future wife, María Francisca (Mery) Perelló Pascual through his younger sister, María
— Nadal, on his love for fishing in his leisure time to
Isabel. They began dating in 2005, when he was 19 and she was 17, and only formalized their the Daily Mail in 2007.
relationship publicly in 2007, with their engagement reported in January 2019.[542][543]

In October 2019, the couple was married at the La Fortaleza castle in Port de Pollença, Majorca, in a ceremony that had 350 guests.[544] On 8 October 2022,
they had a son named Rafael.[545] Nadal had previously commented on not starting a family early and expressed a desire to have children in the future,
reflecting on the unpredictability of life during his ongoing tennis career.[546]

Mery Perelló was a sports marketer in London, but as she saw Nadal's career getting bigger, she decided to help his off-court business.[542] She now serves as
the director of Fundación Rafa Nadal.[488]

Nadal was raised a Catholic, but now identifies as an agnostic atheist.[547]

Nadal's native languages are Spanish and Balearic Catalan; he speaks conversational English.[548]

Residences
When Nadal was aged 10 to 21, the extended Nadal family shared a five-storey, family-owned apartment building in Manacor.[8][11] In 2012, Nadal purchased a
house in Porto Cristo for about 4 million euros, located near his family home.[549] Around the time he won the 2012 French Open, Nadal acquired a vacation
home, a two-story villa in Playa Nueva Romana, in the Dominican Republic, for about 2 million euros.[550]

Other endeavors
As a young boy, he would run home from school to watch his favorite Japanese anime, Dragon Ball, and CNN once dubbed him "the Dragon Ball of tennis" for
his unorthodox style.[551]

Off the court, his sister described him as "a bit of a scaredy cat".[552] Since childhood, he has had a fear of the dark, preferring to sleep with a light or television
on to drown out outside noises.[553] Nadal is afraid of deep water, dogs, and thunderstorms, and is nervous about riding a bicycle.[14][552]

Despite playing tennis left-handed, Nadal is known for being right-handed in other activities.[16][554]

Health
Throughout his career, Nadal had chronic knee injuries, sidelining him from multiple tournaments. In late 2012, Nadal received over six months of physical
therapy, along with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, a non-surgical treatment that had been previously disallowed by the World Anti-Doping
Agency.[555][556]

Nadal has a rare chronic disorder of his left ankle, Mueller-Weiss syndrome, diagnosed age 19. He received anesthetic injections en route to winning the 2022
French Open.[557]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify;
(A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2
Australian Open A 3R 4R A QF SF W QF QF F A F QF 1R F QF F QF

French Open A A W W W W 4R W W W W W QF 3R[A] W W W W

Wimbledon 3R A 2R F F W A W F 2R 1R 4R 2R A 4R SF SF NH

US Open 2R 2R 3R QF 4R SF SF W F A W A 3R 4R W SF W A

Win–loss 3–2 3–2 13–3 17–2 20–3 24–2 15–2 25–1 23–3 14–2 14–1 16–2 11–4 5–2 23–2 21–3 24–2 11–1

A. Nadal withdrew before the third round of the 2016 French Open due to a wrist injury and before the semi-finals of 2022 Wimbledon due to an
abdominal tear, which do not officially count as losses.
Nadal's 22 Grand Slam singles titles place him second in the men's all-time rankings, behind Djokovic's 24 titles. His 30 Grand Slam singles finals place him
3rd in the men's all-time rankings, behind Djokovic's 37 and Federer's 31 finals, respectively. He has won 14 French Open titles, an all-time record at any
tournament. He is the youngest player in the Open Era to win all four majors (24 years old).

