Rafael Nadal Biography – Set Worlds “Youngest” Tennis Records
Rafael Nadal Parera, nicknamed “Rafa” has taken the tennis world by storm in the past five years. He has fast made his way through the professional tennis circuit and has had a phenomenal streak of wins. This Rafa biography, takes a very brief look at just what this young man has managed to accomplish in this short period of time.
Reaching the pinnacle of his success as the number two tennis player on earth seems to have come very easily to Rafael Nadal. His clay-court performance has seen sixty consecutive wins, the industry magnificent achievement.
Rafa was born in the town of Manacor on the Island of Mallorca, on the 3rd June 1986. He is no newcomer to sporting achievement as his family has another well known sporting personality in its midst. His uncle was a professional football player for FC Barcelona for many years and he was only 15 when he turned professional.
Our Rafael Nadal biography tells us he was only 15 when he won his first professional tennis match the ATP in Mallorca. In this tennis match he defeated Ramon Delgado and became the ninth player to be younger than 16, to win and ATP tennis championship. One year later he became ranked as one of the top 100 singles tennis players world-wide and was the 2nd youngest player to do this claim to fame.
His Wimbledon debut at age 16 in 2003, saw him reach the 3rd round, and he was the youngest player to do this since Boris Becker. As this young player continued to improve we saw him ranked number 5 by 2005, this feat made him the youngest player since Andrei Medvedev to make it up ten players.
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 achieve this again. This young man has turned into 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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Written by Henry Blanc on May 10th, 2010 with
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