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He was Born in Mayorca his parents are Ana María Parera and Sebastian Nadal. (34 age)
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Rafa Nadal began his career as a professional tennis player, reaching the second round of the Seville Challenger when he was just 15 years old.
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He won his first Davis Cup at just 18 years old.
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Rafael Nadal won the first of his 12 Roland Garros titles in Paris and the first of his 19 Grand Slam titles.
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He won the olympic medal in Pekin
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Won his first Australian Open with an epic win against Roger Federer
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Second Wimbledon, Golden Slam in career and return to number 1. (On five occasions he has finished the year being the number 1 tennis player in the world in the ATP ranking)
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He is the only male tennis player in the Open Era to have won three Grand Slam in the same year on three different surfaces.
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Rafael Nadal won 7 titles in the year, the most of any player on the tour.
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Defeated Serbian Noval Djokovic, number one in the ATP rankings to win the US Open
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Ninth Roland Garros. He had continuous injuries and a lack of regularity in his game made him finish the season in number three in the ATP, behind his two great rivals, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
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He had a bad time with injuries but he has always gotten up with more force from them.
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10th Roland Garros, third US Open and return to number 1
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And twentieth Grand Slam
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Nadal was defeated by Djokovic. Only 31 percent of the points were in his favor with the second serve.