List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal

This article lists various career, tournament, and seasonal achievements by the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal .

Rafael Nadal at the 2018 US Open.

Rafael Nadal has won 22 Grand Slam men’s singles titles, second-most of all time.

Nadal has contested a milestone 30 Grand Slam finals in his career, which is third to Novak Djokovic's 36 and Roger Federer's 31 finals appearances, respectively. He has appeared in at least five finals at each major (second to Djokovic's seven) and is the only man to win multiple majors in three separate decades. Nadal won at least one major for 10 consecutive years (2005–2014) and 15 years overall, both all-time records in men's tennis. He holds the record for most titles at three ATP Tour levels: Grand Slam Tournaments (French Open - 14), Masters 1000 (Monte Carlo - 11), and ATP 500 (Barcelona - 12). Nadal has won 92 ATP titles in his career, including 36 Masters titles. By the age of 24 years, 3 months and 10 days, Nadal had won all four majors in singles (Career Grand Slam) and the Olympic singles gold medal (Career Golden Slam) in his career, and is the youngest player to achieve both feats in the Open Era. After winning the 2022 Australian Open, he became the fourth man in history (joining Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and Djokovic) to win all four majors at least two times in his career (Double Career Grand Slam). Nadal is the only man in history to complete the Career Grand Slam and win an Olympic gold medal in both singles and doubles.

Known as the "King of Clay", Nadal won the French Open nine times in his first 10 attempts. He has won the event 14 times overall, with a match record of 112–3 (97.4% win rate), which is viewed by many analysts as one of the greatest feats in tennis and world sport. Nadal's dominance on the surface is further accentuated by his unique feat of winning the three clay-court Masters 1000 tournaments (Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome) and the French Open in the same season (2010), thus becoming the only player to complete the Clay Slam. Nadal won the French Open on his first attempt as a 19-year-old in 2005 and went on to win four consecutive crowns from 2005 to 2008, defeating then-world-No. 1 Roger Federer in three consecutive finals from 2006 to 2008 and again in the 2011 final. To date, Nadal is the only player to defeat Federer in four finals at the same major. Nadal is also the only player to beat Federer in the finals of three different Grand Slam tournaments — the French Open, the Australian Open, and Wimbledon). Having faced his first of three career-losses at the French Open against Robin Söderling in 2009, he would go on to win five consecutive titles from 2010 to 2014. Nadal furthered his place in history by achieving "La Decima" — a 10th title at the 2017 French Open, where he did not drop a set and lost only 35 games (only three shy of Björn Borg's record of 32 games lost). He would then go on to win four consecutive crowns from 2017 to 2020 and another in 2022, making Nadal the only player, male or female, to win 14 titles at a single Grand Slam tournament in tennis history. Additionally, his 2020 French Open win also made Nadal the only player in history to have three streaks of four consecutive titles at a major, as well as three streaks of 30+ consecutive match wins at the same major. He has never been taken to five sets in the final of the French Open, and is the only player to achieve this level of dominance at a single major. Additionally, Nadal is 137–3 in best of five matches on clay (a win percentage of 97.9%). Nadal did not lose a single semifinal on clay courts for 12 years (52–0) from the 2003 Croatia Open to the 2015 Rio Open — an all-time record on a single surface. ^[1] He holds the record for the longest single surface win streak in the Open Era, having won 81 consecutive matches on clay courts from 2005 to 2007. Nadal also holds the Open Era record for the most consecutive sets won on a single surface (50 on clay). On clay, he has won an all-time record 14 majors, a record 26 Masters 1000 titles, and an Open Era record 63 titles overall. Nadal has won an all-time record 11 titles at the Monte Carlo Masters, including an Open Era record streak of eight consecutive titles from 2005 to 2012 and three consecutive titles from 2016 to 2018. He has also won an all-time record 10 titles at the Rome Masters.

