2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season

Main article: Rafael Nadal

2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season
Singles
Name	Rafael Nadal Parera
Country	Spain
Calendar prize money	$762,785
Season record	19–7 (73.08%)
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 4
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF
Doubles
Season record	7–2 (77.78%)
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	154
Ranking change from previous year	651
Injuries
Injuries	N/A
Last updated on: 23 April 2015.

The 2015 Rafael Nadal tennis season officially began on 5 January 2015 with the start of the 2015 Qatar Open.

Year in detail

Australian Open Series

Qatar Open

Nadal began the year as the defending champion at the Qatar Open. However, he lost in the first round, suffering a shocking three set defeat to world number 127 Michael Berrer.^[1] He won the doubles title with Juan Mónaco.

Australian Open

Nadal opened his 2015 Australian Open by defeating Mikhail Youzhny in straight sets. In the second round, he prevailed in a tough five-setter against American Tim Smyczek, despite being visibly unwell at times during the match. He then beat Dudi Sela and Kevin Anderson in straight sets to advance to his 28th career Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated there by Tomáš Berdych, thus ending his 17-match win streak against the Czech. This resulted in Berdych becoming only the second player to defeat all four members of the Big Four at a Grand Slam, after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

South American Clay Court Season

Rio Open

Nadal reached the semifinals of the Rio Open after defeating Thomaz Bellucci, Pablo Carreno Busta and Pablo Cuevas. However, he lost to Fabio Fognini in three sets in the semifinals, despite winning the first set and being a break up in the second. This was the first loss in his career against the Italian.

Argentina Open

Rafael Nadal won his first singles title of 2015 when he won his 46th career clay-court title with a straight sets victory over Juan Mónaco in the Argentina Open in Buenos Aires. ^[2]

The March Masters

Indian Wells Masters

Nadal reached the QF of the Indian Wells Masters after beating all three of his opponents in straight sets. However, his run was ended by Milos Raonic who beat him in three tight sets after Nadal squandered three match points in the second set tiebreak.

Miami Masters

He next competed at the Miami Masters, hoping to reach the final for the fifth time and win the tournament for the first time. He had a bye in the first round and proceeded by beating Nicolas Almagro in straight sets but he lost to Fernando Verdasco in the next round in three sets, failing to reach the fourth round of the Miami Open for the first time since 2006 (absent in 2013).

European Clay Court Season

Monte-Carlo Masters

Nadal began his favourite part of the season in the clay courts of Monte-Carlo. After a first round bye, he defeated Lucas Pouille in a straight sets match before working hard to pass through big-serving John Isner in three tough sets to book his quarterfinal spot. He defeated David Ferrer in another tight, three set match to proceed to the semifinals, and record his first win over a top 10 player since the final of the 2014 French Open. However, he was defeated by world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals in straight sets.

Barcelona Open

Rafael Nadal received a bye in the first round of the 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and faced Nicolas Almagro in the second round, completing his revenge for his only loss in Barcelona last year to him by beating him in straight sets. However, he was upset by Fabio Fognini in the next round in straight sets for the 2nd time in this year. The loss made Fognini become the 5th man to beat Nadal on clay more than once after Gaston Gaudio, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and David Ferrer. He also became the 2nd man to beat Nadal on clay twice in a row in the same year after Djokovic in 2011.

All matches

Key

LQ (Q#)

SF-B

F-S

NMS

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Qatar ExxonMobil Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 January 2015
	847	1R	Michael Berrer (Q)	127	Loss	6–1, 3–6, 4–6

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 19 January – 1 February 2015
	848	1R	Mikhail Youzhny	49	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	849	2R	Tim Smyczek (Q)	112	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 7–5
	850	3R	Dudi Sela	106	Win	6–1, 6–0, 7–5
	851	4R	Kevin Anderson (14)	15	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
	852	QF	Tomas Berdych (7)	7	Loss	2–6, 0–6, 6–7^(5–7)

Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 16 – 22 February 2015
	853	1R	Thomaz Bellucci	64	Win	6–4, 6–1
	854	2R	Pablo Carreño Busta	55	Win	7–5, 6–3
	855	QF	Pablo Cuevas (6)	23	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
	856	SF	Fabio Fognini (4)	28	Loss	6–1, 2–6, 5–7

Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 23 February – 1 March 2015
	–	1R	Bye
	857	2R	Facundo Argüello (Q)	146	Win	6–4, 6–0
	858	QF	Federico Delbonis	59	Win	6–1, 6–1
	859	SF	Carlos Berlocq	74	Win	7–6^(9–7), 6–2
	860	W	Juan Mónaco	60	Win (1)	6–4, 6–1

BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 22 March 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	861	2R	Igor Sijsling	134	Win	6–4, 6–2
	862	3R	Donald Young	47	Win	6–4, 6–2
	863	4R	Gilles Simon (13)	14	Win	6–2, 6–4
	864	QF	Milos Raonic (6)	6	Loss	6–4, 6–7^(10–12), 5–7

Miami Open Miami, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 24 – 4 April 2014
	–	1R	Bye
	865	2R	Nicolas Almagro	74	Won	6–4, 6–2
	866	3R	Fernando Verdasco (29)	34	Loss	4–6, 6–2, 3–6

Monte Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 12 April – 19 April 2015
	–	1R	Bye
	867	2R	Lucas Pouille	108	Win	6–2, 6–1
	868	3R	John Isner (15)	19	Win	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
	869	QF	David Ferrer (5)	7	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
	870	SF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	3–6, 3–6

Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain ATP World Tour 500 Clay, outdoor 20 April – 26 April 2015
	–	1R	Bye
	871	2R	Nicolas Almagro	123	Win	6–3, 6–1
	872	3R	Fabio Fognini (13)	30	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)

Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 4 May – 10 May 2015
	–	1R	Bye
	873	2R

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar ATP World Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 4 – 10 January 2015 Partner: Juan Mónaco
	170	1R	Simone Bolelli / Leonardo Mayer	#139 / #67	Win	6–3, 6–3
	171	QF	Benjamin Becker / Artem Sitak	#192 / #66	Win	2–6, 6–2, [10–6]
	172	SF	Novak Djokovic / Filip Krajinović [WC]	#568 / #1449	Win	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
	173	W	Julian Knowle / Philipp Oswald	#40 / #53	Win (1)	6–3, 6–4

Argentina Open Buenos Aires, Argentina ATP World Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 23 February – 1 March 2015 Partner: Juan Mónaco
	174	1R	František Čermák / Jiří Veselý	#60 / #103	Win	4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
	175	QF	Federico Delbonis / Andrés Molteni [WC]	#241 / #138	Loss	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]

BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, United States ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 22 March 2014 Partner: Pablo Carreño
	175	1R	Pablo Cuevas / David Marrero	#23 / #23	Win	6–2, 6–1
	176	2R	Marcel Granollers / Marc López (6)	#11 / #14	Win	6–4, 6–4
	177	QF	Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini	#49 / #22	Loss	1–6, 6–3, [4–10]

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Nadal's 2015 singles tournament schedule is as follows: (Bolded letter indicates better result at the tournament)

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface¹	Outcome 2014	Outcome 2015	Prev. Pts	New Pts²
04 Jan 2015–11 Jan 2015	Qatar Open	Doha, Qatar	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	W	1R	250	0
19 Jan 2015–1 Feb 2015	Australian Open	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	F	QF	1200	360
16 Feb 2015–22 Feb 2015	Rio Open	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	ATP World Tour 500	Clay	W	SF	500	180
23 Feb 2015–1 Mar 2015	ATP Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	ATP World Tour 250	Clay	DNS	W	0	250
9 Mar 2015–22 Mar 2015	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells, United States	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	3R	QF	45	180
25 Mar 2015–5 Apr 2015	Miami Masters	Miami, United States	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	3R	600	45
12 Apr 2015–19 Apr 2015	Monte-Carlo Masters	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	QF	SF	180	360
20 Apr 2015–26 Apr 2015	Barcelona Open	Barcelona, Spain	ATP World Tour 500	Clay	QF	3R	90	45
3 May 2015 – 10 May 2015	Madrid Open	Madrid, Spain	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	W		1000
10 May 2015 – 17 May 2015	Italian Open	Rome, Italy	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	F		600
24 May 2015–07 Jun 2015	French Open	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	W		2000
08 June 2015–14 June 2015	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart, Germany	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	DNS		0
15 Jun 2015–21 Jun 2015	Queen's Club Championships	London, United Kingdom	ATP World Tour 500	Grass	DNS		0
29 Jun 2015–12 Jul 2015	Wimbledon Championships	London, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	4R		180
10 Aug 2015–16 Aug 2015	Canadian Open	Toronto, Canada	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	DNS		0
16 Aug 2015–23 Aug 2015	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati, United States	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	DNS		0
31 Aug 2015–13 Sep 2015	US Open	New York City, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	DNS		0
05 Oct 2015–11 Oct 2015	China Open	Beijing, China	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	QF		90
11 Oct 2015–18 Oct 2015	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai, China	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	2R		10
26 Oct 2015–01 Nov 2015	Swiss Indoors	Basel, Switzerland	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	QF		90
02 Nov 2015–08 Nov 2015	Paris Masters	France	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	DNS		0
Total							6835	1420

