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When is he born
The great tennis player Rafa Nadal was born on the 3rd of June 1986. He is currently 34 years old and grew up in Manacor Spain. -
1ª Roland Garros
Intensity, passion and pirate trousers. On 5 June 2005, Rafael Nadal won the first of his 13 Roland Garros titles, the first of his 19 Grand Slams, in Paris. -
4ª Roland Garros
Nadal took the Swiss ahead by conceding just four games (6-1, 6-3 and 6-0) and returned to celebrate the trophy, confirming his tyranny on the clay of Paris and threatening to become one of the best players in history on clay, which would later end up happening. -
WIMBLEDON
The best match in history, according to the opinion of the experts and a large part of the fans, was also a tribute to the sport. Nadal claimed his first trophy at the All England Tennis Club by bowing out Federer in an agonising match (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7) that lasted 4h48m and ended with the court almost in darkness as night fell over London. Two months later, Nadal would snatch the world number one ranking from the Swiss, ending a reign of 237 consecutive weeks. -
The Olympic Gold Medal
Nadal won his first Olympic gold medal in Beijing, 10 years ago now. 10 years since Rafa Nadal won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, defeating Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 in the final. -
Open the Australia
After winning the previous two Grand Slam finals against Federer, the Spaniard went into his first title match at the Australian Open unable to move and dizzy, unable to recover from the semi-final thrashing (he needed 5h14m to beat Fernando Verdasco). The Spaniard beat the Swiss 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2, who was playing to equal Pete Sampras's 14 majors and ended up crying at the awards ceremony, unable to contain his impotence. -
2ª WIMBLEDON
Nadal climbed to yet another Wimbledon final and finished 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 with Tomas Berdych (who had beaten the Swiss and Novak Djokovic) again reaching the tricky double. Nadal left London with eight major titles, tied with Andre Agassi, and hungry to increase those numbers, in impeccable form. -
5ª Roland Garros
After losing his place on the throne in Paris in 2009, defeated in the round of 16 by Robin Soderling (halting his 31 consecutive victories in the tournament), Nadal reappeared the following year ready to regain his crown. The Spaniard beat Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to win his fifth title in Paris, regaining the world number one ranking and ending a period of disappointment that he successfully avoided. -
6ª Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal won his sixth Roland Garros after defeating Roger Federer in the final. A victory that allows the Spaniard to equal Björn Borg's record in Paris, as well as to retain the reign of the ATP circuit. The 'king of clay' accumulates ten Grand Slams and 46 titles in an exquisite list of honors. -
9ª Roland Garros
In the 113th edition of the Roland Garros Tournament, Spaniard Rafael Nadal won the title after defeating his great rival, Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final in four sets: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. It was the second time that Nadal and Djokovic met in the final of this tournament. -
Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar
The facilities of the 'Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar' consist of a residence, 26 tennis courts, a fitness center, two swimming pools, a 7 soccer field, a multi-sports court, 10 paddle tennis courts, a restaurant and bar-cafeteria, a clinic specialized in sports medicine, physiotherapy and nutrition, a store, green areas and gardens, and of course, a school. The annual course option costs 56,000 euros. -
Open in the EEUU
After regaining the number one ranking in the summer, the Spaniard landed as the main candidate to celebrate the title of champion at the U.S. Open, Nadal was taking advantage of opportunities like no one else and reached the final without meeting one of the 30 best in the world. His victory over rookie Kevin Anderson put him on 16 Grand Slam tournaments and kept alive the fight to catch Federer, with 19 at the time. -
10ª Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal today won his tenth Roland Garros title and did it with the sufficiency of the chosen ones, of the legends that transcend the sport. The Spaniard massacred Stan Wawrinka with a resounding 6-2. 6-3 and 6-1, in 2 hours and 5 minutes. He was three games away from equaling Björn Borg's record in 1978.11 Jun 2017 -
Wedding
Rafa Nadal and Mery Perelló got married on Saturday 19 October of 2019 in an exclusive ceremony held at the Sa Fortalesa estate in Mallorca, in the presence of more than 500 guests. -
13ª Roland Garros
The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal has conquered this Sunday his thirteenth Roland Garros title by destroying in the final (6-0, 6-2, 7-5) the world number one, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, a historical review as it is the 20th 'Grand Slam' of his palmarés to equal the record of the Swiss Roger Federer.11 Oct 2020.
