List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal

This article lists various career, tournament, and seasonal achievements by the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal.

Rafael Nadal has won a record 21 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player in the Open Era.

Nadal has appeared in 29 Grand Slam finals which is third to Federer’s and Djokovic's 31 finals. He has appeared in at least five finals at each major (a feat equaled only by Federer and surpassed only by Djokovic's six) and has won multiple majors on hard, grass, and clay courts, a feat matched by Djokovic at French Open 2021. Nadal completed the Career Grand Slam and the Career Golden Slam, becoming the youngest player in the Open Era to achieve this feat, having won all four majors and the Olympic title by the age of 24 years, 3 months and 10 days. At the 2022 Australian Open he became the fourth man in history (joining Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and Djokovic) to complete the Double Career Grand Slam, which means winning each Grand Slam title at least two times.

Known as the “King of Clay”, Nadal won the French Open 9 times in his first 10 attempts, and 13 times overall, with a match record of 105–3 (97.2% win rate), which is viewed by many analysts as one of the greatest feats in the Open Era. Nadal won the French Open on his first attempt as a 19-year-old in 2005 and went on to win 4 consecutive crowns from 2005 to 2008, defeating then world No. 1 Roger Federer in three consecutive finals from 2006 to 2008 (he also defeated Federer in the 2005 semi-finals) and again in the 2011 final (Nadal is the only player to defeat Federer in four finals at the same major. Nadal is also the only player to beat Federer in the finals of three different grand slams, the French Open, the Australian Open, and Wimbledon). His sole loss at the French Open during this period came at the hands of Sweden's Robin Söderling in 2009 in the round of 16. Nadal then went on to avenge his loss to Söderling by defeating him in the 2010 French Open final. He would go on to win 5 consecutive crowns from 2010 to 2014. Rafa furthered his legend in history when he won "La Decima", a 10th title in Paris in 2017, where he didn't drop a set and lost only 35 games, only three shy of Borg's record of 32 games lost. He would then win another 4 consecutive crowns from 2017 to 2020, and making Nadal the only player in history, male or female, to win 13 grand slams at a single major (ahead of Djokovic 9 Australian Opens and Federer 8 Wimbledons. The best female is Margaret Court 11 Australian Opens). Additionally, his French Open 2020 win also made Nadal the only player in history to have 3 streaks of 4 consecutive titles at a grand slam event (Borg and Federer each had 2 streaks), as well as 3 streaks of 30+ consecutive match wins at the same event. He has never been taken to five sets in the final, and is the only player to achieve this type of dominance at any single Grand Slam tournament. Additionally, Nadal is 25–0 in best of 5 matches on clay at other events, bringing his total match record in best of 5 on clay to 130–3, a win percentage of 97.7%. Nadal did not lose a single semifinal on clay courts for 12 years (52–0) from the 2003 Croatia Open (lost to Carlos Moya) to the 2015 Rio Open (lost to Fabio Fognini).^[1]

Nadal has won 36 Masters 1000 titles. On clay, he has won 26 Masters 1000 titles, 13 Grand Slam titles, and an Open Era record 62 titles. He won at least one Masters 1000 title for ten consecutive years from 2005 to 2014 and is the only player to achieve this type of consistency in the Open Era. He owns the Open era records of most consecutive years of winning 1+ ATP singles titles (18 years from 2004–2021) and most consecutive years of winning 2+ ATP singles titles (17 years from 2005–2021). He owns the longest single surface win streak by a male having won 81 consecutive matches on clay courts from 2005 to 2007, 16 better than Federer's record on grass, and 25 better than Federer's record on hard courts. Nadal also won a record 8 consecutive Monte Carlo Masters 1000 titles from 2005 to 2012, and a record overall 11 titles including his three-peat from 2016 to 2018. Nadal has also won an all-time record 10 Masters 1000 titles in Rome, and 12 titles at the ATP 500 Barcelona Open. In 2010, Nadal won the French Open plus all three clay court Masters 1000 events (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid) in the same calendar year, thus becoming the first, and only, player to complete the "Clay Slam".

