A look at the Rafael Nadal's trophy-laden career by the numbers
Rafael Nadal, the legendary Spanish tennis player, recently announced that the Davis Cup Finals in November would be his final match. With a record 22 Grand Slam victories, including 14 French Open titles, Rafael Nadal has had a trophy-filled tennis career.
Nadal was only 15 years old when he turned pro in 2001. Since his April 2002 ATP Tour debut, he has established himself as one of the legends of the game. Along with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, Nadal was part of the Big Three that dominated world tennis for more than a decade.
Let’s examine the 38-year-old's career in numbers
- Rafael Nadal finishes his tennis career with 22 Grand Slam titles, only behind Novak Djokovic who has 24 Grand Slam victories. Meanwhile, Roger Federer had 20 Grand Slams at the end of his career.
- The former World No. 1 finishes his 22-year career with a 1,080-227 win-loss record in all competitions.
- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal faced off in 40 matches, with Nadal winning 24 and losing 16. In his 60 meetings with Novak Djokovic, the Serbian has won 31 of them while Nadal has won 29.
- Over the course of his 22-year playing career, Rafael Nadal earned an incredible $134,946,100 in prize money.
- Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay has won a record 14 French Open championships. He won the Roland Garros title for the first time in 2005 and for the last time in 2022. At the French Open, Nadal has an amazing 112-4 win-loss record.
- When Nadal won the US Open in 2010, at the age of 24, he became the youngest player to ever win a career Grand Slam.
- Rafael Nadal held the top spot in the ATP rankings for 209 weeks. After spending the majority of the weeks as the World No. 1 player, he is currently ranked sixth among men's players. That record is held by Novak Djokovic (428 weeks), who is ahead of Roger Federer (310 weeks).
- The Manacor-born athlete has also spent 912 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of ATP rankings, the most by any player. He is ahead of Jimmy Connors (788 weeks) and Roger Federer (734 weeks) on this list.
- Of his 92 ATP singles titles, the Olympic gold medallist has won 63 on clay courts.
- Between 2005 and 2007, Nadal also set a record of winning 81 straight clay-court matches.
- Nadal has beaten World No 1 players the most times. He has defeated Djokovic 10 times and Federer 13 times in his 23 victories over World No. 1 players.
Cover Credits - Tennis.com
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