List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal

 

List of works acquired by Rafael Nadal

This article lists the various activities, tournaments, and seasonal achievements of Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal has won a record of 21 Grand Slam singles titles, surpassing any other player in the Open Era.

Nadal has appeared in the 29th Grand Slam finals where he is third in the Federer and 31 Djokovic finals. He has appeared in at least five finals for each finalist (which is only Federer and only six Djokovic only six) and has won numerous awards at hard, grass, and clay stadiums, compared to Djokovic at the French Open 2021. Nadal completes Career Grand Slam and Career Golden Slam, became the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve this feat, having won all four medals and a 24-year Olympic title, 3 months and 10 days.

Nadal, known as the "king of pottery", has won the French Open 9 times in his first 10 attempts, and 13 times in total, with a 105-3 (97.2% winning) record, which is regarded by many commentators as one. of major works in the Open Era. Nadal won the French Open in his first attempt at the age of 19 in 2005 and went on to win 4 consecutive titles from 2005 to 2008, defeating Roger Federer who was then number 1 in the world at the 3rd consecutive finals since 2006 to 2008 (he also. defeated Federer in the semi-finals in 2005) and in the 2011 finals (Nadal is the only player to win Federer in four finals in the same major tournament. Nadal is also the only player to beat Federer in three different grand slams, I -French Open, Australian Open, and Wimbledon). His lone defeat at the French Open this time came to Robin Söderling of Sweden in 2009 in the 16th round. Nadal then avenged his defeat to Söderling by defeating him in the 2010 French Open final. He will continue to win 5 consecutive crowns from 2010 to 2014. Rafa continued his legend in history when he won "La Decima", the 10th title in Paris in 2017, where he did not lose a set and lost only 35 games, only three losing Borg's record of 32 games. He will then win 4 consecutive crowns from 2017 to 2020, making Nadal the only player in history, male or female, to win 13 grand slams in one major game (before Djokovic 9 Australian Opens and Federer 8 Wimbledons.The best woman is Margaret Court 11 Australian Opens.In addition, her victory in the French Open 2020 also made Nadal the only player in history to win 3 consecutive titles at a major slam event (Borg and Federer each have been and 2 streak), as well as 3 30+ consecutive wins in the same event. the best of 5 clay in other events, which brought his best match record of 5 clay to 130-3, a winning 97% .7%. Nadal was undefeated in one of the clay court semi-finals for 12 years (52-0) from the 2003 Croatia Open (defeated by Carlos Moya) to the 2015 Rio Open (defeated by Fabio Fognini). 

Nadal has won 36 Masters 1000 titles. In clay, he has won 26 Masters 1000 titles, 13 Grand Slam titles, and an Open Era record 62 titles. He has won at least one Masters 1000 title for ten consecutive years from 2005 to 2014 and is the only player to have achieved this consistency in the Open Era. Owner of open season records for many consecutive years to win 1 + ATP song titles (18 years from 2004-2021) and 2 consecutive years to win 2+ ATP title titles (17 years from 2005- 2021). He is the owner of the longest one-place winning game for a man who has won 81 consecutive games in clay courts from 2005 to 2007, 16 better than Federer's record in the grass, and 25 better than Federer's record in solid courts. Nadal also won a series of eight consecutive Monte Carlo Masters 1000 awards from 2005 to 2012, as well as a record of 11 titles including three medals from 2016 to 2018. 12 titles at the ATP 500 Barcelona Open. In 2010, Nadal won the French Open and all three Masters 1000 clay court events (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid) in the same calendar year, thus becoming the first player, and only, to complete " Clay Slam ".

Nadal has won at least one Grand Slam title for 10 consecutive years (2005 - 2014) breaking the previous men's record for eight consecutive years. He holds the record for most titles at 3 ATP Tour levels: ATP500 (Barcelona-12), Masters 1000 (Monte Carlo-11), and Grand Slams (French Open-13).

Nadal's success is not limited to clay courts. During his career, he won 500+ strong court games and 450+ clay court games. He is the only player, male or female, to record 450+ match victories in both solid and clay stadiums. He has won 501 games on the field, which is fourth in the Open Era behind Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andre Agassi alone. He has won six Grand Slam titles, placing him in fourth place behind Djokovic, Federer and Pete Sampras alone. He has achieved great success in strong courts and grass courts, winning many Grand Slams outside the French Open as he has won 2 Australian Open (hard) titles, 2 Wimbledon (grass) titles, and 4 US Open titles. (solid). This fact makes Nadal and Djokovic different from other Career Grand Slam winners as none of them have won multiple slams in the clay, strong, and grass courts (Federer, and Agassi each have only one clay slam).

In addition, Nadal is the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon, and in 2008 became only the third player in the Open Era, after Rod Laver in 1969 and Bjorn Borg in 1980, to win French Open titles with Wimbledon in the same year, too. known as the "Channel Slam", which he would repeat in 2010 (Federer would join the club in 2009, and Djokovic would win it in 2021). Nadal is the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open. Nadal is the only male player in tennis history to win the French Open and the US Open in the same calendar year four times (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019). Nadal won the Olympic gold medal for singles in Beijing (2008) in the tough courts (defeating Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals), twice the men's Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro (2016), and won titles 10 Masters 1000 [spread out four tournaments. He has won 5 Canada, 3 Indian Wells, 1 Cincinnati, 1 Madrid indoor (2005)]. Nadal was in charge of the tough North American court season in 2013, and having already won the Indian Wells title earlier this year, he would win his first 26 games in strong courts by winning the Canadian Masters, Cincinnati Masters and the US Open, thus joining . Patrick Rafter (1998) and Andy Roddick (2003) on completing the "Summer Slam" [winning the Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters, and US Open in the same calendar year, something just three men achieved].

Nadal was the number 1 ATP end-of-year in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, and 2019, tied for the third time all the time with Connors and Federer. He is the first man to be the number 1 end of the year twice after turning 30 (2017 and 2019) and is one of only 2 men to do so (along with Djokovic - 2018 and 2020). The gap between his first and last year number was 11 years 11, another ATP record. He is the first male player to be number 1 at the end of the year in five consecutive years. The small gap between him and the # 2 ranked player, Novak Djokovic, in 2013 was 770 points and in 2019 it was 840 points.

Nadal also holds the Open Era record for several consecutive years qualifying for the ATP Finals for the last 16 years in a row. Nadal is ranked second in the Open Era with the best performance percentage (minimum winning 500) at 83.24% (record 1038–209). He is ranked 3rd in the Open Era with the top 10 wins behind Djokovic and Federer.

Nadal is the only player to have been ranked first in the world’s ATP in three decades, in the years 2000, 2010, and 2020.