List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal

This page lists various career, tournament, and seasonal achievements by tennis player Rafael Nadal.

Contents 1 All time tournament records 2 ITF Grand Slams records 3 ATP Masters records 4 Other significant records 4.1 Grand slam records 4.2 Miscellaneous 4.3 Winning streaks 5 References

All time tournament records

Tournament	Since	Record accomplished	Player tied
All	1877	Most consecutive titles at any single tournament (7)	Sears, Gonzales, Rosewall
Monte Carlo Masters	1897	Most men's singles titles (7)	Stands alone
French Open	1925	Most men's singles titles (6)	Björn Borg
Rome Masters	1930	Most men's singles titles (5)	Stands alone
Barcelona Open	1953	Most men's singles titles (6)	Stands alone

ITF Grand Slams records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis, since 1968.

ITF Grand Slams	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Player tied
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics	2009 2005 2008 2010 2008	Career Golden Slam	Andre Agassi
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open	2009 2005 2008 2010	Career Grand Slam	Rod Laver Andre Agassi Roger Federer
Australian Open – French Open – Wimbledon – US Open	2005–2010	At least two Grand Slams on grass, clay, and hard courts	Mats Wilander
French Open – U.S. Open	2010	Winner of grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court in calendar year	Stands alone
French Open – U.S. Open	2010	Winner of three consecutive grand slams in calendar year	Rod Laver
French Open – U.S. Open	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court	Roger Federer
Olympics – U.S. Open	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and grand slams on clay, grass, and hard court	Stands alone
Olympics – Wimbledon	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon	Stands alone
Olympics – French Open	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and three grand slams	Andre Agassi
Olympics – U.S. Open	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and clay & hard court grand slams	Andre Agassi
Olympics – U.S. Open	2008–2010	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and U.S. Open	Andre Agassi
French Open	2005–2009	31 consecutive match wins	Stands alone
French Open—Wimbledon	2008, 2010	1 "Channel Slam": Both tournaments the same year	Rod Laver Björn Borg Roger Federer
French Open—Wimbledon	2008, 2010	Winner of multiple "Channel Slam" singles titles	Björn Borg
French Open	2005–2011	6 titles	Björn Borg
French Open	2005–2008	4 consecutive wins	Björn Borg
French Open	2005–2008, 2010–2011	6 finals	Björn Borg
French Open	2005–2008	4 consecutive finals	Björn Borg Ivan Lendl Roger Federer
French Open	2008, 2010	Most French Open championships without losing a set (2)	Björn Borg
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open	2005–2010	Finalist in all the 4 majors	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg Jim Courier Andre Agassi Roger Federer

ATP Masters records

• ATP Masters was introduced in 1990.

ATP Masters Series	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Player tied
Monte Carlo Masters—Madrid Masters	2005–2011	Most Masters singles titles (19)	Stands alone
Monte Carlo Masters—Roland Garros	2010	1 "Clay Slam": 3 Masters series on clay and Roland Garros	Stands alone
Monte Carlo Masters	2005–2011	7 consecutive titles	Stands alone
Rome Masters	2005–2010	5 titles in 6 years	Stands alone
ATP Masters	2008–2010	21 consecutive quarterfinals	Stands alone
ATP Masters	2008	Consecutive tournaments won on 3 different surfaces	Roger Federer (2004), Novak Djokovic (2011)
ATP Masters	2005–2011	Most consecutive years winning at least one Masters title – 7	Stands alone
Monte Carlo Masters—Rome Masters	2005–2007 2009–2010	Most years winning both titles – 5	Stands alone
ATP Masters	2007–2010	Consecutive years winning at least 3 Masters titles – 4	Stands alone
Monte Carlo Masters-Rome Masters-Madrid Masters	2010	Winning 3 consecutive Masters titles	Novak Djokovic (2011)

• 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 only player to win all three clay court Masters events in the same year.
• The player having the leading winning percentage (only player to have above 80%) in ATP Masters Tournaments since 1990.
• Winner of the singles and doubles title at the same tournament and same year (Monte Carlo 2008).
• The fastest to win ATP Masters Titles:
  5 titles: 8 tournaments/1 years: 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.

