Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal 2016
Nickname:	Rafa, bull from Manacor
Nation:	Spain
Birthday:	June 3, 1986 (age 35)
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	85kg
1st professional season:	2001
playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Carlos Moya
prize money:	$127,121,385
singles
Career Record:	1038:209
Career Title:	90
Highest Placement:	1 (18 Aug 2008)
Current placement:	5
Weeks as #1:	209
Grand Slam record
double
Career Record:	138:74
Career Title:	11
Highest Placement:	26 (8 Aug 2005)
Current placement:	1156
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Last update of the info box: January 31, 2022
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP/WTA (see web links )

Rafael Nadal Parera [ rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa ] (born 3 June 1986 in Manacor , Mallorca ) is a Spanish tennis player . He has already finished five seasons (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019) as the world number one . In total, he was at the top of the world rankings for 209 weeks. In his career, Nadal has won 90 singles titles and eleven in doubles.

Nadal has won 21 Grand Slam titles in singles so far, leading the record list ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Đoković (20 titles each). No player in tennis history has won a Grand Slam tournament more often than Nadal has won the French Open with 13 tournament victories. Nadal was successful four times at the US Open , plus two victories each in Wimbledon and at the Australian Open . This makes him one of only four players to have won at least twice in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. Nadal also won the gold medal in singles at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the gold medal in doubles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro together with Marc López . Nadal won the Davis Cup five times (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019) with the Spanish team. In early 2011 he was voted World Sportsman of the Year 2010 for his achievements , and ten years later, in 2020, he was honored with the Laureus World Sports Award for the second time.

Nadal holds the record for longest winning streak on clay . Between April 2005 and May 2007 he won 81 games in a row on clay before losing to Roger Federer in the final of the Hamburg Masters tournament . He won the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo eleven times and the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona twelve times. The most successful clay -court player of recent years is considered by many to be the best player on this surface in the history of tennis. For this reason he is also called the "clay court king".

personal

Rafael Nadal was born to Sebastián Nadal and Ana Maria Parera in Manacor on the island of Mallorca. His paternal grandfather was the musician and conductor Rafael Nadal (1929–2015) of the same name. His full name is Rafael Nadal Parera, with his first surname Nadal meaning Christmas in Catalan spoken in Mallorca . He has a younger sister named María Isabel (Maribel). Father Sebastián owns a glass and window company in Manacor , where the extended Nadal family including Rafael lives to this day. After the 10th grade, Nadal left school at the age of 16. In favor of his sporting career, he gave up further schooling. He has been in a relationship with Maria Francisca Perello since 2005, whom he married on October 19, 2019 in Pollença . Both are trying to keep their private lives away from the public as much as possible.

Rafael Nadal has set up his own tennis academy with a sports center and museum in his hometown of Manacor. He himself lives in the Mallorcan town of Porto Cristo .

childhood and adolescence

Rafael was interested in sports from an early age , not least because three of his uncles were professional athletes . His uncles Rafael Nadal and Miguel Ángel Nadal were both professional footballers , with Rafael playing in the Mallorcan football league and Miguel Ángel active for RCD Mallorca and FC Barcelona . During this period he won five Spanish championships and one European Cup with Barça and played several dozen games for the Spanish national team . His uncle Toni Nadal was a well-known tennis player on his home island, but had only moderate success as a professional on the Spanish mainland and then dedicated himself to training youth. As a young boy, he was involved in both sports, with football being his greatest passion. At the age of seven he started as a left striker at the local football club Manacor , and at the age of eleven he won the Balearic Championship with his team. His enthusiasm for football has survived to this day, he is still a passionate Real Madrid fan.

At the age of four he started playing tennis in a small group coached by his uncle Toni. He recognized and encouraged his talent early on. Although tennis was rather boring for little Rafael and he preferred to play football, success came early. He started competing in tournaments at the age of seven. He won the Balearic Championships for under-12s at the age of eight and the U14 championship at thirteen, despite breaking the little finger of his left hand in a fall in the first round of the tournament. For him, these victories are still among the most important on his way to becoming a tennis pro.

His uncle Toni, as his longtime trainer, was and is significantly involved in his success. Although the family members used to be concerned that Toni would push the boy too hard, his father's calm and relaxed manner always provided some balance to Toni's striving for success. The intensive and strict training as well as the mental training by Toni Nadal, coupled with Rafael's talent, made him one of the greatest tennis players in the world.

At 14, Rafael Nadal got his first opportunity to play against a big name in tennis in a preparatory match. When Boris Becker , who was intended to be Pat Cash 's opponent , dropped out at short notice, Nadal got his chance; he unexpectedly beat the 1987 Wimbledon champion .

tennis career

Beginning of professional career (2001–2004)

Nadal looked for the way to the professional tour early on and was first registered as a professional player in 2001 at the age of 15. He completed his first two tournaments in Spain, which ended for him in the first two rounds.

In 2002 he achieved his first victory on the ATP Tour . At home, he defeated Ramón Delgado in the first round . In the same year he won six titles in minor Spanish tournaments in the Future series . In June he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in his only start on the junior tour. At the end of 2002, Nadal had climbed 611 places to rank 200 in the world rankings .

At the beginning of the 2003 season, he made some final appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour before qualifying for a Masters Series tournament for the first time in April . In Monte Carlo he celebrated victories over Karol Kučera and Albert Costa before being eliminated in the third round by eventual finalist Guillermo Coria . With these ranking list points, he was now able to regularly take part in tournaments on the ATP Tour. An injury prevented his first start at the French Open . At his first appearance in Wimbledon he reached there at the age of 17 as the youngest player since Boris Becker in the third round , in which he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan . His best performance on the tour then followed with the semi-finals at the tournament in Umag , where he lost to his compatriot Carlos Moyá . His special strength on clay was already evident this season – he achieved eleven of his 14 victories on this surface. At the end of the year, Nadal was ranked 49th in the world.

At the beginning of 2004 he reached his first ATP tournament final in Auckland , which he lost to Dominik Hrbatý . On his Australian Open debut, Nadal advanced to the third round, losing to Lleyton Hewitt . At the Miami Masters , he defeated world number one Roger Federer for the first time and advanced to the round of 16. At the Estoril tournament , he reached the quarterfinals, but was unable to compete due to a metatarsal stress fracture . The injury forced him to take a three-month break. In August, Nadal won an ATP tournament for the first time, his opponent in the final in Sopot was José Acasuso . At the US Open he reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament in doubles for the first time alongside Tommy Robredo .

In December, Nadal was part of the Spanish team that beat the USA 3-2 in the Davis Cup final . When he defeated Andy Roddick , he became the second youngest player (after Boris Becker in 1985) to win a singles match in a Davis Cup final at 18 years and six months.

First French Open titles and record streak on clay (2005–2007)

Nadal at the 2006 Cincinnati Masters

2007 in the final of the French Open

The year 2005 brought Nadal the final breakthrough with eleven tournament wins, so many he hasn't managed in one season since. His greatest success came at the French Open : he was the first player since Mats Wilander in 1982 to win on his debut in Paris. In the semifinals, on his nineteenth birthday, he defeated Federer 6:3, 4:6, 6:4 and 6:3. With his final victory over Mariano Puerta , Nadal was also the youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament since Pete Sampras (US Open 1990) at the age of 19 years and 2 days. In Wimbledon , on the other hand, he had to accept an early defeat, as number four on the seed list, he lost to Gilles Müller in round two . He then won his first title on hard court in Montreal with a three-set win over Andre Agassi . At the US Open , he was defeated again (against James Blake ) in the third round. Nadal won eight of his eleven titles on his favorite surface, his annual record on clay showed 50 wins with two losses; by the end of the year he remained undefeated for 36 matches in a row. Nadal was the most successful clay court player since Thomas Muster - in 1995 the Austrian had 65 wins and only two defeats. Nadal became the first teenager to end the year at number two in the world since Boris Becker in 1986.

