Rafael Nadal, is a Spanish professional tennis player and a
former world number 1. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of
all time. His success was more on clay has earned him the nickname “The King of
Clay”. Nadal has won ten Grand Slam singles titles, including a record six French
open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 20 ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 tournaments, also winner
Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004,2008,2011. He become the only
player to have won eight consecutive editions in any tournament during history
of tennis, a nd only the 2nd player to win a single tournament for a
total of eight time during open era. Nadal was ranked world number 2, behind
Roger Federer, for a record 160 consecutive weeks before earning the top spot,
which he held from 18 August 2008 to 5 July 2009. He regained the world number
1 ranking on 7 June 2010, after winning his fifth French open title. He held it
until 3 July 2011, when Novak Djokovic replaced him as world number 1 . Nadal
has held the number 2 ranking for an ATP record 232 weeks.
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