Nadal: Looking Back

Since it is Nadal’s 31st birthday I thought about looking back at his benchmarks. The Spaniard has accomplished so many things and deserves the world to celebrate his birthday, but let's start with the tennis world for now. Without further ado, the timeline of Nadal!

2001

Turns pro

2003

Nadal cracks top 100 on April 21st

2004

Nadal’s first title (yes, it was on clay)

2005

First Grand Slam (yes, it was roland garros, which is on clay)
Crack top 50 on January 10th
Enters top 10 on April 25th

2008

Wins fifth Grand Slam:wimbledon (his first non Roland Garros title)
Becomes world number 1 for first time after winning Wimbledon

2010

Rafa wins 5th Roland Garros

2011

Wins 10th grand slam (yes,it’s Roland garros)

2017

31st birthday

Starting to see why they call him the king of clay huh? Nadal is only one Roland Garros away from winning ten, will he seize this fortnight’s opportunity or wait until next year? Who knows? Happy Birthday Rafa!😊🎂

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