Nadal won at least one Grand Slam tournament for 10 consecutive years (2005 – 2014) having broken the previous men's record of 8 consecutive years. He holds the record for most titles at 3 ATP Tour levels: ATP500 (Barcelona-12), Masters 1000 (Monte Carlo-11), and Grand Slams (French Open-13).

Nadal’s success is not limited to clay courts. Over the course of his career, he has won 500+ hard court matches as well as 450+ clay court matches. He is the only player, male or female, to have recorded 450+ match wins on both hard and clay courts. He has won 501 matches on hard courts, which is fourth in the Open Era behind only Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andre Agassi. He has won 6 hard court Grand Slam titles, which ranks him fourth place all-time behind only Djokovic, Federer, and Pete Sampras. He has achieved considerable success on hard courts and grass courts, obtaining multiple Grand Slams outside of the French Open having won 2 Australian Open (hard), 2 Wimbledon (grass), and 4 US Open (hard) titles. This fact sets Nadal & Djokovic apart from the other Career Grand Slam winners as none of them have won multiple slams on clay, hard, and grass courts (Federer, and Agassi each only have 1 clay slam). Furthermore, Nadal is the second Spaniard to win Wimbledon, and in 2008 he became only the third player in the Open Era, after Rod Laver in 1969 & Bjorn Borg in 1980, to win the French Open and Wimbledon crowns in the same year, also known as the "Channel Slam", which he would repeat in 2010 (Federer would join the club in 2009, and Djokovic would later achieve it in 2021). Nadal is the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open. Nadal is the only male player in tennis history to win the French Open and the US Open in the same calendar year four times (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019). Nadal won the Olympic gold medal in singles in Beijing (2008) on hard courts (defeating Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals), the Olympic gold medal in men's doubles in Rio de Janeiro (2016), and has won 10 Masters 1000 titles [spread out over four tournaments. He won 5 Canada, 3 Indian Wells, 1 Cincinnati, 1 Madrid indoor (2005)]. Nadal dominated the North American hard court season in 2013, having already won the Indian Wells title earlier in the year, he would win his first 26 matches on hard courts by winning the Canadian Masters, Cincinnati Masters as well as the US Open, thus joining Patrick Rafter (1998) and Andy Roddick (2003) in completing the "Summer Slam" [winning the Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters, and the US Open in the same calendar year, something only 3 men have accomplished].

Nadal was ATP year-end number 1 in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, and 2019, tied for third all-time with Connors and Federer. He is the first man to be year-end number 1 twice after turning 30 years old (2017 and 2019) and one of only 2 men to do so (along with Djokovic - 2018 and 2020). The gap between his first and most recent year-end number 1 is 11 years, another ATP record. He is the first male player to be year-end number 1 in five non-consecutive years. The razor-thin margin between him and the #2 ranked player, Novak Djokovic, in 2013 was 770 ranking points and in 2019 was 840 ranking points.

Nadal also owns the Open Era record of most consecutive years qualifying for the year-end ATP Finals at 16 years in a row. Nadal ranks second in the Open Era for best career winning percentage (minimum 500 wins) at 83.24% (1038–209 record). He ranks 3rd in the Open Era in total top 10 wins behind Djokovic and Federer.

Nadal is the only player to have been ranked ATP world number one in three decades, in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.

All time tournament records[]

