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List of career achievements by Roger Federer


. He has reached 5 French Open finals (being beaten in 4 finals by Rafael Nadal, who is classed by many as the greatest clay court player ever), and has won 6 Masters 1000 titles on clay from 16 finals. Federer won his first and only French Open title in 2009 when he also won Wimbledon thus achieving the "Channel Slam" alongside Rod Laver, Borg and Nadal. Federer has won 11 clay court titles from 26 finals (11 of his clay court finals losses have been to Nadal, against
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Rafael Nadal. All statistics are according to the ATP World Tour website. To date, Nadal has won 82 ATP singles titles including 18 Grand Slam singles titles and a record 34 ATP Masters 1000 titles. Representing Spain, Nadal has won 2 Olympic Gold medals including a Singles Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Gold in men's doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Nadal also won the Davis Cup 4 times for Spain in 2004, 2008, 2009 and
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matches on clay in his entire career. Many tennis critics and top players regard him as the greatest clay-court player of all time. Nadal is only the 2nd male player in history to have won at least 2 Grand Slam titles each on Grass (2), Hard Courts (4) and Clay (12), along with Mats Wilander. Nadal won five straight French Open singles titles from 2010 to 2014 to become the only player in this event to win five consecutive singles titles. Earlier he had captured four
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


This article lists various career, tournament, and seasonal achievements by the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles which ranks him second on the all-time list only to Roger Federer’s record of 20 majors. Nadal has also won a record 34 Masters 1000 titles. Nadal has appeared in 26 Grand Slam finals which is second only to Federer’s record of 30 finals. He has appeared in at least four finals at each major and has won multiple majors on hard, grass,
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for a total of 196 weeks. In majors, Nadal has won a record twelve French Open titles, three US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles, and one Australian Open title. Nadal has won 82 career titles overall, including a record 59 clay court titles. With 81 consecutive match wins on clay, Nadal holds the record for the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. Nadal was a member of the winning Spain Davis Cup team in 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2011. In 2010,
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Federer–Nadal rivalry


are the only players in the open era to have won at least 2 Grand Slam titles on each of the 3 surfaces. Nadal is the youngest male in the open era to win the Career Grand Slam. Both players have won the Career Grand Slam (winning all four majors at least once). Rafael Nadal holds a record 34 Masters 1000 titles, with 25 of his titles on clay and 9 on hard courts. Roger Federer has 28, with 22 coming on hardcourts and 6 on clay. Federer is missing two
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times (2010, 2013, 2017). Ivan Lendl (1986,1987) and Rod Laver (1962,1969) attained this twice. Nadal has a stand-alone record of 34 ATP Masters 1000 titles, 50 finals and 71 semifinals. Nadal has won at least one major for 10 consecutive years, an all-time record. His 18 grand slam singles titles and 26 grand slam singles finals rank him 2nd all-time. He has won an all-time record 12 French Open titles. He is the youngest player in
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title in the Italian capital as well as his 78th career title, defeating Alexander Zverev in three sets, thus overtaking John McEnroe in the fourth place on the list of most titles won in the Open Era. It was Nadal's 32nd Masters title – most of any player in the Open Era. With his victory in Rome, Nadal also regained the No. 1 spot from Federer. Then at the French Open, Nadal won his 17th Grand Slam title. This tied Margaret Court's record for singles titles at a Grand
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


titles (15 years from 2005-2019). He owns the longest single surface win streak by a male having won 81 consecutive matches on clay courts from 2005 to 2007, 16 better than Federer's record on grass. Nadal also won a record 8 consecutive Monte Carlo Masters 1000 titles from 2005 to 2012, and a record overall 11 titles including his three-peat from 2016 to 2018. Nadal has also won an all-time record 9 Masters 1000 titles in Rome, and 11 titles at the ATP 500 Barcelona
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of 2019. Federer has a 3-1 advantage over Nadal on this surface, winning the first two finals and the semifinal, while Nadal won the third final. Federer has won the Wimbledon Championships eight times, and Nadal has won the championships twice. Five of Federer's titles were consecutive titles (from 2003 to 2007), and the sixth, seventh and eighth titles were won in 2009, 2012 and 2017. The 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts
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Federer–Nadal rivalry


again until the semifinals of the year-end Masters Cup. Federer won in straight sets, en route to his third Masters Cup title in four years. At year's end, Nadal's career head-to-head advantage had risen to 6–3. Nadal and Federer faced each other five times in 2007, and Federer won three of their matches. For the second straight year, Federer and Nadal played in three finals on clay. Nadal won the first meeting in straight sets, winning his third consecutive Monte Carlo title
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Masters title, thus becoming the player with the most Masters 1000 titles in tennis history. It also marked his 11th title in Monte Carlo, as well as the 76th title in his career. Because he defended the points won the previous year, he kept his No. 1 ranking and began his 171st week as the world No. 1. Nadal won in Monte Carlo without dropping a set, beating Kei Nishikori in the final. Nadal went on to win his 11th title in Barcelona, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


only player to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once on three different surfaces. Djokovic's Grand Slam tournament titles include 10 on hard courts, 5 on grass, and 1 on clay. Nadal has won 18 Grand Slam tournament titles and is second on the all-time list and has 12 on clay, 4 on hard courts, and 2 on grass. Both also won the career grand slam, and Nadal is the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve this feat, aged 24. As of 2019,
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


