Rafael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his doubles match with teammate Juan Monaco of Argentina against Nicolas Mahut and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 28, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reaches for a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reaches for a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after a point in a match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on during the trophy presentation after losing to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after winning a game against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
Rafael Nadal
2008
Prince of Asturias Award
2008
Beijing, China
Nadal won a Gold Medal in men's singles at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
2015
Rafael Nadal, receiving the Great Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris.
2019
Rafael Nadal receives the 2019 ITF World Champion award.
2020
700 Wellington St, Perth WA 6000, Australia
Rafael Nadal receives the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for 2019 during the 2020 ATP Cup Group Stage at RAC Arena on January 8, 2020 in Perth, Australia.
2006
2006 Roland Garros champion
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his doubles match with teammate Juan Monaco of Argentina against Nicolas Mahut and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 28, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a backhand during his match against Florent Serra of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 29, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand during his match against Gael Monfils of France during the ATP Masters Series at the Palais Omnisports De Paris-Bercy on October 30, 2008 in Paris, France.
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
8 Boulevard de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Raphael Nadal
2008
Prince of Asturias Award
2008
Beijing, China
Nadal won a Gold Medal in men's singles at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds up the winner's the trophy as Rafael Nadal of Spain holds up the runner up award after Djokovic defeated Nadal during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reaches for a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reaches for a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after a point in a match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain looks on during the trophy presentation after losing to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal serves to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2011
Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Flushing, NY 11368, United States
Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after winning a game against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the Men's Final on Day Fifteen of the 2011 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2011 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.
2015
Rafael Nadal, receiving the Great Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris.
2019
Rafael Nadal receives the 2019 ITF World Champion award.
2020
700 Wellington St, Perth WA 6000, Australia
Rafael Nadal receives the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for 2019 during the 2020 ATP Cup Group Stage at RAC Arena on January 8, 2020 in Perth, Australia.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal holds the championship trophy after winning the men's singles final at the US Open.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Sebastjan Nadal, Nadal's father
Anna Maria Nadal, Nadal's mother
Maria Isabel Nadal, Nadal's sister
Miguel Ángel Nadal, Nadal's uncle
María Francisca Perelló Pascual, Nadal's spouse
Roger Federer. Photo by Uniqlo.
(This book takes its readers to the heart of Nadal's child...)
This book takes its readers to the heart of Nadal's childhood, his growth as a player, and his incredible career. It includes memorable highs and lows, from victory in the 2008 Wimbledon final - a match that John McEnroe called the 'greatest game of tennis ever played' - to the injury problems that have frequently threatened his dominance of the sport, to becoming the youngest player of the open era to complete a career Grand Slam in 2010.
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Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986 in Manacor, Spain, to Ana María Parera Femenías and Sebastián Nadal Homar. His father is a businessman, owner of an insurance company, glass and window company Vidres Mallorca, and the restaurant, Sa Punta. Rafael has a younger sister, María Isabel.
Rafael began playing tennis at the age of four, guided by his uncle, Toni Nadal, who remained his coach on the professional tour. At the age of eight, Nadal won the regional championship. When Rafael was 14 years old, the Spanish Tennis Federation invited him to leave Mallorca and move to Barcelona to continue his tennis development. Rafael's family turned down this offer partly because his parents worried about his education. The decision to stay in Manacor meant that the training costs would not be covered by the tennis federation, but by the father.
Nadal has a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the European University of Madrid. He received it in 2015.
Nadal, who officially turned professional in 2001, had appeared in only one Grand Slam tournament as a junior competitor when he reached the semifinals at the 2002 Wimbledon championships. He began his professional career in earnest the next year, breaking into the top 50 in the world. In 2004, he played a crucial role in Spain's defeat of the United States in the Davis Cup final. Toppling Andy Roddick - then number two in the world - in a four-set opening-day singles clash, Nadal became the youngest player (at 18 years 6 months) in the history of the international team competition to win a singles match for a victorious country.
Driving his forehand with a devastatingly potent heavy topspin and covering the court with alacrity, Nadal quickly became one of the top players on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour. He also developed a rivalry with world number one Roger Federer. In 2005, Nadal set a record for a teenage male player by registering 11 tournament victories, including a triumph at his French Open (Roland Garros) debut, when he upset Federer in the semifinals. The next year, Nadal secured five more titles on the ATP tour, including his second straight French Open win - this time besting Federer in the final. He also reached his first final on the grass at Wimbledon before falling to Federer.
In 2007, Nadal extended his victories on clay surfaces to a record 81 consecutive matches before losing to Federer on May 20 in the final of the ATP Masters Series Hamburg (Germany). After bouncing back to win his third title at Roland Garros, Nadal lost to Federer in a grueling five-set Wimbledon final lasting 3 hours 45 minutes. The two met once again in the 2008 French Open final, where Nadal overpowered Federer to win his fourth straight tournament title, tying Björn Borg's record for consecutive French Open wins. Nadal and Federer met in a third consecutive Wimbledon final in 2008. This time Nadal won his fifth career Grand Slam title - in a five-set match lasting 4 hours 48 minutes, then the longest men's singles final in Wimbledon history - and thus became the first man since Borg (1980) to collect both the French Open and the Wimbledon title in the same year. In August 2008, Nadal won the men's singles gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, and he took over the number one world ranking from Federer in the same month.