• These records were attained since the amateur era (1877) and the Open Era of tennis (1968).
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Tournament	Since	Record accomplished	Players tied
Grand Slams	1877	21 men's Grand Slam singles titles	Stands alone
		French Open (13) - Most titles won at a single Grand Slam tournament	Stands alone
		French Open, clay (13) - Most titles won on a single surface
		Achieved the Career Golden Slam: Won all four Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold Medal in singles	Andre Agassi
		Achieved the Surface Slam: Won three Grand Slams on 3 surfaces in the same calendar year	Novak Djokovic
		Achieved the Channel Slam: Won the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year	Rod Laver Björn Borg Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
		Most combined hard court (6) and clay court (13) Grand Slam titles - 19	Stands alone
		Most combined grass court (2) and clay court (13) Grand Slam titles - 15
		10 consecutive years of winning 1+ Grand Slam title (2005–2014)
		15 years of winning 1+ Grand Slam title (2005–2014, 2017–2020, 2022)
		Simultaneous holder of Olympic Singles Gold Medal and Majors on clay, grass, and hard court
		Achieved the Career Grand Slam + Olympic Singles Gold Medal + Olympic Doubles Gold Medal
		16 consecutive victories in semifinals
		13 finals at the same event (French Open)
		105 match wins at the same event (French Open)	Roger Federer
		8 Grand Slam titles won while losing no more than one set (2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2017–2018, 2020 French Open, 2010 US Open)	Stands alone
		4 Grand Slam titles won without losing a set (2008, 2010, 2017, 2020 French Open)
		Won two five-set finals after winning the first two sets (2008 Wimbledon, 2019 US Open)	Stefan Edberg
		Won 2+ clay, 2+ hard, and 2+ grass court Grand Slam titles	Mats Wilander Novak Djokovic
		Double Career Grand Slam	Novak Djokovic
		Won 2 or more Grand Slam titles in each decade (2000s-6, 2010s-13, 2020s-2)	Stands alone
		Won the final set by the score of 6–0 or 6–1 in five Grand Slam finals (2008, 2011, 2017, 2019 French Open and 2013 US Open)
		Youngest men's player to complete the Career Grand Slam (aged 24)
		Youngest men's player to achieve a Career Golden Slam (aged 24)
ATP World Tour	1970
		Highest overall clay court match win percentage - 91.52% (464–43)
		Won the Olympic Gold Medal in singles and an Olympic Gold Medal in doubles in two separate Olympics in Open Era
		Most combined grass court (4) and clay court (62) titles - 66	Stands alone
		Most combined hard court (24) and clay court (62) titles - 86
		Won Italian Open, Monte Carlo Masters and French Open for three consecutive years (2005–2007)
		Won Monte Carlo and French Open for four consecutive years (2005–2008)
		8 consecutive titles at any single tournament (Monte Carlo)
		46 match win streak at any single tournament (Monte Carlo)
		87 outdoor titles
		62 clay court titles
		Longest single surface win streak (Clay courts - 81)
		12 titles at two tournaments (French Open and Barcelona)
		11 titles at three tournaments (French Open, Barcelona, and Monte Carlo)
		36 titles won from three tournaments (13 at French Open, 12 at Barcelona and 11 at Monte Carlo)
		7 titles won while saving 1+ match point during the tournament	Novak Djokovic Thomas Muster
		29 titles without dropping a set (26 clay, 3 hard)	Stands alone
		39 clay court big titles
		26 clay court titles without dropping a set
		52 consecutive victories in semifinals on a single surface (clay from 2004–2014)
		19 consecutive years of winning 1+ ATP singles title (2004–2022)
		18 consecutive years of winning 2+ ATP singles titles (2005–2022)
ATP Finals	1970	16 consecutive years of qualifying for the ATP Finals (2005–2020)
ATP Masters 1000	1970	Achieved the Summer Slam: Won Canada, Cincinnati, and the US Open in a calendar year (2013)	Patrick Rafter Andy Roddick
		Achieved the Clay Slam: Won Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, and French Open in a calendar year (2010)	Stands alone
		Monte Carlo (11) - Most titles won at a single Masters 1000 tournament
		26 clay court titles overall
		10 consecutive years of winning 1+ clay court Masters Series/1000 title (2005–2014)
		10 consecutive years of winning 1+ Masters Series/1000 title (2005–2014)
		15 years of winning 1+ Masters Series/1000 title (2005–2014, 2016–2019, 2021)
		15 consecutive years of making at least one finals appearance at a Masters Series/1000 event (2005–2019)
		8 consecutive Monte Carlo Masters titles
		11 titles in 14 years at Monte Carlo Masters
		7 titles in 9 years at Italian Open (2005–2013)
		10+ titles at two tournaments (Monte Carlo Masters - 11 and Italian Open - 10)
		10+ titles on both clay and hard courts (clay - 26, hard - 10)	Novak Djokovic
		5+ titles at four separate Masters Series/1000 tournaments (Monte Carlo - 11, Rome - 10, Madrid - 5, Canada - 5)
		5+ titles at three clay tournaments (Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome)	Stands alone
		5+ titles at a single Masters Series/1000 tournament with zero losses in a final (Canada - 5–0)
		7 years winning Monte Carlo and Italian Open (2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012 & 2018)
ATP 500 Series	1990	14 consecutive years winning 1+ ATP 500 series title (2005–2018)
		Barcelona Open (12) - Most titles won at a single ATP 500 series tournament
		Won titles at 8 ATP 500 series tournaments (Rio de Janeiro, Acapulco, Dubai, Barcelona, Hamburg, Beijing, Tokyo, Stuttgart)
French Open	1891	13 men's singles titles
Monte Carlo Masters	1897	11 men's singles titles
Barcelona Open	1953	12 men's singles titles
Italian Open	1930	10 men's singles titles
Madrid Open	2002	5 men's singles titles