In 2006 he won five tournaments, four of them against Federer: Dubai , Monte Carlo , Rome and the French Open . He won his fifth title of the year in Barcelona against Tommy Robredo. With the final in Rome, he went 53 straight games unbeaten on clay – equaling the record set by Guillermo Vilas in 1973. By winning the title at the French Open, Nadal had won 60 consecutive victories on clay. He then showed a lot of improvement on grass as well. He became the first Spaniard to reach the final at Wimbledon since his compatriot Manuel Santana won the title in 1966 . The Swiss won the renewed duel with Federer this time. For Nadal it was the first final defeat after 14 wins in a row. At the end of the year he reached the semi-finals of the Tennis Masters Cup and ended the year again in second place.

In 2007 he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open , but lost to Fernando González in three sets. At the Masters tournament in Indian Wells , Nadal was able to celebrate his first tournament victory since the French Open the year before. At the Masters tournament in Miami , he lost in the quarterfinals to Novak Djokovic, whom he had defeated in the Indian Wells final. He was able to defend his titles from the previous year in Monte Carlo and Rome, so that he was now undefeated in 78 games on clay. In the semi-finals in Rome he equaled John McEnroe's previous record of 75 consecutive wins on one surface. Nadal also reached the final at the tournament in Hamburg , but lost there to Roger Federer after 81 successes on clay. In Paris, he managed the hat-trick at the French Open by beating Federer again . There was also a repeat of last year's final at Wimbledon , which Federer won again. After a defeat in the round of 16 of the US Open against David Ferrer , Nadal still reached the final at the Paris Masters against David Nalbandian and the semi-finals of the Tennis Masters Cup against Roger Federer.

Olympic gold medal and world number one (2008–2010)

Nadal at the Pacific Life Open , 2008

Rafael Nadal in Ohio, 2008

In 2008 he reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and in Indian Wells as well as the finals in Miami. Nadal secured his fourth consecutive title with a win over Federer in Monte Carlo. He also won doubles with Tommy Robredo, his fourth doubles title overall. With his victory in Hamburg, Nadal was only the third tennis player to win all three Masters tournaments on clay in one year. At the French Open , he managed his fourth consecutive triumph without losing a set, equaling Björn Borg's Open Era record . In a final that lasted only 107 minutes, the shortest since 1980, he clearly defeated Federer 6:1, 6:3 and 6:0.

Also in Wimbledon there was another final between him and Federer. In one of the most dramatic encounters in tennis history, the Spaniard won 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 7 and 9: 7. It was the longest men's singles final in the more than 130-year history of the tournament. John McEnroe and Björn Borg, who had contested the most important Wimbledon final up to that point in 1980 and followed the match live, later spoke of the best game they had ever seen.

Although Nadal lost his semifinals at the Cincinnati tournament , since Federer had already been eliminated in the round of 16, Nadal was able to knock him off the top of the world rankings on August 18, 2008. Federer had been number one for 237 consecutive weeks. On August 17, 2008, Nadal secured the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing by beating Fernando González from Chile. He then reached the semifinals for the first time at the US Open , but lost to Andy Murray . He had to abandon the last Masters tournament of the year in Paris due to a knee injury in the quarterfinals and cancel all other tournaments.

On February 1, 2009, Nadal won the first Grand Slam tournament on hard court against Roger Federer at the Australian Open . It was his sixth Grand Slam title and the 13th win in the 19th duel against Federer and the first singles title by a Spaniard at the Australian Open. Later in the season he also won in Barcelona , his fifth success in a row there. On the other hand, he was surprisingly eliminated in the round of 16 of the French Open by Swede Robin Söderling . It was his first defeat at Roland Garros ever. Due to injury, Nadal did not compete at Wimbledon ; after Federer's triumph there, he had to hand over the lead in the ATP ranking again - Nadal had been in first place for 46 weeks until July 5, 2009. He competed again in the Rogers Cup and was stopped there in the quarterfinals by Juan Martín del Potro . He also lost the semi-finals of the US Open against the same opponent, ending the season in 2nd place for the fourth time.

At the Australian Open in 2010 he had to give up as the defending champion in his quarterfinal match against eventual finalist Andy Murray in the third set due to a knee injury. In April he achieved his sixth success in a row in Monte Carlo. He also managed to defend his title in Rome and his 18th title in a Masters Series tournament in Madrid . Nadal took the top spot in this statistic ahead of Andre Agassi, who had 17 Masters successes. He won the French Open – again without losing a set – for the fifth time. He defeated Robin Söderling in the final and, after falling back to fourth place for a few weeks, regained the lead in the world rankings. On July 4, Nadal secured his second Wimbledon title ; in the final he defeated Tomáš Berdych in three sets. At the US Open he reached the final for the first time, beating Novak Djokovic in four sets. Throughout the tournament, Nadal gave up just five service games and at 24 became the seventh player and youngest in the Open Era to win all four Grand Slam titles.

Again winner of the French Open and removal as world number one (2011)

Nadal at the French Open , 2011

The year started for Nadal with the ATP tournament in Doha, where he lost the semifinals to Nikolai Davydenko . In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open , he was beaten by his friend David Ferrer. He pulled a hamstring in the first set and lost the match in three sets. On his comeback, Nadal was able to reach the finals in Indian Wells and Miami, but both finals ended in defeats against Đoković. Nadal got his first tournament win of the year in Monte Carlo, this time beating Ferrer in the final; it was his seventh success there in a row. A week later he beat Ferrer again to win his sixth title at the Barcelona ATP Tournament . In early June, Nadal also won the French Open final for the sixth time . He once again defeated Federer (in 3:40 hours by 7:5, 7:6, 5:7 and 6:1) and drew level with the Swedish record winner Björn Borg, who triumphed six times in Paris.

At Wimbledon , Nadal lost a final to Đoković for the fifth time this year. The Serb had already replaced Nadal as world number one by reaching the final. In the preparatory tournaments for the US Open, Nadal performed rather moderately and was eliminated early in Montreal and Cincinnati. At the US Open , he then improved from round to round. Finally, last year's final was repeated against Đoković, albeit with a better ending for the Serbs, who also won their sixth meeting of the season. In September, on the other hand, after convincing victories against the French Tsonga and Gasquet , he made it into the Davis Cup final with Spain . In October, Nadal suffered further losses when he lost to Andy Murray in Tokyo and later to Florian Mayer in straight sets at the Masters in Shanghai . Even at the season finale , he didn't reach his old form and was eliminated early after defeats by Federer and Tsonga. In the Davis Cup final against Argentina in early December, he helped the Spanish team to victory with his wins against Juan Mónaco and Juan Martín del Potro, ending 2011 with a win.

Eighth consecutive title win in Monte Carlo and seventh title in Paris (2012)

Nadal in Doha, 2012

At his season opener in Doha , Nadal made it into the semifinals against Gaël Monfils , but lost it in straight sets. At the Australian Open he met Đoković again in the final, who won 7:5, 4:6, 2:6, 7:6, 5:7 in five sets. With a playing time of five hours and 53 minutes, it was not only the longest game in the history of the tournament, but also the longest final in a Grand Slam tournament. Nadal lost such a final for the third consecutive year and set another, albeit negative, record.

At the subsequent Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami , he reached the semifinals. In Indian Wells he lost to Federer, but was able to secure the title in the doubles competition with his compatriot Marc López . This was his second title at Indian Wells, after 2010, and his eighth doubles overall. In Miami he had to cancel the semi-final match against Andy Murray because of a knee injury. After that he was back on the field for the first time at the Masters in Monte Carlo and was able to move straight back into the finals, where he once again faced world number one Đokovic. After the last seven finals lost, Nadal kept the upper hand 6: 3 and 6: 1 and won his eighth title in a row in Monte Carlo - as the first player of the Open Era in one and the same tournament. Shortly thereafter, he won the ATP tournament in Barcelona for the seventh time, where he defeated David Ferrer in the final for the fourth time after 2008, 2009 and 2011.