In 2009, Nadal won his first Australian Open championship after he again bested Federer in a dramatic five-set final match. He set a record for consecutive wins at the French Open the following May, which was then broken at 31 when Nadal was upset in the fourth round of the tournament. At the end of the 2009 tennis season, Nadal helped Spain sweep the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final. His dominance of the French Open returned in 2010 when he easily won the event for the fifth time in his career, which he followed by winning his second Wimbledon title in July of that year. In September, he won his first United States Open and thus completed a career Grand Slam by having won all four of the slam's component tournaments. In 2011, Nadal captured his sixth career French Open title, besting Federer in the final. After losing the next three consecutive Grand Slam finals to Novak Djokovic, Nadal reversed course and defeated Djokovic in the 2012 French Open final to break Borg's record for the men's French Open singles championships. He added another French title in 2013, becoming the first man to win the same Grand Slam singles event eight times. Later that year he captured a second career United States Open singles championship. In 2014, he won a ninth French Open championship.
Nadal was plagued by injuries throughout the remainder of the 2014 season, and he struggled to recover his form in 2015. During that year, he failed to win a Grand Slam title, ending his record streak of having captured at least one major tournament in 10 straight years. His best performance at a Grand Slam in 2016 was just a fourth-round elimination at the United States Open, but Nadal gained a measure of redemption by capturing his second career Olympic gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games. He advanced to his first Grand Slam final in three years at the 2017 Australian Open, where he lost a thrilling five-set match to Federer. Nadal ended his Grand Slam title drought when he won a 10th career French Open championship in June 2017. Three months later, he won his third United States Open singles title. At the 2018 Australian Open, Nadal was forced to withdraw in the quarterfinals because of an injury, but he recovered in time to claim another French Open championship, which was his 17th Grand Slam title. After losing the Australian Open final in 2019, Nadal continued his dominance at Roland Garros that year by capturing his 12th career French Open singles championship. He later won the 2019 United States Open singles title, which was his 19th career Grand Slam championship, the second most in tennis history behind Federer's 20 titles.
In 2020, at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, Nadal lost to Austrian Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals. He decided not to enter the United States Open due to the very difficult situation around the world associated with the increasing number of cases of coronavirus infection.
Rafael Nadal is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, a record 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 21 ATP Tour 500 titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. Nadal has won a record twelve French Open titles, four US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles and one Australian Open title. He holds the record for the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.
Rafael has been involved in five Davis Cup titles with Spain and currently has a 29-win streak and 29-1 record in singles matches at the event. He also became the seventh male player and the youngest of five in the Open Era to achieve the singles Career Grand Slam. Nadal received the tour Sportsmanship Award three times and has been named the ATP Player of the Year five times and the ITF World Champion four times. In 2011, Rafael was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.
(This book takes its readers to the heart of Nadal's child...)
2011Being a Spaniard, Rafael was raised a Catholic but now calls himself an agnostic. During an interview, in which Nadal was directly asked if he believes in God and what he thinks about athletes who cross themselves during gameplay, he said: "It's hard to say, I don't believe in God. I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe. I don't know. It's private and I don't want to speak about it, but I say, if God exists, you don't need to cross yourself or pray. If God exists, he's intelligent enough to do the important things, the right things.
Nadal says, as a result of his success, that he owes society and has started a charitable foundation to start paying back. This foundation, called the Rafa Nadal Foundation, aims to use athletics to help young people in destitute situations in developing countries, to rise above their plight.
Rafael Nadal opened his tennis academy centre to Majorca flood victims. After the flood he worked personally with some friends to help the victims. Later, he donated €1 million for rebuilding Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, the most affected town by the floods in the island. Nadal also supports other charities, such as City Harvest, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation and Small Steps Project.
Quotations:
"I have no sense of humor about losing."
"People sometimes exaggerate this business of humility. It's a question simply of knowing who you are, where you are, and that the world will continue exactly as it is without you."
"Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind."
"The first point is always important, more so in a Wimbledon final."
"Losing is not my enemy...fear of losing is my enemy."
"I think the doubts are good in life. The people who don't have doubts I think only two things: arrogance or not intelligence."
"However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own."
"The problem nowadays is that children have become too much the center of attention. Their parents, their families, everybody around them feels a need to put them on a pedestal. So much effort is invested in boosting their self-esteem that they are made to feel special in and of themselves, without having done anything."
"So there was fun and magic in my relationship with Toni, even if the prevailing mood when we trained was stony and severe."
In his early years, Nadal (who wrote with his right hand) played left-handed tennis with both a two-handed forehand and backhand. When he was 12, however, his uncle encouraged him to adopt a more conventional left-handed style. Nadal stuck with his two-handed backhand but switched to what became his signature one-handed forehand, the stroke that was credited with lifting him into the sport's upper echelons.
Physical Characteristics: Rafael Nadal is 6 ft 0.25 in or 183.5 cm tall and weighs 85 kg or 188 lbs. He has dark brown wavy hair and light brown eyes.
Quotes from others about the person
Roger Federer: "He's a fantastic player and he's going to be around so much longer so I'm happy with every one I get before he takes them all."
Toni Nadal: "He has never broken a racket in anger. It would be showing a lack of respect to people who actually have to buy the equipment to play the sport."
Guillermo Coria: "He is like a beast, an animal, on the court. He's very strong and he's very well prepared."
Since 2005 Nadal has been in a relationship with María Francisca (Mery) Perelló Pascual. The couple married in October 2019.
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Miguel Ángel Nadal is a Spanish retired footballer.
