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His birth
He born in Mallorca. -
1st victory in an ATP
Rafa Nadal began his career as a professional tennis player. -
1st Roland Garros
In 2005, Rafa Nadal established himself as a professional tennis player. He won the first Roland Garros against Mariano Puerta. In addition, he achieved a teenage record with eleven titles, surpassing the nine of Mats Wilander in 1983. -
2nd Roland Garros
The year 2006 began with problems; Due to the demanding 2005, Nadal had to go almost four months without playing (he missed last year's Masters Cup and this year's Australian Open through injury). -
3th Roland Garros
Rafael Nadal started the year playing in 6 hard court tournaments. He lost in the semi-finals and the first round of his first two tournaments and then lost in the Australian Open quarter-finals to eventual finalist Fernando González. -
Two Grand Slam, Olympic gold medal and number 1
Nadal won 8 titles in 2008, including two Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal. In addition, Nadal also won three Masters 1000 titles: Monte Carlo, Hamburg and Toronto. ... He won the Olympic gold medal in Beijing, and also managed to become world No. 1 that year after the Olympics. -
Australian Open and 1st loss at Roland Garros
Nadal defeated Federer in five sets to win his first Grand Slam title at Hard, becoming the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open and the fourth tennis player. -
2nd Wimbledon, Golden Slam in Career and return to number 1
It became the only tennis player in history to win the Clay Slam or Clay Slam, which consists of winning in the same year the three Masters 1000 on clay: Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid, and the Grand Slam of Roland Garros, which is also disputed on clay. -
6th Roland Garros
Nadal started the year as # 1 in the world. For Rafa the season started in Doha 2011 where in the first round he defeated Karol Beck. -
7th Roland Garros
Rafa Nadal celebrates victory in the final of Roland Garros 2012. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal raises the Roland Garros Tournament trophy after beating Serbian Novak Djokovik 6-4, 6-2, 2-6 and 7-5 in the final disputed, in Paris, France. -
8th Roland Garros, 2nd US Open and return to number 1
On June 9, 2013, Rafa Nadal made history by becoming the first tennis player to win a Grand Slam eight times. He did it at Roland Garros and after beating David Ferrer in the final, in which he only gave up eight games to his friend. -
9th Roland Garros and problems with injuries
This season, Nadal suffered some injuries that included a back injury, a wrist injury, and appendicitis. Losing the 2014 Australian Open final, he suffered a back injury. He recovered by winning his ninth Roland Garros. -
28th Masters 1000 and 2nd Olymic gold medal
Nadal would have a good 2016 reaping two titles (a Masters 1000) and an Olympic gold in doubles, but a wrist injury would slow down his progress at Roland Garros, something that little by little was taking away from him until the end of the year, finishing in the position 9, its lowest ranking since 2004. -
11th Roland Garros and end of year with injuries.
Nadal started the year dragging knee problems that forced him to end his premature retirement from the last tournaments of 2017. Fortunately during this year he recovered until getting his11th Roland Garros. -
12th Roland Garros, 4th US Open and return to number 1.
After the ankle operation in mid-November and his subsequent recovery, Nadal won many titles and awards this year.
