Highlights of Rafael Nadal's final match at the 2004 Orange Warsaw Open, Sopot vs Jose Acasuso. The date is August 15, Nadal has 18 years, 2 months and 11 days. He opened 2004 with his first ever ATP Final (in Auckland) which he lost to Dominik Hrbaty in a tough 3-set match (6-4 2-6 5-7).
Nadal became the youngest player to lift his maiden ATP title since Lleyton Hewitt in Adelaide 1998. In 2004 Nadal also stunned Roger Federer in Miami in two sets. Nadal suffered a left ankle injury in Estoril against Richard Gasquet and was forced to miss almost 3 months, coming back in Bastad in July and missing all the big events on clay.
As of June 3rd, 2018 Nadal has won 16 Grand Slam titles and has set an immense amount of records, a very high ledge for the tennis players of the future. Nadal is the first man to lift 10 Men's Singles titles at one Major (Roland Garros), to have 10 consecutive years of winning 1+ major title (2005-2014), to have won the same tournament 11 times (Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell).
Nadal also has a record of 32 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, a record 20 ATP World Tour 500 tournaments, and won the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. He became the youngest in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24.
He also owns the longest single-surface winning streak in the Open Era, having won 81 consecutive matches on clay from April 2005 to May 2007. In 2018 Rafael also broke John Mcenroe's long-standing record of most consectutive sets won on a single surface (50 sets in a rown on clay compared to John's 49 consecutive sets on carpet).
Rafael Nadal has a net worth of 160 million dollars.
28 авг 2024