Other significant records

Grand slam records

• Rafael Nadal is now the youngest player in the Open Era and fourth overall, at 24, to complete a career Grand Slam.
• Nadal has a 107–1 win-loss record in Grand Slam play after winning the first set.
• Nadal joins Aussie legend Rod Laver as the only left-handers to win all four Grand Slams.
• Winner of 28 consecutive Grand Slam sets in the year 2010 and 24 in 2008.
• In 2005 became one of two players to win the French Open on the first attempt, the first being Mats Wilander in 1982.
• Only male player to have won French Open, Wimbledon, and Olympic gold medal in the same year (2008).
• Fourth Player to win the same slam (FO) 6 times after Borg (FO), Sampras (Wim) and Federer (Wim), during open era.
• Fourth Player to win the same slam (FO) 4 consecutive times after Borg (FO), Sampras (Wim) and Federer (Wim, USO), during open era.

Miscellaneous

• Tied with Björn Borg for the most titles as a teenager with 16.
• Most singles titles won in a single season as a teenager: 11 (2005).
• Nadal has a 32–4 record in clay court tournament finals and a 64–1 record in best-of-five-set matches on clay.
• Nadal is the only player in the Open Era to win more than one ATP Tournament at least 6 times in his career: Monte Carlo Masters (2005-2011), Barcelona Open (2005-2009, 2011) and French Open (2005-2008, 2010-2011).
• Overall Nadal is 227–18 (92.65%) in his career on clay, the best winning percentage on clay in the Open Era. The quickest male player (losing fewest matches) in the Open Era to reach 200 clay-court wins (200–16). Vilas leads the all time clay court career win list: 632-162.
• Best career outdoor match winning percentage: 85.35% (466-80).
• Winner of the most Golden Bagel Awards (3) in Open Era during the year 2005, 2008 and 2009.
• Most consecutive weeks as World Number 2 than any player in the history of the computer rankings maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP): 160 weeks.
• Most weeks at No.2: 216 weeks (as of January 2, 2012).
• Quickest player to reach 400 wins by playing less than 500 matches (401-91)
• Borg (6–0), Nadal (6–0) and Gustavo Kuerten (3–0) are the only players in the Open Era to never lose a French Open final while appearing in at least 3 finals.
• Established a lead of 5,245 points in October 2010, a record since the point values were doubled in 2009.^[1] Roger Federer held this record in 2006 prior to the doubling of point values and would hold the lead today with an adjusted point lead of 6,030 points versus Nadal's 5,245 point lead under the new system. ^[2]
• Most ATP finals losses (7) in a single season (2011) in the Open Era, tied with Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilander.

Winning streaks

• Torneo Godó (Barcelona Open): Holds the record for the most consecutive wins - 5 (2005–2009) & most title wins – 6 (2005–2009, 2011).
• Won 24 consecutive matches, the longest winning streak of any teenager in the open era, in 2005.
• Longest single-surface winning streak in the Open Era: 81 matches on Clay Courts (11 April 2005 – 20 May 2007).

Year Championship Victories 2005 Monte Carlo 6 Barcelona 5 Rome 6 French Open 7 Båstad 5 Stuttgart 5 Davis Cup (vs Italy) 2

Year Championship Victories 2006 Monte Carlo 6 Barcelona 5 Rome 6 French Open 7 Davis Cup (vs Italy) 2

Year Championship Victories 2007 Monte Carlo 5 Barcelona 5 Rome 5 Hamburg 4

References

Rafael Nadal Entourage Miguel Ángel Nadal (uncle) Toni Nadal (uncle and coach) Career Achievements Statistics Federer–Nadal rivalry Djokovic–Nadal rivalry Seasons 2010 2011 2012