Grand Slam tournament records[]

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis, since 1968.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Grand Slams	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Player tied
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics	2008, 2010	Career Golden Slam (Won all four Majors and Olympic Gold Medal in singles)	Andre Agassi
	2008, 2010, 2016	Won Career Grand Slam, and Olympic Singles and Doubles Gold Medals	Stands alone
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open	2010, 2022	2x Career Grand Slam (Won all four Majors in singles twice)	Novak Djokovic
	2005–2022	21 men's Grand Slam singles titles	Stands alone
Australian Open French Open US Open	2005–2022	6+ Majors on both Hard courts and Clay courts	Stands alone
	2007–2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020	8 finals reached without losing a set	Stands alone
French Open Wimbledon US Open	2010	Accomplished a "Surface Slam": Won Grand Slams on Clay, Grass, and Hard court in a calendar year	Novak Djokovic
		3 consecutive Grand Slams on 3 surfaces in the same calendar year
		Won the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open in the same calendar year	Rod Laver
French Open Wimbledon	2008, 2010	Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Won both tournaments in the same year	Rod Laver Björn Borg Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
		Accomplished "Channel Slam" with the original two week gap between tournaments[2]
French Open US Open	2010, 2013, 2017, 2019	Winner of both Majors in a single season four times	Stands alone
French Open - US Open	2005–2010	Youngest men's player to achieve a Career Grand Slam (Aged 24)	Stands alone
		2+ Majors on Grass, Clay, and Hard courts (2 titles on Grass, 13 on Clay and 5 on Hard)	Mats Wilander Novak Djokovic
Australian Open - French Open	2010–2018	16 consecutive victories in semifinals	Stands alone
French Open	2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2020	Most titles won at a single Grand Slam tournament - French Open (13)	Stands alone
French Open Wimbledon Australian Open	2008–2009	Simultaneous holder of Grand Slams won across Clay, Grass, and Hard court	Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
French Open Wimbledon Olympics Australian Open		Simultaneous holder of Olympic Singles Gold Medal and Grand Slams on Clay, Grass, and Hard court	Stands alone
		Simultaneous holder of Olympic Singles Gold Medal and three Grand Slam titles	Andre Agassi
Wimbledon - Australian Open	2011–2012	3 consecutive runner-ups	Stands alone
French Open Wimbledon Olympics	2008	Simultaneous holder of Olympic Singles Gold Medal and Wimbledon	Andy Murray
		Winner of Olympic Singles Gold Medal and two Grand Slams in a single calendar year	Stands alone
French Open	2008, 2010, 2017, 2020	4 Grand Slam wins without losing a set[3]	Stands alone
	2005–2020	13 finals at the same tournament	Stands alone
French Open - French Open	2005–2014	Won at least one Grand Slam title for 10 consecutive years	Stands alone
	2005–2020	Won a Grand Slam title in teens, twenties, and thirties[4]	Ken Rosewall Pete Sampras
	2005–2014, 2017–2020, 2022	Won at least one Grand Slam title in 15 years	Stands alone
	2005–2020	10 Grand Slam titles defended overall	Roger Federer
French Open - Australian Open	2020–2021	11 consecutive match victories without losing a set	Roger Federer John McEnroe

Records at each Grand Slam tournament[]