Open an all-time record of 12 times and is the first, and only, player in history, male or female, to win 12 grand slams at a single major (no other male player has won more than 8 titles at a single major in the Open Era). Additionally, Nadal is 25-0 in best of 5 matches on clay at other events, bringing his total match record in best of 5 on clay to 118-2, a win percentage of 98.3%. Nadal has won all
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his ninth career singles title, defeating Mardy Fish in the final. Djokovic won his tenth career singles title and fourth Master Series singles crown at the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome after defeating Wawrinka in the final. The following week at the Hamburg Masters, he lost to Nadal in the semi-finals. At the French Open, Djokovic was the third-seeded player behind Federer and Nadal. He lost to Nadal in the semi-finals in straight sets. On grass, Djokovic once again played Nadal, this time in the
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of five consecutive Wimbledon titles and 65 straight wins on grass courts. This was also the first time that Nadal won two Grand Slam tournaments back-to-back. After Wimbledon, Nadal extended his winning streak to a career-best 32 matches. He won his second Rogers Cup title in Toronto, and then made it into the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati. As a result, Nadal clinched the US Open Series and, combined with Federer's early-round losses in both of those
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2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season


Federer in what is considered the greatest match in tennis history. Nadal then won his third Masters title and first hard-court title of the year at Toronto. His streak was finally ended in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters by Novak Djokovic. Nadal then entered the Summer Olympics at Beijing, and became the first top-5 ranked player to win the Olympic Gold in the history of the sport. This win also catapulted Nadal to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career. Nadal then made his second hard
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


and clay courts, the latter of which distinguishes him from his contemporaries as Federer and Djokovic have both managed only 1 clay slam each. Nadal completed the Career Grand Slam and the Career Golden Slam, becoming the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve this feat, having won all four majors and the Olympic title by the age of . Known as the "“King of Clay”", Nadal won the French Open 9 times in his first 10 attempts, with a match record of 66-1 (98.5%
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Fabio Fognini in three sets in the semifinals, despite winning the first set and being a break up in the second. This was the first loss in his career against the Italian. Nadal played in the ATP Buenos Aires tournament, in Argentina, reaching the final without losing a set. He won his first singles title of 2015 and his 46th career clay-court title with a straight-sets victory over Juan Mónaco. Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters after beating his first three opponents in straight sets.
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


win rate), and is viewed by many analysts as one of the greatest feats in the Open Era. Nadal won the French Open on his first attempt as a 19-year-old in 2005 and went on to make three consecutive title defences from 2005 to 2008; he defeated then world No. 1 Roger Federer in three consecutive finals from 2006 to 2008 (he also defeated Federer in the 2005 semi-finals) and again in the 2011 final (Nadal is the only player to defeat Federer in four finals at the
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


gold medal in men's doubles in Rio de Janeiro (2016), and has won 9 Masters 1000 titles [spread out over four different tournaments. He won 4 Canada, 3 Indian Wells, 1 Cincinnati, 1 Madrid (2005)]. Nadal dominated the North American hard court season in 2013, having already won the Indian Wells title earlier in the year, he would win his first 26 matches on hard courts by winning the Canadian Masters, Cincinnati Masters as well as the US Open, thus joining Patrick Rafter
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Djokovic–Federer rivalry


final for his second win over Nadal on clay which saw Nadal lose a clay final for just the second time in his career. In 2010, Djokovic and Nadal never met on clay. Federer lost the Madrid title to Nadal in a rematch. At the French Open, both Federer and Djokovic lost in the quarterfinals and thus neither man advanced to face Rafael Nadal that year. It was the only year that Nadal won Roland Garros without facing Djokovic or Federer (until 2017 French Open). Djokovic later entered his prime and
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2010 Rafael Nadal tennis season


marked the second time that Nadal had won the French Open without dropping a single set (tying the record held by Björn Borg). With the win in Paris he also booked his place at the World Tour Finals in London, and became the first player to win five French Open titles in six years. As of 2017, Nadal's clay season was the second most successful in his career, as he earned 5,000 points after winning 4 titles. This was only surpassed by his 2013 season, in which Nadal earned 5,100
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


Nadal holds the record for the most Masters 1000 titles with 34 and Djokovic is second on the list with 33 titles. Nadal won 25 on clay and 9 on hard courts. Djokovic has won 24 on hard courts and 9 on clay, and is the only player who has won all 9 Masters 1000 tournaments. Nadal is missing two Masters 1000 titles (Miami and Paris), having won the German Open Hamburg before it was downgraded to ATP 500 in 2009 and replaced by the Madrid Masters (clay). Nadal also
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


to win a single tournament 11 times. Soon after, he would replicate the feat in winning his 11th Barcelona title and 11th Roland Garros crown, which means he owns records for most titles at the ATP 500, Masters 1000, and Grand Slam levels. 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. Nadal has never been extended to 5 sets even once in 12 French Open Finals wins. Nadal never lost 2 consecutive
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skip the Barcelona tournament, and his next tournament was the Rome Masters. He defeated David Ferrer in the final for his fifth title at Rome. Nadal then won the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, defeating Roger Federer in straight sets. The win gave him his 18th Masters title, breaking the all-time record. Nadal moved back to No. 2 the following day. Entering the French Open, many were expecting another Nadal-Federer final. However, Robin Söderling defeated Federer in the quarterfinals. Nadal advanced to the
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


straight French Open singles titles from 2005 to 2008 joining Paul Aymé and Björn Borg as the third man to have won four consecutive singles titles there. In 2017, by winning his tenth French Open title, Nadal became the only male to win ten major titles at a Grand Slam event. He has played 28 matches against his primary rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in majors and he leads 19–9 (10–3 vs Federer and 9–6 vs Djokovic). He is 12–1 on clay (his best surface) and 7–8 off clay against
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Andre Agassi


Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic) to win all four Grand Slam singles titles during his career. Only Laver, Agassi, Federer, Nadal and Djokovic have achieved this feat during the open era. This win also made him the first (of only four, the next being Federer, Nadal and Djokovic respectively) male player in history to have won all four Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hard courts). Agassi also became the only male player to win the Career Super Slam, consisting
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2014 Rafael Nadal tennis season


, Nadal returned to the red clay in an attempt to reclaim the title that had been his from 2005–2012. As expected the King of Clay won his first two matches with ease. His victory against Andreas Seppi in the third round brought his career clay court wins to 300, a feat achieved by only ten other players. In the quarter-finals, though, Nadal would succumb to the relentless attack of David Ferrer. It was the first time Ferrer had beaten Nadal on clay in ten years and the first time Nadal
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List of career achievements by Novak Djokovic


the greatest tennis players of all time, often rated alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras and Björn Borg. He has reached 25 Grand Slam finals and played the final of each Grand Slam tournament at least four times. He has won 5 World Tour Finals titles, four of which were won consecutively from 2012 to 2015 (record). Djokovic's 2011 season is considered as one of the greatest seasons by a tennis player in the Open Era. Djokovic won 10 titles on 3 different surfaces and defeated Rafael Nadal
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Roger Federer


prevailing at the Cincinnati Masters against Mardy Fish. Federer finished the year in strong form, winning indoor titles at the Stockholm Open, Swiss Indoors, and the ATP World Tour Finals in London, which brought his tally to 66 career titles. Federer won the year-end championships in London by beating rival Rafael Nadal for his fifth title at the event. He beat all contenders except Nadal in straight sets. It remains the only tournament in his career where Federer defeated all fellow members of the Big Four. Since Wimbledon 2010
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2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season


two match points in the 2nd set tiebreak to beat Lucas Pouille in his opening round match. He breezed through his next 2 matches against Karen Khachanov and big-serving John Isner in straight sets to set a blockbuster semifinal with Grigor Dimitrov. Nadal won the semifinal in three sets before defeating Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to win his 75th career title and 2nd title at Beijing following his 2005 crown. It was also Nadal's Tour-leading 6th title of the season and separated him from Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev who each
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2009 Australian Open – Men's singles final


the French Open for the first (and, as of 2018, only) time completed his own Career Grand Slam and equalled Pete Sampras' then-record of 14 Major titles. Nadal later withdrew from Wimbledon due to a knee injury, while Federer, who lost to Nadal in the previous year's final, would regain the title and return to world number one in the rankings, displacing Nadal who dropped to No. 2 as a result of being unable to defend the Wimbledon title which he won in 2008. Just
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Novak Djokovic career statistics


eight players to achieve the Career Grand Slam in addition to being the only male player to hold all four Grand Slams on three different surfaces at once. He also ranks second with 33 (R. Nadal is 1st with 34 to his name) ATP Masters 1000 titles and has won 5 ATP Finals titles, including a record 4 consecutively from 2012–2015. Djokovic has also won an all-time record of seven Australian Open men's singles titles. Djokovic is one of four male players in the open era to win a grand slam
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2009 ATP World Tour Finals


a loss to Rafael Nadal at the final of the Australian Open. He won his first title of the year at the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open defeating Nadal in the final. For his first win over Nadal since 2007 and ending Nadal's 5 match winning streak. After Nadal's early exit, Federer snapped up the French Open, beating Robin Söderling 6–1, 7–6, 6–4 in the final to complete the career Grand Slam. At Wimbledon Federer defeated Andy Roddick in the final. It was the longest match in the final of
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2009 Rafael Nadal tennis season


defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match. This was the first time del Potro had defeated Nadal in five career matches. Nadal began his European clay court season at the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, where he won a record fifth consecutive singles title there. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final for his fifth consecutive win, a record in the open era. Nadal is the
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2015 French Open – Men's Singles


Rafael Nadal was the five-time defending champion, but was defeated by Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. This was just Nadal's second career defeat at the French Open (the previous one being in 2009) and ended his record win streak of 39 matches. Nadal had won all six of his prior matches against Djokovic at the French Open, each during one of his previous then-record nine title runs. Nadal fell to No. 10 in rankings after the loss, his lowest ranking since breaking into the Top 10
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Roger Federer


and won the championship title for the fifth time in his career. Federer then moved on to the Indian Wells Masters, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, and John Isner in the final. Federer won the title for a record fourth time, and, in doing so, equalled Nadal's record of 19 ATP Masters 1000 titles. Federer went on to compete at the Madrid Masters on the new blue clay surface, where he beat Tomáš Berdych in the final, thus regaining the No. 2 ranking from Rafael
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


