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Rafa Nadal

By eneko casas

  • Birth

    Birth
    Rafa Nadal was born in Manacor (Mayorca) the 3rd june 1986. His parents is Ana María Parea and Sebastián Nadal. Also he has a little sister, her name is María Isabel.

  • First time in Tennis

    First time in Tennis
    In 1990, when he has only 3 years old, he touched his first racket. his "couch" was his oncle, that he also was a tennis player.

  • His coach

    His coach
    Since 1997 Antonio Nadal, his oncle is Rafa's coach. He give to him all his awards.

  • First Final

    First Final
    In 1998 when he was 12, he lost his first final versus a 16 years old guy.

  • Team Copa Davis of Spain

    Team Copa Davis of Spain
    Since 2004 he is in the team Davis. He plays whith Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Feliciano Lopez y Marcel Granollers.

  • First copa Davis

    First copa Davis
    He won in 2004 his first copa Davis. He was just added at this team few months before

  • His first solo AWARD

    His first solo AWARD
    In 2005 Rafa won his first award. It was in the Roland Garros. He won versus Mariano Puerta

  • Golden Slam

    Golden Slam
    In 2008 He won a Golden slam (is the award that you win when you win 4 grand slam and 1 gold olympic medal). He got it a few days later of the olympic games of Pekin, when he arrived to spain. He's also the younggest man in win it.

  • His first Wimbledon

    His first Wimbledon
    In 2008 three years later of his first award he won his first Wimbledon. He thought that he's going to loose it. But he won, versus Roger Federer

  • His first OLYMPIC gold medal

    His first OLYMPIC gold medal
    In the Pekin olympic games he won in the solo category his first olympic gold medal. He won versus Fernando Gonzalez.

  • Australia open

    Australia open
    He won his first and last Australia open in 2009 versus Roger Federer. Roger thought that he's going to won, but when Rafa won him, he started to cry.

  • First EE.UU. open

    First EE.UU. open
    He won his first EE.UU. open in the 2010. He won versus Novak Djokovic.

  • Olympic gold medal in pears

    Olympic gold medal in pears
    He won won with one of his best friends, Marc Lopez. He said: "I'm really happy to won whith a friend." They won a gold medal in the olympic games of Río de Janeiro.

  • The best of the world

    The best of the world
    In 2018 he was considerated the best tennis playerin the ATP. This was thanks to the Novak Djokovic injury.

  • Wedding

    Wedding
    He got married whith Xisca Perello. The wedding was in Mallorca, the hometown of bouth.