After dropping out in the round of 16 at the Masters tournament in Madrid , he lost second place in the world rankings to Federer, who won the tournament (Nadal was last in third place in May 2010). At the subsequent tournament in Rome, as in Monte Carlo, he was able to beat Đoković in straight sets. With his sixth success in the Italian capital and his 21st tournament victory in a Masters competition, he moved up to second place in the world rankings again.

At the French Open , he advanced to the final without dropping a set, where he met Đoković in a Grand Slam final for the fourth time in a row. In the match, which was held over two days due to rain interruptions, he prevailed in four sets. With his seventh success in Paris - also his 50th individual title - he became the sole record winner of the French Open.

On June 28, 2012, he failed in Wimbledon for the first time since 2005 in a Grand Slam tournament in round two. He lost to the Czech Lukáš Rosol , who was 98 places behind him in the world rankings, in five sets (7:6, 4:6, 4:6, 6:2, 4:6). This also ended his series of five Grand Slam final appearances in a row, which had lasted since the French Open in 2011.

In June, the National Olympic Committee of Spain (Comité Olímpico Español) nominated Nadal to bear the Spanish flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics . On July 19, however, Nadal announced his retirement from the Olympics due to a knee injury sustained in his second-round loss at Wimbledon. He also had to skip the subsequent Masters tournaments in North America and the US Open . In September, he announced on his website that he would be unable to compete for at least two more months because of knee problems. He thus missed the China Open , the Masters tournaments in Shanghai and Paris, and the Davis Cup semifinals against the USA.

At the end of November, Nadal returned to training and confirmed his participation in the tournament in Abu Dhabi . However, a gastrointestinal virus forced him to cancel on December 25 and just three days later he also canceled the Australian Open.

Return to the top after a seven-month injury break (2013)

On February 5, 2013, Nadal returned to the tennis court after being out injured for 222 days. At the clay court tournament in Viña del Mar , he took part in both the singles and the doubles tournament - in doubles he competed with Argentinian Juan Mónaco - and reached the finals in each case. At the Brasil Open in São Paulo on February 17, Nadal won the final match against Argentinian David Nalbandian . It was his first title win from injury eight months after the 2012 French Open and his first of 2013.

In March he won the final in Acapulco against his compatriot David Ferrer 6-0 and 6-2 without giving up a set throughout the tournament. Nadal also reached the final at the subsequent Masters tournament in Indian Wells . He had previously defeated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals and Tomáš Berdych in the semifinals. With 4:6, 6:3 and 6:4 he also defeated Juan Martín del Potro in the final and thus won his third title in Indian Wells. In the world rankings, he again passed David Ferrer to fourth place.

In Monte Carlo , Nadal reached the ninth consecutive final in the Principality, but after eight tournament wins in a row, he lost 6-2 and 7-6 to Novak Đoković. As in the five previous tournaments, Nadal reached the final in Barcelona . He defeated Nicolás Almagro 6-4 and 6-3 in the final and celebrated his eighth tournament victory in Barcelona and the fourth since his comeback in February. Just two weeks later he won his 23rd title at an ATP Masters 1000 tournament with a 6: 2 and 6: 4 in the final of the Mutua Open in Madrid against Stanislas Wawrinka . He immediately celebrated his 24th title at the following Masters in Rome . In the final he clearly defeated Federer 6:1 and 6:3; it was his 20th victory in the 30th duel against Federer.

On June 9, 2013, Nadal won the French Open for the eighth time , by defeating Ferrer 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2 in three sets. He set a new record in the "Open Era": with his eighth Grand Slam title at the French Open, he achieved the most titles in a Grand Slam tournament.

In Wimbledon , Nadal was eliminated in the first round, losing to Belgian Steve Darcis , who is 130 places behind him in the world rankings, in three tight sets 6: 7, 6: 7 and 4: 6. It was the first first-round defeat in a Grand Slam tournament in his career. Afterwards, Nadal became the first player since Andy Roddick in the 2003 season to win the two Masters hard court tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati within a week. In doing so, he increased his hard-court record to 15:0 in the current season and rose to second place in the world rankings. At the US Open , he reached the final with just one set loss. There he defeated Novak Đoković 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 1 and thus won the second US Open title of his career after 2010 and the second Grand Slam this season.

In October 2013, Nadal advanced to the final of the Beijing tournament after Berdych retired through injury in the semifinals . With this victory he secured, for the first time since July 2011, the world rankings. In the final he lost to Đoković in straight sets.

Finals at the Australian Open and ninth title in Paris (2014)

Nadal started the new season well. Right at his first tournament start in Doha he reached the final, which he won against Gaël Monfils in three sets. He also reached the final of the Australian Open , where he met Wawrinka , whom he had defeated in all 12 previous encounters. Slightly injured, he lost this time 3:6, 2:6, 6:3 and 3:6.

After victories in Rio and Madrid, he once again entered the tournament as the top favorite at the French Open. Nadal, who had lost the last four duels against Novak Đoković, met the Serb again in the final of the French Open but this time prevailed 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and 6-4. The win secured his ninth Roland Garros title and 14th Grand Slam title of his career. He drew level with Pete Sampras in this statistic. He also defended his world rankings lead against Đoković and built his record at the French Open to 66-1 victories.

At the subsequent start of the grass season, Nadal took part in the tournament in Halle . As number 1 on the seeding list, he initially had a bye and was then eliminated in the round of 16 by 4:6 and 1:6 against Dustin Brown . A week later he reached Wimbledon , seeded number 2, with three four-set victories over Martin Kližan , Lukáš Rosol and Mikhail Kukushkin the round of 16, in which he surprisingly beat 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios 6:7, 7:5, 6:7 and lost 3:6.

Due to a wrist injury, he had to cancel the following ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati as well as the US Open , all of which he had won the previous year. He continued the season in Beijing , where he lost in three sets in the quarterfinals to Martin Kližan. At the following Masters in Shanghai , weakened by appendicitis, he lost his opening game against Feliciano López . He then canceled participation in the World Tour Finals due to an imminent removal of the appendix . He still competed at the Swiss Indoors in Basel , where he did not get past the quarterfinals. On November 3, he underwent the announced operation in Barcelona.

Setbacks and injuries (2015–2016)

At the beginning of 2015, Nadal failed at the Australian Open in the quarterfinals against Tomáš Berdych. He won his first title of the season in Buenos Aires at the beginning of March, but it was to be the last sense of achievement for a long time. Nadal remained without another title until the French Open, for the first time in eleven years he missed a title in one of the three Masters tournaments on clay. At the French Open , as in the previous three years, there was again a duel with Đoković in the quarterfinals. Nadal was clearly beaten 5: 7, 3: 6 and 1: 6 and lost again in Paris for the first time after 39 wins. At the start of the grass season, Nadal won his second title of the season in Stuttgart . It was his first success on this surface in five years. But he could not build on this success on the Wimbledon lawn; he failed in the second round to Dustin Brown. After winning his third title of the season in Hamburg , Nadal also had to admit defeat early on at the US Open . After a clear two-set lead, he lost his third round match against Fabio Fognini , it was the first defeat in a Grand Slam tournament after such a lead. This also ended Nadal's record streak of winning at least one title in Grand Slam tournaments per season. In the last ten years he had always won at least one of the four major tournaments. At the end of the season he still managed to reach the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals , but he had to admit defeat to Đoković again. He ended the 2015 season ranked No. 5 in the world, his worst season-ending finish in 11 years.

In early 2016 he failed at the Australian Open in the first round to Fernando Verdasco . In April he won his ninth title in Monte Carlo . In the final he defeated Gaël Monfils 7:5, 5:7 and 6:0. In the immediately following tournament in Barcelona he won his 69th career title. At the French Open , he had to pull out of his third-round match against Marcel Granollers due to wrist pain. These also prevented him from competing at Wimbledon . He only returned to the Olympic Games , where he was defeated in the semifinals by Juan Martín del Potro. He lost in the bronze medal match to Kei Nishikori , while winning the gold medal in doubles with Marc López. At the US Open , Nadal lost to Lucas Pouille in the round of 16 . Shortly thereafter, he ended the 2016 season prematurely due to health problems and thus waived participation in the ATP World Tour Finals , although qualified .