2011. At the international level, he won the 2017 edition of the Laver Cup with Team Europe. Nadal has been the most successful player in history on clay courts. He has a 59–8 record in clay court tournament finals and has lost only twice in best-of-five-set matches on clay. He has won 12 French Open titles (12-0 in French Open finals), 11 Monte-Carlo Masters and 9 Rome Masters, and won at least one of the three clay-court Masters Series
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Stan Wawrinka


of the 'Big Four' (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray) had won a Grand Slam title, and the first since Juan Martín del Potro won the US Open in 2009. In addition, Wawrinka became the first player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic in a single Grand Slam tournament. He is also the second Swiss man to win a Grand Slam singles title after Federer. Due to his championship victory at the Australian Open, Wawrinka for the first time in his career reached the top five, becoming
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2009 French Open – Men's Singles


Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion, but lost in the fourth round to Robin Söderling in a huge upset. This was Nadal's first defeat at the French Open, having won the title in all four of his previous appearances at Roland Garros since debuting in 2005. With Nadal's loss, there would be a first time French Open champion for 2009. Roger Federer beat Söderling in the final 6–1, 7–6, 6–4 to win his first French Open title, complete the career Grand Slam, and equal Pete
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Rafael Nadal


After playing two more Challenger level events, the last Challenger tournaments of his career, Nadal finished his 2003 campaign with three first round losses in ATP events. Nadal also competed in seven doubles tournaments in 2003, and won his first ATP title (doubles or singles) at the clay-court Croatia Open in Umag, where he partnered with Álex López Morón to defeat Todd Perry and Thomas Shimada in straight sets in the final. 2004 started with a doubles championship alongside Tommy Robredo at the Maharashtra Open. In singles, Nadal
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List of career achievements by Novak Djokovic


on clay. He won 13 titles on clay, including a French Open title and 9 Masters titles which is second only to Rafael Nadal's (known as King of Clay) record of 24. Djokovic is one of two players (with Robin Söderling) to defeat Rafael Nadal in French Open, and the only player to date to have defeated Nadal in Roland Garros in straight sets. He is also the only player to defeat Nadal in all three clay court Masters events, which he achieved in finals of Madrid (2011
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masters titles. Nadal won Monte Carlo for a record ninth time. Murray and Djokovic played in the finals of Madrid and Rome, and split the titles. At the 2016 French Open, Murray reached his first Paris final to complete his set of Grand Slam singles finals, but Djokovic again beat him in the final to become the third Big Four member after Federer and Nadal to complete a Career Grand Slam. In the Wimbledon final Murray beat Raonic in straight sets to win his second Wimbledon title, and third major title overall
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Big Four (tennis)


Federer and Djokovic both reached the final, but Federer withdrew citing injury following a brutal semifinal against Wawrinka. Federer recovered to win the Davis Cup as part of the Switzerland team for his, and the country's, first triumph in the competition, leading many people to say that his tennis career was now complete. Collectively, the Big Four won 19 titles in 2014, but two Slam titles and two Masters titles went to other players. In the end-of-year rankings, Djokovic, Federer and Nadal held the
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


won the Madrid Masters event in 2005 when it was played on indoor hardcourt in October, the same slot that Shanghai Masters has today. Novak Djokovic won four ATP World Tour Finals in a row (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015) and has won five total, while Nadal has not won the event. Nadal has reached the final twice, in 2010 and 2013. Djokovic has a 3-2 advantage over Nadal in the event and won their only meeting in the title match by 6-3, 6-
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


victory for himself. Djokovic and Nadal met again in the 2012 Monte–Carlo Masters 1000 final. This time, Nadal won his eighth consecutive title after defeating Djokovic in two sets. It was the first time since November 2010 that Nadal had beaten Djokovic. They had met in seven finals from January 2011 to January 2012, all of which Djokovic won. The pair met again in the 2012 Rome Masters final at the Foro Italico where Nadal defeated Djokovic in straight sets and regained the trophy he has won 5 times before.
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Rafael Nadal


in straight sets; it was their earliest meeting in a tournament in over a decade. In the Miami Masters, Nadal reached the final to again play Federer, and was once again defeated in straight sets. Nadal then won his 29th Masters 1000 title in Monte Carlo; it was his tenth victory in the principality, the most wins by any player at a single tournament in the Open era. Nadal won his 18th ATP 500 title in Barcelona without dropping a set, also marking his tenth victory in Barcelona. Nadal next
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2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season


The 2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on January 1 with the start of the 2008 ATP Tour. Nadal's 2008 tennis season is considered to be one of his best seasons on tour. Nadal won 8 titles in 2008, including two Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold medal. In addition, Nadal also won three Masters titles - Monte Carlo, Hamburg, and Toronto. Nadal's winning streak of 32 in 2008 is the longest across three surfaces in tennis history. He won the French Open for the loss of no
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Rafael Nadal


semifinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Nadal in the semifinal of 2008 Australian Open. Nadal also reached the final of the Miami Masters for the second time. During the spring clay-court season, Nadal won four singles titles and defeated Roger Federer in three finals. He beat Federer at the Masters Series Monte Carlo for the third straight year, capturing his Open Era record fourth consecutive title there. Nadal then won his fourth consecutive title at the Open Sabadell Atlántico tournament in Barcelona.
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


