Rafael Nadal career statistics

Historic achievements

Nadal won five straight French Open singles titles from 2010 to 2014 to become the only player in this event to win five consecutive single titles. Earlier he had captured four straight French Open singles titles from 2005 to 2008 joining Paul Aymé and Björn Borg as the only other man to have won four consecutive singles titles there; in 2014, by winning his ninth French Open title, Nadal became the only male to win nine major titles at a grand slam event, equaling Martina Navratilova's nine at Wimbledon. If a criteria to judge greatness is based on performance against top players then Nadal would come out to be the greatest. He has played 25 matches against Federer & Djokovic in Grand Slams and he leads 18–7. (9–3 vs Federer & 9–4 vs Djokovic).

In 2008, Nadal became the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon. Nadal is only the third male player in the open era to have won the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year, and the first since Borg in 1980. In 2009, Nadal became the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open, and the first male player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hardcourt.

He is also the first, and only male player to date, to win three consecutive Grand Slam Tournaments on three different surfaces (clay, grass and hardcourt) in the same year (2010); and across both sexes, second only to Steffi Graf's Calendar Year Golden Slam in 1988. In 2015, Serena Williams also accomplished this feat. By winning the 2010 US Open, Nadal completed a men's singles Career Grand Slam. He is the 7th male player in history to achieve this. In addition, Nadal has accomplished the Career Golden Slam and is the 2nd male player in history to attain this after Andre Agassi. Nadal has won ATP tournaments in 19 different countries.

Nadal has won 28 ATP Masters titles second only to Djokovic 30 and has a record-tying 42 finals (tied with Federer and Djokovic) and a stand alone 59 semifinals.

Nadal has been especially successful on clay courts. He has a 48–8 record in clay court tournament finals and has lost only twice in best-of-five-set matches on clay. He has won four consecutive French Open titles from 2005–08 and five consecutives from 2010–14, nine Monte-Carlo Masters and seven Rome Masters, and won at least one of the three clay court Masters Series tournaments every year between 2005 and 2014. By virtue of his 9th Monte Carlo title in 2016, Nadal became the first ATP player in history to win two different tournaments nine times each. In 2016, by virtue of winning his 9th Barcelona crown, he became the first player in the Open Era to win 3 different tournaments 9 times each (also Roland Garros and Monte Carlo). He also owns the longest single-surface winning streak in the open era, having won 81 consecutive matches on clay from April 2005 to May 2007. As a result, most tennis critics and top players already regard him as the greatest clay-court player of all time.

Singles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Nadal has won at least a major for the most years consecutively (10). He has reached the tied second highest number of finals (21). He has won the most French Opens (9). He was the youngest player to win all majors (24 years old).

Singles: 42 (28 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Nadal has won the second highest number of Masters (28). He has won a Masters for the most consecutive years (10). He has reached the final of each tournament, including Hamburg, which is no longer a Masters.

Performance timelines

Davis Cup and World Team Cup matches are included in the statistics. Walkovers are neither official wins nor official losses.
Current through the 2017 BNP Paribas Open.

Singles

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.
² Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hardcourt) from 2002–08, Shanghai Masters (outdoor hardcourt) 2009–present.
* Did not participate in the 2008 Davis Cup Final

Doubles

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.
² Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hardcourt) from 2002–08, Shanghai Masters (outdoor hardcourt) 2009–present.

Record against other players

Nadal's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface

Players with winning records against Nadal (Active players are in boldface)

Top 10 wins

Nadal has the third most wins over top 10 ranked players in the Open Era.

81-win streak in clay court 2005–07

Nadal's 81 clay court win streak in 2005–07 is the longest in the Open Era in men's singles

It should also be noted that during this clay court streak, Nadal also won hard court titles in Masters 1000 Canada, Beijing, Masters 1000 Madrid, Dubai, and Masters 1000 Indian Wells.

46-win streak at the Monte-Carlo Masters

Between 2005 and 2013 inclusive, Rafael Nadal won 46 consecutive matches at the Monte Carlo Masters, which is a record for most consecutive wins at one tournament by any man or woman. The streak started in the first round of the 2005 edition with a victory over Gaël Monfils, and ended in the final of the 2013 edition with a straight sets loss to Novak Djokovic.

Career Grand Slam tournament seedings

The tournaments won by Nadal are in boldface.

ATP Tour career earnings

ITF Davis Cup

Nadal played with La Armada in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011 winning the trophy in 2004 and consecutively in 2008 and 2009, as well as in 2011 and fighting to remain in the World Group in 2005 and 2006. He was not able to play the final of the 2008 Davis Cup due to an injury of his left knee but he later received a replica of the cup given to the members of the Spanish team which played in Argentina, being David Ferrer, Marcel Granollers, Feliciano López and Fernando Verdasco.