Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986 in Manacor, Majorca, Spain) is a Spanish professional tennis player who has won 22 Grand Slam singles titles; fourteen at the French Open, four at the US Open, two at Wimbledon and two at the Australian Open. He has been ranked number one in the world for 209 weeks. He plays very well on clay courts, and many people regard Nadal as the greatest clay-court tennis player in history. He plays tennis with his left hand.

Rafael Nadal in 2013

Nadal has won 36 ATP Masters Series titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. He is a part of the Spain Davis Cup team and has won the cup four times, in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011.

Nadal is often known simply as Rafa. He has rivalries against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Nadal is agnostic.^[1]

Grand slams (Participation and victories)

This table shows Nadal's performance in each Grand Slam tournament in singles.

Sherry barrel signed by Nadal

Year	Australian Open	French Open	Wimbledon	US Open
2003	Did not enter	Injured[2]	Round 3	Round 2
2004	Round 3	Injured[3]	Injured[3]	Round 2
2005	Round 4	Winner	Round 2	Round 3
2006	Injured[4]	Winner	Final	Quarter-final
2007	Quarter-final	Winner	Final	Round 4
2008	Semi-final	Winner	Winner	Semi-final
2009	Winner	Round 4	Injured[5]	Semi-final
2010	Quarter-final	Winner	Winner	Winner
2011	Quarter-final	Winner	Final	Final
2012	Final	Winner	Round 2	Absent
2013	Absent	Winner	Round 1	Winner
2014	Final	Winner	Round 4	Absent
2015	Quarter-final	Quarter-final	Round 2	Round 3
2016	Round 1	Round 3	Absent	Round 4
2017	Final	Winner	Round 4	Winner
2018	Quarter-final	Winner	Semi-final	Semi-final
2019	Final	Winner	Semi-final	Winner
2020	Quarter-final	Winner	Not held	Absent
2021	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Absent	Absent
2022	Winner	Winner	Semi-final	Round 4
2023	Round 2	Absent	Absent	Absent
2024	Absent