Nadal's profound success in the sport is not limited to clay courts. Over the course of his career, he has won 514 matches on hard courts (4th in the Open Era behind Federer, Djokovic, and Andre Agassi). He is the only player, male or female, to have recorded 470+ match wins on both hard and clay courts. He has won six hard-court Grand Slam titles (4th all-time behind Djokovic, Federer, and Pete Sampras). He has won each major multiple times on clay, hard, and grass courts. He has won two Australian Open (hard), two Wimbledon (grass), and four US Open (hard) titles. Nadal is the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open and the second to win Wimbledon. In 2008, he became only the third player in the Open Era, after Rod Laver (1969) and Björn Borg (1980), to win the French Open and Wimbledon crowns in a calendar year (Channel Slam), a feat he repeated in 2010. He is the only male player in tennis history to win the French Open and the US Open in a calendar year on four occasions (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019). Nadal won the Olympic singles gold medal in Beijing (2008) and the Olympic doubles gold medal in Rio de Janeiro (2016) on hard courts. He has won 10 Masters 1000 titles at hard court events — five in Canada, three in Indian Wells, one in Cincinnati, and one in Madrid indoors). Nadal dominated the North American hard court season in 2013, having already won the Indian Wells title earlier in the year, he would go on to win 26 consecutive matches on hard courts by winning the Canadian Masters, Cincinnati Masters as well as the US Open, thus joining Patrick Rafter (1998) and Andy Roddick (2003) in completing the Summer Slam.

Nadal has been ranked world No.1 for 209 weeks by the ATP, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, and 2019). He is the only man to have been ranked world No. 1 in three decades (2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). He is the first man to finish as the year-end No. 1 twice after turning 30 years old (2017 and 2019). He is the only male player to regain the year-end No. 1 crown four times and finish as the year-end No. 1 in five non-consecutive years. He also has the most wins against world No. 1 ranked players, with 23 in total. He appeared in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings consecutively from April 2005 to March 2023 – the longest rankings streak in the history of men's tennis (912 weeks). Nadal qualified for the Year-End Championships for a record 16 consecutive years from 2005 to 2020.

Nadal also holds the Open Era records for the most consecutive years winning at least one ATP singles title (19 years from 2004–2022) and at least two ATP singles titles (18 years from 2005–2022, shared with Djokovic). Nadal ranks first in the Open Era for the highest clay court match-winning percentage (minimum 100 wins) at 91.3% (474–45 record), and the highest outdoor match-winning percentage (minimum 200 wins) at 84.8% (973–174).