In March 2016, former French sports minister Roselyne Bachelot accused Nadal of doping. Nadal, who denied the allegations, filed a lawsuit against Bachelot in France. In November 2017, Bachelot was found guilty of defamation and Nadal received 10,000 euros in damages.

"La Décima" - tenth title in Paris and return to the top of the world rankings (2017)

In 2017, Nadal made it to the Australian Open 's first Grand Slam final since June 2014. In the final, he met Roger Federer, who took revenge for the defeat in the 2009 Australian Open final and won the game 6-4 in five sets , 3:6, 6:1, 3:6 and 6:3. By reaching the final, Nadal improved to sixth place in the world rankings. After the final defeat in March in Acapulco against Sam Querrey , Nadal failed twice more at Federer in Indian Wells in the round of 16 and in the final game of the Miami Masters . In the clay-court season, Nadal successively secured the titles in Monte-Carlo , Barcelona and Madrid . In Rome he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Dominic Thiem , whom he had previously defeated in the Barcelona and Madrid finals. At the French Open , Nadal advanced to the final without losing a set, including against Dominic Thiem in the semifinals, which he won in three sets against Stan Wawrinka . He is the first player to win one of the Grand Slam tournaments ten times. He also won his tenth title (Spanish: "La Décima") at the tournaments in Barcelona and Monte Carlo. In Wimbledon , Nadal reached the round of 16, where he was beaten in five sets by Luxembourg's Gilles Müller after 4:48 hours (3: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 13:15).

On August 21, 2017, Nadal returned to the top of the world rankings for the first time after a break of around three years . Here he benefited from the injury-related cancellations of Andy Murray , the previous world number leader, and Roger Federer in Cincinnati . Nadal did not have any major successes in preparation for the US Open . In New York itself, however, he reached the final, in which he clearly defeated Kevin Anderson 6:3, 6:3 and 6:4 and thus celebrated his third success in the last Grand Slam tournament of the season. As the season progressed, Nadal managed to maintain his strong hard-court form and win the Laver Cup , which was held for the first time in Prague, alongside his long-time rival Roger Federer . In addition, Nadal was able to end his personal fall curse by winning the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Beijing in the final against Nick Kyrgios . He also made it into the final at the Masters tournament in Shanghai . After 16 wins in a row, he had to admit defeat to Roger Federer, it was the fifth consecutive defeat against the Swiss. Due to recurring problems in his right knee, Nadal was unable to play his quarter-finals in the subsequent Masters tournament in Paris . His participation in the ATP Finals was also in limbo for a long time. After the opening defeat against the eventual finalist David Goffin , Nadal declared his season over prematurely. At the end of the year he retained his top position in the world rankings.

Forever young duel with Federer and eleventh title in Paris (2018)

Due to ongoing physical problems, Nadal refrained from any preparatory tournaments in the run-up to the first major of the year. It was ultimately due to his physical condition that he had to give up at the Australian Open in the course of his quarter-final match against eventual finalist Marin Čilić with scores of 6:3, 3:6, 7:6 ⁵ , 2:6 and 0:2. On February 19, 2018, he also lost his top position in the world rankings to his long-time rival Roger Federer . Furthermore, Nadal gave up the first two Masters of the year in order to only make his comeback for the Davis Cup quarter-finals between Spain and Germany. With two clear three-set victories in singles, he was instrumental in the progress of the Spaniards. At the beginning of the European clay court season, he also managed the eleventh victory at the Masters of Monte Carlo and the tournament in Barcelona . Across the seasons, he won 19 games or 46 sets in a row on clay, the latter being a historic record. Nadal had already regained first place in the world rankings on April 2, 2018, "without a fight" because Federer skipped the clay court season . At the Masters in Madrid , Nadal reached the quarter-finals, but lost to Dominic Thiem in two sets 5: 7 and 3: 6. This ended a historic series of 50 winning sets in a row on one and the same surface. The previous record was set by John McEnroe in 1984 , who won 49 straight sets on carpet. As a result of this defeat, Nadal again lost his top position in the world rankings to Roger Federer, which he regained a week before May 21, 2018 with a 6: 1, 1: 6 and 6: 3 against Alexander Zverev in the final of the Masters in Rome . It was Nadal's 32nd Masters title and eighth in Rome. On June 10, 2018, Rafael Nadal won the final of the French Open 6-4, 6-3 and 6-2 against Dominic Thiem. In doing so, Nadal claimed his 11th French Open title , his 17th Grand Slam title overall, and also became the first player to win a Grand Slam tournament in 12 different seasons. In Wimbledon , Nadal made it into the semifinals for the first time since 2011, but lost there to his long-time rival Novak Đoković in the 52nd duel in five sets 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3, 8:10. It was the first time he lost a semifinal since the 2009 US Open after Nadal had previously won 16 in a row. Nadal won the Rogers Cup in Toronto for the fourth time after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final . This win was his 33rd Masters triumph and 80th career title. At the US Open 2018 , Nadal made it to the semifinals. After falling 2-0 in sets against Juan Martín del Potro , he resigned through injury and ended the season.

12. French Open success, fourth US Open win and race for world number one (2019)

At the Australian Open he reached the final for the fifth time, but lost it to Novak Đoković 3:6, 2:6, 3:6. For the first time in his career, Nadal lost a Grand Slam final in straight sets. He claimed his first title of the season at the Masters tournament in Rome , when he beat Novak Đoković in straight sets in the final. With that success, he won at least one tournament in 16 straight seasons, setting a new record in the Open Era. Nadal won the French Open for the twelfth time and thus won his 18th Grand Slam title. In the final, like last year, he defeated Dominic Thiem 6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 1. At Wimbledon, he met Roger Federer in the semifinals , which he lost in four sets. He was able to defend his title at the Masters in Montreal , winning the tournament for the fifth time after beating Daniil Medvedev in two sets. It was his 35th tournament win overall at a Masters tournament. He won his 19th Grand Slam title at the US Open after a five-set win again against Medvedev, it was his fourth title at this tournament. By reaching the final, Nadal equaled Federer's record of at least five finals in all four Grand Slam tournaments. The ATP tournaments after the US Open developed into a race for the top of the world rankings between Nadal and Novak Đoković, who was leading at the time. After Nadal had to end the tournament prematurely due to an injury to his hand at the Laver Cup , he also had to forego the tournament in Shanghai and only returned to the ATP tour in Paris . Here he reached the semifinals. However, Nadal had to cancel the game against Denis Shapovalov again due to injury. Reaching the semi-finals and Đoković losing his world ranking points from the 2018 ATP Finals saw Nadal move back up to number one on November 4, 2019. At the 2019 ATP Finals in London, he was drawn into a group with Alexander Zverev , Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev. After a two-set defeat against Zverev and two hard-fought three-set wins against Medvedev and Tsitsipas, he did not get past the group stage. Nevertheless, he was able to secure the end of the season as number one, since last year's finalist Đoković also failed in the group stage. This was Nadal's fifth time and eleven years after the first time a season as world number one.

13. French Open victory (2020-2021)

At the start of the season, Nadal played for Spain in the inaugural ATP Cup , where the Spanish team reached the final. There they lost 2-1 to Serbia, Nadal losing his final game against Novak Đoković in straight sets. At the Australian Open he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Dominic Thiem . At the end of February he secured the title win at the tournament in Acapulco without losing a set . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , a large part of the season was canceled from March, so that it only continued in August. However , Nadal canceled participation in the US Open due to security concerns. He played his first tournament again at the Masters in Rome . There he lost in two sets in the quarterfinals to Diego Schwartzman . At the French Open , which was postponed to October 2020 , he once again made it into the final. In this he defeated Novak Đoković 6:0, 6:2 and 7:5. His 13th title win in Roland Garros was also his 20th title win in a Grand Slam tournament, leveling him with Roger Federer, who was also the most successful player in Grand Slam tournaments to date with 20 titles.