1), RET (1). Nadal's 81 clay court win streak in 2005–07 is the longest on a single surface in the Open Era in men's singles. It should also be noted that during this clay court streak, Nadal also won hard court titles in Masters 1000 Canada, Beijing, Masters 1000 Madrid, Dubai, and Masters 1000 Indian Wells. Between 2005 and 2013 inclusive, Nadal won 46 consecutive matches at the Monte Carlo Masters, which is a record for most consecutive wins at one tournament by any
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final meeting at the Rome Masters, with Nadal winning in three tight sets. The pair met again in the semi-finals of French Open two weeks later, with Nadal winning comfortably in straight sets on his way to winning his ninth French Open title. This table lists end-of-season statistics for each member of the Big Four, allowing for comparison at the same age. Bold = age leader in completed years. Another way to view their respective careers and evolution is to look at the progression of titles won
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Andy Roddick


the match. Roddick won his 24th career title and his third title of the year at the SAP Open in San Jose, California, defeating Czech Radek Štěpánek in straight sets. Roddick's next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships. He made it to the semifinals by defeating No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain, his first victory over Nadal since the second round of the 2004 US Open. The win also marked Roddick's first victory over a player ranked in the top two since June 2003. He progressed through to the
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List of career achievements by Roger Federer


2 wins). His consistency in his prime years on clay was surpassed only by Rafael Nadal, and Federer was widely viewed as the second greatest clay court player during Nadal's era in the French Open from 2005–11 when he achieved 1 quarterfinal, 1 semifinal, 5 runners-up, and 1 title (he succumbed only to Nadal in the semifinal and finals he lost). Federer is the only player to register at least ten titles on clay, grass and hard courts, he has 70 hard court titles, 19
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Rafael Nadal


had won his record fifth grass-court title at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, and then reached the Wimbledon final without losing a set. Unlike their previous two Wimbledon finals, though, Federer was not the prohibitive favorite, and many analysts picked Nadal to win. They played the longest (in terms of time on court, not in terms of numbers of games) final in Wimbledon history, and because of rain delays, Nadal won the fifth set 9–7 in near-darkness. (The 2019 final later broke
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Richard Gasquet


younger brother) in the quarterfinals, despite winning the first set. Gasquet won only one singles match (in Madrid) in his next three tournaments - Budapest, Madrid and Rome. He lost in the third round of the French Open to Rafael Nadal 3-6,2-6,2-6, to fall to a 0-16 match record against Nadal. Gasquet won his 15th ATP Tour career singles title and his third one on grass at the 2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships in The Netherlands with a 6-3 7-
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Rafael Nadal


A few weeks later, Nadal won his first title at the Masters Series Hamburg, defeating Federer in a three-set final. He then won the French Open, becoming the fifth man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title without losing a set. He defeated Federer in the final for the third straight year, but this was the most lopsided of all their matches, as Nadal only lost four games and gave Federer his first bagel since 1999. This was Nadal's fourth consecutive French title, tying
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record of six French Open titles and equal Chris Evert's record of seven French Open titles held by a man or woman. Nadal defeated Djokovic in a two-day final in four sets, to ultimately achieve his seventh French Open title and deny Djokovic a Career Grand Slam. With Nadal leading by two sets to one, and Djokovic leading 2–1 on serve in the fourth set, the match was suspended due to rain; it was initially thought that Djokovic had gained the momentum, having won eight consecutive games prior to the
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2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles


Stan Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the final 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2014 Australian Open. Rafael Nadal was trying to become the third man to complete a double career Grand Slam and was also trying to tie Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam wins. Eighth seed Wawrinka won the title by defeating top seed Nadal in the final, becoming the first man outside the Big Four to win a Grand Slam since Juan Martín del Potro won the 2009 US Open.
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Andy Murray


his eleventh career title in Rotterdam, defeating No. 1, Nadal in three sets. Murray next went to Dubai but withdrew before the quarter-finals with a re-occurrence of a virus that had affected him at the Australian Open. The virus caused Murray to miss a Davis Cup tie in Glasgow. Murray then lost in the finals to Nadal at Indian Wells, but won a week later in Miami over Djokovic for another masters title. In the lead-up to the French Open, Murray beat No. 9
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List of career achievements by Roger Federer


hard courts, his most successful surface is grass where he has won an Open Era record 19 grass court titles including an all-time record 10 Halle Open titles and an all-time record of 8 Wimbledon titles. He reached an all-time record 7 consecutive Wimbledon finals from 2003–09 and is the only player to achieve this feat in the Open Era. Federer has the longest grass court winning streak in the Open Era as he won 65 consecutive matches on grass from 2003 to 2008 where he was beaten by Rafael Nadal
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Alexander Zverev


continued his Masters success into the clay court season, reaching the semifinals at the Monte Carlo Masters, winning his third career Masters title at the Madrid Open, and making the final at the Rome Masters. In Madrid, he defeated Dominic Thiem in the final to become the only active player outside of the Big Four to have won three Masters titles. He came close to winning back-to-back Masters events, going up a break in the third set against Nadal at the Italian Open. However, Nadal was able
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


minute contest, Djokovic overcame Nadal in four sets, winning his first Wimbledon title. They met for a second consecutive final at the US Open, a rematch of the final from the previous year, in which Nadal had prevailed. Djokovic won his third Grand Slam title of the year, overcoming Nadal again in four sets. The pair met 4 times, all in finals, with Nadal winning three of the four encounters and Djokovic winning only one, which was a Grand Slam final. Djokovic won the 2012 Australian Open final
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Rafael Nadal career statistics