Singles: 30 (22 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score

Win 2005 French Open Clay Mariano Puerta 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

Win 2006 French Open (2) Clay Roger Federer 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Loss 2006 Wimbledon Grass Roger Federer 0–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 3–6

Win 2007 French Open (3) Clay Roger Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Loss 2007 Wimbledon Grass Roger Federer 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 2–6

Win 2008 French Open (4) Clay Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3, 6–0

Win 2008 Wimbledon Grass Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7

Win 2009 Australian Open Hard Roger Federer 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–2

Win 2010 French Open (5) Clay Robin Söderling 6–4, 6–2, 6–4

Win 2010 Wimbledon (2) Grass Tomáš Berdych 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Win 2010 US Open Hard Novak Djokovic 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2

Win 2011 French Open (6) Clay Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–1

Loss 2011 Wimbledon Grass Novak Djokovic 4–6, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6

Loss 2011 US Open Hard Novak Djokovic 2–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6

Loss 2012 Australian Open Hard Novak Djokovic 7–5, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7

Win 2012 French Open (7) Clay Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5

Win 2013 French Open (8) Clay David Ferrer 6–3, 6–2, 6–3

Win 2013 US Open (2) Hard Novak Djokovic 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Loss 2014 Australian Open Hard Stan Wawrinka 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6

Win 2014 French Open (9) Clay Novak Djokovic 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4

Loss 2017 Australian Open Hard Roger Federer 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6

Win 2017 French Open (10) Clay Stan Wawrinka 6–2, 6–3, 6–1

Win 2017 US Open (3) Hard Kevin Anderson 6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Win 2018 French Open (11) Clay Dominic Thiem 6–4, 6–3, 6–2

Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard Novak Djokovic 3–6, 2–6, 3–6

Win 2019 French Open (12) Clay Dominic Thiem 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1

Win 2019 US Open (4) Hard Daniil Medvedev 7–5, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4

Win 2020 French Open (13) Clay Novak Djokovic 6–0, 6–2, 7–5

Win 2022 Australian Open (2) Hard Daniil Medvedev 2–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4, 7–5

Win 2022 French Open (14) Clay Casper Ruud 6–3, 6–3, 6–0

Year–End Championships performance timeline

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

ATP Finals Did not qualify A SF SF A RR F RR A F A SF A RR A RR SF

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score

Loss 2010 ATP Finals Hard (i) Roger Federer 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

Loss 2013 ATP Finals Hard (i) Novak Djokovic 3–6, 4–6

Olympic gold medal matches

Singles: 1 (1 Gold medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score

 Win 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) Hard Fernando González 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 Gold medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score

Florin Mergea
Win 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio) Hard Marc López 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Horia Tecău

Records

All-time tournament records

Players
Tournament Since Record accomplished
matched

Career Golden Slam Andre Agassi

Winning all 4 majors and the Olympic gold medal in singles Novak Djokovic
1988
Career Golden Slam + Olympic gold medal in doubles[f] Stands alone

Surface Slam
1978 Novak Djokovic
Winning majors on 3 different surfaces in a calendar year (2010)

14 singles titles at one major – French Open Stands alone

1877 14 finals contested at one major – French Open Stands alone

112 match wins at one major – French Open Stands alone

112 match wins at clay court majors Stands alone

1925 96.6% match-winning percentage at clay court majors Stands alone

Grand Slam 4 French–US title doubles (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019) Stands alone
tournaments 15 years winning 1+ title (2005–2014, 2017–2020, 2022) Stands alone

10 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2005–2014) Stands alone

[558] Roger Federer
10 title defences (2006–08, 2011–14, 2018–2020)

10 title defences at one major – French Open[558] Stands alone

4 titles without losing a set Stands alone

1877
4 titles without losing a set at one major – French Open Stands alone

3+ titles in 3 separate decades (2000s – 6, 2010s – 13, 2020s – 3) Stands alone

2+ titles in 3 separate decades Stands alone

Won the same major twice in 3 separate decades – French Open Stands alone

Longest Grand Slam final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes) Novak Djokovic

14 men's singles titles Stands alone

14 finals overall (2005–08, 2010–14, 2017–19, 2020, 2022) Stands alone

5 consecutive titles (2010–14) Stands alone

10 title defences (2006–08, 2011–14, 2018–2020)[558] Stands alone

4 titles without dropping a set (2008, 2010, 2017, 2020) Stands alone
French Open 1891
112 match wins Stands alone