All time tournament records

• These records were attained since the amateur era (1877) and the Open Era of tennis (1968).
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Tournament	Since	Record accomplished	Player(s) tied
Grand Slams	1908 [lower-alpha 1]	Career Golden Slam: Won all four majors and the Olympic gold medal in singles	Andre Agassi
		Career Golden Slam + Olympic gold medal in doubles	Stands alone
	1978	Surface Slam: Won majors on three different surfaces in a calendar year (2010)	Novak Djokovic
		Simultaneous holder of majors on clay, grass, and hard courts (2010)	Novak Djokovic
	1896	Simultaneous holder of Olympic gold medal in singles and majors on clay and grass courts (2008)	Stands alone
	1891	Double Channel Slam: Won the French–Wimbledon title double in a calendar year twice (2008, 2010)	Rod Laver Björn Borg
	1908	Youngest male player to achieve the Career Golden Slam (24)	Stands alone
	1877	14 titles won at a single major (French Open)	Stands alone
		14 titles won on a single surface (Clay)	Novak Djokovic
		14 finals at a single major (French Open)	Stands alone
		112 match wins at a single major (French Open)	Stands alone
		10 title defences (2006–08, 2011–14, 2018–2020) [2]	Roger Federer
		10 title defences at a single major (French Open) [2]	Stands alone
		10 consecutive years winning 1+ major (2005–2014)	Stands alone
		15 years winning 1+ major (2005–2014, 2017–2020, 2022)	Stands alone
		2 streaks of 5+ consecutive final wins across non-consecutive tournaments	Stands alone
		2 streaks of 10+ consecutive quarterfinals	Stands alone
		3 streaks of 4+ consecutive titles at a single major	Stands alone
		3 streaks of 31+ consecutive match wins at a single major	Stands alone
		3+ majors in three separate decades (2000s - 6, 2010s - 13, 2020s - 3)	Stands alone
		2+ majors in three separate decades	Stands alone
		Won the same major twice in three separate decades (French Open)	Stands alone
	1978	Most combined hard court (6) and clay court (14) majors - 20	Stands alone
	1891	Most combined grass court (2) and clay court (14) majors - 16	Stands alone
	1891	4 French–US title doubles (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)	Stands alone
	1877	4 majors won without losing a set (2008, 2010, 2017, 2020)	Stands alone
		8 majors won while losing no more than one set [lower-alpha 2]	Stands alone
		6 majors won with the final set score of either 6–0 or 6–1 [lower-alpha 3]	Stands alone
		Longest Grand Slam final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes)	Novak Djokovic
	1968	16 semifinals won spanning non-consecutive tournaments	Stands alone
	1973	Defeated four Top-10 players en route to a title [3]	Mats Wilander Roger Federer
All Tournaments / ATP Tour	2009	Clay Slam : Won Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, and French Open in a calendar year (2010)	Stands alone
	1899	Summer Slam : Won Canada, Cincinnati, and US Open in a calendar year (2013)	Patrick Rafter Andy Roddick
	1970	Overall clay court match-winning percentage of 91.3% (474–45)	Stands alone
		Overall outdoor match-winning percentage of 84.8% (973–174)	Stands alone
		973 outdoor match wins	Stands alone
	1970	Most combined grass court (4) and clay court (63) titles - 67	Stands alone
		Most combined hard court (25) and clay court (63) titles - 88	Novak Djokovic
		90 outdoor titles	Stands alone
		63 clay-court titles	Stands alone
	1877	12+ titles at two tournaments (14 French Open and 12 Barcelona)	Herbert Roper Barrett Jean Borotra
		11+ titles at three tournaments (14 French Open, 12 Barcelona, and 11 Monte Carlo)	Jean Borotra
		37 titles won from three tournaments (14 French Open, 12 Barcelona, and 11 Monte Carlo)	Stands alone
	1970	30 titles won without losing a set (Clay - 26 and hard - 4)	Stands alone
	1877	40 clay-court Big Titles won	Stands alone
		26 clay-court titles won without losing a set	Stands alone
	1968	19 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2004–2022)	Stands alone
		18 consecutive years winning 2+ titles (2005–2022)	Novak Djokovic
	1930	3 consecutive years winning Monte Carlo, Rome, and French Open (2005–2007)	Stands alone
	1897	4 consecutive years winning Monte Carlo and French Open (2005–2008)	Stands alone
	1973	23 match wins against world No. 1 players [6]	Stands alone
		596 weeks in the Top 2	Stands alone
		13 year-end Top 2 finishes	Stands alone
		15 year-end Top 4 finishes	Roger Federer
		16 year-end Top 5 finishes	Roger Federer
		18 year-end Top 10 finishes	Roger Federer
		912 consecutive weeks in the Top 10	Stands alone
		18 consecutive years in the Top 10	Stands alone
ATP Finals	1970	16 consecutive years qualifying for the ATP Finals (2005–2020)	Stands alone
ATP Masters 1000	1990	11 titles won at a single tournament - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
		12 finals contested at a single tournament - Monte Carlo and Rome	Stands alone
		8 consecutive titles at a single tournament (2005–12) - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
		46 consecutive match wins at a single tournament (2005–13) - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
		73 match wins at a single tournament - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
		79 matches played at a single tournament - Monte Carlo	Roger Federer
		9 title defences at a single tournament - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
		19 entries at a single tournament - Madrid	Stands alone
		10 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2005–2014)	Stands alone
		10 consecutive years winning 1+ clay court title (2005–2014)	Stands alone
		15 years winning 1+ title (2005–2014, 2016–2019, 2021)	Stands alone
		20+ finals reached on two different surfaces (Hard - 20, clay - 33) [7]	Stands alone
		15 consecutive years of 1+ appearance in finals (2005–2019)	Stands alone
		26 clay-court titles overall	Stands alone
		10+ titles at two tournaments (11 Monte Carlo & 10 Rome)	Stands alone
		10+ titles on both clay and hard courts (Clay - 26, hard - 10)	Novak Djokovic
		5+ titles at four separate tournaments (11 Monte Carlo, 10 Rome, 5 Madrid, and 5 Canada)	Novak Djokovic
		5+ titles at three clay-court tournaments (11 Monte Carlo, 10 Rome, and 5 Madrid)	Stands alone
		7 years winning Monte Carlo and Rome (2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012 & 2018)	Stands alone
ATP 500 Series	1990	12 titles won at a single tournament - Barcelona	Stands alone
		14 consecutive years winning 1+ title (2005–2018)	Stands alone
		15 titles won without losing a set [8]	Stands alone
		66 match wins at a single tournament – Barcelona [9]	Stands alone
		41 consecutive match wins at a single tournament – Barcelona [10]	Stands alone
		70 matches played at a single tournament – Barcelona [11]	Stands alone
		Won titles at 8 ATP 500 series tournaments [lower-alpha 4]	Stands alone
French Open	1891	14 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		14 finals overall (2005–08, 2010–14, 2017–2020, 2022)	Stands alone
		5 consecutive titles won (2010–14)	Stands alone
		39 match win streak (2010–15)	Stands alone
		112 match wins	Stands alone
		97.4% match-winning percentage	Stands alone
		4 titles won without losing a set (2008, 2010, 2017, 2020)	Stands alone
		2+ titles in three separate decades (2000s - 4, 2010s - 8, 2020s - 2)	Stands alone
		1+ title in three separate decades (2000s - 4, 2010s - 8, 2020s - 2)	Stands alone
Australian Open	1905	Longest final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes)	Novak Djokovic
Monte-Carlo Masters	1897	11 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		12 finals overall (2005–2013, 2016–2018)	Stands alone
		8 consecutive titles (2005–2012)	Stands alone
		9 consecutive finals (2005–2013)	Stands alone
		5 titles without dropping a set (2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2018)	Stands alone
		46 match win streak (2005–2013)	Stands alone
		79 matches played (2005–2021)	Stands alone
		73 matches wins (2005–2021)	Stands alone
		17 editions played (2003–2021)	Fabrice Santoro
Barcelona Open	1953	12 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		12 finals (2005–09, 2011–13, 2016–18, 2021)	Stands alone
		5 consecutive titles (2005–2009)	Stands alone
		3 three-peats (2005–09, 2011–13, 2016–18)	Stands alone
		9 titles without dropping a set (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011–13, 2016–18)	Stands alone
Italian Open	1930	10 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		12 finals overall (2005–2007, 2009–2014, 2018–2019, 2021)	Novak Djokovic
		3 consecutive titles (2005–2007)	Stands alone
		6 consecutive finals (2009–2014)	Stands alone
		77 matches played (2005–2021)	Stands alone
		69 match wins (2005–2021)	Stands alone
		17 consecutive match wins (2005–2007)	Stands alone
Madrid Open	2002	5 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		8 finals overall (2005, 2009–11, 2013–15, 2017)	Stands alone
		2 consecutive titles (2013–2014)	Stands alone
		3 consecutive finals (2009–2011 & 2013–2015)	Stands alone
Mexican Open	1993	4 men's singles titles	David Ferrer Thomas Muster
		5 finals (2005, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2022)	David Ferrer
		4 titles without dropping a set (2005, 2013, 2020, 2022)	Stands alone