With his opening victory over Feliciano López at the Paris Masters , Nadal became the fourth player in professional tennis to win his 1000th game on the tour.

In 2021, Nadal won two more clay court tournaments in Barcelona and Rome , with the win in Rome drawing him back to level with Đoković with 36 Masters titles. He then failed for the first time in the semifinals of the French Open at Novak Đoković, before that he had won the tournament four times in a row. After that tournament, Nadal announced that he would skip Wimbledon and the Olympics to recover from his physical ailments. After a brief comeback in Washington, DC , Nadal announced that he is ending the season early due to ongoing foot problems.

21st Grand Slam title and second Australian Open triumph (since 2022)

Nadal won his 21st singles Grand Slam title at the 2022 Australian Open . In the final he defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev in five sets (2:6, 6:7, 6:4, 6:4, 7:5). He is the sole record Grand Slam winner in singles, and became the fourth player after Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Đoković to win all Grand Slam tournaments at least twice.

gameplay and features

Nadal's preferred surface is clay, where he has had the most success. For this reason he is also often referred to as the king of clay . Like Roger Federer, Nadal is considered to have strong nerves and has an extraordinarily pronounced ability to anticipate . He forces his opponents to play an offensive and risky game.

Signature two-handed backhand

His style of play is characterized by powerful and aggressive baseline tennis. He plays his forehand and backhand shots with an extremely strong topspin , which he achieves with the help of an extreme forehand grip ( western grip ) and strong acceleration of the racket head. Research has shown that Nadal's forehand shots rotate the ball at 3000-4000 RPM, while players like Sampras, Agassi and Federer only hit around 2000 RPM. His extraordinary athleticism is also remarkable, in particular his enormous speed and mobility, which allows him to run around difficult balls on the backhand side and to use his more variable forehand stroke. His two-handed backhand is considered one of the toughest in professional tennis, with Nadal benefiting from the fact that despite being right-handed, his playing hand is left. Responsible for this is his uncle and long-time coach Toni Nadal, who believed early on that his two-handed backhand would benefit from it and give him the opportunity to develop an extremely strong shot on both sides.

His serve was one of his weaknesses at the beginning, which was probably also due to the fact that the left hand was right-handed. Over the years he has worked hard to improve his technique, which has transformed his serve from just a means of opening rallies to one of the best serves with a high percentage of point wins on the first serve. Nadal not only relies on speed, but on skillfully placing the ball. His strategy is to play the most extreme angles possible and put his opponents under pressure.

Nadal has often been criticized for his ritualized sequence of movements, which takes a relatively long time, especially before the serve. Some opponents feel disturbed by this in their game rhythm. His eternal rival Federer publicly criticized him for exceeding the allowed time between points (25 seconds). His criticism was also directed at the referees, who would not punish non-compliance. One of Nadal's unusual rituals on the tennis court is the use of two water bottles, which he drinks from at every break, always re-orienting them with the label facing the same direction. He himself describes his many rituals before and during a match as conducive to his concentration and focus on the game and the individual moves.

records

Grand Slam tournaments

• He holds the record for most singles tournament wins with 21 Grand Slam titles.
• Rafael Nadal is one of eight players to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments in their career. He did this in 2010 at the age of 24 as the youngest player in the Open Era. He is also one of four players to have won every Grand Slam tournament at least twice.
• Only Nadal and Andre Agassi managed to win the career golden slam in their careers , i.e. H. to win all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic Games in singles.
• He is also the only one to have won all Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal in both singles and doubles.
• He won the French Open thirteen times, a record for all Grand Slam tournaments.
• He was a thirteen-time finalist of the same Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, winning all of them.
• From 2005 to 2014, he won at least one Grand Slam tournament for ten consecutive years, breaking the record held by Björn Borg , Pete Sampras and Federer (8).
• In 2010 he won the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, becoming the first player to win titles on three different surfaces in one season. In 2021 Djokovic did the same.
• From the 2010 French Open to the 2018 French Open, Nadal won 16 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals, beating Björn Borg's record of 14.
• Nadal won Grand Slam tournaments in 15 seasons (2005-2014, 2017-2020, 2022).
• Along with Pete Sampras and Ken Rosewall , he is one of three players to have won Grand Slams in their teens, 20's and 30's.
• Only Nadal at the French Open (2008, 2010, 2017 and 2020) won four tournaments in the Open Era without dropping a set.
• Alongside Rod Laver , Borg, Đoković and Federer, he is one of five players in the Open Era to win back-to-back French Open and Wimbledon, having done so in 2008 and 2010.

ATP Masters 1000

• From 2005 to 2014, he won at least one Masters tournament for ten years in a row.
• With eleven titles at the Monte Carlo tournament, he holds the record for most wins in one tournament. His eight consecutive successes there (2005-2012) are also a record.
• He is also the only player who has won two tournaments at least ten times (Monte Carlo & Rome).
• In Monte-Carlo, Nadal reached twelve finals and reached nine finals in three different tournaments (Monte-Carlo, Rome & Madrid).
• In 2010, Nadal became the first player to win all three clay court tournaments in one season (Monte Carlo, Rome & Madrid).
• In 2013 he won four tournaments in a row (Rome, Madrid, Montréal & Cincinnati), Novak Đoković later did the same, but not in one season.
• In 2013 Nadal also reached eight semi-finals, Đoković equaled this record in 2015.

world ranking

• There are 11 years between his first season as number 1 (2008) and his last (2019).
• Nadal is the first player to return to the year-end No. 1 ranking after four breaks.
• He holds the record for most weeks and completed seasons (12) among the top 2 players in the world.

Other records

• He holds the records for the highest win rate on clay courts (91.5%) and outdoor courts (84.8%).
• Nadal holds the Open-era records for most titles won on clay (62) and outdoor (86).
• From 2005 to 2007 he won 81 straight matches on clay until Federer ended the streak in the Hamburg final.
• From 2017 to 2018, he won 50 sets in a row on clay, the longest series of this kind on a court surface.
• At the French Open, Nadal triumphed 13 times; he won 12 titles in Barcelona, ​​eleven in Monte Carlo and ten in Rome; in the Open Era only he and Federer have managed to win several tournaments at least ten times.
• He holds the record for most titles won in a Grand Slam tournament, a Masters tournament and an ATP Tour 500 tournament.
• He won at least one tournament in 19 consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2022.
• Nadal has held the record for most wins against world number one (22) since May 2019, overtaking Boris Becker with 19 wins.

Awards and Recognitions

Record Grand Slam winner in men's singles

rank	player	title
1.	Rafael Nadal	21
2.	Novak Djokovic	20
	Roger Federer
4.	Pete Sampras	14
5.	Roy Emerson	12
6.	Bjorn Borg	11
	Rod Laver
8th.	Bill Tilden	10
As of January 30, 2022

Record world number one in men's singles

rank	tennis player	weeks
1.	Novak Djokovic	355
2.	Roger Federer	310
3.	Pete Sampras	286
4.	Ivan Lendl	270
5.	Jimmy Connors	268
6.	Rafael Nadal	209
7.	John McEnroe	170
8th.	Bjorn Borg	109
9.	Andre Agassi	101
As of January 10, 2022

• 2003: ATP Newcomer of the Year
• 2005: ATP Most Improved Player of the Year
• 2005: European ATP Player of the Year
• 2005: Laureus World Sports Awards/Newcomer of the Year
• 2008: ITF World Champion
• 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017: ATP Player of the Year
• 2008: European Sportsman of the Year (UEPS) / Association of European Sports Journalists
• 2008, 2010: European Sportsman of the Year (PAP) / Polska Agencja Prasowa
• 2010: Spain's Sportsman of the Year
• 2010: Cornelius Atticus (highest sports award of the Balearic Islands)
• 2010: Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
• 2010, 2017: ITF Player of the Year
• 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019: International Champion des champions ( L'Équipe )
• 2010: Spain's Sportsman of the Decade ( Marca )
• 2011, 2021: World Athlete of the Year
• 2011: Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award
• 2013: ATP Comeback Player of the Year
• 2013: Honorary Citizen of Madrid
• 2014: Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Balearic Islands

In June 2008, an asteroid was named after Nadal. The asteroid discovered by the Mallorcan Planetarium in 2003 has since been named 128036 Rafaelnadal .