the 2010 US Open, Nadal completed a men's singles Career Grand Slam at the age of 24, making him the youngest in the Open Era to do so. He is the 7th male player in history to achieve this feat. In addition, Nadal has completed the Career Golden Slam and is the 2nd male player in history to attain this after Andre Agassi. Nadal has won ATP tournaments in 19 different countries. He is the only male player to win the French Open and the US Open in the same year three
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Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (, ; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Nadal has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as a record 34 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In addition, Nadal has held the world No. 1 ranking
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Novak Djokovic career statistics


won 10 hard court major titles which is second to Federer's record of 11. He has also won an Open Era record of 24 Masters hard court titles. In addition, Djokovic has an 88% Grand Slam match win percentage on hard courts, which is an all-time record. Djokovic's clay court achievements include 14 titles on the surface, including a French Open title and 9 Masters titles. Djokovic is the second player after Robin Söderling to defeat Nadal at the French Open, and is the only player to
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Potro. Federer's early loss in Miami resulted in the loss of the No. 1 ranking with Nadal overtaking him by 100 points. Federer announced that he would again skip the entire clay court season. Nadal won his eleventh title in Monte Carlo, repeating the feat a week later for an 11th Barcelona title, winning both without dropping a set. Nadal’s loss to Dominic Thiem in the Madrid quarterfinal handed the No.1 ranking back to Federer for 1 week, until Nadal won the title in Rome. Following Djokovic's early
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the match with a 12-0 record. Next, Nadal won the title at the Rio Open after defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final, extending his record of ATP 500 titles to 15. Nadal reached the final of the Sony Open Tennis before falling to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Nadal won the Mutua Madrid Open, after Kei Nishikori retired in the third set. Nadal then reached the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia losing to world no. 2 Novak Djokovic. At the French Open, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in
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simultaneously, in addition to winning the Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This Australian Open win for Nadal remains especially important as it his only win in Melbourne to date, which is an essential piece of his Career Grand Slam. Nadal eventually made it back to four more Australian Open finals in 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2019 but has yet to win again to claim a second Australian Open title that would also see Nadal become the first man in the Open era to achieve a double Career Grand Slam, winning
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Dominic Thiem career statistics


runner-up Andy Murray in three sets. Later that year, Thiem won the first three ATP singles titles of his career at the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Croatia Open Umag and Swiss Open with wins over Leonardo Mayer, João Sousa and David Goffin in the finals. In February 2016, Thiem won his fourth ATP singles title at the Argentina Open, defeating top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal en route after saving a match point in the third set. In the same month, he won his first ATP 500
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Djokovic–Nadal rivalry


number of classic matches it has produced that are unrivaled by any other. In 2009, it was rated the 3rd best rivalry of the last decade even though it only began in 2006. Novak Djokovic has won 16 Grand Slam tournament titles and stands at the third place for all time list, and has won the career grand slam by winning all four majors at least once. In the 2015–2016 tennis seasons, Djokovic also won 4 consecutive Grand Slam titles, a feat not achieved since 1969. In addition, Djokovic is the
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and Olympic Gold. Federer and Nadal are two behind Djokovic. Nadal has also achieved a Career Grand Slam and a Career Golden Slam, but has thus far fallen short of winning the Tour Finals, the Miami Open and Paris Masters. Federer has also achieved a Career Grand Slam, but is missing the Olympic Gold in singles, the Monte-Carlo Masters and Italian Open. Murray has won 11 of the 15 events. Federer and Nadal have reached the final of each of the 15 elite tournaments. Djokovic has reached the
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Djokovic–Federer rivalry


. Djokovic exemplified his development into the world's best player with a thrilling 6–4 5–7 6–4 6–4 victory. Federer has won a record 20 grand slam titles including an all-time record of 11 hard court grand slams (Australian Open and US Open). Djokovic has won 16 grand slams titles including 10 grand slams on hard courts. Djokovic and Federer are the only players to have won at least 10 majors on hard courts. This is the third rivalry after Federer – Nadal and Djokovic – Nadal where two players have won
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Masters 1000 titles, both of which are played on clay (Monte Carlo and Rome) while Nadal is missing two Masters 1000 titles (Miami and Paris), both of which are played on hard courts, having won the German Open Hamburg before it was downgraded to ATP 500 in 2009 and replaced by the Madrid Masters (clay). Nadal also won the Madrid Masters event in 2005 when it was played on indoor hardcourts in October, the same slot that Shanghai Masters has today. Nadal prevented Federer from winning Monte Carlo
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was Nadal's first defeat in the semifinals of a major since the 2009 US Open, and his first ever defeat in the semifinals of Wimbledon. Despite this, Nadal achieved his best results at Wimbledon since 2011. This performance, combined with Roger Federer's unsuccessful title defense, ensured that Nadal retained the world number one ranking after the grass season. He then won the Rogers Cup, a record-extending 33rd Masters 1000 title. This was Nadal's first Masters 1000 title win on hard court since 2013. He then
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2018 ATP Finals


the Australian Open, Nadal faced Marin Čilić in the quarterfinal, but retired in the fifth set due to a hip injury. Nadal withdrew from the Mexican Open, Indian Wells Masters, and Miami Open due to an injury. At the Monte Carlo Masters, Nadal successfully defended his title, won a record-breaking 31st Masters title and his 11th title in Monte Carlo, beating Kei Nishikori in the final. Nadal went on to win his 11th title in Barcelona Open, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the final,
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won when Djokovic double faulted on match point, sealing a record 7th French Open title for Nadal. By winning his seventh title at Stade Roland Garros, Nadal surpassed Borg's overall titles record to become the most successful male player in French Open history. Nadal only lost a total of three sets in the 2012 clay court season. As a warm-up ahead of Wimbledon Nadal played in Halle, losing to Philipp Kohlschreiber in the quarterfinals. At Wimbledon, Nadal was upset in the second round by Lukáš Rosol in a close
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2008 in tennis