Grand Slam tournament records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis, since 1968.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Grand Slams	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Player tied
Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open Olympics	2008, 2010	Career Golden Slam : Won all four majors and the Olympic gold medal in singles	Andre Agassi
	2008, 2010, 2016	Career Grand Slam + Olympic singles and doubles gold medals	Stands alone
French Open Wimbledon US Open	2010	Surface Slam: Won majors on clay, grass, and hard courts in a calendar year	Novak Djokovic
		Won the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in a calendar year	Don Budge Tony Trabert Rod Laver
French Open Wimbledon	2008, 2010	Double Channel Slam: Won the French-Wimbledon title double in a calendar year twice	Rod Laver Björn Borg
French Open Wimbledon Olympics	2008	Simultaneous holder of Olympic singles gold medal and Wimbledon	Andy Murray
		Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and two majors in a single season	Stands alone
		Winner of Olympic singles gold medal and majors on clay and grass courts in a single season
French Open - US Open	2005–2010	Youngest male player to achieve a Career Grand Slam (24)
		Youngest male player to achieve a Career Golden Slam (24)
Australian Open French Open US Open	2005–2022	6+ majors on both hard and clay courts
French Open	2008, 2010, 2017, 2020	4 majors won without losing a set
Australian Open French Open US Open	2007–2008, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020	8 finals reached without losing a set
French Open US Open	2010, 2013, 2017, 2019	Won the French-US title double in a single season four times
French Open	2005–2008, 2010–2014, 2017–2020, 2022	14 titles won at a single major - French Open
		14 finals contested at a single major - French Open
French Open - French Open	2005–2014, 2017–2020, 2022	15 years winning 1+ major
	2005–2014	10 consecutive years winning 1+ major
	2005–2020	10 title defences at majors	Roger Federer
		10 title defences at a single major	Stands alone
Wimbledon - Australian Open	2011–2012	3 consecutive runner-up finishes [12]
French Open - French Open	2005–2022	Won a major in teens, twenties, and thirties [13]	Ken Rosewall Pete Sampras
French Open - Australian Open	2020–2021	11 consecutive match wins without losing a set	Roger Federer John McEnroe
French Open	2022	4 match wins vs. Top-10 players in one tournament	Mats Wilander Roger Federer

