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Rafael Nadal Parera, better known as Rafa Nadal, is a Spanish professional tennis player who occupies the second position in the ATP ranking.
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3rd Birth: June 3, 1986 (age 34)
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Rafa made history by entering the ATP at just 15 years old and at 16, he became the youngest tennis player to win a match on the circuit. At 17, he played the Davis Cup, at 18 he won his first major tournaments and at 19, Roland Garros, becoming number 2 in the world ranking
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How many trophies does Rafa Nadal currently have?
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Sebastián Nadal (father)
It appears in more than 60 limited companies and in recent years it has bet heavily on the energy business. In 2009, his divorce from the tennis player's mother, Ana María Parera, took a toll on Rafa Nadal, although he has always had her support. -
In 2010 he became the only tennis player in history to win the Clay Slam or Slam of Clay, which consists of winning in the same year the three Masters 1000 on clay: Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid, and the Grand Slam of Roland Garros, which is also played on clay. Holds the record for the most consecutive wins on the same surface
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He has won the Roland Garros Tournament in thirteen editions, being the tennis player who has won it the most times (in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 , 2018, 2019 and 2020); the Wimbledon Championship twice (2008 and 2010, and finalist in 2006, 2007 and 2011), the Australian Open ...
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The Brave Bull of tennis
Rafael Nadal is the symbol of bravery and the big heart to achieve everything that is proposed. He is a gladiator, capable of achieving the most incredible feats by dint of courage and tenacity. -
In 2013 he became the third player in history
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On November 26, 2013, he received the Marca Leyenda award for the Best Spanish Sportsman in History, on the 75th Anniversary of the Marca sports newspaper. Also, after being named number 1 at the end of the season for the third time in his career, he received the Comeback Player of the Year, an award given by the ATP as the best comeback of the year after the injury suffered
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The tennis player from Manacor has always been accompanied in the stands by his wife, the young Xisca Perelló, with whom he had a solid dating relationship of more than 12 years and on October 19, they have been married for one year
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But Nadal is clear: he will have a family - he has once said that he would like to have three children - and he will have it in Manacor, where he is already building the future family home, overlooking the port of Manacor and his parents' house
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Right now Rafael Nadal is the ambassador of Kia Motors, as well as a representative of Nike - a well-known manufacturer of sportswear and shoes.
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He was born into a family of athletes, his uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal was a soccer player for FC Barcelona and RCD Mallorca and his uncle Toni Nadal had been a tennis player.
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Money earned: US $ 123,482,764
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He is considered one of the best tennis players in history and the best of all time on clay courts.
