Rafael Nadal is one of the best tennis players to ever play the sport. He has set impressive records that are currently impossible to beat.
He is famously referred to as the ‘King of Clay’ because of his impressive stats and results in clay surfaced tournaments.
Along with his superb display of skills he has a superior mentality most of the time when compared to his opponent on the court.
Rafael Nadal has made impossible comebacks numerous times on court which makes his opponent nearly strike Rafael out from potentially winning the match.
Rafael Nadal also became the first man in tennis to win a total of 21 Grand Slam titles by defeating Daniil Medvedev in the finals of the Australian Open. Let us look at the 5 records held by Rafael Nadal that may never be broken.
10 different titles at four different tournaments
Rafael Nadal’s exploits and dominance on clay courts are very well known and feared by his opponents. But the degree of his control on that particular type of a court cannot be fully comprehended by looking at the numbers.
Rafael Nadal has won the French Open a total of 13 times in his career, which has made him the only player in the history of the ATP to win a Grand Slam title more than 10 times.
He has also won the Montecarlo Masters a total of 11 times, the Barcelona Open a total of 12 times and the Rome Masters 10 times to date.
Rafael Nadal has completed the Clay Slam
Just like the Sunshine Double is one of the most famous and hardest achievements to compete for on the calendar, the Clay Slam is considered to be a much more difficult feat to be achieved.
The clay slam consists of the Monte Carlo Masters, Madrid Masters, Rome Masters and also the French Open in a single ATP calendar. This feat has only been completed by Rafael Nadal in the 2010 season.
Rafael Nadal has held the Olympic Gold Medal and Slams on all three surfaces at the same time
Rafael Nadal clinched the gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics by beating Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and Fernando Gonzalez in the finals. Before the Olympics, Rafael won both the French Open and the Wimbledon.
He defeated Roger Federer in the Roland Garros and Wimbledon finals and consecutively won his first Grand Slam title on the grass.
Nadal has the most consecutive week in the ATP Top 10 rankings
Rafael Nadal first got into the top 10 rankings of the ATP in April 2005. Since then he has never left the top 10 rankings. So totally he has 864 weeks on his belt in the top 10 rankings.
The lowest he has ever reached is the 10th spot which was occupied by him for just 8 weeks.
Rafael won the US Open without facing a single breakpoint
During the 2017 US Open, Rafael Nadal took on Kevin Anderson in the finals of the tournament. The match was easily won and dominated by the Spaniard without losing any sweat as he won the tournament’s finals without facing a single breakpoint.
He won the finals by a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.