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis, since 1968.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Tournament	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
Australian Open	2012	Longest Grand Slam final (by duration) vs. Novak Djokovic[a]	Novak Djokovic
	2022	Won an Australian Open final after losing the first two sets	Stands alone
	2009-2022	13 Year Gap between Australian Open Titles	Stands alone
French Open	2005	Won title on the first attempt	Mats Wilander
	2005–2008 2010–2014, 2017–2020	13 titles	Stands alone
		13 finals	Stands alone
	2005–2021	14 semifinals	Stands alone
	2005–2020	105 match wins	Stands alone
	2010–2014	5 consecutive titles	Stands alone
		5 consecutive finals[3]	Stands alone
	2010–2015	39 consecutive match wins	Stands alone
	2005–2021	Highest match winning percentage - 97.2% (105–3)	Stands alone
	2007–2020	6 finals reached without losing a set	Stands alone
	2008, 2010, 2017, 2020	4 French Open wins without losing a set[3]	Stands alone
US Open	2013	Won as US Open Series Champion	Roger Federer
	2017	Won a US Open final without facing a break point	Stands alone
	2017, 2019	Won two US Open titles after turning 30 years old	Stands alone
	2010–2019	Highest finals winning percentage (minimum 4 finals reached) - (80%) 4–1	John McEnroe

• Nadal is the first player in history to win 13 titles at the same major.
• Nadal is the first player in history to be undefeated in his first 8 grand slam finals at the same single major tournament, he is a record 13–0 in French Open finals. Only other 3 players going undefeated in 6+ finals at the same tournament are Björn Borg 6–0 at the French Open, Pete Sampras 7–0 at Wimbledon, and Novak Djokovic 9–0 at the Australian Open.

ATP Masters 1000 records[]

• Grand Prix Championship Series began in 1970.
• ATP Masters Series was introduced in 1990.
• Renamed ATP Masters 1000 in 2009.

Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
2005–2012, 2016–2018	Monte Carlo (11) - Most titles won at a single Masters 1000 tournament	Stands alone
2005–2014	Won at least one Masters 1000 title for 10 consecutive years	Stands alone
	Won at least one Clay Court Masters 1000 title for 10 consecutive years	Stands alone
2005–2019	5+ titles at four tournaments (Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Canada)	Novak Djokovic
	Reached at least one Masters 1000 final for 15 consecutive years	Stands alone
2005–2017	5+ titles at three clay tournaments	Stands alone
2005–2021
	75 semi-finals	Stands alone
	Won 2+ clay Masters per year 10 times - 2005–2010, 2012–2013, 2017–2018	Stands alone
2009–2010	9 consecutive semi-finals	Stands alone
2005–2021	26 clay court titles	Stands alone
2005–2018	8 tournaments won without dropping a set	Stands alone
2003–2021	398 match wins	Stands alone
	Highest overall match win percentage - 82.74% (398–83)	Stands alone
	Won 70+ matches at 1 Masters 1000 event - Monte Carlo 73	Stands alone
	Won 60+ matches at 2 Masters 1000 events - Monte Carlo 73, Rome 68	Stands alone
	Won 50+ matches at 4 Masters 1000 events - Monte Carlo 73, Rome 68, Indian Wells 54, Madrid 52	Stands alone
	Won 40+ matches at 5 Masters 1000 events - Monte Carlo 73, Rome 68, Indian Wells 54, Madrid 52, Miami 40	Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
2013	Appearance in finals of all 9 Masters 1000 tournaments	Ivan Lendl Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
	4 consecutive titles (Rome, Madrid, Canada & Cincinnati)	Novak Djokovic
	4 consecutive titles won in a single season	Stands alone
	8 semi-finals reached in a single season	Novak Djokovic
2008–2010	21 consecutive quarter-finals	Stands alone
2005–2013	5 years reaching 5+ finals	Novak Djokovic
2005–2021	10+ titles at two tournaments (11 Monte Carlo Masters and 10 Rome Masters)	Stands alone
2005–2021	9+ finals in each of 3 tournaments (12 Monte Carlo Masters, 12 Rome Masters, and 9 Madrid Masters)	Stands alone
2005–2018	12 finals at the same tournament (Monte Carlo Masters)	Stands alone
2005–2021	12 finals at 2 tournaments (Monte Carlo Masters & Rome Masters - 12 each)	Stands alone
2005–2019	10+ titles on clay courts (26) and 10+ titles on hardcourts (10)	Novak Djokovic
2010	Clay Slam (Won Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, and French Open in the same year)	Stands alone
2013	Winner of three North American hard court tournaments in a single calendar season (Indian Wells, Canada, Cincinnati)	Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
	Summer Slam (Won Canada, Cincinnati, and the US Open in the same year)	Patrick Rafter Andy Roddick
	Canada - Cincinnati title double won consecutively	Patrick Rafter Andy Roddick Andre Agassi
	Winner of Indian Wells, Canada, and Cincinnati in a single calendar season	Stands Alone
2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012, 2018	7 years winning both titles - Monte Carlo & Rome	Stands alone
2008	Winner of singles and doubles tournament at the same tournament and in the same year (Monte Carlo Masters)	Jim Courier
2011, 2013	5 consecutive finals	Novak Djokovic
2009	Reached quarter-finals, or better, in all 9 Masters 1000 events of the year	Novak Djokovic
2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017	Miami - Five runner-up finishes at the same Masters 1000 event without winning a title.	Stands alone