Records at each Grand Slam tournament

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis, since 1968.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Tournament	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
Australian Open	2012	Longest final by duration (5 hours 53 minutes) [14] [15]	Novak Djokovic
	2022	Won an Australian Open final from two sets down	Jannik Sinner
	2009–2022	13-year gap between title wins	Stands alone
French Open	2005–2008 2010–2014, 2017–2020, 2022	14 men's singles titles
		14 finals
	2010–2014	5 consecutive titles
		5 consecutive finals
	2005–2022	15 semifinals
		6 consecutive semifinals	Novak Djokovic
		112 match wins	Stands alone
		17-year gap between title wins
		1+ title in three separate decades (2000s - 4, 2010s - 8, 2020s - 2)
		2+ titles in three separate decades (2000s - 4, 2010s - 8, 2020s - 2)
	2010–2015	39 consecutive match wins
	2005–2022	Highest match winning percentage - 97.4% (112–3)
	2008, 2010, 2017, 2020	4 titles won without losing a set
	2007–2020	6 finals reached without losing a set
	2005	Won title on the first attempt	Mats Wilander
US Open	2013	Won as a US Open Series Champion	Roger Federer
	2017	Won a US Open final without facing a break point	Stands alone
	2017, 2019	Won two titles after turning 30 years old	Jimmy Connors Novak Djokovic
	2010–2019	Highest finals winning percentage (minimum 4 finals reached) - 80% (4–1)	John McEnroe

• Nadal is the first player in history to win 14 titles at the same major.
• Nadal is the first player in history to be undefeated in at least the first 10 Grand Slam finals at the same major – he holds a 14–0 record in French Open finals. Only other player in history to have remained undefeated in at least 10 Grand Slam finals is Novak Djokovic, with a 10–0 record at the Australian Open.

ATP Masters records

• Grand Prix Championship Series began in 1970.
• ATP Championship Series was introduced in 1990.
• Renamed to ATP Tour Masters 1000 in 2019.

Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
2005–2012, 2016–2018	11 titles won at a single tournament - Monte Carlo	Stands alone
2005–2014	10 consecutive years winning 1+ title
	10 consecutive years winning 1+ clay-court title
2005–2021	10+ titles at two tournaments - 11 Monte Carlo, 10 Rome
2005–2019	5+ titles at four tournaments - Monte Carlo, Rome, Madrid, Canada	Novak Djokovic
2013	4 consecutive titles
	4 consecutive titles won in a single season - Madrid, Rome, Canada and Cincinnati	Stands alone
2005–2018	8 titles won without losing a set
2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012, 2018	7 years winning Monte Carlo and Rome
2005–2021	26 clay-court titles
2005–2017	5+ titles at three clay tournaments
2005–2010, 2012–2013, 2017–2018	2+ clay-court titles in a calendar year
2005–2019	10+ titles on clay (26) and hard courts (10)	Novak Djokovic
2005–2022	20+ finals on clay (33) and hard courts (20) [7]	Stands alone
2005–2019	15 consecutive years contesting 1+ final
2011, 2013	5 consecutive finals	Novak Djokovic
2005–2013	5 years reaching 5+ finals
2005–2021	12 finals at a single tournament - Monte Carlo, Rome
	12 finals at two tournaments - Monte Carlo, Rome	Stands alone
	9+ finals at three tournaments - 12 Monte Carlo, 12 Rome, 9 Madrid
2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017	5 runners-up finishes at a single tournament without winning a title - Miami
2005–2022	Reached the final of all 9 Masters events	Ivan Lendl Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
2009	Reached quarterfinals, or better, in all 9 Masters events in a single season	Novak Djokovic
2009–2010	9 consecutive semi-finals	Stands alone
2013	8 semifinals reached in a single season	Novak Djokovic
2005–2022	99 quarterfinals	Stands alone
2008–2010	21 consecutive quarterfinals
2003–2022	406 match wins
	Highest overall match win percentage - 82.5% (406–86)
	70+ match wins at a single tournament - Monte Carlo 73
	60+ match wins at two tournaments - Monte Carlo 73, Rome 69
	50+ match wins at four tournaments - Monte Carlo 73, Rome 69, Indian Wells 59, Madrid 54
2013	3 North-American hard court tournaments in a calendar year - Indian Wells, Canada, Cincinnati	Novak Djokovic Roger Federer
	Won Canada-Cincinnati title double consecutively	Patrick Rafter Andy Roddick Andre Agassi
	Won Indian Wells, Canada, and Cincinnati in a calendar year	Stands Alone
2008	Won both singles and doubles events at a single tournament in the same year - Monte Carlo	Jim Courier

• Andy Murray accomplished this feat at the Australian Open by finishing as the runner-up five times without winning a title.
• Novak Djokovic also reached the quarter-finals, or better, in all 9 Masters 1000 events of the year in 2009. They met in 5 out of the 9 tournaments with Nadal winning 3 matches & Djokovic winning the other 2 matches. Nadal prevailed in the Monte Carlo final, Madrid semifinal, and Rome final, while Djokovic bested him in the Cincinnati semifinal, and Paris semifinal, where he would go on to win the title.

