✪ Nadal captured four straight
French Open singles titles from 2005 to 2008, JOINING BJÖRN BORG IN 2008 AS THE
ONLY OTHER MAN TO HAVE WON FOUR CONSECUTIVE SINGLES TITLES THERE.
✪ Nadal's 2012 French Open tied him
with Chris Evert with seven French Open titles (though NADAL REMAINS THE ONLY
MAN TO HAVE WON SEVEN FRENCH OPEN TITLES).
✪ In 2008, Nadal became the second
Spanish man to win Wimbledon.
✪Nadal is only the third male player
in the open era to have won the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, and
the first since Borg in 1980.
✪In 2009, Nadal became the first
Spaniard to win the Australian Open, and the first player to simultaneously
hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hardcourt.
✪ HE IS ALSO THE FIRST, AND ONLY
PLAYER TO DATE, TO WIN THREE CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAM TOURNAMENTS ON THREE
DIFFERENT SURFACES (CLAY, GRASS AND HARDCOURT) IN THE SAME YEAR (2010).
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Nadal has won a record 24 ATP Masters titles.
✪ By winning the 2010 US Open, Nadal
completed a men's singles Career Grand Slam. HE IS THE 7TH MALE PLAYER IN
HISTORY TO ACHIEVE THIS.
✪ Nadal has accomplished the Career
Golden Slam and is the 2nd male player in history to attain this. Nadal has won
ATP tournaments in 19 different countries.
✪ Nadal has been especially
successful on clay courts. He has a 41–6 record in clay court tournament finals
and a 67–1 record in best-of-five-set matches on clay.
✪ He won four consecutive French
Open titles from 2005–2008 and has won at least one of the three clay court
Masters Series tournaments every year since 2005.
✪ He also owns the longest
single-surface winning streak in the open era, having won 81 consecutive
matches on clay from April 2005 to May 2007.
