Rafael Nadal Highlights
- Rafael
Nadal holds the the longest clay court winning
streak among men in the Open Era with 60 consecutive
match wins beating the record of 53 which held
for 29 years
- Rafael
Nadal won his first ATP match at Majorca at
the age of 15 making him the ninth player in
the Open Era to win an ATP match before turning
16
- Rafael Nadal won 24 consecutive matches during
early 2005 whih is the longest winning streak
of any teenager in the Open Era
- Rafael Nadal defeated the world No.1 (Roger
Federer) in the Roland Garros semi-finals on
his 19th birthday
- Rafael Nadal became the youngest player to
reach the 3rd round of Wimbledon since 1984
at 16 years of age
- Rafael Nadal became the fourth youngest Roland
Garros champion in the Open Era at 19 years
of age
- Rafael Nadal became the seventh player to
win a Grand Slam in his first appearance at
the event
- Rafael Nadal became the first teenager to
win a Grand Slam since 1990
- Rafael Nadal became the first teenager to
win six titles in a year since 1988
- Rafael
Nadal was the second youngest player to be ranked
among the world's top 100 singles players in
2003
- Rafael Nadal reached the top 5 in world rankings
in 2005 making him the youngest player to break
into the Top 10 since 1993
- Rafael Nadal is now ranked No.2 in the world
- Rafael Nadal won 79 matches in 2005 ranking
him No.2 under Fderer's 81 wins
- Rafael
Nadal was voted as the ATP Newcomer of the Year
in 2003
- Rafael
Nadal was voted as the ATP Most Improved Player
in 2005
- Rafael
Nadal was voted as the Laureus World Newcomer
of the Year in 2006
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