Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player. Nadal has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. Nadal has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has won 92 ATP-level singles titles, including 36 Masters titles and an Olympic gold medal, with 63 of these on clay courts. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Career Golden Slam in singles. His 81 consecutive wins on clay constitute the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.
Some of the key events about Rafael Nadal
- 2002Won first ATP match at age 15
- 2005Won first Grand Slam title at French Open
- 2005Suffered a congenital bone disease in his left foot, threatening his tennis career
- 2008Achieved Olympic gold medal in men's singles tennis at Beijing Olympics
- 2009Lost in the fourth round of the French Open, his first defeat at the tournament
- 2010Completed career Grand Slam by winning US Open
- 2012Withdrew from the London Olympics due to knee tendinitis
- 2013Became the first man to win eight titles at a single Grand Slam tournament (French Open)
- 2014Won ninth French Open title, setting a record for most wins at a single Grand Slam event
- 2014Experienced appendicitis, forcing him to miss several tournaments
- 2015Failed to win a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2004
- 2016Opened Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain
- 2016Withdrew from the French Open due to a wrist injury
- 2017Won 10th French Open title, becoming the first player in the Open Era to win a single Grand Slam tournament 10 times
- 2018Retired from the Australian Open quarterfinal due to a hip injury
- 2019Withdrew from the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open due to a knee injury
- 2020Equaled Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam singles titles
- 2021Ended his season early due to a chronic foot injury
- 2022Extended Grand Slam singles titles record to 22 with wins at Australian Open and French Open
- 2022Withdrew from Wimbledon semifinals due to an abdominal tear
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