Other fields of activity

In 2008 and 2011 he was elected to the ATP Player Council for two years , where he held the position of Vice President alongside President Roger Federer. At the beginning of 2011, he was one of the main players in a group of players campaigning for fewer tournaments and more prize money. He also caused a stir when he criticized Federer's behavior as chairman of the players' union (ATP Player Council) and accused him of not standing behind the other players. In March 2012 he then resigned from this post – probably due to differences with Federer.

In spring 2010, Rafael Nadal made a guest appearance in the music video Gypsy as the love partner of Colombian singer Shakira .

In early 2013, together with his longtime manager Carlos Costa, he founded his own sports marketing company, with which he wants to represent athletes from various sports such as tennis, golf and soccer and also organize events.

The Rafa Nadal Museum Xperience opened in Manacor in 2016 .

current account

finals

singles

Number of tournament wins and participation in finals in different tournaments and court surfaces
	victories			finals
	Tournament Categories*	court coverings		Tournament Categories*	court coverings
	Grand Slams (21)	hard court (24)		Grand Slams (29)	hard court (50)
	ATP Tour Finals (0)	sand (62)		ATP Tour Finals (2)	sand (70)
	ATP Tour Masters 1000 (36)	Lawn (4)		ATP Tour Masters 1000 (52)	Lawn (7)
	Olympic Games (1)			Olympic Games (1)
	ATPTour 500 (22)			ATPTour 500 (28)
	ATP Tour 250 (10)			ATP Tour 250 (15)
Detailed representation of tournament wins
No.	date	competition	court surface	final opponent	Result
01.	Aug 15, 2004	Sopot	sand	Jose Acasuso	6:3, 6:4
02.	February 20, 2005	Costa do Sauipe	sand	Alberto Martin	6-0, 6-7 2 , 6-1
03.	February 27, 2005	Acapulco	sand	Albert Montañes	6-1, 6-0
04.	April 17, 2005	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Guillermo Coria	6:3, 6:1, 0:6, 7:5
05.	April 24, 2005	Barcelona	sand	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6:1, 7:64 , 6:3
06.	May 8, 2005	Rome Masters	sand	Guillermo Coria	6:4, 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 6
07.	June 5, 2005	French Open	sand	Mariano Puerta	6:7 6 , 6:3, 6:1, 7:5
08th.	July 10, 2005	Bastad	sand	Tomas Berdych	2:6, 6:2, 6:4
09.	July 24, 2005	Stuttgart	sand	Gaston Gaudio	6:3, 6:3, 6:4
10	Aug 14, 2005	Canada Masters	hard court	Andre Agassi	6:3, 4:6, 6:2
11.	September 18, 2005	Beijing	hard court	Guillermo Coria	5:7, 6:1, 6:2
12.	October 23, 2005	Madrid Masters	hard court (i)	Ivan Ljubicic	3:6, 2:6, 6:3, 6:4, 7:6 3
13.	March 4, 2006	Dubai	hard court	Roger Federer	2:6, 6:4, 6:4
14	April 23, 2006	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6:2, 6:72 , 6:3, 7:65
15	April 30, 2006	Barcelona	sand	Tommy Robredo	6-4, 6-4, 6-0
16	May 14, 2006	Rome Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6:7 0 , 7:6 5 , 6:4, 2:6, 7:6 5
17	June 11, 2006	French Open	sand	Roger Federer	1:6, 6:1, 6:4, 7:6 4
18	March 18, 2007	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Novak Djokovic	6:2, 7:5
19	April 22, 2007	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6:4, 6:4
20	April 29, 2007	Barcelona	sand	Guillermo Canas	6:3, 6:4
21	May 13, 2007	Rome Masters	sand	Fernando Gonzalez	6-2, 6-2
22	June 10, 2007	French Open	sand	Roger Federer	6:3, 4:6, 6:3, 6:4
23	July 22, 2007	Stuttgart	sand	Stanislas Wawrinka	6:4, 7:5
24	April 27, 2008	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Roger Federer	7:5, 7:5
25	May 4, 2008	Barcelona	sand	David Ferrer	6:1, 4:6, 6:1
26	May 18, 2008	Hamburg Masters	sand	Roger Federer	7:5, 6:73 , 6:3
27	June 8, 2008	French Open	sand	Roger Federer	6-1, 6-3, 6-0
28	June 15, 2008	Queen's Club	lawn	Novak Djokovic	7:6 6 , 7:5
29	July 6, 2008	Wimbledon	lawn	Roger Federer	6: 4 , 6:4, 6:75 , 6:78 , 9:7
30	July 27, 2008	Canada Masters	hard court	Nicolas Kiefer	6:3, 6:2
31	Aug 17, 2008	Beijing	hard court	Fernando Gonzalez	6:3, 7:62 , 6:3
32	February 1, 2009	Australian Open	hard court	Roger Federer	7:5, 3:6, 7:6 3 , 3:6, 6:2
33	March 22, 2009	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Andy Murray	6:1, 6:2
34	April 19, 2009	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	6:3, 2:6, 6:1
35	April 26, 2009	Barcelona	sand	David Ferrer	6:2, 7:5
36	May 3, 2009	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	7:6 2 , 6:2
37	April 18, 2010	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Fernando Verdasco	6-0, 6-1
38	May 2, 2010	Rome Masters	sand	David Ferrer	7:5, 6:2
39	May 16, 2010	Madrid Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6:4, 7:6 5
40	June 6, 2010	French Open	sand	Robin Soderling	6:4, 6:2, 6:4
41	July 4, 2010	Wimbledon	lawn	Tomas Berdych	6:3, 7:5, 6:4
42	September 13, 2010	US Open	hard court	Novak Djokovic	6:4, 5:7, 6:4, 6:2
43	October 10, 2010	Tokyo	hard court	Gaël Monfils	6:1, 7:5
44	April 17, 2011	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	David Ferrer	6:4, 7:5
45	April 24, 2011	Barcelona	sand	David Ferrer	6:2, 6:4
46	June 5, 2011	French Open	sand	Roger Federer	7:5, 7:63 , 5:7, 6:1
47	April 22, 2012	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	6:3, 6:1
48	April 29, 2012	Barcelona	sand	David Ferrer	7:6 1 , 7:5
49	May 21, 2012	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	7:5, 6:3
50	June 11, 2012	French Open	sand	Novak Djokovic	6:4, 6:3, 2:6, 7:5
51.	February 17, 2013	Sao Paulo	sand (i)	David Nalbandian	6:2, 6:3
52	March 2, 2013	Acapulco	sand	David Ferrer	6-0, 6-2
53	March 18, 2013	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Juan Martin del Potro	4:6, 6:3, 6:4
