Rafael Nadal - report

Spanish tennis player (born 1986)

Rafael Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. He also holds the record for most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings, having never left the Top 10 from April 2005 to March 2023, a total of 912 weeks. Nadal has won 22 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record 14 French Open titles. He has won 92 ATP singles titles, including 36 Masters titles, with 63 of these on clay courts. Nadal is one of only two men to complete the Career Golden Slam in singles. His 81 consecutive wins on clay is the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

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Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. The Spaniard will retire after the season-ending Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era.
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Rafael Nadal to retire from tennis after next month's Davis Cup finals. Spaniard won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold. The 38-year-old is the only man to have won multiple Grand Slams in three different decades.
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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 in the men's singles at the Olympics on Monday. The Serb led by a set and 4-0 before Nadal fought back. It is only the Spaniard’s fifth defeat in 118 singles matches at Roland Garros. Nadal revealed he will make a decision on his future at the end of the Olympics.
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Rafael Nadal lost 6-3 7-6 (7-5), 6- 3 to Alexander Zverev at the French Open. The 14-time champion admits there's a 'big' chance it was his last match at Roland Garros. Tournament director Amélie Mauresmo reveals he wishes to come to French Open next year.
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Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Australian Open with a thigh injury. The Spaniard sustained the injury during the Brisbane International. Nadal had surgery on the psoas tendon in his left hip in June.
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Rafael Nadal lost 5-7 7-6 (6), 6-3 to Jordan Thompson in Brisbane. The Spaniard missed three match points and needed a medical time-out. Thompson will face No. 2 seed Grigor Dmitrov in Saturday's semifinals.