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(to Juan Carlos Ferrero in Rome). This only thing missing from this year is a Masters
stretch included victories at both Roland 1000 trophy on a hard court. He finished the
Garros and Wimbledon, as well as year by losing to Roger Federer in the ATP
Barcelona, Hamburg, Queen's Club and World Tour Finals.
Toronto. He even won a gold medal at the
Olympics that year, beating Fernando
Gonzalez in the gold medal match in Beijing. 2013
Unfortunately, all that tennis took its toll on Year-end ranking: Number 1
Nadal’s body, and he could not play in the Wins/Losses: 75/7 (91%)
ATP World Tour Finals. 2008 was the only Titles: 10
year in which the Spaniard reached the semi- Slam Titles: 2
finals in all four Slams. Masters Titles: 5
Wins/Losses in Slams: 14/1
2010 Having shut down his season shortly after
Year-end ranking: Number 1 Wimbledon 2012, Nadal only returned to the
Wins/Losses: 71/10 (88%) courts in February of the next year. But once
Titles: 7
Slam Titles: 3
Masters Titles: 3
Win/Losses in Slams: 25/1
From a Grand Slam perspective, this was
undoubtedly Nadal’s best year. His only loss
at a Major came at the Australian Open,
where he was defeated by Andy Murray. He
went on to win Roland Garros, Wimbledon
and the US Open, becoming the first player
in history to win 3 Slams on 3 different
surfaces in the same year. Rafa also realized
the "Clay Slam," winning the three clay
Masters 1000 titles (Monte Carlo, Rome and
Madrid) as well as the French Open. The