54	April 28, 2013	Barcelona	sand	Nicolas Almagro	6:4, 6:3
55	May 12, 2013	Madrid Masters	sand	Stanislas Wawrinka	6:2, 6:4
56	May 19, 2013	Rome Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6:1, 6:3
57	June 9, 2013	French Open	sand	David Ferrer	6:3, 6:2, 6:3
58	August 11, 2013	Canada Masters	hard court	Milos Raonic	6-2, 6-2
59	August 18, 2013	Cincinnati Masters	hard court	John Isner	7:6 8 , 7:6 3
60	September 9, 2013	US Open	hard court	Novak Djokovic	6:2, 3:6, 6:4, 6:1
61	January 4, 2014	doha	hard court	Gaël Monfils	6:1, 6:75 , 6:2
62	February 23, 2014	Rio de Janeiro	sand	Oleksandr Dolhopolov	6:3, 7:6 3
63	May 11, 2014	Madrid Masters	sand	Kei Nishikori	2: 6, 6: 4, 3: 0, up.
64	June 8, 2014	French Open	sand	Novak Djokovic	3:6, 7:5, 6:2, 6:4
65	March 1, 2015	Buenos Aires	sand	Juan Monaco	6:4, 6:1
66	June 14, 2015	Stuttgart	lawn	Victor Troicki	7:6 3 , 6:3
67	August 2, 2015	Hamburg	sand	Fabio Fognini	7:5, 7:5
68	April 17, 2016	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Gaël Monfils	7-5, 5-7, 6-0
69	April 24, 2016	Barcelona	sand	Kei Nishikori	6:4, 7:5
70	April 23, 2017	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Albert Ramos	6:1, 6:3
71	April 30, 2017	Barcelona	sand	Dominic Thiem	6:4, 6:1
72	May 14, 2017	Madrid Masters	sand	Dominic Thiem	7:6 8 , 6:4
73	June 11, 2017	French Open	sand	Stan Wawrinka	6-2, 6-3, 6-1
74	September 10, 2017	US Open	hard court	Kevin Anderson	6:3, 6:3, 6:4
75	October 8, 2017	Beijing	hard court	Nick Kyrgios	6:2, 6:1
76	April 22, 2018	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Kei Nishikori	6:3, 6:2
77	April 29, 2018	Barcelona	sand	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6:2, 6:1
78	May 20, 2018	Rome Masters	sand	Alexander Zverev	6:1, 1:6, 6:3
79	June 10, 2018	French Open	sand	Dominic Thiem	6:4, 6:3, 6:2
80	August 12, 2018	Canada Masters	hard court	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6:2, 7:6 4
81	May 19, 2019	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	6-0, 4-6, 6-1
82	June 9, 2019	French Open	sand	Dominic Thiem	6:3, 5:7, 6:1, 6:1
83	August 11, 2019	Canada Masters	hard court	Daniel Medvedev	6-3, 6-0
84	September 8, 2019	US Open	hard court	Daniel Medvedev	7:5, 6:3, 5:7, 4:6, 6:4
85	February 29, 2020	Acapulco	hard court	TaylorFritz	6:3, 6:2
86	October 11, 2020	French Open	sand	Novak Djokovic	6-0, 6-2, 7-5
87	April 25, 2021	Barcelona	sand	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6:4, 6:76 , 7:5
88	May 16, 2021	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	7:5, 1:6, 6:3
89	January 9, 2022	Melbourne	hard court	Maxime Cressy	7:6 6 , 6:3
90	January 30, 2022	Australian Open	hard court	Daniel Medvedev	2:6, 6:7 5 , 6:4, 6:4, 7:5
Detailed representation of the lost finals
No.	date	competition	court surface	final opponent	Result
01.	January 18, 2004	Auckland	hard court	Dominik Hrbaty	6:4, 2:6, 5:7
02.	April 3, 2005	Miami Masters	hard court	Roger Federer	6:2, 7:62 , 6:75 , 3:6, 1:6
03.	July 9, 2006	Wimbledon	lawn	Roger Federer	0:6, 6:75 , 7:62 , 3:6
04.	May 20, 2007	Hamburg Masters	sand	Roger Federer	6-2, 2-6, 0-6
05.	July 8, 2007	Wimbledon	lawn	Roger Federer	6:7 7 , 6:4, 6:7 3 , 6:2, 2:6
06.	November 4, 2007	Paris Masters	hard court (i)	David Nalbandian	4:6, 0:6
07.	January 6, 2008	Chennai	hard court	Mikhail Yuzhny	0:6, 1:6
08th.	April 6, 2008	Miami Masters	hard court	Nikolai Davydenko	4:6, 2:6
09.	February 15, 2009	Rotterdam	hard court (i)	Andy Murray	3:6, 6:4, 0:6
10	May 10, 2009	Madrid Masters	sand	Roger Federer	4:6, 4:6
11.	October 18, 2009	Shanghai Masters	hard court	Nikolai Davydenko	6:7 3 , 3:6
12.	January 9, 2010	doha	hard court	Nikolai Davydenko	6-0, 6-7 8 , 4-6
13.	November 28, 2010	ATP World Tour Finals	hard court (i)	Roger Federer	3:6, 6:3, 1:6
14	March 20, 2011	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Novak Djokovic	6:4, 3:6, 2:6
15	April 3, 2011	Miami Masters	hard court	Novak Djokovic	6:4, 3:6, 6:7 4
16	May 8, 2011	Madrid Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	5:7, 4:6
17	May 15, 2011	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	4:6, 4:6
18	July 3, 2011	Wimbledon	lawn	Novak Djokovic	4:6, 1:6, 6:1, 3:6
19	September 12, 2011	US Open	hard court	Novak Djokovic	2:6, 4:6, 7:6 3 , 1:6
20	October 9, 2011	Tokyo	hard court	Andy Murray	6:3, 2:6, 0:6
21	January 29, 2012	Australian Open	hard court	Novak Djokovic	7:5, 4:6, 2:6, 7:6 5 , 5:7
22	February 10, 2013	Vina del Mar	sand	Horacio Zeballos	7:6 2 , 6:7 6 , 4:6
23	April 21, 2013	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	2:6, 6:7 1
24	October 6, 2013	Beijing	hard court	Novak Djokovic	3:6, 4:6
25	11th. November.2013	ATP World Tour Finals	hard court (i)	Novak Djokovic	3:6, 4:6
26	January 26, 2014	Australian Open	hard court	Stanislas Wawrinka	3:6, 2:6, 6:3, 3:6
27	March 30, 2014	Miami Masters	hard court	Novak Djokovic	3:6, 3:6
28	May 18, 2014	Rome Masters	sand	Novak Djokovic	6:4, 3:6, 3:6
29	May 10, 2015	Madrid Masters	sand	Andy Murray	3:6, 2:6
30	October 11, 2015	Beijing	hard court	Novak Djokovic	2:6, 2:6
31	November 1, 2015	Basel	hard court (i)	Roger Federer	3:6, 7:5, 3:6
32	January 9, 2016	doha	hard court	Novak Djokovic	1:6, 2:6
33	January 29, 2017	Australian Open	hard court	Roger Federer	4:6, 6:3, 1:6, 6:3, 3:6
34	March 4, 2017	Acapulco	hard court	Sam Querrey	3:6, 6:7 3
35	April 2, 2017	Miami Masters	hard court	Roger Federer	3:6, 4:6
36	October 15, 2017	Shanghai Masters	hard court	Roger Federer	4:6, 3:6
37	January 27, 2019	Australian Open	hard court	Novak Djokovic	3:6, 2:6, 3:6

