Rafael Nadal(I)

Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Nadal has won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, as well as a record 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 21 ATP Tour 500 titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In addition, Nadal has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 209 weeks. In majors, Nadal has won a record twelve French Open titles, four US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles and one Australian Open title, and won at least one Grand Slam every year for a record ten consecutive years (2005-2014). Nadal has won 87 career titles overall, including the most outdoor titles in the Open Era (83) and a record 60 titles on clay. With 81 consecutive wins on clay, Nadal holds the record for the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era.

Nadal has been involved in five Davis Cup titles with Spain, and has a 29-win streak and 29-1 record in singles matches at the event. In 2010, at the age of 24, he became the seventh male player and the youngest of five in the Open Era to achieve the singles Career Grand Slam. Nadal is the second male player after Andre Agassi to complete the singles Career Golden Slam, as well as the second male player after Mats Wilander to have won at least two Grand Slams on all three surfaces (grass, hard court and clay).

Partnering Marc López, he won the gold medal in men's doubles at the Rio 2016 Olympics for Spain by defeating Romania's Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau in the finals. This made Nadal the second man in the open era to have won gold medals in both singles and doubles.

Nadal's evolution into an all-court champion has established him as one of the best players of all time.