Records at each ATP 500 Series & ATP Masters 1000 tournaments

Tournament	Year(s)	Record accomplished	Players tied
Monte-Carlo Masters	2005–2012, 2016–2018	11 men's singles titles	Stands alone
		12 finals overall
		14 Semi Finals
	2005–2012	8 consecutive titles
	2005–2013	9 consecutive finals
	2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2018	5 titles without dropping a set
	2005–2021	73 match wins
	2005–2013	46 consecutive match wins
	2005–2021	79 matches played
	2003–2021	17 editions played	Fabrice Santoro
Rome Masters	2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2018–2019, 2021	10 men's singles titles	Stands alone
	2005–2007	3 consecutive titles	Stands alone
	2009–2014	6 consecutive finals
	2005–2022	69 match wins
	2005–2007	17 consecutive match wins
	2005–2022	77 matches played
		18 editions played	Stan Wawrinka
Madrid Masters	2005 (indoor hard), 2010, 2013–2014, 2017	5 men's singles titles	Stands alone
	2005 (indoor hard), 2009–11, 2013–15, 2017	8 finals overall
	2013–2014	2 consecutive titles	Carlos Alcaraz
	2009–2011 & 2013–2015	3 consecutive finals	Stands alone
Barcelona Open	2005–2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018, 2021	12 men's singles titles
		12 finals
	2005-2022	13 Semi Finals
	2005–2009	5 consecutive titles
	2005, 2007, 2009, 2011–13, 2016–18	9 titles without dropping a set
	2005–2009, 2011–2013, 2016–2018, 2021	Highest undefeated record in finals (12–0)
		3 three-peats
Mexican Open	2005, 2013, 2020, 2022	4 men's singles titles	David Ferrer Thomas Muster
	2005, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2022	5 finals	David Ferrer
	2005, 2013, 2020, 2022	4 titles without dropping a set	Stands alone

• Nadal was the first player to win 25 Masters titles in the Open Era, he surpassed Ivan Lendl's record of 22 in 2013. Nadal was also the first player to win 35 ATP Masters titles, which he achieved in 2019.

Rankings records and achievements

• The ATP ranking was frozen from 23 March to 23 August 2020

Time span	Record or achievement accomplished	Player tied
2008–2020	Ranked World No.1 in three decades - 2000s, 2010s, 2020s [16]	Stands alone
Finished as the year-end No. 1 five times in non-consecutive years [16]
2013–2017	Regained the year-end No. 1 crown 4+ years since the previous instance [16]
2017	First man to finish as the year-end No. 1 in his 30s [16]
2022	Oldest man to finish as the year-end No. 2 [17]
2005–2008	Most consecutive weeks at No. 2 (160)
2005–2022	Most year-end Top 2 finishes (13)
	Most year-end Top 4 finishes (15)	Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
	Most year-end Top 5 finishes (16)
	Most year-end Top 10 finishes (18)	Roger Federer
	Most weeks in the Top 2 (596)	Stands alone
	Most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 (912) (25 Apr 2005-20 Mar 2023)
	Most consecutive years in the Top 10 (18) (25 Apr 2005-20 Mar 2023)

Time span	Record or achievement accomplished	Open Era Ranking
2005–2022	596 weeks ranked in the Top 2; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (387)	1st
	686 weeks ranked in the Top 3; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (387), No. 3 (90)	3rd
	756 weeks ranked in the Top 4; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (387), No. 3 (90), No 4 (70)	2nd
	837 weeks ranked in the Top 5; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (387), No. 3 (90), No 4 (70), No. 5 (81)	2nd
	912 weeks ranked in the Top 10; No. 1 (209), No. 2 (387), No. 3 (90), No 4 (70), No. 5 (81), No. 6 (31), No. 7 (15), No. 8 (8), No 9 (13), No. 10 (8)	2nd
2005–2022	5 year-end No. 1 finishes	3rd
	13 year-end Top 2 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8)	1st
	14 year-end Top 3 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8), No. 3 (1)	2nd
	15 year-end Top 4 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1)	1st
	16 year-end Top 5 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1)	1st
	18 year-end Top 10 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1), No. 6 (1), No. 9 (1)	1st
	18 consecutive year-end Top 10 finishes; No. 1 (5), No. 2 (8), No. 3 (1), No. 4 (1), No. 5 (1), No. 6 (1), No. 9 (1)	1st

