Did You Know

✪ 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).

✪  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.