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At age 19, the Mallorcan celebrated his first Grand Slam title by beating Mariano Puerta at Roland Garros.
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Exposed to the pressure of being the top contender for the title in Paris, Nadal successfully defended his crown at Philippe Chatrier by beating Federer in the decisive match.
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Cited again with Federer for the Musketeers Cup fight, Nadal took the Swiss ahead by giving up just four games.
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After two failed attempts to lift the title at Wimbledon, Nadal collected his first trophy at the All England Tennis Club by defeating Federer.
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Rafa Nadal won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, defeating Fernando González in the final.
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The Spanish beat Soderling and lifted his fifth title in Paris, also recovering the world number one.
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With Federer out of circulation, Nadal escalated to a new final at Wimbledon and finished off Tomas Berdych.
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Nadal won his third consecutive Grand Slam title by beating Novak Djokovic in the final.
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Nadal equaled Sweden's Borg with six titles at Roland Garros after defeating Federer.
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With David Ferrer on the other side, in a final between Spaniards, Nadal made history by becoming the first player capable of winning the same Grand Slam eight times.
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He ended up raising his ninth cup at the Philippe Chatrier, the most important track of his career.
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Rafael Nadal was proclaimed Olympic champion for the second time in his career, in the doubles modality, after defeating the Romanians Horia Tecau and Florin Mergea in the final of Rio 2016 with his partner Marc López.
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His win over rookie Kevin Anderson placed him with 16 Grand Slam tournaments
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The Spaniard lifted his eleventh Roland Garros, which helped him to close the gap with Federer again
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Twelve times the best Spanish athlete of all time has been proclaimed champion in the Philippe-Chatrier.
