A review of the history of the legend, Rafael Nadal

The Spanish tennis player, at 38 years old, announced that he is retiring from tennis. More than two decades as a professional, with 92 titles in the Olympics, Grand Slam, Masters 1,000 and Davis Cup. In this last national team competition he will say goodbye.

Nadal was world number 1 for 209 weeks. Photo courtesy: Spanish Tennis Federation

At the age of 16 he debuted in 2002. Then, at the age of 18 he played his first Olympic Games in Athens 2004 and since then, the titles for one of the best in the history of world tennis have not stopped .

His was clay, but he won 32 consecutive victories on three different surfaces. Right-handed, but with a great left foot to play with, his intelligence and control made him a true legend.

He won 22 Grand Slam titles in 30 finals he played:

• 14 Roland Garros: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

In 2005 the victories began in the tournament played in Paris.

The last one was achieved in 2022

• 2 Wimbledon: 2008 and 2010

The oldest tournament is played in London.

• 2 Australian Open: 2009 and 2022

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• 4 US Open: 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019.

36 titles in the Masters 1,000:

• 11 in Monte Carlo: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018.
• 10 in Rome: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021.

• 5 in Madrid: 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017.

• 5 in Canada: 2005, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2019.
• 3 in Indian Wells: 2007, 2009, 2013.
• 1 Hamburg: 2008.
• 1 Race: 2013.

5 Davis Cup titles:

2004 against the United States 3-2

2008 with Argentina 1-3

2009 against the Czech Republic 5-0

2011 against Argentina 3-1

2019 against Canada 0-2

Olympics:

He participated in 4 Olympics. Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 in which he won the gold medal in singles, Rio 2016 gold in doubles and Paris 2024.

Nadal says goodbye in the Davis Cup which will be played between November 19 and 24 this year in Malaga, Spain. With the semi-final against the Netherlands, the competition will begin, which will sell the ticket office to see the local team.