Federer has lost a set 6–0 Rafael Nadal dethrones five time defending champion Roger Federer 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7 in what many consider the greatest match of the decade. Nadal won his first Wimbledon title in near darkness after over four hours of play and over 2 hours of rain delay. 8 - US Open: Roger Federer wins the Men's Singles and Serena Williams wins the Women's Singles title. 14 - Fed Cup: Russia wins 4-0 over Spain 23 - Spain wins Davis Cup
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


his legend in history when he won "La Decima", a 10th title in Paris in 2017, where he didn't drop a set and lost only 35 games, only three shy of Borg's record of 32 games lost. He holds a match record of 93–2 at the French Open (never taken to five sets in the final) from 2005 to 2019 achieving a win percentage of 97.9%, and is the only player to achieve this type of dominance at any single Grand Slam tournament. Nadal won the French
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2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters


came into the match having lost just 14 times on clay in his career and won the match 6–2, 7–6. Djokovic recovered from losing the first set against Wawrinka to win the next two sets and the match 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. The top and the third ranked players in the world played each other in the final, with Nadal bidding to equal Federer's total of 14 Masters titles while Djokovic was appearing in his eighth Masters final. In their sixteenth meeting, Nadal took the first set 6–3, Djokovic won the
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Novak Djokovic career statistics


as one of the greatest tennis players of all-time, often ranked alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, and Björn Borg. He has reached 25 Grand Slam finals and has played the final of each Grand Slam tournament at least 4 times. He has won multiple titles at 3 out of the 4 majors. His 5 ATP Finals titles are second-most alongside Ivan Lendl and Sampras (Federer hold the record with 6 titles). Djokovic's 2011 season, during which he went on
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2013 Rafael Nadal tennis season


del Potro who had previously beaten world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Nadal defeated del Potro in three sets, winning his record-breaking twenty-second ATP Masters 1000 event and his third Indian Wells title. Nadal subsequently withdrew from the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami in order to rest and prepare for the clay court season. At Monte-Carlo Nadal reached his ninth straight final but lost in two sets to Djokovic. He won in Barcelona in straight sets and then won the Madrid title for a record-
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2017 Miami Open – Men's Singles


event. Stan Wawrinka was the first player other than the Big Four to be the top seed at an ATP Masters 1000 event since Andy Roddick at the 2005 BNP Paribas Masters. Roger Federer won his third title in Miami, defeating Rafael Nadal in the final, 6–3, 6–4. It was Federer's 26th Masters 1000 singles title and 91st singles title overall. It was Nadal's 5th runner-up finish without winning the title. This marks the third time Federer has won in Indian Wells and Miami back-to-
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2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season


ATP Masters Series title of the year, defeating Ivan Ljubičić in the final of the 2005 Madrid Masters. He then suffered a foot injury that prevented him from competing in the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup. Both Nadal and Federer won eleven singles titles and four ATP Masters Series titles in 2005. Nadal broke Mats Wilander's previous teenage record of nine in 1983. Nine of Nadal's titles were on clay, and the remainder were on hard courts. Nadal won 79 matches, second only to Federer's 81. Nadal
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the 2009 Indian Wells Masters, Nadal won his thirteenth Masters 1000 series tournament, defeating Murray in the final. The next ATP tour event was the 2009 Miami Masters. Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals, where he again faced Argentinian del Potro, this time losing the match. Nadal began his European clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he defeated Novak Djokovic to win a record fifth consecutive singles title there. He then won back to back titles in Barcelona and Rome Masters, defeating Ferrer and Djokovic respectively. He
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Rafael Nadal


, introduced him to tennis when he was three years old. At age 8, Nadal won an under-12 regional tennis championship at a time when he was also a promising football player. This made Toni Nadal intensify training, and it was at that time that his uncle encouraged Nadal to play left-handed for a natural advantage on the tennis court, after studying Nadal's then two-handed forehand stroke. At age 12, Nadal won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his age group, while also playing football full
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


Open. In 2010, Nadal won the French Open plus all three clay court Masters 1000 events (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid) in the same calendar year, thus becoming the first, and only, player to complete the "Clay Slam". Nadal won at least one Grand Slam tournament for 10 consecutive years (2005 – 2014) having broken the previous men's record of 8 consecutive years. He holds the record for most titles at 3 different ATP Tour levels: ATP500 (Barcelona-11), Masters 1000 (
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, Nadal participated in the second Davis Cup final of his career. He defeated Tomáš Berdych in his first singles rubber to give the Spanish Davis Cup Team their first point in the tie. After the Spanish Davis Cup team had secured its fourth Davis Cup victory, Nadal defeated Jan Hájek in the first Davis Cup dead rubber of his career. Nadal finished the year as No. 2 for the fourth time in five years. Nadal won the Golden Bagel Award for the third time in 2009, with nine 6–0 sets during the
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Rafael Nadal