Other significant records

Time span	Record accomplished	Player tied
2004–2022	500+ match wins on hard courts and 450+ match wins on clay courts - 515 on hard and 474 on clay	Stands alone
2008, 2016	Olympic gold medals in singles and doubles at two individual Olympic Games - 2008 Beijing singles and 2016 Rio men's doubles
	Won two Olympic gold medals in the Open Era	Nicolás Massú Andy Murray
2005–2022	Holder of most titles won at a single Grand Slam, Masters 1000 and ATP 500 series tournament - 14 French Open, 11 Monte Carlo, 12 Barcelona	Stands alone
	90 outdoor titles
	63 clay-court titles
2004–2022	25+ titles on hard and clay courts - 25 on hard and 63 on clay	Ivan Lendl
2013	35+ match wins on clay and hard courts in a calendar year	Stands alone
2005–2007	Longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era (81 on clay)
2008	32 consecutive match wins across 3 different surfaces
2004–2014	52 consecutive wins in semifinals on a single surface (clay)
2017–2018	50 consecutive sets won on a single surface (clay) [18]
2005–2007	13 consecutive clay-court titles
2005–2008	18 consecutive clay-court finals
2004–2022	3+ titles in every tennis-playable continent in the Open Era
	19 consecutive years winning 1+ title
2005–2022	18 consecutive years winning 1+ ATP 500 series title
	18 consecutive years reaching 1+ Big final
2010	5 consecutive Big Titles in a single season - Monte Carlo, Madrid, Rome, French Open, Wimbledon
2005–2006	5 consecutive ATP 500 series titles	Roger Federer
2010–2014	8 consecutive ATP 500 series finals	Stands alone
2006–2022	59 career meetings against the same opponent (Novak Djokovic)	Novak Djokovic
2006–2021	29 career finals against the same opponent (Novak Djokovic)
2006–2017 2010–2020	9 career major finals against the same opponent	Roger Federer Novak Djokovic
2004–2021	23 match wins against world No. 1 players [h]	Stands alone
2004–2006	16 titles won as a teenager (18 years - 6 titles, 19 years - 10 titles)	Björn Borg
2005	11 titles won in a single season as a teenager	Stands alone
	Won 24 consecutive matches as a teenager
2004–2006	Won 17 of his first 19 finals appearances (17–2)
2005, 2007, 2015	3 Stuttgart Open titles

• The only player to have lost just one game in an ATP Masters 1000 final (Monte Carlo 2010: 6–0, 6–1).
• The fastest to win ATP Masters Titles (since winning the first title):
  5 titles: 8 tournaments/1 year: 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
  20 titles: 58 tournaments/7 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Monte Carlo 2012
  25 titles: 65 tournaments/8 years: Monte Carlo 2005 – Montreal 2013

Guinness World Records

As of 2023, Nadal holds 21 Guinness World Records. ^[19]

1. Most titles of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament - 14 at French Open
2. Most French Open singles tennis titles won by a man - 14
3. Most wins of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament (Open Era) - 14 at French Open
4. Most wins of one Grand Slam singles tennis tournament (Open Era, male) - 14 at French Open
5. Most singles finals played at one Grand Slam tennis tournament (Open Era) - 14 at French Open
6. Most wins of one singles tennis tournament (Open Era) - 14 at French Open
7. Most consecutive French Open singles tennis titles won by a man - 5
8. Most consecutive Grand Slam singles final losses by a man - 3
9. First player to win 10 singles titles at the same Grand Slam (Open Era)
10. First player to win 10 singles titles at the same ATP World Tour event (Open Era) - 11 at Monte-Carlo Masters
11. Youngest man to win a tennis Career Grand Slam - 24 years, 3 months and 10 days
12. Most men’s ATP titles won outdoors - 90
13. Most years winning an ATP title - 19
14. Most consecutive years winning an ATP title - 19
15. Most clay-court singles titles (Open Era) - 63
16. Most tennis singles matches on clay won consecutively (Male) - 81
17. Most consecutive sets won on a single surface - 50 on clay
18. First players to win all four tennis Grand Slams together - 2013 with Serena Williams
19. Longest Grand Slam tennis final - with Novak Djokovic at the 2012 Australian Open
20. Most ATP Tour singles matches between two players (Open Era) - 59 with Novak Djokovic
21. Most tennis Grand Slam meetings (Singles) - 18 with Novak Djokovic

