Since turning skilled in 2001 as a 15-year-old, Nadal has spent 2,543 hours and quarter-hour on court docket in 1,307 ATP Tour matches – profitable 1,080.
The primary title of his profession arrived in 2004 on the clay courts of Sopot, a tiny metropolis in northern Poland, earlier than he shot to fame the next season.
In 2005, Nadal broke into the world’s prime 10 – the place he would keep for a file 912 consecutive weeks.
Nadal would win an extra 91 ATP Tour titles, together with 22 Grand Slams – 14 on the French Open, 4 on the US Open and two at each Wimbledon and the Australian Open.
The US Open eluded him the longest, however when he conquered New York in 2010, he grew to become the youngest man within the Open period to finish the profession Grand Slam.
With Olympic singles gold already in his locker from Beijing 2008, that US Open victory additionally wrapped up a profession golden Grand Slam.
It’s an achievement matched by solely 4 different gamers – Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic.