Rome Masters and French Open in April, May, and June 2012, respectively. In 2013, Djokovic defeated Nadal in straight sets in the final at Monte Carlo, ending Nadal's record eight consecutive titles there, but Nadal got revenge at the French Open in an epic five-setter 9–7 in the fifth. In August 2013, Nadal won in Montreal, denying Djokovic his fourth Rogers Cup title. Nadal also defeated Djokovic in the 2013 US Open Final. Nadal defeated Djokovic in the 2014 French Open final. Since the
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2008 Wimbledon Championships


The 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 2008. It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in
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2017 Rafael Nadal tennis season


Potro in four sets to reach his 23rd major final where he faced Kevin Anderson. Nadal clinches his 16th Grand Slam title and 3rd USO title beating Anderson in straight sets, and also his first hardcourt singles title since Doha 2014. This victory brought him closer to 3 short of Federer's 19 major titles. This win also secured a fourth season where Federer and Nadal won all the Grand Slams (2006, 2007, 2010, 2017). Nadal opened his Asian swing with a tough draw at the Beijing Open, saving
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2005 Rafael Nadal tennis season


Agassi's Open Era record of consecutive match wins for a male teenager. Nadal won the Torneo Conde de Godó in Barcelona and beat 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria in the finals of the 2005 Monte Carlo Masters and the 2005 Rome Masters. During the Rome quarterfinals against Radek Stepanek, Nadal hit what is considered by many as the greatest shot of his career, a no-look, running passing shot near the net. These victories raised his ranking to world No. 5 and made him one of the favorites
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List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal


Monte Carlo-11), and Grand Slams (French Open-12). Nadal’s success does not hold strictly to the clay courts. Over the course of his career, he has won 400+ hard court matches as well as 400+ clay court matches. He is the only player, regardless of gender, to have recorded 400+ match wins on both hard and clay courts. He has achieved considerable success on hard courts and grass courts, obtaining multiple Grand Slams outside of the French Open having won 1 Australian Open (hard
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Karen Khachanov


result at the tournament. In February, he won his second ATP title at Open 13 in Marseille, France. He defeated Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the finals. In the North American summer hard-court swing, Khachanov reached the semifinals of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in his career, at the Canadian Open, losing to Nadal. He once again met Nadal at the US Open, in the 3rd Round, losing in a marathon match. He then helped Team Russia to progress through the 1st Round play
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2008 Rafael Nadal tennis season


Andy Murray. Nadal won 7–6, 6–3, reaching his third hard-court final of the year. The final was a contest between him and German Nicolas Kiefer. Nadal destroyed Kiefer 6–3, 6–2 to win his first hard-court title of the year and extend his streak to 29 match wins. Nadal next played at the only Masters tournament he has never reached the final at, the Cincinnati Masters. He strode through the draw, demolishing Frenchman Florent Serra for the loss of just one game and then taking down former
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2012 Rafael Nadal tennis season


to Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. He won every single match in two sets finishing with his second victory over Novak Djokovic and his third title in 2012. At the French Open, Nadal managed to win all six matches before facing Novak Djokovic in the Final, in which Nadal won in four sets. During the entire tournament, Nadal only lost a single set (against Djokovic in the final). With his seventh championship victory at Roland Garros, Nadal became the most successful tennis player at the French Open. Throughout the
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ATP Tour Masters 1000


Series finals were contested as best of five-set matches. Currently, all Masters Series matches (including the finals) are decided in best of three-set matches. In singles, Rafael Nadal holds the record for the most titles with 34 since the Masters Series began in 1990. Novak Djokovic is the only player to have won all nine Masters 1000 singles titles and became the first player to complete the Career Golden Masters in 2018. Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Andy Murray, and Nadal have each won 7 different
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. Defeated Andy Roddick in the Davis Cup to end the American's 19-match winning streak. Hrbatý's best season in his career to date was in 2004. He started the season with back-to-back title wins in Auckland and Adelaide. The Auckland victory was over Rafael Nadal in the final. Then won his sixth career title in Marseille and then made it to the final in Casablanca. He achieved one of his best wins by defeating World No. 1 Roger Federer in Cincinnati and then made it to the quarter
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2014 French Open Final, Djokovic has won seven consecutive meetings including a win in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2015 French Open which ended Nadal's 39-match win streak at Stade Roland Garros and an opportunity for a sixth consecutive title, with Djokovic becoming only the second player after Robin Söderling to defeat Nadal at the event. Nadal easily defeated Djokovic in the 2017 Madrid Open semifinals (6–2, 6–4), his first victory against the Serb since the 2014 French Open. When they next met Nadal beat Djokovic again, this
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List of career achievements by Novak Djokovic


has the records of 15 straight finals in a single season, a streak of 11 Masters finals and 18 straight top-tier tournament finals. Djokovic is the first and only player since the 1973 ATP rankings were introduced to have accrued 16,950 points, more than the world number 2 and 3 combined. Djokovic has won 33 titles in the ATP Masters tournaments, only one title behind Rafael Nadal who holds the record. By 2018, he has won Masters titles across all 9 venues where Masters tournaments are held, becoming the first
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