However, his performance at the event guaranteed him the year-end No. [1] He has been ranked world No. There is also a restaurant named Sebastian's Sa Punta. The pair met at 2 of the 4 Grand Slam tournaments, with 3 meetings at the Australian Open and 2 at Wimbledon, including the 2010 final. Nadal started his North American summer hard-court season by defeating Agassi in the final of the 2005 Canada Masters, but lost in the first round of the 2005 Cincinnati Masters. Be the first one to comment on this story. [109] At Wimbledon, Nadal was upset in the second round by Luk Rosol in a close five-set match. 690, upset Nadal in the second round of the Stockholm Open. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Career Golden Slam in singles. Nadal easily defeated Djokovic in the 2017 Madrid Open semifinals (62, 64), his first victory against the Serb since the 2014 French Open. Ana Maria Parera described Rafael Nadal as a super-sensitive human being. [206] Afterwards, Nadal went on to win his third Mexican Open title, defeating Taylor Fritz in straights sets in the final. At the following year's French Open semifinals, however, Djokovic defeated Nadal in four bruising sets en route to his title win and double Career Grand Slam. Nadal played the Artois Championships at the Queen's Club in London for the second consecutive year. [329][330][331] From 2019 onwards, several analysts praised Nadal's improvement on the serve, noting the speed of his serve had increased. The couple welcomed a baby boy on . [citation needed] He holds the Open Era records for the highest career match-winning percentage (83.3%), the highest clay court match-winning percentage (91.3%), the highest outdoor match-winning percentage (84.9%), and the most consecutive seasons winning at least one tournament (19 years) and two tournaments (18 years) respectively. [72] In the Australian Open, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he had to pull out at 30 down in the third set against Andy Murray. In doing so, he became the oldest French Open champion ever, and the third man to earn four Top-10 wins en route to a major title since the ATP rankings started in 1973, after Mats Wilander (1982 French Open) and Roger Federer (2017 Australian Open). Nadal went on to win his 11th title in Barcelona, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets, becoming the first player in the open era to win 400 matches on both clay and hard. Rafael comes from a sports-minded family. Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986, in Manacor, Mallorca, Spain, to Sebastin Nadal Homar, a businessman, and his homemaker mother Ana Mara Parera Femenas. They exchanged their wedding vows in 2019. Nadal, 36,. Djokovic then 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 the French Open and an opportunity for a sixth consecutive title, with Djokovic becoming only the second player after Robin Sderling to defeat Nadal at the event. He has a sibling namely, Mara Isabel Nadal. [citation needed] The title "La Dcima" ("the tenth" in Spanish) was used to proclaim Nadal's achievement in becoming the first player, male or female, to win 10 titles at a single major in the Open Era, following similar feats at Monte Carlo and Barcelona. 1-ranked doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji in the final. [18][15] In doubles, Nadal and his partner, Bartolom Salv Vidal, were defeated in the first round by David Adams and Simon Aspelin. 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. Rafael acknowledges the perfect combination of the ocean view, service, and food of his father's restaurant and has been one of his favorite places in Manacor. They met in the quarterfinal round, where Nadal defeated Berdych in straight sets. Ana was a businesswoman and worked as a trader who sold perfumes. [208], Nadal won his 13th French Open title, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the tournament's final, only losing seven games. He was also included in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2022.[317]. Please logout and login again. [67] Roger Federer went on to win the title, and Nadal consequently dropped back to No. Nadal and Ferrer had their first meeting since 2015 in the first round in the US Open. He is also a recipient of the Grand Cross of the Order of Dos De Mayo, the Grand Cross of Naval Merit, and the Medal of the City of Paris. [321], Nadal employs a semi-western grip forehand, often with a "lasso-whip" follow-through, where his left arm hits through the ball and finishes above his left shoulder as opposed to a more traditional finish across the body or around his opposite shoulder. Nadal moved back to No. [86], Nadal began his Asian tour at the 2010 PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok where he lost to compatriot Guillermo Garca-Lpez in the semifinals. [7] Winning improved his ranking to No. [348] Nadal's extensive time taken between points has received criticism from other players including Roger Federer and Denis Shapovalov. [189], Nadal began the clay season at the Monte Carlo Masters, reaching the semifinals, where he was upset by Fabio Fognini in straight sets. At the 2011 US Open, Nadal made headlines when after defeating David Nalbandian in the fourth round, he collapsed in his post-match press conference because to severe cramps. [52] Two weeks later at the Paris Masters, Nadal reached the quarterfinals, where he withdrew because of a knee injury. On 10 November, Nadal withdrew from Spain's Davis Cup final against Argentina, as his knee injury had not healed completely. He finished the year ranked as the world No. [411] Nadal speaks Spanish, Balearic Catalan and English. Ana married a successful businessman Sebastian Nadal. The centre houses the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy, where the American International School of Mallorca is located. After the loss, he announced that he would skip the rest of the season to undergo surgery for his appendix. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, despite being two sets to love up. He did not lose a set during his first three matches, defeating qualifiers in the first and second rounds and Viktor Troicki in the third round. 1. [8] Recognizing a natural talent in Nadal, another uncle and tennis coach, Toni Nadal, introduced him to the game when he was three years old and coached him from 2005 to 2017. He won the ATP Newcomer of the Year Award. [236] On 22 March, it was reported that Nadal will be unable to play for between four and six weeks, due to a rib stress fracture that occurred during Indian Wells.[237]. In May 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam tournament champion Pat Cash in a clay-court exhibition match. His father, Sebastian Nadal, is a successful businessman in Manacor. He then lost to Carlos Alcaraz in a rematch of their Indian Wells semifinal. Nadal then lost his first-round match at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in straight sets to unseeded Belgian Steve Darcis (ranked No. [104] In the last tournament before the French Open, Nadal defeated Djokovic in a tight straight-set final. Nadal defeated Federer in a five-set final to earn his first hard-court major singles title,[56] and become the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open. Play was suspended in the fourth set due to rain. [31] He then lost in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon to Gilles Mller of Luxembourg. Four of these matches were five-set matches (2007 and 2008 Wimbledon, 2009 and 2017 Australian Open), and the 2008 Wimbledon final has been lauded as the greatest match ever by many long-time tennis analysts. [224], Nadal returned to action at the 2021 Citi Open, revealing that his recent withdrawals were actually due to a recurring left foot injury that returned at the 2021 French Open. His 30 Grand Slam singles finals place him 3rd in the men's all-time rankings, behind Federer's 31 and Djokovic's 32 finals respectively. (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (WL) winloss record. The two met later in 2015 in Madrid, where Nadal won in straight sets. At the 2021 Australian Open, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals to world No. [242], After a six-week layoff following Wimbledon, Nadal lost in the opening round at the Cincinnati Masters to eventual champion Borna ori. [274] Seven of these nine appearances have been in quarterfinals and semifinals, making the rivalry an important part of both men's careers. He finished 2001 with a Challenger series record of 11 in singles with no titles or finals appearances. . At the US Open Nadal was seeded 4th and advanced to the fourth round but was defeated by 24th seed Lucas Pouille in 5 sets. He is the youngest player in the Open Era to win all four majors (24 years old). His father is a businessman, owner of an insurance company, glass and window company Vidres Mallorca, and the restaurant, Sa Punta. [147] Nadal went on to win the 2015 Mercedes Cup against Serbian Viktor Troicki, his first grass court title since he won at Wimbledon in 2010. 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