(*) Designations of the tournament categories until 2008:
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 = ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour 500 = International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 250 = International Series

double

Number of tournament wins and participation in finals in different tournaments and court surfaces
	victories			finals
	Tournament Categories*	court coverings		Tournament Categories*	court coverings
	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3)	hard court (9)		ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3)	hard court (10)
	Olympic Games (1)			Olympic Games (1)
	ATP World Tour 500 (1)	sand (2)		ATP World Tour 500 (3)	sand (5)
	ATP World Tour 250 (6)			ATP World Tour 250 (8)
Detailed representation of tournament wins
No.	date	competition	court surface	partner	final opponent	Result
01.	July 27, 2003	Umag	sand	Alex Lopez Moron	Todd Perry Thomas Shimada	6:1, 6:3
02.	January 11, 2004	Chennai	hard court	Tommy Robredo	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7:6 3 , 4:6, 6:3
03.	January 9, 2005	doha	hard court	Albert Costa	Andrei Pavel Mikhail Yuzhny	6:3, 4:6, 6:3
04.	April 27, 2008	Monte Carlo Masters	sand	Tommy Robredo	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6:3, 6:3
05.	January 9, 2009	doha	hard court	Marc Lopez	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic	4:6, 6:4, [10:8]
06.	March 20, 2010	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Marc Lopez	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic	7:6 8 , 6:3
07.	January 7, 2011	doha	hard court	Marc Lopez	Daniele Bracciali Andreas Seppi	6:3, 7:6 4
08th.	March 18, 2012	Indian Wells Masters	hard court	Marc Lopez	John Isner Sam Querrey	6:2, 7:6 3
09.	January 9, 2015	doha	hard court	Juan Monaco	Julian Knowle Philipp Oswald	6:3, 6:4
10	August 12, 2016	Rio de Janeiro	hard court	Marc Lopez	Florin Mergea Horia Tecau	6:2, 3:6, 6:4
11.	October 9, 2016	Beijing	hard court	Pablo Carreno Busta	Jack Sock Bernard Tomic	6:7 6 , 6:2, [10:8]
Detailed representation of the lost finals
No.	date	competition	court surface	partner	final opponent	Result
01.	April 24, 2005	Barcelona	sand	Feliciano Lopez	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjic	3:6, 3:6
02.	January 8, 2007	Chennai	hard court	Bartolome Salva Vidal	Xavier Malisse Dick Norman	6:7 4 , 6:7 4
03.	April 30, 2007	Barcelona	sand	Bartolome Salva Vidal	Andrei Pavel Alexander Waske	3:6, 6:7 1
04.	February 10, 2013	Vina del Mar	sand	Juan Monaco	Paolo Lorenzi Potito Starace	2:6, 4:6

(*) Designations of the tournament categories until 2008:
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 = ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour 500 = International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 250 = International Series

Performance record in major tournaments

tournament 1	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	total
Australian Open	–	–	–	3R	AF	–	vf	HF	S	vf	vf	f	–	f	vf	1r	f	vf	f	vf	vf	S	2
French Open	–	–	–	–	S	S	S	S	AF	S	S	S	S	S	vf	3R	S	S	S	S	HF		13
Wimbledon	–	–	3R	–	2R	f	f	S	–	S	f	2R	1r	AF	2R	–	AF	HF	HF	n / A	–		2
US Open	–	–	2R	2R	3R	vf	AF	HF	HF	S	f	–	S	–	3R	AF	S	HF	S	–	–		4
ATP Finals 2	–	–	–	–	–	HF	HF	–	RR	f	RR	–	f	–	HF	–	RR	–	RR	HF	–		0
Indian Wells Masters	–	–	–	3R	–	HF	S	HF	S	HF	f	HF	S	3R	vf	HF	AF	–	HF	n / A	–		3
Miami Masters	–	–	–	AF	f	2R	vf	f	vf	HF	f	HF	–	f	3R	2R	f	–	–	n / A	–		0
Monte Carlo Masters	–	–	AF	–	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	f	vf	HF	S	S	S	HF	n / A	vf		11
Madrid Masters 3rd	n / A	–	1r	2R	S	vf	vf	HF	f	S	f	AF	S	S	f	HF	S	vf	HF	n / A	vf		5
Rome Masters	–	–	–	–	S	S	S	2R	S	S	f	S	S	f	vf	vf	vf	S	S	vf	S		10
Hamburg Masters	–	–	AF	–	–	–	f	S	not part of the series														1
Canada Masters	–	–	–	1r	S	AF	HF	S	vf	HF	2R	–	S	–	vf	–	AF	S	S	n / A	–		5
Cincinnati Masters	–	–	–	1r	1r	vf	2R	HF	HF	vf	vf	–	S	–	AF	AF	vf	–	–	–	–		1
Stuttgart Masters	–	not discharged																					0
Shanghai Masters	not discharged								f	AF	AF	–	HF	2R	HF	2R	f	–	–	n / A			0
Paris Masters	–	–	–	–	–	–	f	vf	HF	–	–	–	HF	–	vf	–	vf	–	HF	HF	–		0
Olympic games	not discharged			–	not discharged			S	not discharged			–	not discharged			KF	not discharged				–	n / A	1
Davis Cup 4	–	–	–	S	PO	PO	–	S	S	–	S	–	PO	–	K1	–	–	HF	S	n / A	–		5
ATP Cup 5	not discharged																			f	–	–	0
Laver Cup 5	not discharged																S	–	S	n / A	–		2
Tournament participation	0	1	11	18	21	16	20	19	17	17	17	11	17	15	23	16	18	9	13	6	7	2	294
Reached finals	0	0	0	2	12	6	9	10	8th	9	10	5	14	7	6	3	10	5	5	2	2	2	127
Titles Won	0	0	0	1	11	5	6	8th	5	7	3	4	10	4	3	2	6	5	4	2	2	2	90
Hard-court wins/losses	0:0	0:0	1:2	14:10	28:6	25:10	31:12	46:10	42:12	40:9	33:11	17:3	36:4	20:6	30:12	18:10	41:10	14:2	32:3	18:6	5:2	10:0	501:140
Clay wins/losses	0:0	1:1	11:6	14:3	50:2	26:0	31:1	24:1	24:2	22:0	28:2	23:1	39:2	25:3	26:6	21:4	24:1	26:1	21:3	9:1	19:3	0:0	464:43
Turf Wins/Losses	0:0	0:0	2:1	0:0	1:2	8:2	8:2	12:0	0:0	9:1	8:2	2:2	0:1	3:2	5:2	0:0	3:1	5:1	5:1	0:0	0:0	0:0	71:20
Carpet wins/losses	0:0	0:0	0:2	2:4	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	0:0	2:6
Total wins/losses	0:0	1:1	14:11	30:17	79:10	59:12	70:15	82:11	66:14	71:10	69:15	42:6	75:7	48:11	61:20	39:14	68:12	45:4	58:7	27:7	24:5	10:0	1038:209
position at the end of the year	811	200	49	51	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	1	3	5	9	1	2	1	2	6		N / A

Note : The statistics only take individual results into account. An exception is the Davis Cup, where a round achieved is also indicated if the player has only been used in doubles.
As of January 31, 2022
Legend : S = Tournament win; F = losing finalist; HF, VF, AF = eliminated in semi, quarter, round of 16; 3R, 2R, 1R = eliminated in 3rd, 2nd, 1st round; RR (Round Robin) = eliminated in the group stage; B = bronze medal; KF (small final) = lost in the match for third place; PO (Playoff) = promotion and relegation round for the world group in the Davis Cup; K1, K2, K3, K4 = Participation in continental group I, II, III, IV in the Davis Cup.

¹Tournament result in brackets means that the player has not yet finished the tournament and indicates their current tournament status.

²Prior to 2009 Tennis Masters Cup and prior to 2017 ATP World Tour Finals .

³In 2009 the playing surface was changed from hard court to sand and it was moved from the hall to the outdoor court. In addition, since then the tournament has been held before the French Open instead of in October as before.

⁴Rounds achieved are only given for participation in the world group. The last round reached by the Davis Cup team is given, provided that the player played in any round in the team in the respective year. As a team competition, the Davis Cup is not included under Tournament Participation , Finals Reached , and Titles Won .

⁵As team competitions, ATP Cup and Laver Cup are not included under Tournament Participation , Finals Reached and Titles Won .

literature

• Rafael Nadal and John Carlin: Rafa - My way to the top. Edel Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8419-0123-1 .
• Tom Oldfield: Rafael Nadal: The Biography. Blake Publishing, 2010, ISBN 1-84454-949-6 .

web links

Commons : Rafael Nadal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rafael Nadal 's ATP Profile
• Rafael Nadal 's ITF profile
• Rafael Nadal 's Davis Cup Stats
• Rafael Nadal's website (English, Spanish)
• Literature by and about Rafael Nadal in the German National Library catalogue

itemizations

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