39 match win streak (2010–15) Stands alone

96.6% match-winning percentage Stands alone

2+ titles in 3 separate decades (2000s – 4, 2010s – 8, 2020s – 2) Stands alone

1+ title in 3 separate decades Stands alone

Australian Open 1905 Longest final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes) Novak Djokovic

2009 Clay Slam[559] Stands alone

Winning Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, and French Open in a calendar year (2010)
Summer Slam Also referred to as the "North American Hardcourt Slam". Winning Canada, Cincinnati, and US Patrick Rafter
1899
All Tournaments / ATP Open in a calendar year (2013) Andy Roddick
Tour
23 match wins against world No. 1 players[561] Stands alone

1973 912 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 Stands alone

18 consecutive years in the Top 10 Stands alone

ATP Finals 1970 16 consecutive years qualifying for the ATP Finals[562] (2005–2020) Stands alone

ATP Masters 1000 1990 11 titles won at a single tournament – Monte Carlo Stands alone

12 finals contested at a single tournament – Monte Carlo and Rome Novak Djokovic

8 consecutive titles won at a single tournament – Monte Carlo (2005–2012) Stands alone
26 clay court titles overall Stands alone
 9 title defences at a single tournament – Monte Carlo Stands alone
10+ titles at two tournaments – Monte Carlo and Rome Stands alone

4 consecutive titles in a season (2013) Novak Djokovic

7 years winning 3+ titles (2005–2018) Stands alone

15 years winning 1+ title (2005–2021) Stands alone

10 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2005–2014) Stands alone

73 match wins at a single tournament – Monte Carlo Stands alone

46 consecutive match wins at a single tournament – Monte Carlo (2005–2013) Stands alone

79 matches played at a single tournament – Monte Carlo Roger Federer

[563] Stands alone
20+ finals reached on two different surfaces (hard – 20, clay – 33)
76 semifinals Stands alone
99 quarterfinals Stands alone

21 consecutive quarterfinals[564] (2008–2010) Stands alone

410 match wins Stands alone

500 matches played Stands alone

82.00% match-winning percentage Stands alone

12 titles won at a single tournament – Barcelona Stands alone

15 titles won without losing a set[565] Stands alone

14 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2005–2018) Stands alone

ATP 500 Series 1990
66 match wins at a single tournament – Barcelona[566] Stands alone
[567] Stands alone
41 consecutive match wins at a single tournament – Barcelona
[568] Stands alone
70 matches played at a single tournament – Barcelona
11 men's singles titles Stands alone

12 finals overall (2005–2013, 2016–18) Stands alone

8 consecutive titles (2005–2012) Stands alone

9 consecutive finals (2005–2013) Stands alone

Monte Carlo Masters 1897 5 titles without dropping a set (2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2018) Stands alone
73 matches wins (2005–2021) Stands alone

46 match win streak (2005–2013) Stands alone

79 matches played (2005–2021) Stands alone

17 editions played (2003–2021) Fabrice Santoro

12 men's singles titles Stands alone

12 finals overall (2005–09, 2011–13, 2016–18, 2021) Stands alone

Barcelona Open 1953 5 consecutive titles (2005–09) Stands alone

9 titles without dropping a set (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011–13, 2016–18) Stands alone
3 three-peats (2005–09, 2011–13, 2016–18) Stands alone

10 men's singles titles Stands alone

12 finals overall (2005–07, 2009–2014, 2018–19, 2021) Novak Djokovic

3 consecutive titles (2005–07) Stands alone

Italian Open 1930 6 consecutive finals (2009–2014) Stands alone

69 match wins (2005–2022) Stands alone

17 consecutive match wins (2005–07) Stands alone

77 matches played (2005–2022) Stands alone

5 men's singles titles Stands alone

8 finals overall (2005, 2009–2011, 2013–15, 2017) Stands alone
Madrid Open 2002
2 consecutive titles (2013–14) Stands alone

3 consecutive finals (2009–2011 & 2013–15) Stands alone

David Ferrer
4 men's singles titles
Thomas Muster
Mexican Open 1993
5 finals overall (2005, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2022) David Ferrer

4 titles without dropping a set (2005, 2013, 2020, 2022) Stands alone

Open Era records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
Records in italics are currently active streaks.
 ^ Denotes consecutive streak.