• Andy Murray accomplished this feat at the Australian Open by finishing runner-up 5 times without winning a title.
• Novak Djokovic also reached the quarter-finals, or better, in all 9 Masters 1000 events of the year in 2009. They met in 6 out of the 9 tournaments with each winning 3 of the matches. Nadal prevailed in the Monte Carlo final, Madrid semi-final, and Rome final, while Djokovic bested him in the Cincinnati semi-final, Shanghai final, Paris semi-final, where he would go on to win the title.

Records at each ATP 500 Series & Masters 1000 tournaments[]

Tournament	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
Monte Carlo Masters	2005–2012, 2016–2018	11 titles	Stands alone
	2005–2012	8 consecutive titles	Stands alone
	2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2018	5 titles without dropping a set	Stands alone
	2005–2013	9 consecutive finals	Stands alone
	2005–2013, 2016–2018	12 finals overall	Stands alone
	2005–2013	46 Match win streak	Stands alone
Italian Open (Rome)	2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2018–2019, 2021	10 titles	Stands alone
	2005–2007, 2009–2014, 2018–2019, 2021	12 finals overall	Stands alone
	2009–2014	6 consecutive finals	Stands alone
	2005–2007	3 consecutive titles	Stands alone
Madrid Open	2005 (hard), 2010, 2013–2014, 2017	5 titles	Stands alone
	2013–2014	2 consecutive titles	Stands alone
	2005 (indoor hard), 2009–11, 2013–15, 2017	8 finals overall	Stands alone
	2009–2011 & 2013–2015	3 consecutive finals	Stands alone
Barcelona Open	2005–2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018, 2021	12 titles	Stands alone
		12 finals	Stands alone
		Undefeated in twelve finals (12–0)	Stands alone
		3 three-peats	Stands alone
	2005–2009	5 consecutive titles	Stands alone
	2005, 2007, 2009, 2011–13, 2016–18	9 titles without dropping a set	Stands alone
Acapulco Open	2005, 2013, 2017, 2020	3 titles without dropping a set	Stands alone
		14 consecutive match wins	Stands alone
		28 consecutive sets won	Stands alone

• Nadal was the first player to win 25 Masters 1000 titles in the Open Era, he surpassed Ivan Lendl's record of 22 in 2013. Nadal was also the first player to win 35 Masters 1000 titles in 2019.

Rankings records and achievements[]

• The ATP Ranking was frozen from 23 March to 23 August, 2020

Time span	Record or achievement accomplished	Player tied
2008–2019	Only man to have regained the year-end No. 1 crown four times[7]	Stands alone
2008–2019	11 years - Longest gap between first year-end No. 1 finish (2008) and his most recent year-end No. 1 finish (2019)[7]	Stands alone
2008–2019	Only male player to finish year-end No. 1 five times in non-consecutive years[8]	Stands alone
2013–2017	Only male player to finish year-end No. 1 4+ years since the last time he finished year-end No. 1[7]	Stands alone
2005–2008	160 consecutive weeks at No. 2	Stands alone
2005–2022	Most consecutive weeks in top 10 (850+ weeks) - 25 Apr 2005 to present	Stands alone
2017	First year-end No. 1 in his 30s[7]	Stands alone
2008–2020	Only player to be ranked no.1 in three decades 2000s,2010s,2020s[7]	Stands alone