¹ The symbol (i) = indoors means that the respective tournament will be held indoors.

² The ATP numbers between brackets = non-countable tournaments.

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Rafael Nadal has a 19–7 (73.08% of wins) match win-loss record in the 2015 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 1–3 (25% of wins). The following list is ordered by number of wins: (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 30)

Nicolas Almagro 2-0
David Ferrer 1–0
John Isner 1-0
Kevin Anderson 1–0
Gilles Simon 1–0
Pablo Cuevas 1–0
Tim Smyczek 1–0
Dudi Sela 1–0
Thomaz Bellucci 1–0
Pablo Carreno Busta 1-0
Lucas Pouille 1-0
Facundo Arguello 1–0
Federico Delbonis 1–0
Carlos Berlocq 1–0
Juan Monaco 1–0
Igor Sijsling 1–0
Donald Young 1–0
Mikhail Youzhny 1–0
Novak Djokovic 0-1
Milos Raonic 0-1
Fernando Verdasco 0–1
Tomas Berdych 0-1
Michael Berrer 0-1
Fabio Fognini 0-2

Finals

Singles: 1 (1-0)

Category
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0-0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0-0)
ATP World Tour 250 (1–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (0-0)
Clay (1-0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by conditions
Outdoors (0-0)
Indoors (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	65.	March 1, 2015	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Juan Monaco	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1-0)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Year-End Championships (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
Olympics Games (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1-0)

Titles by Surface
Hard (1-0)
Clay (0-0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Titles by Location
Outdoors (1-0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	9.	January 9, 2015	Qatar Open, Doha, Qatar (4)	Hard	Juan Mónaco	Julian Knowle Philipp Oswald	6–3, 6–4

Earnings

Bold font denotes tournament win

#	Venue	Singles Prize Money	Year-to-date
1.	2015 Qatar ExxonMobil Open	$42,275	$42,275
2.	2015 Australian Open	A$340,000	$308,291
3.	2015 Rio Open	$73,240	$381,531
4.	2015 Argentina Open	$93,305	$474,836
5.	2015 BNP Paribas Open	$130,655	$605,491
6.	2015 Miami Open	$31,670	$637,161
7.	2015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters	€155,000	$762,785
8.	2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell	€22,565	$787,157
9.	2015 Mutua Madrid Open	€	$

References

Rafael Nadal

Entourage	Miguel Ángel Nadal (uncle) Toni Nadal (uncle and coach)

Career	Achievements Big Four Statistics Rivalry with Roger Federer Rivalry with Novak Djokovic Rivalry with Andy Murray

Milestones	46-match winning streak at the Monte-Carlo Masters

Notable matches	2007 Wimbledon final 2008 Wimbledon final 2009 Australian Open final 2012 Australian Open final 2012 French Open final

Exhibition matches	Battle of Surfaces Match for Africa and Joining Forces for the Benefit of Children

Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Australian Open titles	2009

French Open titles	2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Wimbledon titles	2008 2010

US Open titles	2010 2013

World Tour Finals titles	Nil

Olympics Gold	2008

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