Time span Selected Grand Slam tournament records Players matched Ref.
2005 French Open – Andre Agassi [179]
Career Golden Slam
2010 US Open Novak Djokovic

Youngest to achieve a Career Golden Slam (24) Stands alone [179]

2005 French Open –
2010 US Open [569]
Youngest to achieve a Career Grand Slam (24) Stands alone

Surface Slam Novak Djokovic [570]

2010 French Open –
2010 US Open [570]
Simultaneous holder of majors on clay, grass, and hard courts Novak Djokovic

Rod Laver
2008 French Open –
Björn Borg
2008 Wimbledon, Channel Slam [571]
Roger Federer
2010 French Open – Winning French Open and Wimbledon consecutively in a calendar year
Novak Djokovic
2010 Wimbledon
Carlos Alcaraz

2008 French Open – Simultaneous holder of Olympic gold medal in singles [572]
Stands alone
2008 Summer Olympics and majors on clay and grass courts

2010 French Open — [573]

16 semifinals won spanning non-consecutive tournaments Stands alone
2018 French Open
2007 French Open –
2020 French Open 8 major finals reached without losing a set[g] Stands alone [576]

2011 Wimbledon – [577]

3 consecutive runners-up finishes at majors Stands alone
2012 Australian Open

Longest span between titles (16 years 11 months 30 days) Stands alone [578]
2005 French Open –
2022 French Open [579]
Longest span between finals contested (16 years 11 months 30 days) Stands alone

Time span Grand Slam tournaments Records at each Grand Slam tournament Players matched Ref.

2009–2022 Longest gap between titles (13 years) Stands alone [580]

2022 Australian Open Won final from two sets down Jannik Sinner [581]

2012 Longest final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes) Novak Djokovic [209]

14 titles overall Stands alone [582]

2005–2022
14 finals overall Stands alone [583]

5 consecutive titles Stands alone [582]

2010–2014
5 consecutive finals Stands alone [584]

2006–08, 2011–14, 2018–2020 10 title defences Stands alone [558]

2005–2022 15 semifinals overall Stands alone [585]

2017–2022 6 consecutive semifinals Novak Djokovic [582]

French Open
112 match wins overall Stands alone [586]
2005–2024
96.6% (112–4) match winning percentage Stands alone

2010–2015 39 consecutive match wins Stands alone [582]

2008, 2010, 2017, 2020 4 titles won without losing a set Stands alone [582]

2+ titles in three separate decades Stands alone [582]

2005–2022
1+ title in three separate decades Stands alone [582]

2005 Won title on the first attempt Mats Wilander [587]

Time span Other records Players matched Ref.

84.4% (985–183) outdoor match winning percentage Stands alone [588]

2002–2024
985 outdoor match wins Stands alone [588]

2002–2024 90.5% (484–51) clay court match winning percentage Stands alone [588]

2005–2007 81 consecutive match wins on a single surface (clay) Stands alone [589]

2004–2014 52 consecutive semifinal wins on a single surface (clay) Stands alone [590]

2017–2018 50 consecutive sets won on a single surface (clay) Stands alone [591]

2005–2013 46 consecutive match wins at a single tournament (Monte Carlo) Stands alone [592]

2008 32 consecutive match wins across 3 different surfaces Stands alone

2004–2022 90 outdoor titles Stands alone [588]

2005–2022 58 outdoor Big Titles Novak Djokovic [588]

2005–2021 35 outdoor Masters titles Stands alone [588]

2004–2022 63 clay-court titles Stands alone [588]

2005–2022 40 clay-court Big Titles Stands alone [588]

30 titles won without losing a set Stands alone [593]

2004–2022
30 outdoor titles won without losing a set Stands alone [594]

2004–2020 26 clay-court titles won without losing a set Stands alone [595]