Time span	Record or achievement accomplished	Open Era Ranking
2005–2021	579 weeks ranked in the top-2; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (370)	1st
	655 weeks ranked in the top-3; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (370), No. 3 (76)	2nd
	711 weeks ranked in the top-4; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (370), No. 3 (76), No 4 (56)	2nd
	783 weeks ranked in the top-5; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (370), No. 3 (76), No 4 (56), No. 5 (70)	2nd
	850 weeks ranked in the top-10; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (370), No. 3 (76), No 4 (56), No. 5 (70), No. 6 (25), No. 7 (15), No. 8 (7), No 9 (12), No. 10 (8)	2nd
2005–2021	5 times finishing year-end top-1	3rd
	12 times finishing year-end top-2; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7)	1st
	13 times finishing year-end top-3; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7), No. 3 (1)	2nd
	14 times finishing year-end top-4; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1)	2nd
	15 times finishing year-end top-5; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1)	2nd
	17 times finishing year-end top-10; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1), No. 6 (1), No. 9 (1)	2nd
	17 consecutive years finishing year-end top-10; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (7), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1), No. 6 (1), No. 9 (1)	1st

Other significant records[]

Time span	Record accomplished	Player tied
2004–2021	450+ match wins on hard courts and 450+ match wins on clay courts (501 hard & 464 clay as of 31 January 2022)	Stands alone
2004–2021	20+ titles on hard courts and 20+ titles on clay courts (24 hard and 62 clay as of 31 January 2022)	Ivan Lendl
2008, 2016	Olympic Gold medals in singles and doubles at two Olympics (2008 Beijing singles & 2016 Rio men's doubles)	Stands alone
	Winner of a singles Olympic gold and a doubles Olympic gold in two separate Olympic tournaments in Open Era	Stands alone
	Winner of two Olympic gold medals in Open Era	Nicolás Massú Andy Murray
2005–2022	62 clay court titles	Stands alone
	88 outdoor titles	Stands alone
2005–2021
	Outright holder of most titles won at a single Major, Masters 1000 and 500 series tournament (13 French Open, 11 Monte Carlo, and 12 Barcelona)	Stands alone
	36 titles won from three tournaments (13 at French Open, 11 at Monte Carlo, and 12 at Barcelona)	Stands alone
	16 consecutive years of winning at least one ATP 500 series title	Stands alone
2010	5 consecutive "Big Titles" won in a single season (Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Wimbledon)	Stands alone
2005–2006	5 consecutive ATP 500 series titles	Roger Federer
2010–2014	8 consecutive ATP 500 series finals	Stands alone
2006–2021	58 career meetings against the same opponent (Novak Djokovic)	Novak Djokovic
2006–2021	28 career finals against the same opponent (Novak Djokovic)	Novak Djokovic
2006–2017 2010–2020	9 career grand slam finals against the same opponent	Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
2005–2007	Longest single surface win streak (Clay courts - 81)	Stands alone
	13 consecutive clay court titles	Stands alone
2005–2008	18 consecutive clay court finals	Stands alone
2013	Won 35+ matches on clay courts and 35+ matches on hard courts in single calendar season	Stands alone
2017–2018	Won 50 consecutive sets at a single surface (clay)[9]	Stands alone
2004–2021	22 match wins against world No. 1 players[h]	Stands alone
2006–2020	37 matches played between first two ranked players	Stands alone
2004–2006	16 titles won as a teenager (18-y/o - 6 titles & 19-y/o - 10 titles)	Björn Borg
	Won 17 of his first 19 finals appearances (17–2)	Stands alone
2005	11 titles won in a single season as a teenager	Stands alone
	Won 24 consecutive matches as a teenager	Stands alone
2004–2022	19 consecutive years winning 1+ title	Stands alone
2005, 2007, 2015	3 Stuttgart Open titles	Stands alone

