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One of the most famous tennis players in the world,
Rafael Nadal
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is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is ranked
world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP); he has been ranked world No. 1 for
209 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
Nadal has won 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the
most in history, including a record 13 French Open
titles. He has won 91 ATP singles titles (including 36
Masters titles), with 62 of these on clay. Nadal's 81
consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface
win streak in the Open Era.
Nadal was one of the most successful teenagers in ATP
Tour history, reaching No. 2 in the world and winning 16
titles before his 20th birthday, including his first
French Open and six Masters events. Nadal became No. 1
for the first time in 2008 after his first Major victory
off clay against his rival, the longtime top-ranked Roger
Federer, in a historic Wimbledon final. He also won an
Olympic gold medal that year in singles in Beijing. After
defeating Novak Djokovic at the 2010 US Open final, then
24-year-old Nadal became the youngest man in the Open Era
to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the first man to
win three Majors on three different surfaces (hard, grass
and clay) in the same year. With his Olympic gold medal,
he is one of only two men to complete the career Golden
Slam in singles. Nadal is the only male player in history
to complete the career Grand Slam and win an Olympic gold
medal in both singles and doubles.
Since 2010, Nadal has continued to dominate at the French
Open, winning at least four consecutive titles twice,
while also winning three more US Open titles and another
Australian Open title. He surpassed Djokovic and
Federer's record for the most Major men's singles titles
at the 2022 Australian Open, and became one of four men
in history to complete the double career Grand Slam in
singles. He also became the first and only man to win
multiple Majors in three separate decades. From 2005 to
2017, Nadal was coached by his uncle Toni Nadal.
Nadal is the only left-handed member of the Big Three in
men's singles. One of his main strengths is his forehand,
which he routinely hits with extremely heavy topspin at
difficult angles. He is one of the best at breaking
serve, regularly appearing among the tour leaders in
percentage of return games, return points, and break
points won. Nadal has won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship
Award five times, and was the Laureus World Sportsman of
the Year in 2011 and 2021. He is also a recipient of the
Grand Cross of the Order of Dos De Mayo, the Princess of
Asturias Award, and the Medal of the City of Paris.
Representing Spain, he has won two Olympic gold medals,
and has contributed to five Davis Cup titles. Nadal has
also opened a tennis academy in Mallorca, and is an
active philanthropist.
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