Rafael Nadal was not a professional tennis player
The Barcelona Open ( currently sponsored by Banc Sabadell ) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players . A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court . This article details the list of men 's singles Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions . Rafael `` Rafa '' Nadal Parera ( [ rəfəˈɛɫ nəˈðaɫ pəˈɾeɾə ] , [ rafaˈel naˈðal paˈɾeɾa ] ; born 3 June 1986 ) is a Spanish professional tennis player . He beat Guillermo Vilas 's Open Era record of 49 clay-court titles by winning the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2017 .