• The only player to have lost just one game in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final (Monte Carlo 2010: 6–0, 6–1).
• The fastest to win ATP Masters Titles (since winning the first title):
  5 titles: 8 tournaments/1 year: Monte Carlo 2005 – Monte Carlo 2006
  10 titles: 24 tournaments/3 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Monte Carlo 2008
  15 titles: 34 tournaments/4 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Rome 2009
  20 titles: 58 tournaments/7 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Monte Carlo 2012
  25 titles: 65 tournaments/8 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Montreal 2013

Guinness World Records[]

As of 2021, Nadal holds 18 Guinness World Records.^[10]

1. Most consecutive French Open singles tennis titles won by a man - 5
2. Most consecutive Grand Slam singles final losses by a man - 3
3. Youngest man to win a tennis career Grand Slam at 24 years, 3 months and 10 days
4. Most Men’s ATP titles won outdoors
5. Most consecutive years winning an ATP title
6. Most titles of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament - 13
7. Most French Open singles tennis titles won by a man - 13
8. First player to win 10 singles titles at the same ATP World Tour event (Open Era)
9. Most consecutive sets won on a single surface - 50 on clay
10. First player to win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam (Open Era) - Roland Garros 13
11. Most tennis singles matches on clay won consecutively (male) - 81 clay
12. Most wins of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament (Open Era, male)
13. Most wins of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament (Open Era)
14. Most clay-court singles titles (Open Era) - 62
15. Longest Grand Slam tennis final - 2012 Australian Open
16. Most ATP Tour singles matches between two players (Open Era)
17. Most singles finals played at one Grand Slam tennis tournament (Open Era)
18. Most wins of one singles tennis tournament, Monte-Carlo Masters (Open Era)

Wins over No. 1 players[]

Nadal holds the solo record for most wins against No. 1-ranked players, 22. With his win in the final of the 2019 Italian Open – Men's Singles over Djokovic, he broke a long-standing tie with Boris Becker. He recorded 13 wins over Roger Federer and 9 wins over Novak Djokovic. Nadal recorded his first win over a No. 1-ranked player when he was only 17 years, 9 months and 25 days, and ranked No. 34, when he beat Federer in straight sets in the third round of the 2004 Miami Open.^[11]

#	Player	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1.	Roger Federer	2004 Miami, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 6–3
2.	Roger Federer	2005 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
3.	Roger Federer	2006 Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	F	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	Roger Federer	2006 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
5.	Roger Federer	2006 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
6.	Roger Federer	2006 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
7.	Roger Federer	2007 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–4, 6–4
8.	Roger Federer	2007 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
9.	Roger Federer	2008 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	7–5, 7–5
10.	Roger Federer	2008 Hamburg, Germany	Clay	F	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
11.	Roger Federer	2008 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
12.	Roger Federer	2008 Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	F	6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7
13.	Roger Federer	2010 Madrid, Spain	Clay	F	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
14.	Novak Djokovic	2012 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–3, 6–1
15.	Novak Djokovic	2012 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	7–5, 6–3
16.	Novak Djokovic	2012 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
17.	Novak Djokovic	2013 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 9–7
18.	Novak Djokovic	2013 Montreal, Canada	Hard	SF	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
19.	Novak Djokovic	2013 US Open, New York, United States	Hard	F	6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
20.	Novak Djokovic	2019 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
21.	Novak Djokovic	2020 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–0, 6–2, 7–5
22.	Novak Djokovic	2021 Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	F	7–5, 1–6, 6–3

Awards[]

This is a list of awards Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has won in his career.

• ATP Player of the Year (5): 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
• ITF World Champion (4): 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019
• Davis Cup Most Valuable Player: 2019
• Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award (2): 2011, 2014
• L'Équipe World Champion of Champions (4): 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
• US Open Series Champion (2) 2008, 2013
• ATP Most Improved Player: 2005
• ATP Comeback Player of the Year: 2013
• ATP Star of Tomorrow: 2003
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award (5): 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2011
• Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year: 2014
• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year: 2011, 2021
• Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2006
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 2010
• Prince of Asturias Award: 2008
• Medal of the City of Paris: 2015

See also[]

• List of career achievements by Roger Federer
• List of career achievements by Novak Djokovic
• List of career achievements by Andy Murray

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