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Rafa Nadal

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  • 2020 BCE

    JAN 3, 2020 Copa APT in 2020

    JAN 3, 2020 Copa APT in 2020
    2020: ATP Cup final
    Nadal began his 2020 season by playing at the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and helped Spain reach the final where they lost to Serbia, with Nadal losing to Djokovic in straight sets.[204] Nadal then played at the 2020 Australian Open
  • 2019 BCE

    MAY 26, 2019 He won the Copa Davis in 2019

    MAY 26, 2019 He won the Copa Davis in 2019
    • At the age of 33, Nadal is the oldest person to finish as year-end no. 1 player.
    • Nadal became the first player to hold, lose and regain the year-end no. 1 ranking on four occasions.
    • Nadal became the first player to finish as the year-end no. 1 five times in non-consecutive years.
    • The eleven-year gap between Nadal's first year-end no. 1 season (2008) and his last (2019) is also a record.
  • 2018 BCE

    MAY 27, 2018 He won The Roland Garros in 2018

    MAY 27, 2018 He won The Roland Garros in 2018
    2018: 11th French Open title
    At the French Open, Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title.
    On 31 October, he announced his withdrawal from the Paris Masters due to an abdominal injury and as a result Novak Djokovic replaced him as world No. 1
  • 2016 BCE

    2016: 28th Masters 1000 and second Olympic gold medal

    2016: 28th Masters 1000 and second Olympic gold medal
    In the first Grand Slam of the season, the Australian Open, Nadal would debut in the first round before his friend and compatriot Fernando Verdasco. , it would be Verdasco who would take the victory for Nadal said goodbye to the first major of the year falling to the first of change, a circumstance that only happened once during his career: in Wimbledon 2013 against the Belgian Steve Darcis. Later in a press conference he admitted that "it is a defeat that hurts a lot."
  • 2015 BCE

    2015: Injuries continue and fall in the ranking

    2015: Injuries continue and fall in the ranking
    In 2015, Nadal begins the season at number 3 of the ATP ranking. After his operation in November for a beginning of appendicitis and several weeks of rest, he returned to training in preparation for the new season. Rafael Nadal lost the Roland Garros
  • 2014 BCE

    2014: Ninth Roland Garros and problems with injuries

    2014: Ninth Roland Garros and problems with injuries
    Nadal started the year as number 1 of the ATP ranking. He began his season in the exhibition tournament that is played in Abu Dhabi, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, his first match was against David Ferrer, who won with victory for his countryman by double 6-4. In the match for third place he faced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga winning by a score of 7-6 and 6-3.
  • 2012 BCE

    2012: Seventh Roland Garros

    2012: Seventh Roland Garros
    At the end of December 2011, Nadal began its 2012 season, with the Mubadala World Tennis, an exhibition tournament that is played annually in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Starting in the semifinals (taking advantage of his victory in the previous year's tournament, giving him a first-round exemption), in which he lost surprisingly to David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2 and then played the game
  • 2011 BCE

    2011: Sexto Roland Garros

    2011: Sexto Roland Garros
    Nadal started the year as # 1 in the world. For Rafa the season started in Doha 2011 where in the first round he defeats Karol Beck 6-3, 6-0. In the second round he defeated Lukáš Lacko 7-6, 0-6, 6-3. In the quarterfinals he defeated Ernests Gulbis 7-6, 6-3. But he was eliminated in the semifinals against Russian Nikolai Davydenko 3-6,
  • 2007 BCE

    2007: Tercer Roland Garros

    2007: Tercer Roland Garros
    The year 2007 began with the participation in the Chennai tournament in preparation for the Australian Open reaching the semifinals in singles. After his retirement due to injury in the 1sround of Sydney, a good tournament took place in Australia,in the 1 round he won RoberKendrick for in the 2 round he defeated
  • 2006 BCE

    second roland garros

    second roland garros
    The year 2006 started with problems; Due to the demanding 2005, Nadal had to be almost four months without playing (the Masters Cup of the previous year and the Australian Open of this year were lost due to injury). He reappeared in Marseille, reaching the semifinals (defeat against Arnaud Clément), and would conquer the title in Dubai against world number 1, Roger Federer, in a
  • 2005 BCE

    first roland garros

    first roland garros
    In 2005 Rafael Nadal won his first Roland Garros defeating Roger Federer and the prize was given by King Juancarlos I of Spain
  • 2004 BCE

    DAVIS CUP

    DAVIS CUP
    The last semester of 2004 was especially hard: in the process of recovering the rhythm of the competition, it only managed to win the Sopot tournament (Poland). But he ended the season becoming the youngest player to win the Davis Cup.
  • 2002 BCE

    2002 first ranking

    2002 first ranking
    Rafael Nadal enrolled in the ATP at the end of 2001, at 818. He was only fifteen years old and already belonged to the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. However, he did not play his first professional game until April 29, 2002, at the Mallorca Open, defeating Paraguayan Ramón Delgado. 2002, FIRST VICTORY 2005, first roland garros
  • 2002 BCE

    FIRST VICTORY

    FIRST VICTORY
    His first victory in an ATP game was in Mallorca in 2002, missing a couple of months to turn 16
  • 2001 BCE

    2001 first official match

    2001 first official match
    In 2001, Rafa Nadal began his career as a professional tennis player, reaching the second round of the Challenger in Seville with only 15 years.
  • 1986 BCE

    MAR 6, 1986 when Rafael Nadal was born

    MAR 6, 1986 when Rafael Nadal was born
    Date of birth: June 3, 1986
    Full Name: Rafael Nadal Parera
  • 2013: Eighth Roland Garros, second US Open UU. and return to number 1

    2013: Eighth Roland Garros, second US Open UU. and return to number 1
    Initially he planned to return to the Australian Open, but two weeks before the start of the tournament Nadal decided to officially withdraw from the tournament citing a stomach virus.202 Due to this he loses 1200 points (since he had finished the previous year) and It also drops to 5th place at the end of January after being overtaken by David Ferrer,
  • He won The Roland Garros in 2017

    He won The Roland Garros in 2017
    Nadal went on to beat Stan Wawrinka in straight sets and win a record tenth French Open title.
    He became year-end No. 1 for the fourth time in his career