Wins over No. 1 players

Nadal holds the record for most wins against No. 1-ranked players, 23. With his win in the final of the 2019 Italian Open – Men's Singles over Djokovic, he broke a long-standing tie with Boris Becker. He recorded 13 wins over Roger Federer and 10 wins over Novak Djokovic. Nadal recorded his first win over a No. 1-ranked player when he was only 17 years, 9 months and 25 days, and ranked No. 34, when he beat Federer in straight sets in the third round of the 2004 Miami Open. ^[20]

#	Player	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1.	Roger Federer	2004 Miami, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 6–3
2.	Roger Federer	2005 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
3.	Roger Federer	2006 Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	F	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	Roger Federer	2006 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
5.	Roger Federer	2006 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	6–7(0–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
6.	Roger Federer	2006 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
7.	Roger Federer	2007 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–4, 6–4
8.	Roger Federer	2007 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
9.	Roger Federer	2008 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	7–5, 7–5
10.	Roger Federer	2008 Hamburg, Germany	Clay	F	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
11.	Roger Federer	2008 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–1, 6–3, 6–0
12.	Roger Federer	2008 Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	F	6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(8–10), 9–7
13.	Roger Federer	2010 Madrid, Spain	Clay	F	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
14.	Novak Djokovic	2012 Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	F	6–3, 6–1
15.	Novak Djokovic	2012 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	7–5, 6–3
16.	Novak Djokovic	2012 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
17.	Novak Djokovic	2013 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	SF	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 9–7
18.	Novak Djokovic	2013 Montreal, Canada	Hard	SF	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
19.	Novak Djokovic	2013 US Open, New York, United States	Hard	F	6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
20.	Novak Djokovic	2019 Rome, Italy	Clay	F	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
21.	Novak Djokovic	2020 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	F	6–0, 6–2, 7–5
22.	Novak Djokovic	2021 Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	F	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
23.	Novak Djokovic	2022 French Open, Paris, France	Clay	QF	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 (7–4)

Awards and honours

• ATP Player of the Year ^† (5): 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
• ITF World Champion (5): 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2022
• Davis Cup Most Valuable Player: 2019
• Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2006
• Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year (2): 2011, 2021
• Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year: 2014
• Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award (3): 2011, 2014, 2022
• L'Équipe Champion of Champions (4): 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
• US Open Series Champion (2): 2008, 2013
  • One of two men, alongside Roger Federer, to win the Series and the US Open in the same year.
  • One of three men, alongside Andy Roddick and Andy Murray, to win the Series two times.
• ATP Newcomer of the Year ^†: 2003
• ATP Most Improved Player ^†: 2005
• Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award ^† (5): 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year ^†: 2011
• ATP Comeback Player of the Year ^†: 2013
• ATP Fan's Favourite ^†: 2022
• European Sportsperson of the Year (2): 2008, 2010
• BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year: 2010
• Time 100 Most Influential People: 2022
• Forbes list of the world's top-10 highest-paid athletes: 2014
• Esquire Man of the Year: 2022
• Marca Legend Award: 2008
• Marca 75th Anniversary Legend Award: 2013
• Diario AS Sports Award (6): 2010, 2017, 2020, 2022
• Spanish National Sports Awards (3): 2006, 2008, 2017
• Princess of Asturias Award: 2008
• Medal of the City of Paris: 2015
• Gold Medal of Merit in Labour: 2015
• Guardia Civil Silver Medal for Merit: 2019
• Grand Cross of Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2020
• Grand Cross of Order of the Second of May: 2020
• Grand Cross of Naval Merit: 2022
• Instituto Franklin-UAH Camino Real Award: 2022

† – Nadal is the only man to win every ATP award in the player category. ^[21]

See also

• List of career achievements by Roger Federer
• List of career achievements by Novak Djokovic
• List of career achievements by Andy Murray

Notes

1. Between 1928 and 1984, tennis was not included in the official Olympic program.
2. Nadal won the 2007–08, 2010, 2012, 2017–2018, and 2020 French Open events and the 2010 US Open while losing no more than one set.
3. Nadal won the 2008, 2011, 2017, 2019, and 2022 French Open events and the 2013 US Open with the final set score of either 6–0 or 6–1.
4. Nadal won titles in Rio de Janeiro, Acapulco, Dubai, Barcelona, Hamburg, Beijing, Tokyo, and Stuttgart.

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