2004–2022 19 consecutive seasons winning 1+ title Stands alone

18 consecutive seasons winning 2+ titles Novak Djokovic

2005–2022
11+ titles at a single tournament (French Open, Barcelona, Monte Carlo) Stands alone [596]

2005–2012 8 consecutive titles at a single tournament (Monte Carlo) Stands alone [597]

2004–2006 16 titles won as a teenager Björn Borg [598]

2004–2022 [h] Stands alone [560]

23 match wins against world No. 1 players

2008–2020 Ranked world No. 1 in three different decades Stands alone [601]

2005–2023 Most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 (912) Stands alone

Most year-end Top 2 finishes (13) Stands alone

Roger Federer
Most year-end Top 4 finishes (15)
Novak Djokovic

2005–2022 Roger Federer

Most year-end Top 5 finishes (16)
Novak Djokovic
Most year-end Top 10 finishes (18) Roger Federer

Most consecutive years in the Top 10 (18) Stands alone

Professional awards
ITF World Champion (5): 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2022
ATP Player of the Year (5): 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2006
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (2): 2011, 2021
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year: 2014
BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year: 2010
Davis Cup Most Valuable Player: 2019[602]
ATP Newcomer of the Year: 2003
ATP Most Improved Player of the Year: 2005
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (5): 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2011
ATP Comeback Player of the Year: 2013
ATP Fan's Favourite Award: 2022

See also

Biography portal

Spain portal

Tennis portal

Sports portal

List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal

 Forbes list of the world's top-10 highest-paid athletes
All-time tennis records – Men's singles (since 1877)
Open Era tennis records – Men's singles (since 1968)
List of Grand Slam–related tennis records (since 1877)
List of Grand Slam men's singles champions (since 1877)
List of Olympic medalists in tennis (since 1896)
List of ATP Tour top-level tournament singles champions (since 1990)
Tennis Masters Series singles records and statistics (since 1990)
ATP Tour records (since 1990)
List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players (since 1973)
World number 1 ranked male tennis players (all-time)
2016 Summer Olympics national flag bearers
Tennis in Spain

Explanatory notes
a. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nadal and the second or maternal family name is Parera.
b. The others being Andre Agassi and Novak Djokovic.
c. See:[400][401][402][403][404][405]
d. See:[406][407][408][409][410][411][412][413][414][415]
e. See:[416][417][418][419][420][421][422]
f. Laurence Doherty, Charles Winslow, Vincent Richards, and Nicolás Massú are the only other male players in history who have won an
Olympic gold medal in both singles and doubles in their careers, however, they never completed the Career Grand Slam.[423]
g. The finals Nadal reached without losing a set were the 2007,[574] 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, and 2020 French Opens, the 2010 US Open, and
the 2019 Australian Open.[575]
h. The world No. 1 players who Nadal defeated were Roger Federer (13 times)[599] and Novak Djokovic (10 times).[600]

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Further reading
Bliss, Dominic (2022). Rafa Nadal: The King of the Court. The Quarto Group. ISBN 978-0-71127-613-0.
Carlin, John (2011). Rafa – Mi Historia. Indicios. ISBN 978-1-4013-1092-9.

External links
Official website (http://www.rafaelnadal.com/en/) (in Spanish)
Rafael Nadal (https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/N409/overview) at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Rafael Nadal (https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/800226907/esp) at the International Tennis Federation
Rafael Nadal (https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800226907) at the Davis Cup
Rafael Nadal (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107371) at Olympedia (archive (https://web.archive.org/web/20231231000000/https://www.
olympedia.org/athletes/107371))
Rafael Nadal (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/rafael-nadal) at Olympics.com
Rafael Nadal (https://www.olympicgameswinners.com/athlete/rafael-nadal) at the Olympic games winners profile
Rafael Nadal (http://www.espn.com/tennis/player/_/id/261) at ESPN.com
Rafael Nadal (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1755783/) at IMDb
Rafael Nadal (https://www.instagram.com/rafaelnadal/) on Instagram
Rafael Nadal (https://www.facebook.com/Nadal) on Facebook

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