Rafael Nadal’s incredible career in numbers as icon says goodbye to tennis at Davis Cup | Tennis | Sport

With Rafael Nadal’s retirement comes the end of the career of one of tennis’ biggest stars.

The Spaniard achieved a series of incredible records on clay but was an all-time great on all surfaces.

Here, the PA news agency picks out some of the key numbers from Nadal’s time in the sport.

22 – Grand Slam titles.

14 – French Open titles, the most by any player at any Slam.

112 – victories at Roland Garros.

4 – defeats at Roland Garros.

4 – US Open titles.

2 – Wimbledon titles.

2 – Australian Open titles.

13 – years between Nadal’s two Melbourne titles, in 2009 and 2022.

30 – Grand Slam final appearances.

92 – tour-level singles titles.

2 – Olympic gold medals, one in singles and one in doubles.

36 – ATP Masters 1000 titles.

4 – Davis Cup titles with Spain.

12 – titles at the Barcelona Open, with 11 at the Monte-Carlo Masters.

81 – consecutive matches won on clay from April 2005 to May 2007.

209 – weeks spent at world number one.

5 – years ended as world number one.

912 – consecutive weeks spent in the top 10 between April 2005 and March 2023, more than any other man.

24 – victories over Roger Federer from 40 matches.

29 – victories over Novak Djokovic from 60 matches.