The King of Clay Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan pronunciation: [r蓹藞f蓻色 n蓹藞冒a色 p蓹藞删e删蓹]; Spanish pronunciation: [rafa藞el na藞冒al pa藞删e删a]; born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time. Nadal has won nine Grand Slam singles titles,
After two world ranked for 158 weeks, on August 18, 2008 he became the first world-ranked tennis player Roger Federer replace. The ratings last until July 6, 2009 when Federer won the Wimbledon and again become world number one. He was again rated one of the world on June 7, 2010 until now.
Nadal is a Grand Slam champion eight times, has won the French Open men's singles titles (2005-2008) four times in a row. After scoring a record 31 consecutive victories at the French Open, Nadal lost for the first time in the tournament in fourth round match against Robin Soderling in the year 2009. She won Wimbledon titles in 2008 and 2010. In 2008 by beating Federer after losing in 2006 and 2007 from Federer, while in 2010 the defeated Tomáš Berdych.
Rafael Nadal is one of the best tennis player of all time and best clay tennis player of all time.
Nadal holds the record for consecutive victories on one particular surface among male players in open era. From April 2005 to May 2007, he has won 81 matches on clay surface, respectively. This record starts since Nadal defeated by Igor Andreev in Valencia, and then stopped Federer in Hamburg final in three sets.
