List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles which ties Roger Federer’s record of 20 majors. Nadal won the French Open an all-time record of 13 times and is the first, and only, player in history, male or female, to win 13 grand slams at a single major. Over his career, he has won 400+ hard court matches as well as 400+ clay court matches.
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Rafael Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles which ties Roger Federer’s record of 20 majors. He has also won 35 Masters 1000 titles, second to Novak Djokovic. Nadal won the French Open an all-time record of 13 times and is the first, and only, player in history, male or female, to win 13 grand slams at a single major. Over his career, he has won 400+ hard court matches as well as 400+ clay court matches. He is the only player, regardless of gender, to have recorded 400+ match wins on both hard and clay courts. He holds the Open era records of most consecutive years of winning 1+ ATP singles titles and most consecutive months of winning 2+ ATP titles. He won at least one Grand Slam tournament for 8 consecutive years, breaking the previous men’s record of 8 years. He also holds the record for most different ATP Tour levels: ATP Tour, Masters 1000, and Grand Slams.
His record on hard courts is 468 matches, which is fifth in the Open Era behind Jimmy Connors, Jimmy Federer, Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connor. His win percentage of 98.0% is the highest of any player in Open Era history. His best-of-five match record on clay is 125-2, with a win percentage of 98. 4%. Nadal didn’t lose a single semifinal on clay courts for 12 years from the 2003 Croatia Open to the 2015 Rio Open. He didn’t drop a set and lost only 35 games in Paris in 2017, only three shy of Borg’s record of 32 games lost. His match record in best of 5 matches on clay at other events is 25-0, with a win percentage of 98. 0%. He has won an Open Era record 60 titles on clay.
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