Rafael Nadal Biography – Set Worlds “Youngest” Tennis Records
Posted on December 20, 2009
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Nicnamed “Rafa” Rafael Nadal has set many of the world’s “youngest” tennis playing records. This young man rose through the ranks of the professional tennis circuit so quickly that it has quite literally been like a “whirlwind’. He has enjoyed an extraordinary amount of wins, and this brief Rafael Nadal biography, takes us through just a few of these.
Rafa is now ranked as the second best singles tennis player world-wide. He has had sixty consecutive tennis wins on the clay-courts and as winning streaks go, this is quite remarkable.
Born on 3 June 1986 in Manacor, Majorca, Spain, he has a sporting background. His uncle Miguel Angel Nadal played professional football when he was only 15 years of age and played for F. C. Barcelona between 1986 and 2001.
What is interesting about Rafael Nadal is that like his uncle he was only 15 years of age when he won his first ATP match. This took place in Majorca and he won against Ramon Delgado. This feat made him the 9th player of the “Open” era to win in an ATP match before he was 16. Only a year later he was the 2nd youngest ranked singles player to feature in the top 100 tennis players in the world.
He debuted at Wimbledon aged 16 and made his way into the 3rd round. Since Boris Becker also did this, Rafa was the youngest player to reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon. By the year 2005, Rafael Nadal was ranked the world’s 5th best singles tennis player and this also made him a “youngest” record.
This Rafael Nadal biography tells us he has set some historic records in tennis annals. He is the 4th youngest champion of Roland Garros, the 7th player to win a Grand Slam on their first appearance, and since Pete Sampras won the 1990 US open at age 19, Rafa is the first teenager to do this again. This young man has become a tennis open hero and is best known for being the winner of 4 consecutive French Open competitions, and for being Roger Federer’s arch nemesis.
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